Don't use your hands 🚫🖐 Smart Blind Motor

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3 жыл бұрын

Ever thought "man I waste so much time using my hands opening and closing blinds, I wish there was an easier way!" well you're in luck.
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Slap this blind motor on your wall and you have either continuous AC or battery-powered home automation.
Pre-program times to go to any height, so you can wake up with the sun rising! There is an included solar panel, but as you'll see in the video, it's nothing to rely on.
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@Dkens 3 жыл бұрын

Very good quality videos... You'll go places. Subbed!

@camshand 3 жыл бұрын

How long do you think the battery will last? put your guesses down below 👇 Add wireless chargers to your desk here 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pN2GZq6Xxtiwd4k.html edit: so it's been a year... I thought I'd already put in the results of how long it lasted and just realised I didn't 🤦‍♂️ Sorry! I'll try to re-run a battery test, but honestly, I forget I have it, it lasts easily over a month, probably even a couple. I'll forget I even have to recharge it, I'll just walk into the studio one morning and the blind will be down. Only issue I've had so far is the chain seems to have stretched on my blind, so I need to mount the motor unit a little lower to keep tension on the chain as the teeth on the gear have begun slipping.

@penrith50 2 жыл бұрын

How long does the battery last with average daily use? And, now that its about a year old, is it still working reliably?

@mamba109 3 жыл бұрын

Have the more expensive alternative Soma smart shades and was looking for a cheaper alternative. Sucks about the useless solar panel, looks like I'm sticking with Soma. A couple of the devices which are sun-facing are already at 12+ months without having to manually recharge it.

@raven4475 3 жыл бұрын

Bro.... An Aussie channel with useful content, that's relatively easy to understand (I'm not tech savvy).... Fuck yeah!!! Consider me SUBSCRIBED!!!

@K9amilo90 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing production quality

@carlamannon4974 11 ай бұрын

how do u make it pair with the app and can it work with smart life?

@K9amilo90 3 жыл бұрын

What speakers / monitors do you use?

@williampennjr.4448 3 ай бұрын

typically you use one cord to open the blinds and the other to close them, or you use both to lift them. How does that work?

@om-li6jp 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 4k subs ❤️👍👍👍👍 keep it up🔥

@camshand 3 жыл бұрын

Yo thank you! So happy to see it tick over, a nice way to wrap up the year 😊 Thanks for watching too 😍✌

@m27gio 8 ай бұрын

did this require a hub? i found online but it looks like a hub is required?

@user-kd9hq5gx4h 5 ай бұрын

What is the app for iPhone? I can’t find it 😢

@yakumoau 3 жыл бұрын

Loved your reactions to the blind moving.

@esk8jaimes 5 ай бұрын

Link to that app, can't find it...

@adam_hikes 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Cam, when you set a schedule is it saved on the device or does your phone need to be within range and have BT enabled for the scheduled action to work?

@neoanderz 9 ай бұрын

Im also looking for the answer to this question. Anyone?

@jeep-australia 2 ай бұрын

Its all about the simple things of life...

@easemailboxes Жыл бұрын

These look pretty flimsy. Thanks for the video though. I think I will investigate the internal roller axle insert ones. The battery looks good. A few questions: * What kind of battery are they? As some rechargeable batteries are flammable and this could catch the house on fire especially given their locations or may have insurance implications. * is the programming of schedules stored on the app or the unit?

@camshand Жыл бұрын

unsure of battery composition as it's not on the unit itself. The window I had it installed on is south facing (no sun in Australia) so haven't had that concern but it is very valid to think of! Programming is stored on unit, phone only connects for updating them. I do want to swap over to roller axle units, they for sure my preferred install type, however more expensive typically.

@easemailboxes Жыл бұрын

@@camshand hey thanks for your response!

@mil3761 2 ай бұрын

One thing not mentioned is how you can use it with a metal bead chain that has a connector in the middle to join the two ends. The blind has a sealed cog wheel which the connector cannot pass through. The smart blind device has a cog that the connector also cannot pass through. The length of the chain between both cogs is not enough to fully open and close the blinds and it's already at the lowest part of the window recess. How do you solve that?

@camshand 2 ай бұрын

Not sure you can, my chain is just long enough to pull the blind open whilst having the connector move from top to bottom of length never needing to pass through the cogs. Can you maybe purchase a chain without a join and fit it to the blind?

@kotgc7987 2 жыл бұрын

What about vertical blinds?

@camshand 2 жыл бұрын

If it has a chain or cord then it should work with this motor unit, otherwise if you need to manually pull them left to right on a track, then you'd need to find a horizontal bot that mounts on the rail, they have wheels and can pull sideways.

@riddim07 9 ай бұрын

Mate this thing is pissing me off can't connect it to app 😭

@Gustavo9823 2 жыл бұрын

Allway, you have to use your hands

@camshand 2 жыл бұрын

Unless you set an auto timer like I have ☺️

@borat6363 2 жыл бұрын

So how long did it last ya?

@camshand 2 жыл бұрын

Whoops I thought I'd come back and put the result in ages ago! It lasts a very long time, I'd say over a month maybe even two. I forget I have it sometimes until lI walk into my room and the blind is down one day, I realise it's finally gone flat haha. I'll have to re-run a test again and see. My only issue at the moment is the chain seems to have stretched a bit over time so now it's slipping on the gears, so I'm going to have to remount it a little lower to keep tension when raising the blind.

@borat6363 2 жыл бұрын

@@camshand Thanks for replying! You could perhaps link it up with a simple bike derailleur mechanism if that becomes a significant problem going forward. Of course, you'd also have to compensate the electronics to over-rotate by a certain small percentage every day but that's hackable. Good luck! Wish I could do this with my own blinds!

@smartmotorsa-ok3181 Жыл бұрын

Actually 3~6months, normally charging each 4months.

@williampennjr.4448 3 ай бұрын

So it's for shades, not blinds?

@camshand 3 ай бұрын

Probably depends on where you live, in Australia these windows coverings are called blinds 👍

@tamboen2000 Жыл бұрын

what is the name of the application in android ?

@camshand Жыл бұрын

Blind Engine: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.feng.ktcurtainscontroller&hl=en_AU&gl=US Hope that helps :)

@OfSoundNFury Жыл бұрын

So, how long did it last? Hardly 2 years 😂

@camshand Жыл бұрын

Haha oh yeah not 2 years lol, gets about 2 months with my blinds range of motion. I've taken it off as the chain had stretched and the teeth started to skip. Need to mount it a bit lower to keep tension on the chain

@totheknee Жыл бұрын

3:49 - Why are all automation apps so crappy? Who cares about setting different heights on different days? It just needs to open/close at certain times. But more importantly, it needs to have a gradual open option to slowly open in the morning so it doesn't hurt my eyes. Yet nobody offers this feature. It's like app devs are idiots and can't figure what to do so they just make up useless garbage.

@camshand Жыл бұрын

I believe you can set to different heights at different times, but will take many preset schedules. I agree, it would be nice to set an opening duration, as that would be much easier to make it open full over say 1 hour once the solar panel detects a certain level of brightness.

@WaschyNumber1 Жыл бұрын

50£ for a cheap motor and a remote 🤔 you can get 4 remote power sockets for 20£ but this stuff is so expensive with no reason, I need only a motor in a box and a switch not a hole computer. 😂

@camshand Жыл бұрын

Nice, got a link to the product you're referring too? I'll take a look :)