I think there's room in the market for a back to basics car company that takes out all this bs, goes back to crank windows and all that crap and sells new vehicles for an affordable cost with a good warranty.
It would probably crush today.
Edit: I got like 400 responses saying "slate" ok I get it you can stop
We have a dehumidifier that can connect to WiFi. I think that's one of more strange wifi of things. Like how hard is it to set a humidity and then just empty the bucket a couple times a day. Maybe I just don't realize that it's a necessary feature but I've been emptying buckets for 18 years now and it's not a big deal. And now my husband hooked a hose to it so now I don't even need to empty a bucket, it just does it's job
Our attention spans are so low that we need reminders to dump the bucket on our phone because that's the only thing we pay attention to.
Unrelated, but I appreciate your comment because I actually need to empty mine now. I'd forgotten about it. We are averaging about five gallons a day produced in our bedroom right now!
Alternatlively, you could just make the fing thing beep. If you're not in range of hearing a mildly loud beep and only get the notification from your phone, you're not in a position to do anything about a full bucket anyway.
Honestly, since it condensates from a coil, bacteria growth should actually be a huge concern. Would be great if you had a limited water supply and you boiled it, though. Could keep the family alive for a while, anyway.
Dehumidifiers that can connect to WiFi and Bluetooth were started for commercial use. It was so restoration companies wouldnât have to go to a customerâs home or place of business just to monitor the equipment. They could see how the atmospherics were doing (RH, temp, grain depression, etc) from the company app.
That makes complete sense. But for regular homeowner, it seem a bit unnecessary. Unless it's going in a crawlspace and in that case you want one specifically for that purpose.
It's probably not necessary for home usage, but there are definitely commercial uses like for museums and things to be able to know remotely what the humidity is in a space.
My dehumidifier is 46 years old (my parents got it when they got married). It has on/off and a big old square bucket. It's brown and orange. I bought a new one 5 years ago, it's already broken.
What I hate is that they could easily put a floor water sensor for the very very rare times of a leak & most donât spend the money on that. Most connect just to harvest runtime data, use those metrics to make devices that barely cover those expectations.
We could easily be prioritizing repairability but these days youâll almost never find a small humidifier/window a/c repair man. Itâs âcheaperâ to buy the next worst version of what you had.
Emptying a bucket a couple times a day fucking sucks. We have a dehumidifier in our crawlspace that works great. Its a pain in the ass to get to so I ran the hose outside same as your husband. Bluetooth/wifi is good for checking things but you also can just install a $10 themometer/hydrometer with Bluetooth so you can check period that the humidity is being maintained properly. If itâs easy to reach itâs whatever.
That condensation pump could use a wifi alarm, though, because if that stops the dehumidifier is just pumping water all over the floor until someone notices.
Sometimes I get it. Busy people might forget their dehumidifier is full if it's out of sight. I have one in my basement that fills up twice per day so I think getting a notification could be helpful.
We didn't really have a drain set up and then we did some basement renovations and added a sump pump and he was able to direct the hose there. It honestly was no big deal. I'm down there switching laundry anyways or getting something from our freezers.
They can be placed in a remote location with a drain and be run / monitored remotely. Usually the WiFi ones are heavier duty. Basic non-WiFi ones are everywhere for cheap
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u/burge4150 9h ago edited 3h ago
I think there's room in the market for a back to basics car company that takes out all this bs, goes back to crank windows and all that crap and sells new vehicles for an affordable cost with a good warranty.
It would probably crush today.
Edit: I got like 400 responses saying "slate" ok I get it you can stop