I am surprised at how handy and easy to use this Wand is. First, I am in love with Alexa, and we had a relationship far previous to the wand. It started with a full size Echo, then evolved into having three more little ones around the house. They keep things moving, I keep moving them around, they keep the house work done and keep me entertained. This smidge adds to the fun! The Dash Wand works very much like an Echo Tap, plus a Dash. It scans! It talks, it takes questions from me, and if I'm not TOO pushy it will do what I want. Device itself: Very well made, surprisingly brute. I was afraid I would break it while trying to install the batteries so I had to consult the instructions. It's that tough I feared I was doing the wrong thing. Nope. Just well sealed. Setup: I put in the batteries, launched the website it tells me, which popped me into my Amazon app on my smart phone. I had it on my wifi in less than 60 seconds. Usage: I'll be honest-- I didn't know what all it could or couldn't do, so I ran it through as many things as possible. *Most* things I could as my regular Alexa I could ask here. Measurements, conversion, facts like weather, date, time, etc. Two that I couldn't do: Stream music (which I didn't expect), and timers (didn't say no, but "not yet). One that did surprise me: I can control my home items that I have set up through Amazon! I can turn lights on & off, TV, etc.! I did scan some things with the bar code, no problem, it adds them to my cart rather than buying them (GOOD!) so I can decide if I want it, if I like the price or not, etc. I asked it to add a few things to my list, she did it, and was a bit pushy and wanted to buy. I always said NO! And she complied. Almost like a teenager. Or maybe pre-teen. I spent several minutes before bed just doing a round robin Q&A with Dash Wand. Because it's so little you can hold it close, and you can speak very softly to it. It's a rather more intimate experience than yelling across the room at the rest of the Alexa family. I asked it a variety of questions-- what's the population of this city, and this one, and this one, and this one. Since you press the button rather than call out Alexa! and wait for her to recognize you, you can really rapid fire through the questions in what feels like a more close, personal way. Not like an interrogation, but like a very interesting conversation over coffee. This leads me to the final conclusion here: The possibilities are endless. This could become a teaching tool, it is already, but could be enhanced to answer every little one's continual questions about the Earth, Moon and stars. When you hold it in your hand it has some closer feeling, and I seem more interested to ask it endless questions... whisper it sweet nothings... you get the idea. About the shortcomings: I had only two: The limitation of what I can ask it, (timer and music, fair that it doesn't stream...) and the barcode scanner feedback. Feedback from the barcode scanner is simple: It makes a happy bloop when it scans successfully, and makes a sad bloop when it's a bad scan. I do agree they could enhance this a bit, maybe a green LED for good scan or RED LED for bad (or maybe this happens and my thumb covers it up). I'm very pleased with this product and am very excited about what's to come next with Alexa!