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Mine cut out around the four hour mark on a hike with tracking going. Others seem to get more out of theirs, but that was my result.
Right now it’s just the back wall of the garage, which is a bit rough in places. Half my reason for asking is that I’m not sure a screen fixes that or if I’m better off just aiming at a flatter bit of wall.
I skipped the shirt entirely because I wanted to see how the heat felt without anything in the way. It does come through a bit more directly, but the bigger thing I noticed was the wrap sitting tighter on my neck, so it stayed put better when I leaned back. With a shirt it shifted around more. Doesn’t really change the pulse for me though. If you’re comfortable with the t-shirt setup, I doubt bare skin is going to feel like a different device. I still use mine over a shirt half the time depending on what I’m wearing.
My experience went the other way. I grabbed one mostly for the same reason, less hand strain at family dinners, and it was fine on newer bottles. The older ones were where it let me down. I had two corks from bottles that had been lying around a while, and both crumbled on the way out. It still pulled the cork, just not in one piece, so I ended up fishing bits out of the wine. That said, my grip is the bigger issue for me, so I still use it and just accept the occasional mess. If your old bottles have decent corks it might be fine, but I would not count on it being a magic fix for dry ones.
I’d wipe the chain before sharpening, not every single time but whenever it looks greasy. A clean chain lets the tool sit flush and the file cuts better. Skipping it once won’t hurt, but I’ve noticed sharper results when I do a quick wipe first.
A vent helps with air movement, but it also lets damp air straight in, so it cuts both ways. If the shed already swings between cold and warm, condensation will form on the charger regardless of the box. I’d leave the charger out of the box when not in use and only bring it out for charging.
Mine’s been sitting on a shelf above the sink for a few months now and it’s been fine. The controls being at eye level is the main reason I kept it up there. I still move it to the floor when I’m actually in the shower, but that’s just me.
I stuck with my old power bank and cable for about two years before I changed anything, and it was fine. What finally pushed me to get a small dedicated setup was losing the cable in the tent one morning and spending way too long digging for it. That was the actual problem, not the charging itself.
So now I keep a little pouch with just the collar charger and a short cable, and it does make packing easier because I grab one thing instead of hunting around. It’s not some big upgrade, more like a small convenience thing. If your current stuff works and you always know where it is, there’s no real reason to swap. The dedicated setup only pays off if you’re constantly misplacing cables or juggling one bank between several devices. Mine is small enough that it doesn’t really add to the load, but I wouldn’t have bothered if I hadn’t kept losing the cable.
Hardwiring is worth it for the clean install alone in my opinion. I had the same dangling cable annoyance and it drove me nuts. The parking stuff is a bonus, but the tidy setup was the real win for me.
I bought a similar shaped pillow last spring and had the same first impression. Weird pressure points, not pain exactly, just my neck not knowing what to do with itself. I kept using it out of laziness more than hope.
What actually made me decide was comparing two mornings. I slept one night on the ergo thing and one night back on my old pillow, then checked how my neck felt when I got up. The difference was small but real, and it showed up around the fourth or fifth night, not the first. If both mornings had felt identical I probably would have stopped.
One thing I noticed is that the first few nights I was unconsciously fighting the shape, like adjusting and re-adjusting. Once I stopped messing with it and just let my head sit where it landed, it got less strange. That took maybe three nights on its own.
I would not drag it out for weeks if nothing changes at all. But a few days is too early to call it, since you are still basically sleeping on a new object. Give it a handful of nights and pay attention to how you feel when you wake up rather than how it feels when you first lie down.
Two weeks is about the real ceiling in my experience, and even that assumes the space is small and closed up. The 4 week number on the package feels like it’s written for a sealed cabinet, not a normal room. Scent based stuff just loses punch over time no matter what the label claims, and the pouches themselves don’t really change much visually so it’s easy to assume they’re still working when they’re not. I’d treat the 2 week mark as the point where you start paying attention rather than trusting the calendar. If you can still smell it clearly, it’s probably still doing something. If it smells faint or neutral, replace it. That’s about as precise as you can get with this kind of product.
Portable just means it has a handle and isn’t bolted to a wall. I’d still call it a waste in a closet since you can’t be in there while it runs anyway. I’ve only ever used mine in open rooms.
Mine stays in for calls without much fuss. Speech comes through fine, though I do keep the volume a notch lower than for face to face. Holding the phone right up to my ear is the only part that feels awkward.
I went from curious to kind of over it after watching a friend deal with this exact thing on her ring. She runs five or six times a week and the heart rate during actual movement was the part that never really settled for her. Resting numbers were fine, sleep was fine, but once she picked up the pace the ring would either trail behind or jump around. She tried it on a couple different fingers and it helped a little, not a lot.
What changed her mind wasn’t the lag, it was that she stopped trusting the workout numbers over time. First few weeks she was checking the app after every run, then she just stopped looking at that section. She still wears it for everything else and likes it for that. But for the moving-around part she went back to her old watch and doesn’t really think about the ring during exercise anymore.
So if workout heart rate is the main reason you’d buy it, I’d set expectations low there. If it’s more of a daily wear thing with exercise as a bonus, that’s a different story. For me that’s the line I’d draw before buying one.
Low setting on glass just seems like extra setup for the same result as a hose. I’d probably still keep the sponge for windows and save the JetClean for wheels and sills.
With low pressure it’s mostly just a rinse tool. Mine works fine for light stuff but it never had that focused punch until I moved to a place with stronger flow. You’re not missing a secret trick.
Sofa cushions are kind of a pain with these small vacs either way. I’d try the brush on a low suction setting if yours has one, sometimes too much pull just drags the fabric. Not sure the slim nozzle would do much better on hair that’s woven in.
I picked up a cheap 2A car adapter for mine instead of the built-in port. Charges at a normal speed that way, close to what I get at home.
I’d push back a little on the idea that they’re basically just normal sunglasses without a prescription. For me the whole point is the glare thing, and that doesn’t really depend on whether you need vision correction. I don’t wear glasses either and I got a pair mainly for night driving because oncoming headlights were starting to bug me on longer trips. They did take some getting used to, mostly because the tint and contrast change how everything looks at first, and I remember thinking they felt a bit odd for the first couple of drives. After that it just became normal. The over-glasses bit is irrelevant if you have normal vision, it’s just a fit option, not the main feature. So I wouldn’t judge them as pointless just because you don’t wear frames. If glare is the reason you’re looking at them, that part still applies.
Mine actually polished the grates a bit after a few uses. The scratches I had were from the old wire brush, and the GrillWizz didn’t add anything new. It’s been about two months on a set of grates from 2015.
Mine stays plugged in and my scanner still works fine when I plug it in. The port is still there, just occupied. So you’d have to unplug the SynGas to use your scan tool, unless you get a splitter. Not really a hassle for occasional use.
Charging it first is probably overkill. If it turns on out of the box I’d just start using it and plug it in later when the battery actually drops. Waiting around for a full charge before you even know if you like the thing seems backwards.
Mine does the same thing if I leave it running in a closed room. Small space plus moisture going in and nowhere for it to go, so it builds up. I just crack a window or leave the door open when I’m using it and that mostly fixes it for me. If the room is already muggy outside, I don’t bother running it at all because it just makes things worse. Dry heat is where it actually feels like it’s doing something. So if I were you, I’d try it with some airflow first before assuming the unit is faulty. That’s the cheap test. If it’s still clammy with a window open, then it’s just the nature of these things in a tight room.