Chad's Crappy Corner and two final gadgets for his August theme: cheap Smart Home gadgets.
August 24, 2016 Post a Comment Chad does two “smart home” gadgets this week. Chad's 1st Smart Home Gadget is Flic. Here's what Amazon says about it:
Flic - The wireless button that creates a shortcut to your favorite actions on your phone! It has never been easier to control your smart home, find your phone or send a distress message to your loved ones. Flic makes your life simple. Flic is a simple and stylish wireless button that acts as a shortcut to your favorite actions on your phone. With one Flic, you can call a cab, text your loved ones of your location if you’re in distress, or just turn the lights on. Flic can do so much more too! $34.00.
And Chad's take: Chad was a little taken aback when his Flic arrived with no instructions at all! He figured he'd need an app to use and when searching for one, discovered there was a Flic app that didn't apply to his device at the top of the list. It seemed the second choice Flic app was the one he needed. Once downloaded, Chad got his Flic to carry out several commands. It turns out a single Flic can be programmed to do three things of your choice. Pushing the tiny Flic once sets off the 1st command, pushing it twice, the 2nd command, and holding the single button Flic puts the third command in play. Chad showed us there are dozens of things that Flic can be taught to do, but each Flic can only do 3 of them. To do more, you have to delete something you already taught it to do. It's a tiny device, so tiny Chad could not find a way to change the battery. So Chad he fears it's another device where you have to buy a new one when the battery dies. At $34 Chad thought that was not a good thing, and down-rated the Flic to the 'really crappy' part of his 'crappy corner'. (Flic is available in 5 colors.)
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