Amoowa Smart Mini Projector HD DLP Pocket Size 200 ANSI Movie WiFi Home&Outdoor Video Wireless Projector,Support iPhone Android Pico Projector

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I have used mini-projectors before, and they are usually the size of today's smartphones. However, this one from Amoowa is even smaller than that. It's even smaller than my iPhone 11 Pro, and that's not a really big phone anyway. But that's not even the best part. It wouldn't be any good for its small size if its image quality is no good. Good thing this projector lists its brightness with the true ANSI number, which stands for the American National Standards Institute. A company must submit their projector to ANSI for testing if they want to use their true brightness number. Typically, the "marketing lumens" you see stated on Amazon and other shopping sites inflate their brightness level by six times, so a projector boasting something as 500 lumens usually has less than 100, and anything boasting like 8,000 lumens or more are just lying through their teeth unless they cost like $5,000. Therefore, this projector has a true ANSI rating of 200, which is actually pretty good, as anything above the 1,000 "marketing lumens" should be bright enough. So let's be honest here - I didn't buy this projector because it is the best and brightest projector I have ever seen. I bought it for travel in case the place where I'm staying has no options for entertainment, so I can bring my own. I wouldn't pack a true projector with me, so that's where these tiny PICO style projector comes in really handy. The other PICO projectors I have had just wasn't bright enough to truly enjoy. If I put them at about 2-3 feet then yes I can get a bright enough image to enjoy. But at that distance, the projection size would be like barely 10 inches. I was able to get this projector out to about sixe feet and still have it bright enough to be enjoyable in a dimly lit room. It wasn't perfect, but it was very decent. At that distance, the image was about 70-75 inches - pretty awesome. I'm not going to lie and say that I can get an awesome image at 100 inches - that's simply not achievable for a projector this small, and at that size the things onscreen would be too blurry to really enjoy. If I was in pitch-black darness then yes, it was passable, but I don't like my room to be that dark, and that condition isn't really consistently attainable. So a bright image at 70 inches is perfectly fine for me.You can project anything that accepts a USB or HDMI hookup, so you can project from a portable hard drive, your game console (Nintendo Switch, PS4, etc.), laptop, and even your phone if you have the right app. It weights about two pounds, so I just throw it in my backpack and am always ready to go and never have to worry about being bored each time I take a trip. I have had other PICO projectors from $100-200, and I know the price on this is higher, but don't be like me and go for the cheap one and learn the hard lesson later. Save up for it if you have to, but get the most expensive one you can afford, and with at least 200 ANSI real lumens like this one, and it'll be a great investment for you for many years down the road. Finally, I found the PICO projector worth keeping.

So...I'd at least give this a couple stars if there was any customer support whatsoever. I bought this to project images on to cookies and took a chance. Well, first of all, good luck if you're an iphone user. Seems geared to android. The biggest issue was nothing much could be done because it refused to hook up to my wifi (which is great). Kept flashing back and forth between saved (as in took the password) and connecting. After spending hours trying to do different things, using different bandwidths, etc, gave up and sent an email to where they say to for support. Bounced back as undeliverable. ok. I called the phone number on the booklet and left a message when several attempts to call brings me to some woman's voicemail box and requested tech support in an effort to give this device a chance. No response. So I returned and bought the Akaso for $40 more and the directions were clear (unlike the odd "manual" you get for this one) and within 10-15min had my projector doing what it's supposed to. The only positive is that this was very bright when turned on.

Bought it to transfer designs/logos for signs and mural painting. Worked ok out of the box. First issue was getting the remote to sync. Got that after a few tries and worked great. Sharp and clear picture, even with lights on in the shop. Youtube worked. Google chrome worked and the sound quality not too bad. The second time using it, I couldn’t get it to focus. After turning it off and on again, I finally got it dialed in and had no problems with projecting images with Airplay from my iPhone. Third time, it wouldn’t focus again, this time anywhere past 18 inches from the wall. The projection wasn’t big enough but it didn’t matter because it wouldn’t pair up with my iPhone or iPad. After resetting the all devices and the projector to factory settings, then the wifi wouldn’t randomly connect and the focus still wouldn’t dial in, it actually got worse. I had to move projector closer to the wall, so it made the screen so tiny you can’t read it. So with the screen so tiny from being close up to blurry from far away, I couldn’t navigate through the Home Screen to Settings. This was a 3 to 4 hour process and the battery lasted for about 45 to 60 mins of that. I boxed it up and then returned before return date expired. Due to other reviews, I didn’t bother trying to contact customer support. Now shopping for a replacement.I did have it set up on a desk mounted articulating arm. I never actually used it due to the focusing issues, but it seemed to hold up well vertically and horizontally on the arm.Over all, I’m pretty bummed out on this and now I’m skeptical on pretty much all other projectors in this category. Reading reviews on all of them, it seems the airplay sync is a pretty common problem. So I’m going with HDMI or usb cable hook up and wait for the technology to catch up.Good luck out there.