Kensington WiFi finder

A few days ago I bought a Kensington Wifi finder despite the fact that 98% of the reviews gave it a negative rating, most 1 out of 5. Part of the reason I rebelled against the reviews was because it was the only wifi finder that seemed to be readily available in my area. The other reason was because I'm a skeptic until I actually try something.

I must have lucked out because I give the Wifi finder a 3/5; it doesn't quite do what it says, but it's pretty darn good, and for the cash, it's a find. The problem I found was that the wifi finder detected both open and closed wifi networks - it's suppose to only find open networks. The worst problem with the Kensington wifi finder is that it's almost useless in direct sunlight, it's near impossible to see the display lights, a tone would have worked better.

I was quite surprised at the number of wifi networks it found, and I'm guessing that a few were false positives. That said, I only tested one network, my neighbours, and sure enough my notebook connected to an I.P. address that was quite different than I use on my own wifi lan.

I spent $36 CDN, but I've seen the Kensington for as little as $14 U.S. (new). In a where a lot of wifi hot spots don't seem to be published publically, this little device is a gem.