Hopkins Towing Solutions

When it’s working it’s great! But connection issues constantly. I’ve been able to go a block away from the vehicle and clear image and connects, but from the tow vehicle on and off and on and off. Put a 10db directional antenna, beamed straight at the tow vehicle, it helped but still not enough?????? When connected wi-fi signal is full, but randomly drops, weather moving or not.

I NEVER write reviews, but this is the one time where it is definitely needed. I just drove for 4 hours and tried to use the camera on multiple occasions. It only stayed connected for longer than a minute while driving down the highway. Most of the time it works for about 10-20 seconds. I’ve tried to use this on many occasions but today finally killed my last nerve. If I was approached by the company offering a second camera for $20 I would not take it. I’m going back to the place where I bought it and telling them what a piece of junk it is. Seriously disappointed with it. BTW the lowest I could give was a 1 star.

Initial rating: three stars. I installed this app to control a Hopkins camera mounted on the back of my travel trailer. It works well and I have a nice clear picture. But my iPhone battery started discharging rapidly, and the phone would shut down within four to five hours. I initially thought the battery was bad and had it replaced, but the same thing happened for the next couple of days. Someone asked me if I had recently installed a new app and I realized the discharging started right after I had gotten this app. I removed the app for a few days and the battery was normal. Follow-up, one week later: I reinstalled the app and found that now I could not connect to the camera no matter how close to it I was. Finally realized using an iPhone, I have to allow the app to access the local network. In the alphabetical list of apps, select Hopkins Towing Solutions turn off Cellular Data and turn on Local Network. Everything now works well and the battery lasts longer. Upgrading my review to four stars.