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Mothballs in a shed always seemed like overkill to me anyway, that smell gets into everything you store out there. I’ve been using the PestVault pouches in my garage for about three weeks and the mouse droppings I used to find along the wall stopped showing up. It’s not a wall of death or anything, just seems to keep them from settling in.
Mine has not budged at all, and I have been using it on a plain laminate counter for about three weeks now. The difference might be how much downward pressure you use when chopping, since I mostly do lighter prep work.
I went through a similar thing when my dad wanted to keep messing around in his little raised beds. We tried a few different tools and honestly the foam ones were the ones he kept reaching for, not because the material itself is magic but because the grip was fatter and softer. He could hold it more with his whole hand instead of pinching. The rubber ones felt okay at the store but after ten minutes he was done. The foam did get a bit grimy after a season though, and one handle started peeling where his thumb sat, so it’s not perfect. But for the actual gardening part it made a real difference. If your mom’s hands are like his, the shape and thickness might matter as much as what it’s wrapped in.
I usually just use the cable that came with my phone and plug into a wall outlet instead of the USB port if I can find one. The ports on those charging stations always feel a bit sketchy to me, but I’ve used them a few times without anything bad happening. A quick look at the port to make sure it’s not damaged is about all I do.
I get smoother results by flying sideways past what I want instead of turning the nose. Sounds odd but it works for me. The yaw on mine always has a little wobble to it.
Mine handled a pretty old cork fine last weekend, though I did have one crumble a bit on a really dried out bottle. For regular family dinner stuff it’s been easy on my hands, which was the main thing I wanted.
If it were me, I’d pull the metro pass out from right next to it and see if the alert timing changes. Transit cards seem like the most likely culprit in a stack. Quick test beats guessing.
Do Not Disturb while driving is the one I’d actually bother setting up. Mine kicks on automatically when it connects to the car, and after a couple days I stopped reaching for the phone because nothing was lighting up. Voice for texts still feels hit or miss for me, so I’d lean on the setting more than the voice stuff.
Mine didn’t stay in the glove box for long. It technically fits but the cable and nozzle take up more room than I wanted, so it ended up in the center console instead. Still handy to have in the car though.
I went from a plug-in to a hardwired setup and for me the difference was bigger than just tidying up the cable. The main thing was that the camera actually stayed put during the day instead of flopping around, and I ended up recording way more because I wasn’t messing with it every time I got in. The parking stuff barely registers for me though, I don’t leave it running overnight much so I haven’t seen any obvious battery trouble. It’s been a few months and the car starts fine every morning. I get that people worry about drain but in my case it just hasn’t shown up. If you’re mainly annoyed by the cable and want the thing to feel like part of the car, it’s a decent little upgrade. If you’re only doing it for parking recording I’d probably skip it.
I’ve had my bag pulled aside just because the power bank wasn’t in a separate tray, not even a wattage thing. So now I always pull it out and put it on top where they can see the label. Probably overkill but it’s saved me a few minutes.
I mostly watch the little activity graph shape, not the raw numbers. A flatter line over a few days tells me more than any single total. My guy’s numbers swing a lot day to day anyway, so I stopped trying to read every one.
I’ve been running mine tight enough that the washer bites into the plate a little. Not gorilla tight, but way past snug. Three months of edging and it hasn’t moved or stripped.
I actually disagree that the bag is automatically the best option. I’ve been using one of those big screw-top vittles vault style bins for a while and my cat’s food stays way fresher than it ever did in the bag. Maybe it depends on the bag, but the resealable strip on the last one I bought gave out after like two weeks and I was just folding it over with a binder clip after that. The bin seals tight enough that I don’t get that stale smell at the bottom of the bag anymore. I do dump the kibble straight in though, no bag inside. I know people say the bag has some kind of liner but honestly I haven’t noticed any difference in how long it lasts. It’s one extra step to pour it in but then you’re done for a month or two.
I’d keep it loose if that’s already working for you. Trying to force a strict schedule with three animals just means everyone sits around staring at you an hour early, and travel days blow it up anyway. I’d only tighten up one thing at a time if something’s actually off.
I plugged mine in for maybe 20 minutes and tossed it in the fridge. No idea if that was the right move but it’s been running fine for weeks. I’m not the type to wait around for a full charge on stuff like this.
I disagree that losing charging is just how it goes. Plenty of cars with a single USB port still have a 12V socket or a hidden USB somewhere else in the console, so people just run a separate charger from that and keep the adapter plugged into the CarPlay port. The adapter only needs the data port, it doesn’t care if your phone is drawing power from somewhere else at the same time. Mine’s been set up that way for a few months and both work fine together. If your car truly has only the one port and nothing else, then yeah you’re stuck, but that’s less common than people assume. Worth checking around the console and glovebox before writing off charging completely.
I actually went the other way and keep mine in my bag instead of my jeans. The case is fine for that, but if pocket space was my main thing I’d probably stick with the old tiny ones.
Mine actually reads fine on a low pile rug. Weight is spot on and the body fat is close enough to my hard floor numbers that I stopped bothering. Everyone says it has to be hard surface but that has not been my experience at all.
I’ve had a few night vision gadgets over the years and the washed out look after IR is pretty common across brands, not just this one. My old unit would go kind of grey-green for a bit before the colors snapped back. What I noticed is it depends a lot on how bright it is outside. On an overcast day it barely happened, but stepping out into direct sun after using IR for a while made it way more obvious. I never messed with any settings for it, just let it do its thing. Sounds like you’re not missing anything, it’s just the sensor doing its little reset dance. If the pics still come out fine then I’d say you’re good.
The actual collar part is the easy bit. Clip it on, charge it, done. What nobody really mentions is that the tracking itself depends on cell signal, so if you walk your dog somewhere with spotty coverage, the app can lag a bit even after setup. I noticed that on a trail near me where my phone barely had bars. Not a setup issue, just how these things work. But the initial pairing was fine, I think I had it running the same evening I unboxed it. The only thing that took me a bit was figuring out where to draw the safe zone on the map, since our yard is kind of an odd shape. Once I got that sorted though, it just ran in the background and I stopped thinking about it. So yeah, not an afternoon thing at all.
I actually prefer a quick hand wash over the self-clean cycle. Takes me like ten seconds and I know it’s actually done. The cycle works okay for light stuff but I’d rather just do it myself than trust it and find out later.
Heat probably affects the feel of it more than how it actually sprays. I’ve noticed with stuff like this that the plastic and rubber bits can get warm enough to feel weird in your hand, but the water running through it keeps the working parts cool while you’re using it. Once you stop and it sits there cooking in the sun, that’s when it gets hot to the touch. Doesn’t mean anything is damaged though. These things are built to sit outside. I’d be more concerned if it started leaking at the connection or the spray pattern went wonky after cooling down, but warm plastic on its own isn’t really a sign of trouble. If it still worked fine when you used it, that tells you more than the temperature of the casing did.
Mine still puts out plenty of water even when my neighbor’s sprinklers kick on and the pressure dips. I’ve only had it a couple weeks though.
Mine actually held up fine in my garage until around the 3 week mark, then it dropped off pretty quick after that. I think the scent fading is just how you know it’s done. For the price I just swap them when I can barely smell them anymore.
Mine came with a little tray to keep it clean which I didn’t expect. Sensitivity wise it’s done more for my gums feeling less tender overall than fixing the sharp zings when I bite into something cold. So depends what kind of sensitivity you mean.