Our now fridge arrived yesterday and, at the time of purchase, we didn’t notice that it was connecté.
Now, despite being a gadget boy, I struggle to see the point on having a WiFi fridge but, but being a gadget boy, I was quite interested to see what I could do on the app, having visions of monitoring the temperature and being alerted if something goes wrong. But, no, the app simply tells you what temperatures the fridge and freezer are set to (not the current actual temperature) and lets you adjust that setting.
I don’t know about you but, once a fridge is setup and stabilised, I think I can count on one hand the number is times I’ve adjusted one.
As much use as a chocolate teapot and I really get the sense that it’s tech for tech’s sake.
I have to agree and with no offence to you for choosing it, I sometimes think people want gadgety stuff to show off to their peers. My fridge/freezer (LG) was bought new in 2009 and I have never had to do anything other than clean it out by hand every so often and it has only been turned off completely twice so far with just plugging it in to start it again. I always think the more the tech stuff there is, the more likely its going to play up or die young.
Internet connected appliances are just a waste of materials and resources, aren’t they. Hopefully it will just refrigerate for you without complaining or needing a connection.
No worries, no offence taken. I didn’t even realise it was connected until it was delivered.
Some definitely are, others have value. I like being able to control my heat pump from afar and I’m definitely more comfortable that my smoke alarms are connected but, beyond those two, I’m struggling to see what else would benefit from a connection.
I remember someone suggesting that we might start the pellet stove in advance of our arrival when the weather is cold. While it would be a little luxurious, TBH I’m happy just to turn it on when we get to Cussy, not to mention the electricity is off when we aren’t there.
We were looking at possible pellet stoves for my partner’s tiny garçonnière, which is being gutted and refitted. In one showroom, not one of them was controllable manually. The ones that had a control panel in addition had it at the back where you couldn’t get to it. The electronic gubbins also took a lot of electricity so a generator or UPS couldn’t cover it - useless in a power cut.
We are only considering them because one of the artisans quoting for us said that in that particular area, historically listed, a normal wood burner wouldn’t be accepted.
That may well have been me. Ours also has that option, but we’ve never needed it, but OTOH, I imagine it being handy for people who daily go out to work.
As a self-confessed gadget freak, I would find a connected fridge or freezer quite interesting. I always wonder how much heat is lost when the door is opened and how long it takes to recover. Does it answer the age-old question whether the light is off when the door is closed?
I am old and absent minded so I find connected appliances very useful. Each night I say “Alexa, goodnight”. It then turns off the oven/hob, all heating units, (three air to air wall units and a heater in the sous sol), the TV and all lights (interior and exterior). Before Alexa, I was always forgetting something.
Speaking of connected heaters, it is a luxury to be able to turn on the heaters when returning home to arrive at a warm house. And also, when I am away, it is reassuring to be able to watch the dogs using a connected camera.
But @Shiba is right, I do tend to “show off”. It amuses me to have friends round for drinks on the balcony and be able to say “Alexa, mow the lawn.
Hmm was wondering what mine did.
Can change the temp from the app.
Can turn on express cool or Ice Plus.
Has AI to analyze your usage patterns (like door openings, storage times, and temperature preferences) to automatically adjust cooling, energy consumption, and ice production.
Tells you how much energy was saved during eco mode.
Lets you set hours for Night time mode and turn it on and off. The lights slowly raise their brightness to let your eyes adjust.
Lets you add what food you put in and will give you a warning when it is about to expire
As you may have read [ad naus] about the miserable conditions that frequently exist at The Plywood Shack I decided to do something to make life less soggy and cold.
Humidity - the warmer the air the more moisture it will hold. So I’ve bought a dehumidifier and set the diminutive electric rad in my bedroom to 16C - 24/7. Usually the room is +/- 10C Nov - March.
This has resulted in the humidity being brought down from the usual 80% to the 55 setting I dialed in. After 3 days continuous running my clothes and bedding don’t feel soggy! Miracolo!
Note the phone in the pic. I like the idea of being able to control this machine remotely - and the 2nd one I got yesterday - but it only works with 2.4Ghz output from a router. Latest routers all run 5Ghz.
The lads at Boogies gave me instructions on how to get the router - supposedly dual band - to operate at 2.Ghz. The result was that the i/net web browsing system of my laptop became 100% duff. 3 1/2 hrs with ‘Claude’ failed to get anywhere near making it work again.
So not only can I not use the remote facility of the humidifier but also the wifi security cameras will not connect, nor will a Brother or HP printer. either.
That was part of the stuff Boogies gave me to fettle the router to spit out 2.4Ghz but it all went horribly wrong. As so often, in my experience, there comes a point in a set of IT instructions where what you get is not what you see in the instructions. 'The window that will open … ’ was no window at all. At that point I was winging it.
3 1/2 hrs of IT expert advice trying to get back to normal - no result.
In the end the only website my l/top would open was amz.fr That was handy as I’d had it in mind to retire my HP Win 10 machine and get something running W11. This I did.
As I use a BL keys and a separate monitor all I needed was a mini PC. It’s so small it fits on the base plate of the monitor. A 16" laptop-size space has been liberated on my table
I have another mini PC reserved for Lightroom work only. Unlike my new one it doesn’t have WIFI connectivity built in. It’s wired, so I may try the TP-Link USB antenna, supposedly 2-band …
Oooh now, that’s a question that probably comes from Schrödingers thought experiment. You know, the one with the cat in a box. The answer to that question, as Schrödinger admitted himself, is exactly what you would expect rather than the quantum superposition alternative he wanted to expound. Well, it wasnt a real experiment
My son in law has everything controlled by his phone from the cameras in their woods to the outside lights when they go out at night. Its his life and work in computer technology that drives it all but it does go wrong from time to time and then like this past week, with the big freeze bringing the internet cables down off the house or no power to charge things up. We were sat in the Grand Ole Opry last summer watching the show and also the dogs alone at home via this technology.
I have a friend who has to be quite careful with money. She also likes tech. Her CH system (in her old house) was “connected” and she could turn it on an hour before she was intending to finish work, or travelling home from holiday etc.
I wonder if that’s the thinking behind those poeles?
