Roomba, Dysons, Thermomix and other household appliances

[DejaBrew]

Similarly have had great experiences with Appliances Online. Think I may have the same fridge as you bought @Lynda2475 (albeit a few years old now) and it’s been solid as a rock

 

[Pushka]

We had them install a washing machine a few weeks ago. The plumber had the plumbing installed in a most ridiculous position. Came in to check on them and the ao guy was on his back trying to connect the cold outlet to the tap. He did it. I felt bad I didn't have a cash tip.

 

[zig]

After much over thinking I went with Sunbeam Multizone Air Fryer Oven because you can use the two different halves at the same time on different programs and coordinate them to finish at the same time; or just use 1 half or remove the divider and have a larger over. Plus liked that all the different trays and baskets store within the unit itself and that you can see what is cooking without opening to check.

The air fryer has some nice features. I'll be interested to hear your thoughts on it after you have put it through it's paces.

 

[Denali]

Tonights Ninja-Creami deluxe experiment was vanilla with chopped up mango slices and some shaved coconut stirred in. Mr Denali said it was really good.

 

[exceladdict]

Have been trialling some of the IKEA home smart stuff over the last few weeks. Perth had gu10 globes on clearance for $7.50 so finally bit the bullet for the parents to do some outdoor lights, which are working well with the dirigera hub and vallhorn motion sensors to trigger on motion and only after sunset.

A bit disappointed that you can't currently make the parasoll door/window sensors only activate after sunset. Removes their utility to trigger lights for me but could be useful for simple notifications if a door is opened. Not sure if the system is smart enough to only send those notifications when you're not home.

The manual light buttons are also only about $10, sensors $15 and all run on the very affordable IKEA AAA rechargeable batteries, which I feel a lot better about than single use coin cells.

The IKEA stuff all runs on ZigBee so response time is pretty snappy. And I like the fact it's purchasable and returnable locally if issues.

Look forward to testing some of the things out on a home assistant setup at my own place soon, along with a bunch of hue stuff and some other random tuya based things I've picked up along the way. Just need to decide on a ZigBee stick to use with my HA RPi4.