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It saves the spot on its own once the app has seen the tag, no setup needed. Mine pinned the location of my toolbox in the garage without me touching anything. Whether that pin is still accurate by the time you check is another story.
I still use the old handheld and don’t mind it. Passing it back and forth is a pain but at least I know both of us are looking at the same screen. Earbuds would just make me second guess if it heard me right.
If that reset button is on the plug head itself, odds are it’s a GFCI. Mine has one and it’s saved me a couple times when water got where it shouldn’t. The manual says to use one because the thing cuts power before it can cook you. Skip it and you’re gambling on luck.
Offline mode still needs the app to have downloaded the language packs first, which people skip and then complain it doesn’t work. Mine handled a basic pharmacy visit fine with zero signal. It’s not replacing a real interpreter, but it beats carrying one of those old clunky gadgets.
I don’t own one, but I looked at these pretty hard last year because I get the same desk tension in both shoulders. From what I could tell, the shape is the whole problem. It’s molded to cup one shoulder, so strapping a second one on isn’t really a thing unless you want them fighting each other around your neck.
What put me off is that 12 minute session limit. If you have to run it on one side, then wait and flip it, you’re basically committing half an hour to cover both shoulders. That’s a lot of sitting around for something that’s supposed to be convenient. For me it made more sense to just get up and stretch every hour than to babysit a device twice.
Not saying it’s junk, the heat and compression combo sounds decent for one sore side. I just don’t think it solves the both shoulders at once thing, and the product page is vague about it on purpose.
If I were setting up movie nights and cared about people sitting off to the side, I would not buy a screen based on a 179 number. I would buy it from somewhere with easy returns and just test it in my actual room with my actual projector. That tells you more than any spec sheet.
I went through this with a different pull-up screen last year. On paper it had some huge viewing angle too. In practice the middle looked fine and the edges got dim and slightly gray once I moved a few feet over. Not unwatchable, just noticeably worse. Nobody complained, but people definitely drifted toward the center.
So my move would be order it, hang it, and make somebody sit in the worst seat on purpose. If that looks acceptable to you, keep it. If not, send it back. Cheaper than guessing.
Cold drinks work, but the stirring is weaker than I expected once it’s full of ice. Mine still gets the job done if I hit the button twice. Fine for shakes, not something I’d buy just for iced coffee.
The remote works but it eats batteries way faster than my old Roku one did. Swapped them twice in about two months. That gets old.
Chlorine smell usually means your water supplier is dosing it heavy, and a showerhead filter only has so much media in it. Mine cut it down some but never got rid of it completely. Check the cartridge after a month, if it’s done, that tells you something.
The two-way thing works okay if you both keep sentences short. My mom and I tried it and it was fine for basic stuff but useless once she started telling a story. For wifi, it needs a connection unless you downloaded the Mandarin pack ahead of time, and even then it’s hit or miss.
Probably fine for leaves but I wouldn’t expect much on fine dust. My neighbor has one and it just scatters the light stuff around more than anything. For a carport you’re better off with a broom and a hose.
Mine popped out constantly. Small ears here too, and no amount of twisting kept them in during a walk. Ended up back in the case after a week.
I’d use the flat one on front teeth and just deal with the weird feel for a bit. Pointed tip up there is how people mess up their enamel. I keep mine on the lowest setting too, front teeth aren’t thick like molars.
I’ve had mine for about two months and the clumping doesn’t really bother me much. The bag I keep in the laundry room stays mostly loose, but the one I left in the garage did turn into chunks. Same product, different spot, so I figure it’s just how the powder reacts when it picks up any moisture. Honestly the clumps kind of help me in a way because I can just grab a rough scoop with my hand instead of trying to measure powder that flies everywhere. It still fizzes up the same when the hot water hits it, so I haven’t seen any drop in how well it clears my kitchen sink. The one thing I’d say is don’t let it sit open for long stretches because once it starts hardening it gets harder to break apart. Other than that I just use it as is.
That’s how these things work. It’s adding moisture, so in a closed room it’s gonna build up. Not really a defect or user error. I’d say the humidity thing is just the tradeoff you get with evaporative cooling.
For keyboard crumbs, I’d rather just use a brush or one of those sticky gel things. Vacuuming around keys sounds tedious no matter how slim the nozzle is. I’m not the type to chase every little crumb with a tool, so that matters more to me than whether it technically fits between the keys. I have a small handheld for car stuff and it’s fine for that, but I wouldn’t buy one specifically for a keyboard. If you already want it for desks and other small messes, the keyboard thing is a bonus, not a reason on its own.
I tried a DrFlexa and the side pieces are not the problem, they’re thin. My issue was the top strap digging in when I sat for a while, so it’s not automatically comfier than a sleeve.
I don’t think it’s something you just get used to. I’ve handled a couple knives with a hole in the blade, and for me the issue wasn’t the hole itself, it was that I kept trying to grip the thing like a normal knife. Once I stopped treating my index finger like it had to go somewhere specific and just let it sit wherever felt stable, the hole stopped mattering as much. But that’s not the same as it becoming useful.
The part I’d push back on is the idea that you owe the knife some adjustment period. If you’ve used a regular chef knife for years and it works, going back isn’t failure. I know people say give it a few weeks, but a few weeks of awkward cutting is a real cost, especially if you cook daily. I gave a similar knife about a month before I admitted I was avoiding it and reaching for my old one instead. That told me more than any “just stick with it” advice.
The hole can make sense if you’re doing a lot of precise slicing and want that extra point of control, but for general chopping and everyday meals it mostly just felt like a gimmick to me. Not dangerous, not terrible, just unnecessary for how I cook. So no, I wouldn’t count on it clicking eventually. If it still feels off after a week or two of actual use, that’s probably your answer.
Twice a week for a minute is nothing. I used mine way more than that and the battery still outlasted my patience for the thing. But I’ll disagree with the crowd here: mine didn’t hold a charge well after a few months of that routine. It would be fine for weeks, then one day it just wouldn’t turn on even though I swore I’d charged it recently. So the “charge it every couple months” thing wasn’t my reality. I ended up plugging it in every few weeks just to be safe, which kind of defeats the whole point of not tracking a charger. If you’re using it that little, you’re probably fine, but I wouldn’t count on it staying topped up forever.
I’d skip it for bats. Tried mine on a bat flyover once and it was mostly blurry specks, the IR seems to spook them off too. Fine for bugs and raccoons, not so much for fast stuff at dusk.
I went back and forth on this exact thing. When I first got mine, I figured it was just a glorified fan heater and I’d end up returning it. That blow dryer feel drove me nuts the first week. But after about a month of using it in the same spot every evening, I stopped noticing the fan part entirely. Now it just feels like the room is warm, not like air is hitting me. I think the difference is your body adjusts to the constant gentle movement, whereas the old oil radiator had that silent bake that you notice because nothing is moving at all.
The one thing that actually changed my mind was walking into the room after it had been running a while. The heat was just there. No waiting, no cold corners near the door. With the old one I’d have to stand right next to it to feel anything, and the rest of the room stayed chilly for a good hour. So yeah, it’s a different kind of warm, but I’ll take the tradeoff. Sitting there waiting for metal to heat up got old fast.
I run mine in the laundry room with the door shut, so the hum stays back there. When I did have it in the bedroom it was more noticeable, no question. Louder than the rack but you’re getting dry clothes out of it, that’s the deal.
Raw chicken on any board is a pain if you let it sit. I used a metal-style board for a bit and cleanup was quick, but the sound of the knife on it drove me nuts. Plastic gets nasty, sure, but at least it’s quiet.
Depends what you mean by fit. Mine didn’t slide around much but the tracker puck on top made the whole thing feel bulky on my 11 lb guy, so I stopped using it for daily wear and just throw it on for hikes.
Sticking it on a belt loop under a shirt is fine if you mostly care about the noise. I had mine on a jacket zip pull for a few months and the strobe caught my eye more than anything else when it went off. That little flash bouncing off a window was actually the first thing I noticed.
Translation mode is the wrong tool for movies. It’s built for one person talking at a time, not a script with background noise and people cutting each other off. I gave up on that idea after one attempt.
Setup is minor, that part I’ll give it. But the tips being pre-installed doesn’t mean much if you’re doing fine leather work. The default head is too aggressive for detail on thinner stuff, so you’ll be swapping anyway. Learning curve is real, mostly in your wrist, not the pen.
I’ve used it on a couple of door scuffs on my wife’s CR-V and honestly the drying part is less of a factor than the paint itself. The first time I sprayed a decent patch and waited around the recommended time, and it wiped off fine, no drama. Second time was on a warmer day and it went tacky much faster, so by the time I got my cloth it was dragging instead of wiping clean. Same product, same car, just different conditions. That’s what made me skeptical about the whole “three minutes” thing. It’s not wrong, it’s just not universal.
What I ended up doing is spraying a smaller area than the bottle suggests and buffing in sections, not trying to cover a whole panel at once. That way if it starts to set up on me I’m only fighting a small spot. Did it make the scratch vanish? No. It knocked down the white paint transfer and the area looked better, but under direct sun I could still find the scratch. So it does something, just not the miracle the ads imply.
My take is the timing matters less than how thick you spray and how hot the panel is. If you’re unsure, go smaller and adjust from there.
