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Putting it up high actually works better for me than having it down low. I had mine sitting on a dresser near the foot of the bed for a while and barely felt anything, then moved it up on a shelf and it was a totally different story. The air seems to drift down and across you instead of just blowing into the side of the mattress. The oscillating bit helps too since it spreads it around rather than blasting one spot. Only thing I’d say is don’t stick it directly over your head, angle it a little toward the middle of the bed or it just cools your pillow. Mine’s been up there for a couple months now and I haven’t touched it since, the remote does all the work from bed anyway.
I just leave mine on low and let it do its thing. Fiddling with a remote every time the room feels a bit cool sounds like more effort than it’s worth to me.
I like that it runs on a battery since I can just carry it wherever I’m sitting, which matters more to me than covering the whole balcony. One unit near my chair has been enough for my taste.
Mine kept translating with the screen locked, which surprised me since I figured locking it would kill the connection. I had it going for about an hour while my phone sat in my pocket during a walk with a friend visiting from Brazil, and it never dropped. Switching apps is where I’d expect things to get weird though. Anytime I’ve opened something else mid-conversation, I honestly haven’t paid enough attention to say whether it kept up, because I was busy doing whatever I opened the app for. So screen off, you’re fine in my experience. Living in another app the whole time, I genuinely don’t know. The phone does not have to be in your hand the entire time, at least in my case. I just leave it wherever and let the earbuds do their thing.
The manual probably lists wall mounting because it keeps the vents clear if a desk gets cluttered, not because sitting flat is unsafe. I’ve had mine on a dresser for a couple of months with no issues, though I do keep the back away from the wall so it isn’t breathing into anything.
I had mine sitting on a little side table for a while before I finally mounted it, and honestly the shelf idea worked out about the same for me. The thing is so light that it never felt like it was going anywhere. I did end up mounting it eventually just because it freed up the table space, not because of any safety thing. The one difference I noticed was that on a surface it’s a bit easier to bump into when you walk past, so placement kind of matters more than the mounting itself. If your shelf is somewhere people aren’t constantly brushing by, I’d say it’s a totally reasonable way to go.
Older phones can be hit or miss with the app side more than the Bluetooth itself. I’ve seen the pairing work fine but the translation stuff drag a bit on a hand-me-down phone. Audio was smooth though, so depends what you’re mainly using them for.
I actually noticed the opposite of what you’re worried about. Mine felt the same as the old one for the first week, then after about a month the difference was obvious. The shower walls stopped getting that cloudy film so fast, which I didn’t expect at all. Two weeks is probably too early to judge it.
I put one on mine mostly because I’m lazy about cleaning the barrel out. The diverter catches the gunk from the first rain and I just drain it a couple times a season, takes like a minute. Without it my old barrel got a layer of sludge on the bottom that was a pain to deal with. So for me it’s less about the garden and more about not wanting to scoop muck out later. If you don’t mind that chore then skip it, but it’s not really complicated to add either.
I actually stopped using mine for big chopping sessions because of the hole. My finger kept drifting toward it and it made my grip feel weird after a while, so I just grabbed my old knife instead. Fine for quick stuff, but not what I reach for when there’s a pile of onions.
Cold water is the whole point for me. I tried mine with plain tap water for a bit and it just felt like a fan blowing around humid air. Once I started dropping ice in, it actually felt like it was doing something.
I’ve used my little blower on my keyboard a couple times and it did fine, but I keep it far away and barely pull the trigger. Like a gentle puff, not full blast. Honestly the bigger thing I noticed is it kicks up all the dust sitting on the desk around the keyboard too, so I end up wiping everything down after. If you go in with the nozzle really close and full power, that’s when stuff goes flying and you can feel it pushing crumbs under the keys. Keep some distance and it’s more like a strong sigh than a hurricane. Not a magic fix but it does clear the loose stuff sitting on top. Battery only lasts a short while anyway so you’re not gonna sit there blasting it forever.
Mine actually died after a rainy week outside, so I wouldn’t count on it living out there permanently. Worked great before that though.
I went from thinking it was probably a gimmick to actually kind of missing it when I forget to run it. That surprised me.
For me it wasn’t the litter box itself. I still have to scoop, obviously, and if I skip a day nothing is saving me. But there’s this sort of general funk that hangs around the apartment after a while, like it just settles into the air and the couch, and that’s the part I noticed going away. Took a few weeks though, not overnight. At first I figured I was imagining it too, so I stopped using it for a bit just to see, and yeah, the smell came back. That’s what sold me.
I don’t run it constantly either. Just whenever the place is empty and I remember, which is maybe a few times a week. So I’m not saying it’s some miracle worker that replaces cleaning. It doesn’t. But it does something to that lingering background smell that regular cleaning doesn’t quite touch, at least in my place.
Anyway that’s just my experience. I don’t think you’re imagining it, but a week is pretty short to really know.
Alright, that gives me a decent idea. I’ll just grab it and see how the setup goes when it shows up, no point planning my whole weekend around it. Appreciate the input everyone.
Mine definitely still catches stuff with the lights on, so it’s not a total waste. I’ve had mine by the window in my office for about a month now and it’s been picking off gnats and the occasional mosquito even with my desk lamp right next to it. Give it a bit longer, a few days isn’t really enough to judge.
I asked support about this before ordering and they told me the frames aren’t set up for prescription lenses at all. So I ended up getting a separate pair for actual seeing and just use these for audio stuff.
A bucket is all I ever use with mine. Honestly never even hooked it to a tap, so you’re fine there. It just needs the intake hose dropped in the water and it pulls from there, no special water type or anything. Rainwater from my barrel has worked too.
I actually prefer a little extra moisture in my room, so the clammy thing wouldn’t bug me much. Dry air messes with my throat overnight. Not sure if small rooms make it worse, but that part is just personal taste I guess.
The account login is what holds everything, so switching phones shouldn’t wipe anything. I hopped from a cheap Android to an iPhone and my old readings were still sitting there once I signed in. Took a minute for the app to pull them back down though.
I ended up using mine way more for moths and other night bugs around my porch light than for bats, but that meant I got pretty familiar with how it handles that weird half dark time. First few evenings I took it out right when the light was fading and honestly the picture looked kind of flat and grainy, like the sensor was working too hard. I kept fiddling with it because I wanted to see the little brown bats that live under my neighbor’s eaves, since they zip around over the driveway around the same time every night.
What surprised me was that it got noticeably better once things got properly dark. Not pitch black, just that point where you can still see the outline of trees but not much else. The bats showed up as dark shapes against the sky and I could follow them for a few seconds before they disappeared behind the house. Not crisp or anything, more like watching shadows, but it was enough for me to figure out there were at least three of them and roughly where they were hunting. Before that darker window it was hit or miss, sometimes I’d catch one and sometimes the screen just looked like static with a tree in it.
So for me it worked, just not right at the start of dusk. I usually wait another fifteen minutes or so now and it’s a better experience. The battery has held up fine through a couple weeks of this too if that matters to you.
Trees and a shed are going to eat into it some, that’s just how these things go. Mine still reaches across our lot with the fence and some brush in the way, so I doubt it drops dead the second something’s in the path.
Mine actually surprised me and worked from the hallway once, so it’s not strictly line of sight in my experience. It’s hit or miss depending on the angle though. I just point it toward the doorway and it usually catches.
I usually just do 10 minutes because that’s all my schedule allows, and my back still feels looser afterward. I never noticed a big jump between 10 and the full 15 honestly. Maybe it matters for some people but for me the shorter session does the job.
We had a similar thing happen with ours, but it was the opposite problem. The birds stayed away from the feeder for about a week and then came right back like nothing ever happened. Meanwhile the squirrels acted like I’d personally insulted them and cleared out completely. Still not sure what that says about the frequency settings.
I ended up moving ours to a different corner of the yard because it was also messing with our dog, who started giving the garden bed the side eye every time he went out. Once it was away from his usual path he relaxed. The birds never really seemed to care either way after that first week though. They just sit on the fence and watch it like it’s some kind of weird garden ornament.
So I’d say our experience lines up with the birds not being bothered. The cat situation improved a lot though, which was the main reason we got it in the first place. My neighbor’s orange tabby used to treat our flower bed like a personal litter box and that stopped within days. I never messed with the frequency dials because I honestly couldn’t tell much difference when I tried, so I just left it on whatever it came set to. Probably not the most scientific approach but it’s been fine.
We have a septic tank here too and I’ve used this stuff on and off for about a year, mostly when the tub starts draining slow. I never noticed anything weird with the tank afterward. No smells, no backup, nothing. The one thing I do is follow it with a lot of hot water because I figure the more water pushing through, the better it moves along to the tank instead of just sitting in the pipe. I haven’t had to call anyone out since we started using it either, so that’s a plus. I’m not a plumber and I don’t know the science behind it but from my actual experience it hasn’t caused any issues with our system. My husband was the paranoid one about it and even he’s stopped complaining about it now.
I wouldn’t get hung up on the adapter thing, mine went on the arm in my rental in about two minutes with just the tape that came in the box. Apartments usually have the same basic setup so I doubt you’d need anything extra. Returns are annoying but I don’t think you’ll be dealing with one here.
