Like the sound of the amp, the size, and the concept but the phone app is a little wonky to me.

Well worth the purchase. This unit sparkles in clarity and the Bluetooth library of options enables dialing in some very interesting and useful sounds. All quite easy to navigate and tweak.I like cows, so "Mooer" is a plus for me as well

Hornet 05iI'd give this bad boy six stars if I could.The sound alone warrants five stars. I was really surprised when I plugged in and hit the guitar strings. I have a couple other practice amps. They are both 20 watts. This little 5 watt baby holds its own against them when it comes to clarity, volume, and tone.If you're looking for a great (very) little amp to take to the park, your friends house, this one is portable, has a rechargeable battery, and is simple to use. Like one knob simple, clockwise to turn it on and turn it up, a quick push to cycle between four preset tones/effects. The four presets are even color coded on the knob. Easy.But wait... yes, there is more.I downloaded the free iAmp app and wow, that opened the door to so much more. I don't need to tell you the numbers, as they are listed in the description, but yes, there are a lot of amps, tones, effects, a looper, metronome, tuner, and even a big helping of rhythm tracks to help you keep time.Yes, they are editable.(My wife hates this amp. I was supposed to make dinner but ended up deep in the rabbit hole that was customizing sounds. After two hours she said something and I had to quit and make dinner. Oops)I did end up pairing the amp with the GTRS GWF4 wireless foot switch. Now I don't have to tap the iPad to change settings, start/stop the looper and drum tracks, and the best thing, it works flawlessly.It does take a little bit to get the button combinations down for switching tone banks and to and from the drums or looper.The downloadable manuals for both are well written and really helpful.You charge the amp with a USB C cable, the same cable will let you record to a mobile device.(I might just put this in a padded shoebox with a SM57 and see what it does...)If you have five minutes to practice or you are jamming all day, the Mooer Hornet 05i will keep up.---------------------SD30iThis amp is that little Hornet on steroids!The 30 watt SD30i is clear, loud, and oh man, is it customizable... Like the Hornet it connects to the Mooer iAmp app letting you set up new presets. I had the GWF4 wireless foot switch. I've used it with both amps. My pedalboard setup is sitting in the corner, jealous.No seriously, like with any amp there are those couple pedals that have their unique tones.I like being able to forget about the minute tweaks to the sound when coming up with riffs and songs. This amp allows you to do that. Set all the presets where you want them, and you have a whole bank of tones to play with. I made four presets with distinct flavors. There is a clean, fuzzy, punkish, and classic British rock. I can cycle through them, or move on to other presets. This is all done on the SD30i through the iAmp app. The wireless foot switch isn't mandatory, but it saves you from tapping the iPad when you want to change tones or start the looper.I can't say enough about this amp, metronome, drum tracks, tuner, and looper.The sound quality that is thrown at you is fantastic. (I think this amp improved my playing.)Did I mention that like its little brother the SD30i packs a rechargeable battery.Yeah, play with 30 watts of powerful sound anywhere you want.

The Hornet05i mini amp is excellent in every way! It’s very small, lightweight, and portable, perfect for travel or space saving; but it doesn’t sound small! The overall tone and bass response are really, really good and very pleasing. And I can’t believe how loud it can get! and it still sounds really good at louder volumes. All of the settings are controlled with the easy-to-use iAMP app, connected to your amp via Bluetooth. It’s very simple to set up. You can also stream audio to the amp over Bluetooth. There are many amp models available, varying in tone and gain/distortion level, so you are sure to find something that fits the genre of your choice. And you can of course adjust the gain and tone of each one. The effects are all excellent and fully adjustable within the app. The provided presets are inspiring right out of the box, but it’s easy to create your own presets. The drum beats are a lot of fun, and the looper is very handy. I might pick up the Mooer F4 footswitch later on to facilitate the use of the looper and preset switching. Quick battery charge and then I’m ready to go. I used a Samsung rapid charger (which provides 3A of current). Use a 5V USB-C power adapter with at least 2A according to instructions. I am very pleased with my purchase of the Mooer Hornet05i.

This is a digital modeling amp with solid features and great sound in about the footprint of a large pedal. It does outsource control of those sounds to your phone or tablet in the form of an amp, so that the controls onboard are more or less volume with power accessed just by turning it all the way down. With the control of sounds via an app in a portable amplifier, it is rather similar to the Positive Grid Spark, which I also own. The sounds on both are quite good. I believe this unit has more amplifiers, but fewer effects, and there are a few more hands-on controls on the Spark, as well as more volume, though there is plenty of volume for solo practice or to play along with another acoustic instrument. This amp, however, has a rechargeable battery, and sounds great, particularly considering how small the speaker is. I could definitely see bringing this along on a trip in a way that I might not with the Spark. The app includes a number of useful features like a metronome or a series of programed beats to practice with, a tuner, and Bluetooth audio streaming for backing tracks or even iOS synths. It handles inputs from synths capably, as well, and is useful for adding effects to those, as well. I might have liked for there to be an auxiliary jack, but that is the only thing I am really missing on this. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this small amp.