MindWave Mobile 2: Brainwave Starter Kit

I had high hopes for the NeuroSky MindWave Mobile 2 Brainwave Starter Kit, but unfortunately, my experience has been far from satisfactory. One of the major issues I encountered right out of the gate is its lack of compatibility with modern systems. The required drivers are outdated, making it incompatible with newer operating systems like Windows 11. Even on Android devices, most of the games and apps are not optimized for modern Android OS, severely limiting its functionality. Furthermore, the absence of Linux options and the expiration of the Arduino option further restrict its versatility and usefulness for enthusiasts who prefer alternative platforms. The Bluetooth connectivity, touted as a key feature, turned out to be a nightmare to set up. Despite numerous attempts, establishing a stable connection was an arduous task. Despite its potential in terms of affordability and the promising array of games, I've had the MindWave Mobile 2 for quite some time now and still haven't been able to get it to work properly. It's incredibly frustrating to invest in a product that simply doesn't deliver on its promises. In conclusion, I can't recommend the NeuroSky MindWave Mobile 2 Brainwave Starter Kit due to its limited compatibility, connectivity issues, and overall lackluster performance.

Works great for me! I'm engaged in development of app called "EEG Meditation", for iOS and Android. Chasing a bug, I've tested it with more than 8 mobile phones last few days. It worked everywhere perfectly with one exception: WiFi interference with Bluetooth on Xiaomi Redmi Note 8t - the connection was unstable until WiFi was disabled. As for Battery life: Works perfectly for me with Ni-MH accumulators for 950 fAh (ReCyco+ 1000 rechargeable by GP). The longest life was with disposable Lithium batteries (Energizer), though they're expensive. Simple alkaline batteries won't last too long. There're SDKs for all platforms, providing "Meditation", "Attention", "Eyeblink", bands and raw EEG data. There's even a protocol explanation, so you theoretically can build your own SDK. Their website and documentation may seem outdated, but everything is there, and everything is working. Huge advantage above Muse, which closed their SDK!

I am a Middle School student trying to use the MindWave Mobile Neurosky headset. I asked for this headset as my birthday present, and it hasn’t worked. My father in my behalf has contacted your company twice, once by email and the next by a phone call searching for answers. We asked how to record the mindwaves believing that we could use this headset to do so, but apparently it was falsely advertised. Even though the dropbox function was unavailable to neurosky it will never be because no mindwaves are actually recorded. There is no real data collected that can be proven to show if a person is in a meditative state on the App. The blinking wasn’t calibrated correctly. The green light blinked even if a person wasn’t blinking. Neither times we contacted your company, the given answers have been helpful. During this time I contacted three people who majored or are majoring in computer sciences. None of them were able to make the headset work. The MindWave Mobile Tutorial App doesn’t help with pairing the headset to a phone, computer, or tablet. The MindWave Mobile App has only worked correctly with the headset once the first time I used it. After this we tried new batteries, but the device is faulty. For my Christmas break (which is two weeks long) I have researched and attempted different techniques. I bought a new app, because your app does record brainwaves, but it won’t pair, with any device. I tried using a college program MATLAB thinking that the headest wasn’t the problem, but alas it didn’t work either. Thinkgear wouldn’t work with the headset even though it is stated that they will work together in the instructions that came with the headset, and an online manual.

Bought this for the ex, she seems to like it.

Despite seeing multiple recent reviews stating that this doesn't work or connect, I decided to give it a try. Tested with a pixel 3a running android 10- works flawlessly. No trouble connecting to the device at all. Paired in the Bluetooth menu first- every app I've tried connects to the headset almost instantly. Most of the apps do bring up the warning that they were made for an older version of android, but no functionality seems to be lost there. I also tested on multiple windows 10 pcs. Again, pairing the device in the Bluetooth menu is step one. After this you install the appropriate handler (thinkgear connector) and make note of the com port. All software tested works just fine and connects to the headset almost instantly. I do not understand how on earth people have managed to not connect at all- I intentionally tried to botch the setup on two pcs just to try and replicate the reported issues, but the thing still works as it was meant to. I cannot attest to the accuracy, as I have no baseline device to compare it to. However I can say that the software on the neurosky site is dated and fairly useless- with the exception of the neuroexperimenter (a newer version is freely avaliable on the authors site), which allows you to record and log sessions, apply custom filtering, apply your own formulas to create custom esense waves and outputs complete csv data. As I wanted to study and analyze brainwave patterns during different activities, this is the perfect software to do so. The attention and meditation waves seem to accurately reflect some people while with others they seem to reflect everything in reverse. Its really hit or miss with those, but with the software mentioned above you can create a band that actually does reflect your attentive state. Either way, its 2020 and the device works on modern operating systems. If you are holding back on this purchase due to other reviews claiming that it doesn't work, you are missing out.