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It is out-of-the-box excellent. Since the two updates he's made since - it's legitimately perfect. If you think it looks cool or seems optimal based on the videos, it MORE than lives up to that in person.
Liftlayered bought the knobs in bulk, so I (and likely he) can't speak to longevity or battery life but it feels like good enough quality. Very responsive touchscreen, USB-C charging port, power switch, another port I'm not sure about, and what I think is a pinhole reset. It also has a very nice tactile feel when turning. It looks and feels like a much more expensive piece of hardware.
The art and genius though is in the software/firmware, and Liftlayered crushed it. I have the Beyond Power app on my iPhone and iPad and use it, but I just as often use the screens on my two Voltras. For example, I use my iPad on a magnetic mount for belt squats (loading and unloading while the cable is extended) and it works, but it's just a bit cumbersome. The first time I turned this knob, magnetically placed on my squat rack upright where I needed it, it just felt instantly like the optimal interface. It connected instantly to both Voltras. Chains, eccentric, extend cable length and delayed weight loading (etc) all work as they should and are more intuitive with a dial than a finger on the Voltra screen or app. Everything on screen is as intuitively placed as it could possibly be. I haven't made one adjustment and thought it would work better another way.
Liftlayered has also been SUPER responsive to two questions and I made a future firmware feature request just this morning he already implemented it and took this knob from excellent to perfect. I plan to order a second, when available so I have instant access to both.
For $99, my expectations were pretty low as an early adopter, but this is an absolute no-brainer if you have a Voltra. I've had my Voltra's for more than two years and think they're the best single piece of gym equipment ever engineered and this knob makes them better.