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Mine has some give but it’s still a mouthguard, not something you shape to your jaw. I’ve been using it about a month and it stays put fine, doesn’t rattle around. If you’re expecting it to hug a narrow mouth like a custom tray, that’s not really what this is.
Left ear with loss and right side fine, that’s the setup that actually makes sense for a single unit. I’d just pay attention to fit on that side since you only get one shot at it. If it starts feeling loose after an hour or two of wear, that’s the thing to sort out first, more than anything about modes. What I’d actually do before committing is wear it around your normal routine for a day or two, TV, kitchen, street, and see if the switching feels like it’s tracking what you’re doing. If the left side is where the loss is and the thing stays put, a single unit is a reasonable place to start. The right ear doing its own job is honestly a plus here, not a gap to fill.
I get why people push the two-ear thing, but for one-sided loss it doesn’t automatically follow that the modes stop making sense. The modes are about the environment, not about needing a matching pair. Single unit still has to figure out quiet vs noisy vs TV and adjust accordingly. What it can’t do is give you the spatial sense of two ears working together, so it won’t help with figuring out where sound is coming from. That part is real. But that’s a localization thing, not the mode switching falling apart. My take is the actual limit is whether the ear you’re putting it in is the one that needs help and whether the fit holds. If it’s the wrong ear or it keeps sliding, the modes don’t matter much. Which ear is it for you?
I don’t own one but my sister has hers set up in a spare room and the remote reaches from the doorway fine. She does keep it aimed roughly toward the unit though, so it’s not like it works through walls or anything. For a bedroom setup I’d guess you’re fine.
I haven’t really tried evening flights much, mostly because the park I use gets buggy around dusk and I’m usually squeezing in a quick flight after work while it’s still bright. The couple of times it was calmer near sunset the footage did seem a bit less jumpy, but I couldn’t tell if that was the air or just me being more careful. My usual window is late morning when there’s already a light breeze, so that might be part of why the turns look rough for me. I’ll try a proper evening session on a still day and see if the nose-turn twitch settles down.
Mine got louder on high after a few weeks of use, but it settled back down once I cleaned the vent area. Low is still pretty quiet, high has that fan push sound. Sounds normal to me.
I haven’t tried a clean full circle in wide open space yet, mostly because the spots I fly around here have trees and light poles I’d rather not clip. What I have done is a few longer sweeping turns over a park field, and I noticed it gets rough well before it feels like I’m really cranking the stick. It’s not even a fast turn by my standards, just a steady one, and the footage starts looking jumpy around the middle of the turn. So I don’t think I’m jamming it all the way over, but I also can’t say for sure where the line is. My turns usually only last a few seconds too, since I’m tracking something like a building or a treeline, so maybe that shorter duration is part of why it feels worse than a long smooth orbit would. I’ll try the big open circle next calm morning and see.
Three years old with decent fabric is a good spot to try it. Just start with the nozzle further back than you think you need and do a small patch first so you can see how the fabric reacts before running over the whole cushion.
My take actually flipped the other way after a few months. When I first got the JetClean I figured it was way too aggressive for any kind of fabric, so I only used it on the concrete and the grill. Then one afternoon I had the bucket hooked up and just sort of tried it on a seat cushion from a good distance out of curiosity. It handled it fine, and the water use was way less than dragging the hose over and flooding everything.
Now I pretty much always grab it for the cushions instead of the hose. The hose never really gets the embedded dust out, it just wets the top layer. The JetClean actually lifts the dirt without me standing there soaking the whole thing. I keep the nozzle on a wider setting and move it along, and the fabric dries about like it would after a normal rain anyway.
I get why people are cautious, a pressure washer sounds like overkill for a cushion. But at this size it just isn’t the same beast as a big gas unit. For me it’s turned into the default tool for the patio stuff, cushions included. How old are the cushions you’re working with? If they’re already thin and worn that might change things.
The button thing is the whole reason I’d grab one of these over some app-only camera. Half the time my phone is buried in a bag or dead anyway, so having a physical record button matters more to me than any app feature. I don’t need to see a preview or mess with settings on a ride, I just want to press it and sort the footage out later on my laptop. The only thing I’d check before relying on it is that the camera is actually awake and not stuck in some menu, since a screen that small can be easy to bump. But for clip it on and go, that’s the setup that makes sense to me.
I check the airline’s rules when I book, not every country. The general limit has covered me so far but I did get asked about it once at a gate in Asia so I keep the label readable now.
It’s not just about getting zapped, it’s about the current path. If you’re standing on wet grass and something goes wrong, you become the easiest path to ground. The GFCI’s whole job is to cut power before that path through you becomes a problem.
Mine still does something in a packed fridge but the difference is way smaller than when it had room. I mostly notice it on the days I remember to use boost mode after loading in a big grocery run. Otherwise it kind of just blends into the background in there.
Two weeks sounds about right in a closed up space. I had one in a cabinet and it was still fine around day 12 or so, but past that I couldn’t really tell. The scent fading is usually your cue.
I brought mine on two trips this summer and ended up just using the phone app instead. The screen was basically a gray rectangle once the sun hit it, even tilting it didn’t help much for me. Not saying it’s useless, but I stopped counting on it.
Portable is just marketing speak for “you can move it somewhere else that also has an outlet.” That’s it. If a closet has no power, it’s not going in there no matter what the box says.
If you’re only doing veg, a regular board is fine. I used a cheap plastic one for years and it did the job. The titanium thing is nice for cleanup, but it’s not like onions require special equipment.
Mine sat a bit crooked on an older bar too. I flipped it around and it sat way better. Might just be how the bar rails are worn on yours.
Water softness definitely plays a role in lather, that part I get. But when I switched my shower head a while back, the opposite happened. My soap got foamier, not less. My guess is it comes down to how much water is actually coming through per second. If the new head is cutting the flow even a little, you get less agitation and the soap just kind of sits there instead of whipping up. I noticed this most with bar soap, less with the liquid stuff. So if your body wash is thicker, that could explain why it’s foaming less now. Not really a filter thing in my experience, more of a flow thing.
I’ve had mine for about two months and the workout heart rate has been more reliable than I expected. Not perfect, but better than a lot of people here seem to be saying. I run three or four times a week, usually 30 to 45 minutes, and I’ve compared it against my old watch a bunch of times out of curiosity. The numbers are usually within a few beats of each other, which is close enough for me.
The one thing I noticed early on is that it matters a lot where you wear it. I started with it on my ring finger and it was all over the place during runs. Switched to my index finger and it got noticeably more consistent. Not saying that fixes it for everyone, but for me the finger made a bigger difference than anything else.
I also don’t expect it to be spot on during sprint intervals. Nobody’s ring is going to keep up with that, and I don’t really need it to. For steady runs and just getting a general read on how hard I’m working, it does the job. I’m not training for anything serious though, so maybe that’s why I’m not bothered by the occasional weird reading. If I were doing structured workouts I’d probably want something else, but for everyday running it’s fine.
I’d skip the brush on cushions myself. Tried it on my cushions a few times and it mostly just stirred the hair around, so I went back to the slim nozzle and slow passes. Been about a month with mine and that combo still works better for me.
I’ve rescanned mine a few times after messing with the placement and it did pick up a couple extra channels that way. Not a huge jump, but enough to make it worth trying once. If nothing changes after a couple tries, that’s probably just what your area gives you.
UV light doesn’t really care about the water level, it just needs to hit the surfaces and whatever water is in there. Half full is fine. I’ve been doing that with mine for a while now and it still does its thing.
It uses the same port, so the adapter takes over that USB and you won’t have it free for charging. That’s just how it goes with a single port setup.
In my car I ended up plugging the adapter in and just charging my phone from a 12V socket adapter when I need to. Not as clean but it works. If your car only has that one USB, you can’t really have both the adapter and a charging cable in it at the same time.
Some people say wireless charging pads solve it but my car doesn’t have one so I can’t speak to that. The adapter itself doesn’t pass through charging to the phone as far as I know.
I use mine maybe twice a week if that, usually when my neck acts up from sleeping weird. Daily sounds like a lot to keep up with honestly. The heat mode is nice but it’s not something I’d want to do every single day.
I tried a wireless one with a dongle and it was more of a pain than I expected. The controller connected fine for menus and stuff, but in a couple of games the input felt slightly off, like a tiny delay. Not terrible but noticeable in fighting games where timing matters. Ended up just using the handheld controls for solo stuff and saving the controller for when a friend comes over, since for casual two player it’s good enough. Setting it up wasn’t hard though, just plugged the dongle into the OTG thing and it mostly worked. I didn’t mess with any settings beyond that. If your spare is wired you’ll probably have an easier time, but even wireless is doable if you’re not too picky about the feel.
I run mine in a room where I usually keep a small reading light going and it still does its thing. The UV is basically competing with whatever light is around, so yeah a lamp or TV is going to dilute it a bit, but it’s not like it shuts off completely. Where mine really struggles is if it’s sitting right next to something bright, then it’s basically wasting the night. Move it further from the light source and it picks up more. I honestly don’t think total darkness is required for it to function, but it definitely helps the odds. A few days isn’t much time either, the tray stays empty for a while before you see anything worth noting.
