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Amazon Dash button down to 99p, today only, prime only

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  • 22-11-2016 3:43pm
    #1
    Phibsboro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭


    The Amazon Dash button is a great little yokey to play around with from an IoT point of view. They are on special today only for 99p (down from £4.99). This is a Prime exclusive - sign up for the 1 month trail and then cancel, very handy for Black Friday previews as well. Only 1 type per customer (so you need to choose different ones to get more than one).

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=gw__dash_shov_BF16/ref=br_isw_strs-2?_encoding=UTF8&node=10833773031&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

    UK only so use Parcel Motel/AddressPal/DPD Wizard to get a UK address. I ordered 5, the one possible wrinkle is if Amazon deliver each dash separately in which I'll get charged 5 PM deliveries, but hopefully that wouldn't happen! If I get them in one go, then its £5 (say €5.85) plus one PM delivery (€4) so less then €2 per wireless enabled button.

    Hours of hacking fun ahead of me :)

    c

    <edit> I think I should clarify that I am not suggesting you use these to order stuff from Amazon. They are very popular in the IoT and home automation world as a very cheap wifi enabled on-off switch. They can be used for example to control Philips Hue lights (and this is just one approach, give it a google for others)..

    http://www.theghostbit.com/2016/07/controlling-philips-hue-lights-with.html

    It can do the same with a Smart things plug, the Belkin kit, etc etc. </edit>


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    #2
    Kurn
    Registered Users Posts: 875 ✭✭✭Kurn


    Will they deliver to Ireland when you press the order button?


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    theteal
    Registered Users Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭theteal


    Not one of those products do we buy. . .well maybe fairy non bio but that hardly makes me want to buy one


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    #4
    Phibsboro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭Phibsboro


    Kurn wrote: »
    Will they deliver to Ireland when you press the order button?
    theteal wrote: »
    Not one of those products do we buy. . .well maybe fairy non bio but that hardly makes me want to buy one


    You don't use it for what amazon wants you to use it! You hack it to do something IoT-ish for you. For example, here are 26 things you can do with it (I should have ordered 26!)

    http://www.dashbuttondudes.com/blog/2015/12/11/26-amazon-dash-button-hacks


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    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,540 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Thanks Phibsboro I bought 5 :)


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