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Black Friday 2019

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  • 04-11-2019 12:32pm
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    paulbok
    Registered Users Posts: 4,904 ✭✭✭


    Now that Brexit is off again for another while, Black Friday shopping is saved for another year, esp for Amazon UK.
    If memory serves me right, they started their sales in the 2 week preceding the Friday (29th this year) so should start in 2 weeks.
    Not sure I'll be getting much unless there are some serious savings on certain products as I've invested a fair bit over the summer on smart tech for a home renovation project. What's on my wish list is on the more expensive side, such as a robo vacuum cleaner so that may be as much as I go for.
    Maybe some smart blinds.
    And a spare hue bulb or two.

    Ahh crap :rolleyes:


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    Dr4gul4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭Dr4gul4


    I'm on the hunt this year to replace my in house wifi mesh with some ubiquity gear i think, so i can "easily" extend the damn wifi outside, and install a few shelly 1's and POE camera's here and there.


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    lucast2007us
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    Hoping to pick a ring 2 doorbell. Raging I didn't pick it up a few weeks ago when it was 150 euro


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    Junior
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    Dr4gul4 wrote: »
    I'm on the hunt this year to replace my in house wifi mesh with some ubiquity gear i think, so i can "easily" extend the damn wifi outside, and install a few shelly 1's and POE camera's here and there.

    I have been using https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com to track them on Amazon with the last while.


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    Dr4gul4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭Dr4gul4


    Junior wrote: »
    I have been using https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com to track them on Amazon with the last while.

    Just need to figure out what all i really need ..


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    beanian
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭beanian


    Installed a Ubuquiti UniFi setup in my home a few weeks ago. Got 2 of their PoE cameras which are brilliant but as yet the UniFi Protect ecosystem doesnt integrate with anything else which is fustrating. You can get an RTSP stream but not motion events :mad:


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    tusk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    beanian wrote: »
    Installed a Ubuquiti UniFi setup in my home a few weeks ago. Got 2 of their PoE cameras which are brilliant but as yet the UniFi Protect ecosystem doesnt integrate with anything else which is fustrating. You can get an RTSP stream but not motion events :mad:

    Did you get a deal somewhere?


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    Dr4gul4
    Registered Users Posts: 1,410 ✭✭✭Dr4gul4


    beanian wrote: »
    Installed a Ubuquiti UniFi setup in my home a few weeks ago. Got 2 of their PoE cameras which are brilliant but as yet the UniFi Protect ecosystem doesnt integrate with anything else which is fustrating. You can get an RTSP stream but not motion events :mad:

    I think i'd go Foscam my self tbh, as opposed to the G3 ?? cameras from ubiquiti


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    paulbok
    Registered Users Posts: 4,904 ✭✭✭paulbok


    Official BF sales start on Amazon this Friday but some good deals on there already. Echo show 7" and Ring Floodlight Cam for £169.


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    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    Blink XT2, two camera system: €162


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    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    paulbok wrote: »
    Official BF sales start on Amazon this Friday but some good deals on there already. Echo show 7" and Ring Floodlight Cam for £169.

    That's a great price for just the camera, crazy good with the echo included


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    tusk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    I have four of the original blink outdoor cameras, and they are brilliant. Would highly recommend.


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    EletricMan
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    Looking for a smart door bell, anyone have any opinions on nest Vs ring smart door bell?


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    tusk
    Registered Users Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭tusk


    EletricMan wrote: »
    Looking for a smart door bell, anyone have any opinions on nest Vs ring smart door bell?

    have the Ring 2 in my in-laws'. it's grand. Charge doesn't seem to last very long, but my missus has motion sensing on.

    I wouldn't be arsed getting one for myself though.


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    John_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,790 ✭✭✭John_Mc


    EletricMan wrote: »
    Looking for a smart door bell, anyone have any opinions on nest Vs ring smart door bell?

    Installed the Ring doorbell pro 2 weeks ago and very happy with it. Going to get the floodlight camera for the back garden now I think.


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    keane2097
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    Yeah I have a ring 2 as well and it works fine.


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    NabyLadistheman
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    Bluefoam wrote: »
    Blink XT2, two camera system: €162

    I wonder will these drop any further over Black Friday? £45 off atm, tempted to pull the trigger


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    Stoner
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    EletricMan wrote:
    Looking for a smart door bell, anyone have any opinions on nest Vs ring smart door bell?

    I've had both.

    Overall I like the nest hello

    But I miss the access to the motion detector to switch other things like a porch light that ring offer

    They are very similar

    I switched to nest as I'd more Google speakers than Alexa speakers

    I'd the Eco show too

    I've an Android TV with a built in Chromecast and assistant so calling up nest cameras to cast on it is smooth

    TBH I switched based on other bits of kit and the casting options with nest.

    Ring cameras have improved in this space now, and nest have become more closed again with less integration than they had when I bought them as Google pushes it's own automation features over generic options.

    TBH I think you'll like both.

    I'm very marginally a Google assistant fan over Alexa, but many of the reasons to select one over the other change over time.


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    dam099
    Registered Users Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭dam099


    Stoner wrote: »
    I've had both.
    But I miss the access to the motion detector to switch other things like a porch light that ring offer

    How were you accessing the motion detector? I am aware of IFTTT but find the lag makes it useless. Stringify was great for that (little lag and more complex rules) until it closed down and I have yet to find an alternative.


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    2011
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    Good Black Friday deals on the Google store

    https://store.google.com/ie/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAq97uBRCwARIsADTziyZ132Cc2aT6yB4DUyxAorM7vR3qipQ6APhmZ4vYoSFZZK7JfiUcj5oaAleFEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds


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    Decoda
    Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Decoda


    2011 wrote: »
    Good Black Friday deals on the Google store

    https://store.google.com/ie/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAq97uBRCwARIsADTziyZ132Cc2aT6yB4DUyxAorM7vR3qipQ6APhmZ4vYoSFZZK7JfiUcj5oaAleFEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

    Got the Google Nest Hub for £69 with delivery via Addresspal this morning off of the Google UK store, £60 off, down from £119.

    D.


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    therecklessone
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    Decoda wrote: »
    Got the Google Nest Hub for £69 with delivery via Addresspal this morning off of the Google UK store, £60 off, down from £119.

    D.

    Are Addresspal better to use than Parcel Motel with the Google UK store?


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    Decoda
    Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Decoda


    therecklessone wrote: »
    Are Addresspal better to use than Parcel Motel with the Google UK store?

    Not sure, I tried to use my Parcel Motel address but for some reason I couldn't seem to enter it in a format that they accepted. It took the addresspal first time so used that instead.

    D.


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    #24
    therecklessone
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    Took my parcel motel just now


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    Moreilly
    Registered Users Posts: 644 ✭✭✭Moreilly


    The black friday week has started on the google store, can anybody remember if the prices dropped any more last year on actual black friday or did the offers stay the same as the rest of the week? , looking at the nest wifi mesh from the uk store.... ?


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    #26
    Stoner
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    dam099 wrote:
    How were you accessing the motion detector? I am aware of IFTTT but find the lag makes it useless. Stringify was great for that (little lag and more complex rules) until it closed down and I have yet to find an alternative.

    Sorry, yes it was IFTTT.

    The lag for me was not too bad.

    I miss stringify too

    Home assistant should do it too though.

    That would be faster on your own rpi


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    #27
    Redsoxfan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,258 ✭✭✭Redsoxfan


    paulbok wrote:
    Official BF sales start on Amazon this Friday but some good deals on there already. Echo show 7" and Ring Floodlight Cam for £169.


    Must have been a Lightening Deal? Nothing like that now.


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    #28
    paulbok
    Registered Users Posts: 4,904 ✭✭✭paulbok


    Redsoxfan wrote: »
    Must have been a Lightening Deal? Nothing like that now.

    Keep an eye out each day. Wouldn't be surprised to see it up again


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    #29
    maxamillius
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    Anyone get any good deals?


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    Bluefoam
    Registered Users Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    maxamillius wrote: »
    Anyone get any good deals?

    Arlo Pro 2 _ Amazon.com
    Eufy 15C Max _ Amazon.es
    Stellar 7000 pots _ Arnotts


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    A320
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭A320


    I got 3 Philips hue GU10 bulbs,the new type for 79.99, considering they're usually nearly 50 quid each that's alright,I needed 4 so I got the 4th at near full price for 46,so saved about 65 to 70 quid altogether


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