It arrived, it got set up badly, it got set up properly, and then it got used for months.
The first week is always the flattering week. Everything is new, the setup is fresh in your mind, and the small frictions have not accumulated yet. It is the week most reviews get written in, and it is the least useful one.
Filed under Food & Kitchen, which on this site means we care about the boring parts: whether it holds a connection, whether the app is still maintained a year from now, and whether anybody answers the phone when it breaks. The question is never whether a thing works in the shop. It is whether it still works in six months, on your network, alongside your other devices, without you having to think about it.
If you want the short version: it depends, and the thing it depends on is probably not what you expected.
kaz
Jan 06, 2026 04:00Does it work at all offline, or is it a brick without the cloud service?
ndegroot
Jan 07, 2026 06:00Fair review. I think you were kinder about the remote than it deserved.
GreyMatter
Jan 09, 2026 00:00Fair review. I think you were kinder about the remote than it deserved.
kaz
Jan 10, 2026 12:00Any idea whether the older model is still worth buying at a discount, or is the new one a real upgrade?
ndegroot
Jan 06, 2026 16:00Counterpoint: I have had zero problems with mine in a year. Might just be a bad batch.