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Figures. If it’s not in the settings they probably just don’t document it. I’d still keep it open in the foreground when you actually need it to work, since that’s the only thing you can count on without them spelling it out.
My guess is it needs to at least be running in the background, screen off is probably fine but switching apps is where I’d expect it to get flaky. I haven’t seen anything official from them saying either way. Does the app actually say anything about background use in the settings?
The cold part is the thing I’d question. Chargers and batteries handle cold better than people think, it’s the damp that kills them. A vented box in a shed is basically outside with extra steps.
I went DIY for about four months and went back to the subscription. Not because of the time, but because “knowing exactly what goes in the bowl” turned out to be less useful than I expected. I was weighing chicken and rice and sweet potato and guessing at portions, and my vet basically told me I was probably running short on calcium and a couple other things unless I used a proper recipe. That was the part nobody mentions. The subscription at least has someone formulating it. If you want to cook, price out a real recipe from a vet nutritionist first, because that number surprised me more than the food cost did. Otherwise the convenience thing is real but it’s not the main issue.
Mine cuts out in the Midtown Tunnel every single time and always has. It’s just what GPS does underground, nothing’s broken. I don’t bother fighting it, I just know the route before I go in and let the phone catch up on the other side.
It only kept the spot for me if my phone had been near it recently. Left a tag in a rental car once and the pin was from the day before, not where the car actually ended up. Still better than nothing I guess.
Width is usually fine, it’s the depth that gets you. My thicker frames pushed the PolorVision lenses so far forward they caught light from the side and made things worse.
Never used NanoPolix on something that far gone. My neighbor’s car sat for about a year and a half and he tried a similar cloth, got some shine back but the rough texture stayed. If the surface feels like sandpaper you’re probably looking at clear coat damage, not something a cloth fixes. For the price it’s not a huge gamble I guess.
Same slot works but I’d check one thing first. Mine sat with my contactless cards for a while and taps were fine, but I noticed my transit card stopped reading reliably at the turnstile after a few weeks. Took me way too long to figure out the Guardality was sitting right on top of it. Moved it to the other side of the wallet and the transit card went back to normal. Payment cards never had an issue though, so it seems like it depends on the card.
People act like these things are invisible but they’re literally blocking a signal, so if it’s pressed right against the card you actually need to read, that can bite you. I don’t think keeping it with your contactless cards is dangerous or anything. It’s just that “seems fine” can flip on you depending on which card you’re trying to use and how thick your wallet is.
Mine doesn’t slide on the bar, but it does walk sideways on the tooth itself once I start filing. Took me a bit to figure out that the clamp was actually holding fine, the guide was just drifting because I was pushing the file instead of letting it do the work. On a bar that’s seen better days though, yeah, it’s gonna move no matter what. I’ve got two bars, one newer one and one that’s been beat to hell, and the Klampero behaves completely different on each. The worn one has a groove that’s wider than it should be so nothing really sits right on it. So if yours is walking, check the bar before you blame the clamp or your technique. Cranking it down harder just deforms the clamp over time and then it’s loose everywhere.
Moving it around can help, but it’s not some magic trick where you shuffle it around the room and suddenly pull in 40 more channels. The thing people miss is that the scan only finds what the tuner can lock onto at that exact moment. If your signal is borderline, you might get a channel on one scan and lose it on the next with the antenna in the same spot. That part is real and annoying.
What I’d actually question is whether you’re missing channels because of placement or because of the direction the antenna faces. If the towers near you are spread out in different directions, no single spot is going to grab everything well. You’re trading one batch of channels for another. That’s just physics, not a defective unit.
So yeah, trying a couple of spots is worth it. Just don’t expect the missing ones to all show up at once.
Mine couldn’t keep my office comfortable once the sun hit, and that room’s about the same size. It was fine in the morning, then just kind of blew around warm air by 3pm. So I’d say try it before buying a second one, because for me it wasn’t enough.
Dishwasher safe usually just means it survives a cycle, not that it stays flat forever. Mine came out okay after a few washes, but the edges felt a little rougher afterward.
Depends what you mean by not fresh. I’ve seen these guided sharpeners do okay on a chain that just needs a touch up, but once the cutters are actually rounded over, no clamp-on jig is bringing that back. That’s file and patience territory, and even then it’s a slog.
Mine takes noticeably more force than the AlarmTag, so it’s not just you. I actually prefer a stiffer pull because it’s less likely to snag on something and go off in my bag. The smoother one is easier under stress though, so I get why people like it.
The two-way mode is really for short back-and-forth stuff, not sitting around chatting for an hour. It handles basic questions fine but gets confused once people start talking over each other. Mine needed the app open on my phone the whole time even for the downloaded language pack.
I replace mine whenever the connection starts feeling flaky, not on some schedule. Had one go about six months in, mat was fine, cord just stopped doing whatever it does. Anyone claiming they last forever is guessing.
That clammy feel is just what you sign up for with an evaporative cooler. Adding moisture to a sealed room doesn’t magically stay comfortable, it builds up. I ran mine with a cracked window and it was way less gross, but then it barely cooled anything.
I figured the remote was a gimmick when I got the unit. Like most of these things, you pay for the wireless feature and then you just end up walking over to the unit anyway. For the first couple weeks I didn’t even keep the remote near me. It sat on the shelf next to the CoolCove and I used the touchscreen because that’s what was right there.
Then winter hit and I started keeping the remote on my nightstand so I could bump the heat in the morning without getting out from under the covers. That’s when it actually earned its spot. It reaches from my bed to the unit on the other side of the room no problem, and that’s really all I need it for now.
As for the whole through walls thing, my take is people expect too much. It’s a small remote on a portable unit, not some whole home system. I tried it once from the next room over, got nothing, shrugged, and moved on. It didn’t make me think the product was broken. It just confirmed what it is. A remote for the room the thing is sitting in.
If you want to adjust from the living room, get up and do it. Otherwise you’re going to be standing in the hallway pointing a remote at a wall and feeling dumb.
Night shift here so my sleep schedule is already weird. The fan noise on mine is steady enough that I stopped hearing it after a week or two. Whether it beats your need for total silence, no clue, that part is on you.
Socks are fine. I’ve used mine with thick wool socks all winter and it still does whatever it does. The cord is the real annoyance, not the socks.