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  • #3662
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    BobbyT28 wrote: »
    Yeah same here re throwing it in the box. Might be nice birthday present for someone. I got my email about 2 weeks after signing up to new sub.

    @Clareman, What cameras do you have? Looking at IQ Outdoor one myself, already have Nest Hello

    I've the IQ Outdoor, Hello and the Max Hub


  • #3663
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    deezell wrote: »
    That's a €100/year isn't it? With more than one camera are the images still full size or are they tiled?

    Yeah, 100 for 13 months actually. Each stream is it's own HD feed but you can have a dashboard with them all as thumbnails if you want.


  • #3664
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    BobbyT28 wrote: »
    Yeah same here re throwing it in the box. Might be nice birthday present for someone. I got my email about 2 weeks after signing up to new sub.

    @Clareman, What cameras do you have? Looking at IQ Outdoor one myself, already have Nest Hello

    I just remembered when I got the nest mini i gave my original mini to my parents as a present, between the hubs, Google home and the mesh I've a speaker in nearly every room but they are handy, I'm going to use this one as an outdoor speaker i think as i won't mind if it breaks and I've a spare outside plug.


  • #3665
    RTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭RTT


    BobbyT28 wrote:
    No never said anything to them. I was a bit peeved I changed but will probably just keep it now as I plan to get the IQ outdoor later in the year. If 5 day 24/7 recording is enough like it was for me and you don’t intend to keep 2nd camera then no. If you are keeping the 2nd one I would upgrade to new plan. 60 day 24/7 recording and all cameras fall under the one plan.


    Signed up to the new plan yesterday. Received an email about the free nest mini last night. Just got a text saying that it will be delivered tomorrow. Happy enough with that.


  • #3666
    RTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭RTT


    BobbyT28 wrote:
    No never said anything to them. I was a bit peeved I changed but will probably just keep it now as I plan to get the IQ outdoor later in the year. If 5 day 24/7 recording is enough like it was for me and you don’t intend to keep 2nd camera then no. If you are keeping the 2nd one I would upgrade to new plan. 60 day 24/7 recording and all cameras fall under the one plan.


    Signed up to the new plan yesterday. Received an email about the free nest mini last night. Just got a text saying that it will be delivered tomorrow. Happy enough with that.


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  • #3667
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Mine was delivered today by DHL, I'll post here whenever I open the box, but still a nice surprise to get.


  • #3668
    BobbyT28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭BobbyT28


    Clareman wrote: »
    I've the IQ Outdoor, Hello and the Max Hub

    How do you rate the IQ Outdoor? Worth the money?


  • #3669
    BobbyT28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭BobbyT28


    Clareman wrote: »
    , I'm going to use this one as an outdoor speaker i think as i won't mind if it breaks and I've a spare outside plug.

    Are you just bringing it outside when your sitting out the back or are you planning on leaving it outside all year round with some sort of protection ?


  • #3670
    Kintarō Hattori
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,084 ✭✭✭✭Kintarō Hattori


    I see in the US some people got Nest Hubs while others got Mini's. I'm not going to moan about a free Mini but a Hub would have been amazing and useful in my case. The mini I'll just be giving to the folks.


  • #3671
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    BobbyT28 wrote: »
    How do you rate the IQ Outdoor? Worth the money?

    Absolutely brilliant, the quality is outstanding and I find the alerting/scroll back to be great. Saying all that I don't know if it was worth the money, it is an awful lot of money for a camera, I had a bit of spare cash at the time so I bought a LOAD of kit at once so price didn't bother me too much, sorry I know that doesn't help.


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  • #3672
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    Kintarō Hattori wrote: »
    I see in the US some people got Nest Hubs while others got Mini's. I'm not going to moan about a free Mini but a Hub would have been amazing and useful in my case. The mini I'll just be giving to the folks.

    I saw that as well, the hub would have been brilliant but I guess it's bad form to complain about something free :o

    My mini has been thrown in the box with the mini I got for having a YouTube Premium subscription, I had a look around the house and I couldn't find another place to put it


  • #3673
    Clareman
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators Posts: 24,053 Mod ✭✭✭✭Clareman


    BobbyT28 wrote: »
    Are you just bringing it outside when your sitting out the back or are you planning on leaving it outside all year round with some sort of protection ?

    I've a very sheltered area of the garden that doesn't seem to get wet, for example I keep patio chalk for the kids there and it hasn't been destroyed with moisture yet, saying that when I went to look at it I spotted that I've a Max Hub next to a window so all I had to do was open the window and turn the hub around, much better option that I'm going to use from now on.


  • #3674
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,955 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    Sorry might not be right thread, I have a smart tv and have on a smart plug which turns it off/on all the time. IS this bad for the TV? Thanks


  • #3675
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 23,625 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    Sorry might not be right thread, I have a smart tv and have on a smart plug which turns it off/on all the time. IS this bad for the TV? Thanks

    Yes, it isn't great for the TV, it can cause wear on the components. Plus there is no benefit really to doing it. A modern TV in standby uses less then 0.5W, which is actually less power then most smart plugs draw to work.


  • #3676
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,955 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    bk wrote: »
    Yes, it isn't great for the TV, it can cause wear on the components. Plus there is no benefit really to doing it. A modern TV in standby uses less then 0.5W, which is actually less power then most smart plugs draw to work.


    It is to stop the kids :-) not to save power


  • #3677
    deezell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,644 ✭✭✭deezell


    This robot vacuum in Lidl this week, €199
    https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/summer-cleaning/robot-vacuum-cleaner/p43149
    Silver Crest brand. Alexa etc. 2.6AH battery, 120min.run time

    So, with apologies to Matthew 22.42
    "What think ye of (silver)Crest?
    Whose robot is he?

    I've been reading that poster for ten years waiting for my train....


  • #3678
    JJJackal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,019 ✭✭✭JJJackal


    deezell wrote: »
    This robot vacuum in Lidl this week, €199
    https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/summer-cleaning/robot-vacuum-cleaner/p43149
    Silver Crest brand. Alexa etc. 2.6AH battery, 120min.run time

    So, with apologies to Matthew 22.42
    "What think ye of (silver)Crest?
    Whose robot is he?

    I've been reading that poster for ten years waiting for my train....

    wonder if worth a punt?


  • #3679
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    JJJackal wrote: »
    wonder if worth a punt?

    Go to Amazon and get a Eufy Robovac that has a good brand base (made by Anker) and cheap spares/consumables


  • #3680
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    I wouldn't spend €200 for a Lidl model, when you can get a Eufy for the same money...


  • #3681
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Discount at the moment, you just need to tick the box:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eufy-Upgraded-Super-Thin-Self-Charging-Medium-Pile/dp/B07DDDB34D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=eufy+robovac&qid=1591458423&sprefix=eufy&sr=8-3


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  • #3682
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    Discount at the moment, you just need to tick the box:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eufy-Upgraded-Super-Thin-Self-Charging-Medium-Pile/dp/B07DDDB34D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=eufy+robovac&qid=1591458423&sprefix=eufy&sr=8-3

    Exactly. And like I said cheap spares
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07D9GQ2LH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-672EbR6MB3P6

    I have the cheaper Eufy 11c, can't fault it


  • #3683
    deezell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,644 ✭✭✭deezell


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    I wouldn't spend €200 for a Lidl model, when you can get a Eufy for the same money...

    But will you get a Eufy with wifi, side brushes, app control, Alexa, 120 min, 2.6AH battery, suction boost, 5 modes? Lidl sold a bog standard robovac for £80 earlier, this one seems more like a Eufy 15C or 30C, which will set you back a good bit more. That's my question, how does it compare to robovacs of this spec. No point comparing it to a base model.


  • #3684
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    deezell wrote: »
    But will you get a Eufy with wifi, side brushes, app control, Alexa, 120 min, 2.6AH battery, suction boost, 5 modes? Lidl sold a bog standard robovac for £80 earlier, this one seems more like a Eufy 15C or 30C, which will set you back a good bit more. That's my question, how does it compare to robovacs of this spec. No point comparing it to a base model.

    FFS, at least look at the link I posted... That's a fully featured 30C for £190...


  • #3685
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    deezell wrote: »
    But will you get a Eufy with wifi, side brushes, app control, Alexa, 120 min, 2.6AH battery, suction boost, 5 modes? Lidl sold a bog standard robovac for £80 earlier, this one seems more like a Eufy 15C or 30C, which will set you back a good bit more. That's my question, how does it compare to robovacs of this spec. No point comparing it to a base model.

    He linked the 30c for the same price


  • #3686
    deezell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,644 ✭✭✭deezell


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    Discount at the moment, you just need to tick the box:

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eufy-Upgraded-Super-Thin-Self-Charging-Medium-Pile/dp/B07DDDB34D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=eufy+robovac&qid=1591458423&sprefix=eufy&sr=8-3

    So assuming free delivery to UK includes here, £190, or about €213. The Lidl one €13 cheaper, and you can walk in and refund or exchange if anything goes amiss. All my lidl tool/gadget purchases have been top class. I wonder eho makes this one?


  • #3687
    deezell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,644 ✭✭✭deezell


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    FFS, at least look at the link I posted... That's a fully featured 30C for £190...
    Sorry FFS, I was replying to the post before yours, so my post which offended you was made sight unseen of your link.


  • #3688
    Gooey Looey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,297 ✭✭✭Gooey Looey


    deezell wrote: »
    So assuming free delivery to UK includes here, £190, or about €213. The Lidl one €13 cheaper, and you can walk in and refund or exchange if anything goes amiss. All my lidl tool/gadget purchases have been top class. I wonder eho makes this one?

    I know which I'd be buying! You won't get better customer service than Amazon


  • #3689
    slicedpanman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭slicedpanman


    Gooey Looey wrote: »
    I know which I'd be buying! You won't get better customer service than Amazon

    Agreed and Eufy customer service is great too... I've had a 30c for ages. It developed a battery fault and when I got in touch with Eufy (past any Amazon warranty) it turned out I was out of warranty but they sent me a full reconditioned 30c as a replacement

    Later I got a battery replacement for the original 30c now I've got two :) happy customer


  • #3690
    deezell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,644 ✭✭✭deezell


    Mr.S wrote: »
    I'm looking for a simple smart temperature / monitor that works with Google Home, any bargains? No need to connect to heating system etc.

    This one claims Home connectivity, though not showing on home list
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/ECOOLBUY-Temperature-Hygrometer-Compatible-Greenhouse/dp/B07XL3YT5Q

    This is the HOME list for stats. Sonoff also claims HOME connectivory though not on list

    515587.jpg


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  • #3691
    grogi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,618 ✭✭✭grogi


    Gooey Looey wrote: »
    I know which I'd be buying! You won't get better customer service than Amazon

    Unless you get a strike of bad luck or dodgy sellers and need to return 3 or 4 things in a row... They will stop talking to you and close your account down without a word of warning and close any other account you try to open afterwards...


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