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I have mixed emotions about this Weather Station.
It looks great and is made of nice quality materials. It is not soft flexible plastic, it is nice quality and sturdy. The main unit DOES have to be plugged in for it to display in full color. It does have a location for batteries but this is mainly to keep settings while it is unplugged. You can still see the screen ever so slightly but it is beyond dim. The display colors look very nice but at too much of an angle things blend together and reflect on the unlit numbers too much to be able to read it properly. The temperature and humidity also do not read consistently. I have the outside device right next to the inside device and the temperatures and humidity levels are not the same. The temperature maybe only a degree or so but the humidity at least 5% or more. For me when we're trying to gauge specific levels this is not an accurate enough unit for those needs. I've brought this into work to see if anything would change and those variances remain the same. So, if you're looking for general numbers to know what it is like outside and whether to carry an umbrella, this is a fine product for that. Product Title: floureon Wireless Weather Station Thermometer Hygrometer Humidity Monitor Digital Color Display Weather Forecast Alarm Clock Alerts Link: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DDGLXXN ASIN: B07DDGLXXN Sold by PowerKing Rating: 3 of 5 (For display readability and variances in temp/humidity)
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I will of course update this review over time when these have been in place longer. My first impressions so far are good though! I’ve used a number of ultrasonic repellers in the last few years so I’m familiar with what to look for. I expect the unit to be relatively small, only use one outlet of the two (not be too big/bulky that it covers an outlet), not have crazy bright lights that are distracting and most importantly – don’t make any noise that I can hear. So far this device fits all of my criteria! My main goal with this is to keep out the mice in the church building (where I stay overnight a few nights a week due to a long commute). The building is next to a big hill and a spot that it’s prone to have mice. I’ve caught one recently (in July) so hopefully no more with these units in place!
Product Title: Ultrasonic Pest Repeller& Electronic Pest Control -Ultrasonic Pest Control & Insect Repellent & Mice repellent for Mosquito,Mice,Rat,Bedbug,Roach,Ant,Fly,Flea,Spider Link: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C78L7QY/ ASIN: B07C78L7QY Seller: Air Flow These are just the neatest thing! They have so many uses – what a creative design!
The round ends have magnets in them, you can see one ‘disassembled’ in one of my photos. You can easily take these apart in that manor and put them back together…not sure why you would, but you can! These are constructed of a soft flexible silicone type material with the magnets at both ends. These are flexible enough to easily wrap around items to secure them. The easiest example is to keep your headphones neatly organized. Two or three loops around a coiled pair, the magnets connect and you’re good to go! The magnets hold well; you won’t have to worry about them coming apart in your bag due to an unexpected brush/bump on something else. The fun thing is you could attach multiple sets together as well! I did this and then stuck them on my file cabinet. I also used this to keep my desk microUSB cable neat and easy at hand, I wrapped this product around the cable, then looped it around the handle of one of my drawers and let the magnets attach – easy access and neatly coiled cable! Another neat way I found to utilize these is a document holder…put a paper in-between the document and you could hang this on a hook, or magnetize it to your cabinet, whiteboard or other magnetic surface for easy reference. I have a strip in my office that is metal that I hung a schedule onto it with these. In summary, there are so many great possibilities for this product…I keep a few at hand for quick jobs or to tag important notes I don’t want to get lost in the shuffle. These help keep my bag and my office organized. I feel these are a must have in every household! (One side note: These came with a nice felt type bag with a loop-bead closure...sadly the loop was too small and I tore it trying to get it over the bead. As I feel this bag was an extra I'm not really counting it in my review.) Product Title: Rancco® 7 Pcs Magnetic Cord Winder Wrap for Headphones/ Date USB Cable, Cute Candy Color Generic Soft Silicone Earphone Cable Cord Organizer for iPhone/ iPad/ Samsung, Also Use as Bookmarks/ Keychain Link: www.amazon.com/dp/B015VGDMDE ASIN: B015VGDMDE Sold By: Rancco Rating: 5 of 5 This is a decent forecast station! This has a very colourful display and displays lots of information for the user. I particularly like the top middle which displays what the day will likely be/currently is out (basically a barometer measurement put into images). There is sun, clouds, rain – the appropriate one will be lit depending on the reading. The phase of the moon is also displayed which is nice to know, especially for night driving. Under this is some grass with a flower…this hasn’t changed (it’s currently fall here). At the bottom of this section is the clock which includes the time (you set for 12 or 24 hour), Day of the week in three letters, and the date in Month Day digits. Indoor information is on one side and outdoor on the other so it is clear and easy to read/recognize. I appreciate the humidity level for both in and outside. For inside, if the level gets too high I know I need to take action so that items don’t get moldy because of too much moisture (high humidity). For outside it helps to know what I’m going out into, especially in the summer…the humidity can be brutal!
This does have an alarm feature but in general, this unit is much too bright to keep on my bedside stand as I’d originally intended. I currently have it near the outside door where the coats and umbrellas are, so a quick glance at this unit helps me be prepared for the day. You do have to keep this plugged into a wall outlet for it to function…this was a drawback for me. It includes a place to put batteries in (2 AAA) so if unplugged it keeps my manual setting of the date/time. The instructions included with my unit were not for my exact model. This lead to some frustration on getting things setup properly. For example: I learned you need to press the ‘MODE’ button to switch between C/F. I was unable to get this connected to the satellites for it to automatically setup my date and time (RCC). And that grass with flower noted above is an unknown as there is no note of that since it’s different. I give this a 4 out of 5 rating. A – It’s too bright to use in the bedroom so that was a bummers and B – Not having directions for my item is frustrating on trying to figure out all the features and setup. Product Title: Qooltek Multi-functional Digital Color LCD Screen Indoor/Outdoor 433MHz Wireless Weather Forecast Station Clock with Remote Sensor Link: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KFPERIU/ ASIN: B01KFPERIU Sold By: Qooltek Rating: 4 of 5 I’m really enjoying this TV box! I really enjoy being able to watch my shows thought the tv apps as well as through USB or SD card through this. It’s super that this really could be used as your computer as well. It has so many usb ports you can plug in a wireless usb mouse and keyboard with no issue (or save the ports and use bluetooth!). Sometimes you really want to have at least a mouse for operating some of the apps. If you don’t have one it’s ok, there is a mouse button on the remote that you can press and you then have a mouse arrow on your screen. You use the navigation arrows to move it around. It’s not something you’d want to use as your main mouse, but it allows you to move over and click on a TV show in an app easily.
Also on the remote are volume controls – I love this feature! You don’t have to have your tv remote right with you to turn the volume up or down on the tv! It goes from quite loud to silent so it’s not even a small range of adjustment. You have some of the basic android buttons like home, menu and back. There is a setup button that will bring you right to the settings menu as well. One small note on the remote is it must have line of sight to the box and the box must be pointing in the right direction for them to communication. Not a big deal, but good to know as it can turn into one if you can’t get the remote to work and can’t figure out why :) In settings you have a range of options, like to add a bluetooth device, setup you wireless, display: screen position (this is where you can zoom in or out so the display fits your tv just how you’d like – I needed to do this and was very grateful for this easy option), and other basics, app stuff and android items. The home screen looks like what you see in the photos. The only editing I found that you can do is to add app icons at the bottom for easy access. The online video option was great, I pulled up a couple of movies and was watching them quick and easy at no charge. Under local, or into one of the players is where you would go to watch or listen to something that you have on the SD card or flash drive. I had a 32GB SD card inserted as well as a couple of flash drives (including a U3 drive) and they all worked with no issue. It did have other stuff on the card and drives and it didn’t balk at that, it worked just fine. The videos played seamlessly and looked great! The controls are easy to use and nicely configured. The easiest way I found for fast forward and back up was to press ‘ok’ to bring up the menu (you can press ok again to pause fyi) then to do the up arrow so the time bar is highlighted. You can then press the left and right buttons to advance by 1.5 min or back about 30 or 45 (it goes quick). Overall I’m very pleased with this product and it has been serving me well! I’d recommend it! Product Title: Android 5.1 Victsing TV Box, Amlogic S905 Quad-core 64bits ARM Cortex A53 CPU, 1G DDR3 +8G eMMC Flash, Pre-download VidOn XBMC / YouTube / Netiflix / Skype for Entertainment Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BZVFEY4 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AL38UC0 ASIN: B01BZVFEY4 B01AL38UC0 Sold By: VicTsingDirect Rating: 4 of 5 (due to limited line of site for remote) My youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-UWGtoAHvQ |
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