8-Bit's Hypercharge: How much impact does it make?

Returning 8-Bit player here, and I just noticed he's gotten a Hypercharge a lil while back. I got enough coins lying around to buy it, and therefore I'm wondering: Is it worth buying?

Seeing how I usually drop my boosters somewhere where they're hard to kill, the turret doesn't seem all that useful, except for maybe making an offensive push by throwing your Hypercharged booster forward. The only use I can think up for the turret to get value without actively endangering your booster is as a 'snitch'. For example, I'd drop it in that little crevice of unbreakable walls on Hard Rock Mine, and it might just snitch on an enemy trying to pass from their bushes to mine. That's all I can think of. Maybe it sweeps up a kill every once in a blue moon when an Edgar leaps onto you or whatever, but I really don't know.

Is the HC good because of the stats, primarily the speed boost? Does its value shift based on the gamemode (Heist, Bounty, GG, Wipeout, HZ)? Or is it a 'meh' HC, and more or less an optional cherry on top of 8-Bit's kit?