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I’ve used both at different points and the newer one did not feel like a straight upgrade to me. The mask fit was fussier on the ResQVac, and I went back to the old style for the car kit. Not saying the new one is bad, just that the gap isn’t as big as the price suggests.
I actually think the traction part is worth having even for plain stiffness. Mine gets more use on tight days than I expected, and the stretch is what loosens me up more than the heat does. Heat alone I can get from a pad.
Actually I’d push back on the idea that you need to fiddle with your phone at all. I just use the button on top like any other camera and never open the app. Honestly the phone side of it is the part I keep forgetting even exists.
I’d keep it to drinks. The stirring paddle sits pretty low and anything with body to it just kind of gets pushed around instead of mixed. Broth might spin fine, but that’s about as far as I’d take it.
Mine actually held up offline better than I expected on a work trip last month. I had no signal in a basement meeting room and it still handled a quick greeting exchange in one of the supported languages. Not every language showed up, but the ones that did worked.
I don’t buy the shutdown risk as much as people here seem to. Companies fold, sure, but a feeder’s basic clock and portion schedule usually keep running on the device itself once set. It’s the extra stuff like notifications and remote control that tends to go first.
I did the swap mainly because I wanted the camera to just come on and off with the car, and that part has been nice. But I get the battery drain question. What convinced me to try it was talking to a shop that installs these, and they said the way they wire it, it cuts off at a set voltage so the car still starts. That was the part I cared about, not the cable. A few months in and it’s been fine, starts every time. I can’t say it’s been a huge upgrade beyond the tidy install though. If the dangling cable is your only real gripe, hardwiring fixes that but it’s not some night and day change otherwise. The parking recording is a bonus but I haven’t leaned on it much.
I think the bigger issue is placement, not size. A tiny screen right where people already pause, like by the front door, gets checked way more than a nicer setup tucked away somewhere convenient for charging but out of the daily path.
I use mine mostly for music but tried a few mobile games. No dedicated low latency setting that I could find in the app or touch controls. Audio felt fine for casual stuff, but I wouldn’t rely on them if you play anything timing sensitive.
The hole only became an issue for me when I was cutting a lot of sticky stuff like potatoes. It wasn’t the grip, it was having to poke the bits out of there every few minutes. For quick meals it’s fine, but that’s the part I didn’t expect.
Placement does matter more than people make it sound. I have a CO detector in a utility closet because that is where the outlet was, and it read basically nothing for months. Moved the same unit to a spot closer to the actual living space and it started showing small numbers now and then. Nothing alarming, but clearly the location changed what it picked up.
So I would not just grab whatever outlet is convenient. Height and distance from the source matter. A kitchen outlet stuck behind a fridge or low near the floor is not where I would put a gas detector. Windows are not the issue, airflow around the unit is. If it is tucked in a dead corner with no movement, it will be slow to catch anything.
My preference is a spot roughly at breathing height where air actually circulates, not jammed against a wall. That matters more to me than being near a window.
For me it wasn’t worth it on shoulders at all. I used mine there for a couple weeks and the relief was gone the second I took the pads off, so I stopped bothering. The heat mode is what I actually kept using it for, and even that’s pretty mild.
I don’t buy that cats need constant entertainment to be okay. Mine is alone about eleven hours on weekdays and what actually keeps her settled is routine, not stuff. Same feeding time, same spots to nap, blinds half open. She moves between three or four preferred spots through the day and that’s it. I tried leaving out extra toys and rotating things and she mostly ignored all of it. The bigger change came when I stopped fussing over her setup so much. A stable, predictable place did more for her than any new thing I brought home. So my take is that a lot of enrichment advice is aimed at owners who feel guilty, not at what the cat actually needs. A calm apartment with a consistent schedule seems to matter more than filling the floor with activities. Some cats do want more stimulation, sure, but mine wants less, not more.
I’d push back on the idea that it needs to be silent to work in a bedroom. I’m a light sleeper too but I actually prefer some steady fan noise at night, so the low setting on mine never bothered me. Dead silence would keep me up more than a soft hum.
Mine’s a plug-in type so the outlet situation is what I actually think about more than the moisture. My bathroom has one of those GFCI outlets near the sink and I just leave the heater plugged in there, run it while I’m getting ready, then unplug it when I’m done. Ten minutes is about what I do too and it takes the chill off enough that stepping out of the shower isn’t miserable. I’ve had mine for maybe four months now and no issues so far. The one thing I did notice is that it warms the area right around it more than the whole room, so if your bathroom is on the bigger side you might not feel as much of a difference. For a small one though it does the job fine in that short window.
I prefer having my own login rather than sharing one, just less confusing when alerts pop up. My wife and I each set up separate accounts tied to the same collar and it’s been fine for a few months now. Setup took a couple extra minutes but worth it for us.
Mine sits outside year round, and after about a month the water still beads fine but I can’t say the paint looks any less faded than before. I reapply mostly because it keeps the surface slick and easy to wash. The UV label is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
I actually noticed some fading on my older marks after about two months of regular use, so I don’t fully buy the idea that it does nothing for pigment. It wasn’t dramatic, but they definitely look softer than before. Maybe it depends on how fresh the marks are.
For me the phone actually became part of the routine. I tried controller-only a few times but kept second-guessing what the camera was pointed at, so I just pair it every time now. If keeping things simple means less gear, that’s one thing, but flying blind got old fast.
The pointed tip being too aggressive on front teeth is overblown. I’ve used it there plenty of times and it’s fine as long as you’re not digging in like you’re chiseling. The flat tip is the one I never touch.
Mine actually cracked at the connector after sitting in the sun during a jobsite day last summer. I’d pull it into the shade when you’re not using it. Not worth finding out the hard way.
