There is a great review and demo of the instant Pot in one of the recent
Blind Bargains podcasts. You can find it at www.blindbargains.com
Andy
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From: Deb Lewis
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 6:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Philips Hue smart lights, WiFi smart switches and Instapod
Smart Bluetooth cooking appliance
I have the Instant Pot, it's very accessible and has remained so. I
use it a couple times a week and have nothing bad to say about it.
Voiceover reads items in a very odd order but once you get used to it,
no problem.
On 11/26/16, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Sieghard,
that scale you mentioned sounds rather interesting. I will be curious how
you like it once you get it.
Now to the subject of your message. You are correct that I do have an
instant pot Bluetooth model. I have to say, that there are a couple of
aspects of the device and hence the app, that I have not used. You are
supposed to be able to run scripted recipes. That is too complicated for
my
blood. As for controlling the device from your phone, yes. It is
accessible.
You can access all of the various cooking settings, make adjustments,
monitor the pressure, time remaining et Cetera. It's wonderfully
accessible.
Now I have to say that yesterday, I did see a deal on Amazon for the
non-Bluetooth one for 67 or $68, which is a whole lot less than what I
paid
for the Bluetooth device. The buttons on the device are tactile and they
beep when pressed. So you could make a braille chart and memorize it. What
you would then also have to do is memorize or write down the starting
settings for some of the things that you can make adjustments to. All that
being said, I am sure it is doable. But I really appreciate the
convenience
of the accessible Bluetooth model. Should something happen, and you don't
have access to Bluetooth, you can still use the device without that. Of
course, you would have to have labeled or otherwise memorized the buttons
etc. as I earlier referred to. Hope that helps.
Mary
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On Nov 26, 2016, at 5:30 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I am grouping a few items together in this message since they all have
one
thing in common, they are Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connected devices which you
control via an app.
I am basically interested in feedback on any or all of them from people
who have used them. Specifically, here are a few questions I have:
1. Philips Hue: anybody have any of these connected light bulbs and
in particular how is the SIRI Home Kit integration working? I was hoping
I
could get a deal this weekend, but the only starter kits I saw on sale
were the second generation ones which have just in the last week or two
been replaced with the third generation. I think the bridge is actually
unchanged, but the new third generation bulbs are supposed to reproduce
colours a lot more accurately.
2. WiFi switches: by these I mean switches you plug into a power
wall outlet, you then plug in a device (heater, lights, coffee maker
etc.)
and you can turn the connected device on or off via the app or on a
schedule. I am interested to know what brands people may have bought,
does
the brand you have support home kit and hence SIRI integration?
3. Instapot: this has been discussed before, I think Mary has one.
I
think the app for this was accessible and I was curious as to whether it
still is, has it become better or worse with respect to Voiceover
accessibility and are all aspects and features of the app useable?
I did find one good deal yesterday, the new Withings Body scale was on
sale at BestBuy.ca for $99.99 instead of $149.99. I had a $100 Best Buy
gift card so all it cost me was the taxes. Withings used to have what
they
called the Smart Body Analyzer and it has now been replaced by two new
scales, the Body and Body Cardio. The Body Cardio also reads your heart
rate, but since I have an Apple Watch as well as a Qardio Blood Pressure
monitor I didn't feel that was very necessary. The new scale gives you
the
usual range of measurements beyond weight such as body index, body fat,
bone mass etc. It is only three quarters of an inch thick and looks very
nice, it supports the Apple Health app and once I get it and my wife and
I
have used it I'll share my impressions. This will be here just in time to
forever record how many pounds of Christmas cookies I eat and which
somehow stick to my belly *smile*.
Best regards,
Sieghard
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