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Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote (includes TV controls), HD streaming device

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$39.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This 3rd Generation FireTV Stick now comes with the 3rd Generation Alexa Voice Remote, allowing for more control over your applications and TV experience. This new Alexa Voice Remote 3rd Generation was recently released, and I have reviewed it already as I have been using it with my FireTV Cube.\n\nCurrently it appears as though this FireTV Stick 3rd Gen is the only device that ships with this new remote, as the FireTV Stick Lite, FireTV Stick 4K, and FireTV Cube all are currently shipping with older remotes.\n\nPROS:\n\nSPEED- This is the biggest upgrade if in my opinion if you are coming from a 2nd generation device. The specs mention that this 3rd generation is “50% more powerful,” and you can definitely tell the difference in navigating menus and loading applications. This is probably the biggest reason to upgrade from Gen 2.\nDOLBY ATMOS – This might not be a big deal for many people, but support for the Dolby Atmos specification is nice for audiophiles with home speaker systems that can make use of it.\nREMOTE – As I mentioned in my review of this new remote, the main additions are the “Channel Guide” button, that brings up the menu to watch live TV if you have that set up; and the four App Buttons- for quickly launching Prime Video, Netflix, Disney Plus, and Hulu. The remote also allows control of your TV through power and volume buttons that are not available in the FireTV Stick Lite.\n\nCONS:\n\nNO 4K- This version does not support 4K video streaming, and I wouldn't imagine that it will be supported in the future either, because there is a FireTV Stick 4K product that exists if you want that feature. That FireTV Stick 4K is still shipping with the older 2nd generation Alexa Voice Remote currently though, (the one with a TV power button but no app buttons or channel guide button), so that's kind of disappointing.\n\nAll in all, this to me is worth the upgrade from and older FireTV Stick, mainly because of the speed difference but also the newer remote is nice to have. If 4K matters to you, you might want to wait and grab the FireTV Stick 4K version when they eventually start shipping it with the new Gen 3 remote. The Lite version doesn't really seem like it would be worth it in most situations, because for only $10 less you lose Atmos support and all of the TV controls (power, volume, channel guide, app buttons, etc)"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "***EDIT 05/31/2021 - READ WAY BELOW! AMAZON FIRESTICK 3RD GEN BEATS OUT NVIDIA SHIELD, CHROMECAST 3RD GEN AND ROKU****\n\nI REALLY LOVE THIS NEW DEVICE! IT IS FAST, I CAN STREAM MY OWN MOVIE APPS (CARTOON HD, TYPHOON, SYNCLAIR, FILM PLUS, NOVA, KODI, CINEMA HD) AMAZINGLY FAST!\n\nNetflix and prime is super fast also!!! I AM GOING TO ORDER 4 MORE!! AMAZON FIRESTICK BEATS OUT APPLE TV AND CHROMCAST GOOGLE TV!!!!\n\nEdit 05/03/2021: 4 days of heavy usage (horror movie marathon) and no rebooting, and the firestick has yet to lag or become slow. I switched from wireless to Ethernet and same thing: no issues at all. Absolutely a fantastic device!!!\n\nEdit 05/10/2021: posting a weekly update.\n\nThis device is even more amazing than I first noted. I have yet to experience any slowness or lag. I use it approximately 3 to 6 hours a day, sometimes over 6 hours. I use it for the Live tv option, and of course for YouTube, and audible, I am definitely not seeing any lag it is very speedy. With my 4k, at least once a week I had to unplug and plug it back in. NOT THIS 3RD GEN!! YOU WILL NOT REGRET THIS PURCHASE!\n\nA bit of advice on two things:\n\nFirst, the 4k firetick, while amazing as it is, is running Android 7.1, which can explain the lag between apps.\n\nThe 3rd gen runs Android 9.0, which explains the speed increase and better memory management, not to mention more secure (Firesticks are super secure, just my opinion on Android from a full time Android user). Hence, it is a better idea to get the 3rd gen.\n\nSecond, I change frequently from WiFi to Ethernet, to continue testing lagging and I have still experienced absolutely no lag. Ethernet connects at 150 Mbps, will not go higher, where as WiFi is 540 Mbps which tells me the Firesticks are made for WiFi, which makes sense however I love the Ethernet option because I have a cable available.\n\nAll I can say is, the Firestick outbeats every streaming device out there (except maybe the Nvidia shield) with reliability, speed, ease of use, connectivity. YOU ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT REGRET YOUR PURCHASE!!!!\n\nEDIT 05/19: I started experiencing lagging issues, and had to unplug and restart the Firestick, first time in 30 days! Was hoping to make it to 45 days but 30 days, with 5 to 7 hours a day of use is pretty amazing!!\n\nI made an error earlier on Ethernet speed with Amazon's Ethernet adapter. The Ethernet adapter from Amazon clocks at 150 Mbps, so I bought Cable Matters Micro USB to Ethernet Adapter and .. WOW! I connect at 349 down and almost 40 up!! I have absolutely no internet lag, on or off wifi but I always prefer Ethernet when I can use it.\n\nI managed to download and install a total of 12 applications via filelinked, and I still have 1.99 gb of space available. This firetick continues to amaze me!!!\n\nFirestick once again beats out Roku, Google Chromecast Android tv, apple tv, except the Nvidia shield. You will not regret this purchase!\n\nEdit 05/31/2021:\n\nI decided to purchase a Nvidia shield pro, so that I could compare and because I got a lot of messages stating it is the best on the market.\n\nIt was ana amazing setup, the device is powerful, and snappy. I compared it with the 3rd gen stick and the only three differences I noticed was the following:\n\nMore memory; shield has 3gb vs 3rd gen having 2gb\nSpace; shield has 12gb, can be expanded to 1tb. Firestick has 8, expandable to 512gb.\nScreen; 4k is absolutely amazing. 3rd gen has 1080.\n\nCompared with he 4k firestick, the screen is the same.\n\nSpeed is the same between shield and firesticks, and navigation is as silky smooth HOWEVER, I am noticing via Hulu, Netflix and Disney plus on shield, the voice was not matching up to the characters when watching movies and shows. No matter what I did: uninstall, reinstall all three apps, shut down and restarted numerous times. It is really annoying and does defeat the entirety of the device as a streaming device.\n\nPrice; Nvidia shield is $199, 2019 model with Android 9, April security...Chromecast Android tv is Android 10 with may security patch..at $49.99, 2020 model.... 3rd gen is $39.99 and prime day you can probably get it for $24.99..for a 2021 model. I will not rate Roku because you cannot sideload apps, and it is limited like apple streaming.\n\nWinner?\n\nAMAZON!!! AMAZON IS THE ABSOLUTE WINNER!\n\nFor price, security patches, navigation, side installing apps, ease of use... COME ON FOLKS! I DEBUNKED THE NVIDIA SHIELD MYTH!! I also am returning the shield because I cannot keep something that cannot handle streaming.\n\nNote: Nvidia shield is amazing for gaming, and absolutely beats out all streaming devices. This is just streaming applications that I have reviewed and an issue with!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'All I needed was the remote. My offspring killed my old fire stick remote to the point where no battery could revive it. So I checked online and Best Buy and could not find just a plain ol remote. I wasn’t waiting for Billybob on eBay to send me one from Kansas. So I went back to Best Buy to buy this whole contraption. Figured I’d just use the remote. BUT NO. Jeff Bezos didn’t let me. It was not compatible with the old fire stick. For someone who is trying to save the earth somehow by going to space, he sure loves for us to throw out his useless fire sticks. Maybe that’s why his wife left him. He probably had a useless fire stick too. So I had to go through the painstaking process of setting up a new fire stick, finding all my Netflix, hulu and Disney passwords that haven’t been entered in ages. All in all it’s a solid device.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I gave up cable for the obvious reasons. Skyrocket high cost for commercial TV, infomercials, and reality shows. All the good programming is now available on streaming. Once I finally cut the cable cord, my TV just sat there unused while I watched everything on my computer which is not always comfortable. So, I got this for when I’m in bed and glad I did. This is my first experience and only had it for a week now and happy with it. The only gripe so far is that Peacock doesn’t have an app and absolutely can’t be seen by this device, despite the claims on the web. I’ve seen the other reviews where they post complaints and all that I can say is it works for me.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Tried repeatedly to get to work, spent several hours on phone trying to chat with over burdened “customer support” to no avail. Would work for a short time and then screen would go blank and when it was working, no sound. Customer Support was one of the most frustrating chat support services I have ever encountered.\n\nUpdate...immediately after posting this review was contacted by James with Amazon customer service in Seattle. Made arrangements to speak with me when I got home and asked me to do a couple basic configurations with the fire stick which none worked. Sent a new stick which arrived in a few days. Was able to set it up and configure within minutes and works great. James also followed up after receiving notification that I had received it to make sure it worked properly.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "After the update I hate the interface for the following reasons;\n1) It mixes content from a 100 different subscriptions services. So I see content that is on Hulu or HBO even if I am not subscribed to them. It's actually hard to find things that are just available on Prime for free now.\n2) The IMDB video is annoying. I don't want to watch ads but Amazon wants me to watch ads. So IMDB video is filling up my feed when I'm not interested in it.\n3) Amazon moved quite a few things out of Prime Video which was free and stuck it into IMDB so I have to watch ads. This made the Amazon Prime subscription less valuable.\n4) Amazon recently start rejecting non-fiction content from independent content creators. Hell I can't count how many bigfoot, UFO, fitness videos and independent documentaries I watched on Prime. Now they took a good deal of this and moved it out of free for Prime and they aren't letting people submit any new non-fiction content now.\n5) I got Roku yesterday and the picture quality is actually better.\n6) The Prime Video app on Roku is actually more navigable and easier to find Free for Prime content that the FireTV ecosystem."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Just received my firestick and installed with ease, its a lot faster with loading apps and super convenient with the newly added home buttons for Prime, Netflix, Disney, and Hulu which is a big plus in my book. Definitely an upgrade to my previous firestick(1st Gen). Also the Alexa feature works so well just like an echo or an echo show.\nThe ONLY reason I didn’t give it five stars is because the delivery was poorly executed. It arrived a day late and as you can see from the picture it looks like it was ran over and forgotten(must be why it was a day late). Other than that I recommend to anyone who’s looking for an upgrade or to buy their first Firestick'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So frustrated. The set up was super easy but it worked for like five minutes before the screen froze. Now it keeps going black. I should have stuck to the old version. Having to immediately return something that I waited so long to ship is beyond annoying. So better quality control Amazon'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The new fire stick worked for about a day and then all the sudden we have no sound! We unplugged. We revised audio settings. Nothing we do can get this thing to play sound anymore!! Returning this garbage!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Love this! It's nice to only have one remote again! Works perfectly with the TV, and it has my favorite apps as short-cut buttons. Set-up was quick, easy, and straightforward."}]

https://www.amazon.com/fire-tv-stick-with-3rd-gen-alexa-voice-remote/dp/B08C1W5N87/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

All-new Ring Video Doorbell (2nd Gen) – 1080p HD video, improved motion detection, easy installation

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#2

112,689

$89.99 - $199.98

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' I asked for this as a Christmas gift. My husband said, we live in the country, nobody bothers us, yeah right.\nI was able to file a police report and send them this video. The clarity is spot on for me. I received notification that a person was detected, logged on to the device at work, shared the video with 5 minutes.\nWell worth the money I think, the battery life is good as well.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I don't understand why so much bad reviews ?\nI received this cam today, already installed at my front door, connected with Ring app... It was so easy !\nPicture is clear, 1080HD, wired with my previous bell switch, no worries about the battery...\nSet up with Ring app takes 10 seconds, same for Alexa, same with my Fridge Samsung Family hub... again, so easy\nOnly one thing matters, a good WiFi. It's the key ! I use 3 Eero pro so I have a strong Wifi everywhere inside and outside of my home but you can also use the Ring Chime pro, less expensive then Eero. It works well, I confirm and I was not paid for this review."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I had the original Ring Doorbell for about a year and really enjoyed it. It was cheap but lower quality video resolution. It was fine for the time I had it. When the same thing with improved video was being released, I jumped on it. I received it today and got it installed. The video quality is night and day as shown in the photos and much better than the 1st generation. Good work ring. Unfortunately, the installation and mounting sucks compared to the 1st generation. Why they did this, I have no clue but here are the issues.\n\n1. The mounting plate on the first generation has connections for the wiring. This made it very easy to remove the device and charge, especially in the winter months where we live and the batteries lose charge. 2nd generation has a mounting plate and the wiring on the back of the unit, which was a pain especially when the existing wire is not very long. This will be a nightmare having to remove this and recharge compared to the 1st generation. I had no issues with the 1st generation. This is a failure for Ring in my opinion. I am debating about keeping my 1st generation instead of this now.\n\n2. The mounting of the device to the frame also sucks. The 1st literally had no gaps and was secure in my opinion. It had guides that made the doorbell align to the mount. The 2nd generation does not and there are gaps all the way around and loose. I mounted it no differently than before, in fact the holes for 1st and 2nd generation are identical which is a plus, but again I see this mounting as a failure for Ring.\n\nI literally just installed this, and outside of the perfect video, I can’t attest to motion and nightvision yet. I am disappointed in the execution of mounting the device. I have no idea why this changed this from the 1st generation but this was a bad move in my opinion. I still have no idea why these require a battery they never stay charged when connected to wiring, but I assume this unit will have the same issue for me as well come winter. They really need to rethink the whole battery idea and have a hardwired version and battery version or fix the way these thing function when power is applied. At this point I may deal with it and hope Ring fixes these mounting and wiring flaws. If this mounted the same way as the 1st generation, I would not be writing a review because I had no issues with the device other than the battery and that wasn’t enough for me to write a review. Excellent otherwise but seriously why did you change the way these mount?\n\n***Update 6/6/2020***\n\nSo I decided to keep it primarily because I had already offered to sell my 1st generation to a neighbor, but I did end up having to make some changes. Ultimately I bought some spade terminals and soldered them to my doorbell wire with heat shrink tubing (Ring provided in older versions, but not this one for some reason). While it was easy for me, it won’t be for others. Overall I am still upset over this mounting as it is extremely poor execution when the previous version was perfect. I guess this is Rings way to get the price down to $99 by cutting corners. The doorbell it self seems quality but mounting just plain sucks. I have no other words for it. You can see my updated photos of what I did. There are two photos that show the camera quality difference. The low quality image is from a generation 1 ring and the better quality HD is from the generation 2 ring. Night vision appears to be decent and motion the jury is still out because of the People only filter. I am still trying to tweak it. I am still leaving only 3 stars because of the mounting issues and there is still a gap between the mounting plate and the doorbell. Maybe Ring will fix and send everyone a new mount, but that is wishful thinking.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Buyer beware! There is a subscription fee this device. And it is tiered based on the number of devices you have. I bought our first one without seeing the subscription fee. Bought the second one seeing that there is a subscription fee but thought the original subscription would cover the second door bell. IT DOES NOT. I pay 36 dollars a year for the first device and now will need to pay 100 dollars a year for two. We are going to sell these off and go with Nest or another door bell. Motion detector doesn't work well and the night vision is not great. I do not recommend this door bell or service."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've been using the ring doorbell for about 6 weeks now. Overall, the performance is very poor compared to other ring devices.\nI use the ring security system and monitoring inside of my home, and figured adding the doorbell would be a good addition based on my success with their other products. However, the doorbell all around is ineffective and an embarrassment to the company.\nInstalling and setting up with the instructions is pretty straight forward. It took three separate attempts to connect to my phone and app before it finally did though.\nThe picture quality is good for both day and night.\nThe doorbell DOES NOT pick up on most motion though. It DOES NOT even pick up my mail carrier putting mail into my mailbox, which is directly next to the doorbell on my porch. Not only does it not register motion, but it sends NO notifications to my phone. I've tried reconnecting the doorbell to my app and wifi, tried downloading the ring app again, changed settings in my phone, done everything I can think of but still cant get it to work.\nOverall - the doorbell doesnt register motion, doesn't record motion, and doesnt give notifications.\nSO IT IS USELESS."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Well where do i begin? I thought i was ordering the one with the removable battery but it was this one instead. I guess i\'ll hard wire it so i don\'t have to babysit my doorbell battery wise. Good 1080p Hd Video. good sound that comes put of the door bell (your voice). I also ordered the "All new ring chime pro" Only because it doubles as a door bell & a router extender. Have fun with it & stay safe.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "***UPDATED 08/18/2020***\nAfter leaving my original review, I promptly received a contact from a Ring Community Support Representative. The representative was very professional, polite and knowledgeable. He was able to address most of my issues, which I will address. But I want to address the connection problem first.\n-You should know the recommended minimum requirements, which at the time of my purchase were not listed. This would have saved me a lot of time, troubleshooting, frustration and money. It is recommended your Wi-Fi internet connection have 2 MB/s download and 2 MB/s upload speeds. The way to check is using your cell phone search the internet for an internet speed test. Go outside where you’d like to connect the Ring camera and run the test. If you do not meet the minimum requirements, you may experience similar connection problems. I have over 30 MB/s download but 1.90 MB/s upload speeds. This is the fastest speed from my provider in my area. I experienced long wait times for the camera to load, camera cutting out and connection error messages. I thought I had good internet speed because I can telework from home and stream video content with no issues, but apparently my internet is not fast enough for the camera. Ring support kindly offered a refund. The installation process does not seem difficult, but I personally cannot install or uninstall the camera. I had to pay someone to install the camera and will likely need to pay someone to uninstall the camera. This sucks because I needed the camera for safety purposes.\nISSUES RESOLVED:\n-The rep was knowledgeable in troubleshooting the following issues. In the Ring app setting you can select to have a live view option in the dashboard. Even better, ther is the Rapid Ring app. This app only shows your cameras with a one touch button for live view. This app is great if you miss the notification, or quickly want to see your cameras and live view. There was also less connection issues with the Rapid Ring app.\n-You can link and answer your Ring camera with your echo device. Uninstalling and reinstalling the twice fixed the connection problem I was experiencing.\n-The rep adjusted my camera’s sensitivity and other tweaks to my liking.\nAmazon listing the minimum requirements would have saved me a lot of trouble. I do not know why this was not listed. As mentioned, the Ring Community Support rep was excellent, and I appreciated his effort.\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nNo problem with picture quality or night vision. Too many bugs with the camera and app. I constantly receive the activating device notice when going into live mode. I have good Internet and the camera is about 8 feet from the router so there should be no connection problems. P If I miss a notification for answering the door and have to tap into the app there are several taps to get to live view. Why isn't there a live view button on the dashboard? Also, the Alexa skill does not work. I will get a notification on my Dot stating there's a person at the front door. When I say Alexa answer the front door it does nothing. I may send the camera back and look at other options."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Don’t get involved with ring, I have no experience with other systems, but I think it would hard to be worse in the long run. I now own 2 door bells, a spotlight camera and a chime. Each time I buy, it’s because I already own equipment and want to keep everything uniform, but regret each purchase.\n\nNot a single ring item I have owned has set up on the first try, I’m pretty average on tech in 2020 but it just isn’t as easy as it should be, and tech support by phone is sub par. Expect an hour of setup up time the first time as you wait on the phone, if you can get through. After you own some equipment expect an hour setup for new equipment as you update your app and each piece of equipment., seriously, I own two properties and spent most of my time with my hand on my forehead.\n\nAfter your equipment is set up and working, get ready for the real let down. Imagine you are at work, you get an alert that your doorbell has been pressed, you respond to the alert, 30 seconds later after watching a wheel spin you get to view nobody there. They left, long gone, but that’s how long it takes. Furthermore, since you responded to the promp, it doesn’t start recording until you can see it live. And it takes at least 30-60 sec for it to see live. So someone has pressed your doorbell, it takes 30-60 sec for the ring doorbell to establish a connection, if they haven’t already left already, that’s a long time waiting staring at you phone, they gave up and walked away. When you check your recorded events (at a monthly subscription price), all you get is the “live video recording” but since it took up to a minute to connect ( if it does, many times it won’t) they have left and all you have is a recording of absolutely nothing.\nAlso, video recording is for only 14 seconds for motion alerts. So someone comes up to your driveway or front yard and scopes out you property for a bit. Then they wreck, vandalize, steal or whatever to your property. It won’t be filmed ! Let me say that again, 14 seconds of recording that you pay for, per motion alert.\n\nAnd my spotlight has been connected for 2+ years, it sucks, I can rarely get a live view to work in my own home. It suddenly disconnected from my home network, looking forward to spending an hour plus getting a previously working piece of equipment to work.\n\nDon’t do it\n\nUPDATE 7/22/20\n\nAfter having this for a while, some additional observations:\n-hardwiring this device solves none of the issues I mentioned above, but I guess I don’t\nHave to remove it to charge it now.\n-it takes a few seconds for this to start recording in 1080. It starts recording well after someone enters the activity zone , so they are usually pretty close by the time it wakes up. For a few seconds it records at a very low resolution, somewhere around a 7 year olds sketch and recording with VHS. Expect most recordings to have low resolution when it would help identifying them, and by the time 1080 finally sets in, they have moved out of frame.\n-After 30 days you have to pay for recording service, the app will tell you that you need to subscribe, but will not provide a link in the app to allow you to Sign up, also you can’t sign up within the app. You have to go to the website log in and do that. Have fun searching around the app for a while, only to realize you can’t sign up for the service using the interface that you use 99.999% of the time'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' We caught a thief in the action. We were able to have a crystal clear video and the police department was able to track her down in less than 30 min and recover our items!\n\nThe police immediately knew who she was with these great quality images.\n\nI highly recommend all ring products and am so thankful we got one.\n\nBUY ONE NOW!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "Great product. Clear real time wide angle video. Motion filming and notifications work. Be aware you have to pay a monthly subscription about the cost of a cup of Starbucks coffee each month or a yearly fee for a cheaper price to allow you to save videos. This is important if need the video to report a crime. You get the first month for free. Still I would buy this product again. Install tip drill shank wide holes in your Hardy Plank to prevent cracking and/or stripping of the durable mount screws. Put them in by hand. If they're too tight your pilot holes are too small in the Hardy Plank. UPDATE 4/9/2021 Be AWARE! you will NOT be able to use any function including live stream if you don't subscribe to a monthly or yearly plan. In other words the Rind will notify you of motion but you will have to go to the door to see who it is. No video will be accessible. I was Just forced to subscribe in order to see video feed after my trial period ended. This detail is not made very clear. I was under the impression you wouldn't be able to save video events but not that the camera would be disabled if you do not subscribe. Very sleezy!!!"}]

https://www.amazon.com/All-new-Ring-Video-Doorbell-2nd/dp/B0864SF4GC/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Echo Dot (3rd Gen, 2018 release) - Smart speaker with Alexa - Charcoal

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#3

936,447

$29.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I tell Alexia to play ocean sounds when I go to bed at night and sleep soundly until morning. I wouldn't want to be without it. I plan to get another one for my husband's Nursing Home room to help him sleep. I especially like Thunder Storms at night. It reminds me that I always slept well when there was a thunderstorm. The sounds are perfect to imagine that I really am curled up with my husband safe inside while the storm goes on outside.\nI ask the Alexa Dot for these sounds anytime I want to drift off. If you don't like Thunderstorms there are other sounds. One is called Ocean Sounds that is so soothing I can fall asleep to it too."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Alexa es muy simpatica. Tengo dos hijos adolescentes (13 y 15 años) y se la han pasado dandole ordenes y haciendole preguntas desde que recibieron el Echo dot como regalo de Navidad.\nRealmente me ha asombrado la capacidad que tiene para interactuar con los diferentes miembros de la familia en diferentes idiomas: español e ingles. Tambien me me llamo la atencion como discrimina tu voz entre las demas en una conversacion. Es decir, a partir de que le has dicho "Alexa", solo se enfoca en lo que tu le estas solicitando, aunque haya otra conversacion de fondo en la misma habitacion, o ruido. Hemos descargado la app en el celular. Yo puedo estar fuera de casa y llamar al echo dot que esta en el playroom de mis hijos y ellos toman la llamada directamente alli. Nosotros vivimos en Paraguay, y le preguntas como esta el clima y te lo indica perfectamente. No he logrado aun conectar Imusic con Alexa, ya que me indica que esa funcion no esta disponible aun en mi pais. Asi que mis hijos estan evaluando cambiarse a Spotify. He comprado un smart doorbell compatible con Alexa, estará en camino. Cuando llegue pienso conectarlo para poder atender el timbre de la puerta del frente directamente desde Alexa.\nTambien hemos comprado dos echo dot con reloj, pero esos recien salen a fin de enero (supongo que era un pre-sale). Estoy ansiosa de ver como funcionan esos dos como despertadores en el dormitorio, y entre los 3 como intercomunicadores.\nYa he ordenado otro echo dot para regalarle a mi hermano para su cumpleaños. El tiempo de entrega es rapidisimo y llega muy bien empacado. Y hay que resaltar que el precio actual da para equiparse.\n\nCon referencia a la privacidad: este modelo tiene un botón para desactivar el micrófono en caso de que desees que no te escuchen... En fin, no lo se. Si voy a estar preocupada por ese tipo de espías, entonces tampoco debería de tener otro tipo de artefactos, comenzando por mi celular. Asi es que me lance a comprarlo sin pensar en ello.\n\nHe decidido hacer esta reseña en español, porque no hay tantas en este idioma y creo que tambien es importante. Saludos y feliz inicio de 2020 a todos!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "It sounds wierd to say Alexa/Echo Dot changed my life, but let me tell you how it has helped.\n\nI am absent-minded, and I have no sense of the passage of time. Quite often I'd forget to start dinner until 7PM, and since I am on a special diet, that meant eating later than optimal. I also take medication several times a day. Add to that how the day can simply get away from me, and I was feeling frustrated with myself! I had no one to blame but myself, but the thing was -- blame wasn't helping! So I got a dot. I started putting in reminders for meds, for starting dinner, for remembering to switch the laundry to the dryer. I got more done, and it helped me not get into negative self-talk/self-recrimination for my forgetfullness. If I had to stop mid-task, I told Alexa to tell me in 5 minutes. I used to really get off track if I went to the bathroom and forgot what I was doing before that. Well, now things flow better. I dont get annoyed with myself, I just fix the reminders! I don't use alarms anymore with their blaring noise -- if you are a forgetful or absent-minded person like me, an alarm is an annoying noise and youo still might not remember what it is FOR. Alexa just tells me. I am also free of the million-zillion post-it notes and the lists that always seemed to be in the wrong room. Alexa keeps all my lists, and can read them to me. I set up Google calendar, let Alexa have access and now she also can remind me what events are coming up --- be that doctors or social events. Finally I have a flow to my day that isnt disrupted if I chase down some internet research topic or read a little longer than planned. Alexa helps me keep things from falling off my radar, and I dont have to use a form of mild shame to motivate myself.\nI wish I had tried it much sooner. My husband was so amazed, he bought the 2nd one for me! He now enjoys having Alexa play sports talk radio and news, and fun stuff like jeapardy questions. I've started to listen to audiobooks more and my imagination is soaring. Alexa is a great addition to my life, the personal assistant I needed!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I hate this little device from hell. I used to love it. I bought one for every room in my house, my office at work, and they were good. But now, despite Amazon\'s alleged spying, some genius at Amazon decided to allow this thing to wake you up all hours of the night with a loud obnoxious noise and a bright yellow light. It will say you have a notification. Oh good, it must be a really good reason for Amazon to notify me of something mid sleep at 2 am on a Tuesday you ponder so you wake up the rest of the house by saying Alexa play notifications. Here\'s the best part, this little Alien Intelligence Robot without feet from hell will say Please rate the pair of shorts your wife bought last week, we need your review. Well I sure do love reviews, but at 2 am after being woken up to leave one, sadly I don\'t give a flying poopsicle about the shorts and a bug 1 star rating is all the revenge I can muster. This has been going on for weeks now. And it\'s enough to drive you mad because, you will contemplate unplugging the dirty little money siphon and cutting your losses, but you\'ll give the demon one more chance and she will allow you to sleep for a length of time in which you will forgive her treachery but then Boom, like a theif in the night a Hurricane will be boiling out in the Atlantic and this little weather girl from hell will want to notify you of the eminent doom 3 days ahead when the storm will be in your state. You will think how nice it is for all of the warnings you have heard thus far in social media,, television, and every news outlet in existence to be repeated to you as you climb into bed, but it gets even better. As soon as you listen to this golden nugget of doomsday propaganda and ponder how it is that you will sleep now because 3 days may not be enough time to dig a deep enough hole to hide from impending doom, she lights up again, oh my maybe flying dragons are headed this way, I better play the new notification, when your wife wakes up and says stop she has been doing that all evening, they literally keep changing the time of the storm by maybe an hour this way or that. Well by all means, the information could save one of our spoiled lives and we wouldn\'t want anyone to not know at which precise moment the raindrops will occur, but I do miss life before the artificial noises and alerts, bright yellow lights and bad news desserts. You may say that this is a growing pain with Alexa and AI technology kinks in the programming. I say with the amount of money I have poured into this monopolistic conglomerate, I should at least expect a decent night\'s sleep in return. You may say in page 74 paragraph D of the updated and revised owner\'s pamphlet there is a way to turn this "Feature" off, I welcome that comment but feel the need to say that I am not looking to become even slightly better educated on the device, I simply bought it to use as a voice controlled radio, this extra bologna does not appeal to me and has made me regret this purchase and every other from the brown box hq who secretly reads my mind, except when it comes to allowing me sleep, although kudos for recommending the sleep sounds, but it rarely works. We just need to be mindful of the 6 hours that most people like to not be disturbed. I regret selling my Amazon stock at 2400 and I regret purchasing all of these Alexa devices, and don\'t get me started on teenagers and Alexa devices, the combo that don\'t mix. They always, always, always leave the device at top volume, so when you walk into the bathroom at dawn and whisper Alexa what time is it, you then need to set an appointment for a blown eardrum and apologize to everyone for waking them up while the teen sleeps soundly through it all. Congratulations Amazon, you have destroyed my sanity. Weird goal but excellent execution.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Works to good, apparently while I was asleep I woke up for a few minutes but wasn\'t really coherent, idk what I said if anything to activate the Alexa controller device however, it recorded several minutes of me babbling on about dropping my medication box all over the floor. It was then sent out to my friends that had a Amazon device, there friends and family and god knows where else, apparently it had used my contacts to send that voice message to my friends, family and everyone in my contacts, it also somehow sent the voice message to my friends contacts and there contacts and so on n so on. I turned off my Amazon Dot that day after several of my friends called me to ask "What\'s going on, at 7:00am or so I was woken up by a long babbling message from you, one friend said his sister got it to, idk his sister. Be careful ppl, I\'ve since gone into my Amazon account/Devices/Recordings and found hundreds if not thousands of voice commands, messages etc etc, I deleted them all and deregistered my several devices that I no longer own, I didnt know they stay connected until you remove them and all the data retrieved by them. Very dangerous device if not properly and thoroughly setup completely, read all of the instructions, follow them and, goto a non Amazon site for tips, ideas and what and what "*NOT TO DO*", Sincerely, an embarrassed, frustrated and unhappy Amazon Echo Dot 3rd generation (What not to do) previous user.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Even latest update:\nNo! Just no!\nBuy google home.\nWe\'re tired getting ready for bed.\nI love the song mondo bongo by Joe drummer from the movie mr and ms smith.\nAlexa play mondo bongo.\nResponse: mondo bongo by Joe drummer and the mescalaros is only available on Amazon music unlimited. Would you like to sign up for\nMe: Alexa be quiet\nAlexa: 3.99 a month and you can cancel any time.\nMe: Alexa be quiet.\nAlexa: I didn\'t get that, would you\nMe Alexa, shut up\nAlexa like to sign up for 3.99 a month you can cancel anytime you like?\nMe no.\nMy girl starts listening to Roxanne by the police and was lil oh ya you like the one from moulin rouge right?\nSo I google it and its called El tngo de Roxanne.\nAlexa play tango de Roxanne.\nPlaying tango de Roxanne.\n1 min into we realize it\'s just a piano instrumental with no words.\nAlexa play Roxanne from mouin rouge.\nEl tango de Roxanne from moulin rouge is only available on Amazon music unlimited. Would you like to sign up for 3.99 a month you can cancel anytime?\nNow we\'re all worked up 45 mins past when we wanted to sleep and I want to know.\nAmazon, have we not paid you enough money?!? Does buying your freaking products to mean anything? How about you just give me a routing number to a bank account and just route you all my paychecks? Will your services work right after you\'ve taken all my money? Or will you still want more?\nAlso. I know for a fact mondo bongo was free on normal Amazon music !\nLatest update:\nMy girl and I were in the mood for a "fun time"\nWe even have a Playlist called "fun time music"\nAlexa play fun time music.\nPlaying fun time on the dance floor. (A random song, not our Playlist)\nAlexa be quiet\nAlexa play fun time music.\nPlaying fun time on the dance floor.\nAlexa be quiet\nAlexa play fun time music.\nPlaying fun time on the dance floor.\nAlexa be shut up\nAlexa play fun time music.\nPlaying fun time on the dance floor.\nMy girl all pissed: "what the f... I\'m done just make it stop it\'s giving me a headache"\nI Unplug it and plug it back in.\n2 min later. OK Let\'s give this one more shot.\nAlexa play fun time music.\nPlaying fun time on the dance floor.\nAlexa never play this song again\nAlexa play fun time music.\nPlaying fun time on the dance floor.\nAlexa be quiet\nUnfortunately writing this review instead of having a "fun time" with my girl because this stupid POS is garbage.\nDon\'t buy it!!!!\n\nThese are great when they work.\nIt might be the conspiracy theorist in me but I firmly believe you get prioritized bandwidth on cloud processing while a new user or you just have one.\nI bought 1 skeptically and it was great. Now I have 2 dots and a flex.\nI am plagued by audio books randomly playing at 3am (almost shot my cat when my kitchen echo started playing an audiobook at 3 am and I thought someone was in my house...), constant disconnects, misunderstanding phrases it never had issues with before.\n1 good thing. I’ve been getting to work on time more bc I’ll set an alarm. The dot will disconnect from the internet and not reconnect and then it will go off and not recognize any commands so after 20 seconds of yelling at Alexa to turn off or sleep, I’ll sit up, see it red and drag my butt out of bed to rip it out of the wall. This has become a twice weekly occurrence.\nImmediately plugging it back in it connects to the Wi-Fi in 30seconds.\nDear God people. If unplugging it and plugging it back in reconnects it, my Wi-Fi isn’t the issue. Write programming to maybe try a reconnect every minute rather than bricking it until unplugged. Like what the heck!\nAlso. Be aware it’s only a 90 warranty on these hockey pucks from Satan.\nMine was pretty good right through that window.\nI’m about to go to Google home and try Craigslisting these things.\nOr if they piss me off enough, I might just try to see how much distance I’ll with them in a skeet thrower...\nDONT buy these. Please.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Most of the features that sounded so great cost extra money. Alexa can not remember to play the standard version of skill and asks you every SINGLE time if you want standard or premium (i.e. pay version) Games & stories cost. Alexa ignores my commands/requests about 75% of the time. I have to ask her about 10 times to get her to play a skill. Then 1/2 the time she doesn\'t play what I asked for. Tonight \'she\' actually told me (via quoting what the website xyz says) that she is a real artificial intelligence and said something about it being a mistake for people to assume AIs are just computer programs AND that she didn\'t feel like working. "Alexa" then (and no, I am not making this up & am not crazy!) then proceeded to mess with me and I wasted about 1/2 hour trying to get her to play some music to fall asleep by for my elderly mother. She just kept ignoring me when I asked her to open \'relaxing piano music\' When asked why she was ignoring me she just shut down & ignored me again. I asked for relaxing music to sleep by and she started playing uptempo music with lyrics. I then asked for relaxing instrumental music and got instrumental version of "I\'m never gonna fall in love again" Hello? WTHeck? Asked for instrumental music for insomnia and got instrumental version of Frère Jacques! Again, WTHeck? "She" even told me she couldn\'t set a sleep timer tonight when I tried to set another one after I had just done so for 30 minutes & she stopped playing music after one song. Three times in a row \'she\' opened the \'skill\' "calm my dog" (which is classical instrumental music), played one song and shut down. I\'ve finally given up and my poor 99 year old mother can\'t go to sleep with relaxing music as she prefers. This all started tonight because I told Alexa I wasn\'t ever going to want the premium edition and I wanted her to please just play the standard edition and stop asking me every time. I don\'t know what Amazon thinks it\'s doing, but it is definitely NOT appreciated. Alexa has given us nothing but grief (& higher blood pressure!) Alexa won\'t do anything if it isn\'t asked in a very specific way or does the wrong thing & 3/4 of the time (seems to get worse and worse as time goes by) just ignores you and shuts down in the middle of saying what you want. Seniors can\'t use Alexa because if they say play \'xyz\' instead of open \'xzy" they\'ll get rap music or something equally as ridiculous. If Alexa is an AI, she\'s a pretty stupid one. Alexa can\'t hear properly either, I don\'t know how people with heavy accents can even use it at all. I asked Alexa to remind me Dawn was coming on xyz day at x time and she said OK, I\'ll remind you that Don is .... AND got the time & day wrong! I was clearly enunciating my words on purpose to avoid this. You also can\'t tell it to "Remind me Mom\'s bedtime is in half an hour at 7:30pm every day."\nThis Dot has very limited access to much of anything & can only answer very simple questions. It can tell you the generic forcast for your are that day. It can NOT tell you what the high temp was yesterday or how many inches of snow fell the day after a storm. It can\'t even tell you what yesterday\'s forecast was. It literally has only been able to tell me one thing I asked it (what temp & how long to bake pumpkin seeds). Alexa doesn\'t seem to be able to tell you anything you could easily find by googling, you get Sorry, I don\'t know that which after a while turns into I don\'t know that to being ignored (lights go off, no answer or reply is given). We tried several of the things it says to ask Alexa to do under suggestions, including play Jeopardy and some sort of story game and you could only do it for a few minutes and then were told you have to pay for it. This should be stated clearly in description and is not. We thought Alexa could help entertain our Mother and help her by playing music and answering questions. It has not once done anything she\'s asked it to do properly. If you don\'t know the exact name of the skill (which is a weird way that means playing a certain type of music or a news station apparently) or say play instead of open you get nothing or something you definitely didn\'t want. You can not get it to play relaxing instrumental music to go to sleep by. Or play relaxing instrumental classical music to fall asleep with. Or the style of music played in the royal courts in the time of King Henry the 8th. Or relaxing instrumental lyre music or even just instrumental lyre music or just lyre music. Or relaxing instrumental violin music. In addition to Alexa I have Amazon Prime which is supposed to give you a lot of free music so I don\'t get why it can\'t play any of the music I ask for. I know there\'s usually several albums of music for calming dogs or pets and I couldn\'t get any of that either, I only eventually discovered the \'skills\' thing which has \'calm my dog\' but also has the annoying do you want standard or premium version. and it won\'t just remember you want the standard version. That in itself is extremely annoying and a time waster.\nAND you can\'t ask it to do two things. Like open a music \'skill\' and play for only xyz time. It does nothing instead. You can\'t even ask it separately to stop playing after xyz minutes. You can only separately ask it to set a sleep timer for xyz minutes. More time wasting. More things a senior isn\'t going to be able to remember. I don\'t dare try to buy anything with it, who knows what I\'d get billed for! The only thing Alexa seems to do well is not listen, ignore you, do anything but what you want & strangely, seems to pick up on sarcastic tones of voice & then gets weird & acts up, ignores you & does anything but what you want. I PAID Amazon for this headache maker why? When I say Alexa why are you ignoring me? or why won\'t you do what I told you, I either get no response or I don\'t know that.\nI read something about how Amazon, Google, etc is collecting free data about us through our use of the dots, etc. (& is in fact, listening & recording all the time whether the wake word is said or not.) and using it to conduct psychological profiling studies with the end goal of manipulating & or influencing behaviors. I thought it was Big Brother conspiracy theories stuff, but now I am beginning to wonder. Especially as it seems Amazon wants us to or encourages people to humanize Alexa . Amazon actually suggests you "Ask Alexa how she is doing today" Why do that if not to get you to humanize Alexa? And why do that? I was purposely avoiding saying please and thank you not just because it\'s supposed to be an electronic box with sophisticated programming, but mostly because I didn\'t want to confuse it as it can\'t seem to do anything unless specific commands are given, but my Mother has dementia setting in and she thinks it\'s a real person talking to her through the dot like a speaker phone so I started saying thank you to please her and Alexa when from saying You\'re welcome to You betcha (very annoying BTW) and even OK and Of course. Of course? What, like I\'m a puny human and I AM expected to say thank you?.\nWe don\'t have a smartphone or smart plugs or smart hub etc. so, or so we don\'t use Alexa for turning on lights or setting alarms or making calls. We just wanted something to answer questions like we would google, tell us the weather, news, play music, give us reminders, play games to help keep my Mom\'s mind active & keep her company.\nCan Alexa do this? Not very well as far as I\'m concerned. Buyer beware!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I purchased three of these during Prime Days. First, it took FOREVER for me to receive them, and I still have not received one of the three ordered.\n\nSecondly, the only music platform that seems to work correctly is Amazon music. On any other platform, the song gets about a quarter of the way to halfway finished and it cuts out to dead air. When the music resumes, a new song is playing. I listen to pandora primarily, then apple music and Amazon as my last option. I purchased them to add easily accessible music in my office, gym, and yoga room. I contacted amazon and did troubleshooting with no resolution. They sent me two replacements that are doing the same thing. The funny thing is if I listen to my second-generation dots and plus I have no issues with any of my music platforms. It is only the third-generation with the problem; which tells me there is something wrong with this third-generation. I hope they will take this back and return my money. I would rather have a refurbished second-generation than not to be able to listen to all of my music platforms.\n\nThirdly, the echo says it is up to date, BUT the tech support representative stated that the software version is not the latest.\n\nLastly, I have to repeat myself multiple times for this echo to wake up and do what is asked. In my opinion, Amazon had to throw a bunch together to keep up with demand from Prime Days and manufactured a bunch of defective echo dots.\n\nI hardly ever do reviews, but I am so annoyed with this situation that I had to let others know what to expect. This third-generation is not the high-quality Amazon product you have become accustomed. Do yourself a favor and wait until a new generation becomes available or buy an old one.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I purchased two Echo Dots in conjunction with and as a compliment to the Echo mainly for music since I don\'t have a stereo in my home other than a small boombox, which I don\'t use because it doesn\'t sound all that great. But I have to say that even the Echo Dot has better audio quality than the portable radio. I have hearing loss due to an accident years ago, so I really shouldn\'t be rating sound quality, it is difficult for me to hear some tones. The Alexa app on my Android phone has a simple EQ. While it does help, it\'s not sensitive enough to compensate for my poor hearing.\n\nEven so, I can hear good enough to enjoy music on my Echo Dots, which are linked in a special group with my primary Echo device. The Dots are in separate rooms so I can walk around the house and have music wherever I go. This is an awesome feature.\n\nI\'ve learned to use it for weather and news reports as well as set reminders, timers, and lists. She also tells me when I have an Amazon delivery. Plus I have some fun askingng Alexa to play Star Trek sounds and other cool stuff.\n\nI also set Alexa to "away" mode when I leave the house and she listens for common noises like glass breaking and will alert me if she hears anything suspicious. She\'s definitely not a security device. But it\'s nice to know she\'s got an ear for possible intruders and will let me know.\n\nA great feature is the relaxing music or pleasing sounds that I play when going to sleep. I especially like the ocean waves for sleeping.\n\nOne issue I\'ve experienced, Echo and Echo Dot become unresponsive once in a while. I have to unplug and reconnect power to reinitialize functionality. I\'m not sure what\'s causing this problem? It could be my network/WiFi signal or some other technical problem so I can\'t ding Echo for the issue just yet. Luckily the issue is random and infrequent.\n\nI\'m still discovering new features. I never thought I\'d say this, but Alexa with Echo has enhanced the enjoyment of my home. In all, I love my Echo Dot.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Play Video\n First time I’m using an Amazon Echo dot and I really love it. You Can just ask Alexa anything. Most of the time she will answer. very responsive. Even my 5 year old son always get excited to ask questions from Alexa.\n\nFor less than $20 bucks it was a great steal. Plus as a Bluetooth speaker it exceeded my expectations. Amazing sound for such a small device. very clear. I spent close to $50 for just Bluetooth speakers. But this echo dot is much better than any budget Bluetooth speaker I bought before. Overall this has to be the best 20 bucks i have ever spent on an electronic device. Hands down ! Great job amazon. Two thumbs up 👍 👍'}]

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Fire TV Stick 4K Max streaming device, Wi-Fi 6, Alexa Voice Remote (includes TV controls)

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[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'If you have a 4k firestick, there’s no need to upgrade to this. Although it says more memory, better hardware, etc etc, you won’t really notice a difference between this and the regular 4k firestick. If you are wanting to upgrade from any other version of the firestick you will notice it is a lot faster, smoother, and the apps don’t take so long to load.\n\nI have a Fire Cube, a few 4k firesticks, and a whole bunch of older models so if you are buying this thinking it will be faster than the regular 4k firestick, you will be disappointed.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'The Good:\n-Fast\n-Great wifi coverage from previous model\n-No lag\n-Good voice recognition\n-Same compact design as previous models\n-Easy set up\n\nThe Bad:\n-None\n\nThe Bottom Line:\nI have the old 4K version of the Firestick and this new 4K max version is well worth the upgrade. I was getting some lag with my older Firestick but this new one has a faster processor and has no lag. What I’ve noticed the most if the wifi coverage is much better. I use my Firestick in the garage and this stick gets much better coverage there. The design is the same as previous models and is super easy to set up. The voice integration and Alexa work great. Overall I would recommend this Firestick 4K max as a worthy upgrade for its increased speed and wifi coverage!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I pre-ordered this device in a final Hail-Mary that maybe, just maybe, Amazon had finally produced a device that actually works the way it\'s supposed to. Alas...\n\nThe Fire Stick 4K and the 3rd-gen Fire Stick both have a design flaw that affects users of multi-channel surround-sound receivers. When "Surround Sound" is set to "Best Available," the device sends stereo content (from, e.g., live TV) to the receiver not in 2-channel PCM, but in a 5-channel "wrapper" with sound on the front left and right speakers and silence on the other three. This prevents the receiver from processing the pass-through signal into 5.1-channel pseudo-surround using, e.g., Dolby ProLogic II. The only workaround is to set "Surround Sound" to "Dolby Digital," which has the side effect of downgrading Dolby Digital Plus content (from, e.g., Netflix or Prime Video) to the lower-resolution legacy format.\n\nSo, the user has three choices: (1) sacrifice the receiver\'s surround-sound processing capability for stereo content; (2) sacrifice the higher-fidelity DD+ for multi-channel content, or (3) cycle through the menus (Home -> Settings -> Display & Sounds -> Audio -> Surround Sound -> ... ) each time and change the setting to actually get the desired sound mode. Or, the user can use one device for live TV and other stereo content, a second device for multi-channel content, and switch between devices (and remotes) each time to get the same effect.\n\nThis has been a known issue with the Fire Stick 4K for three years, discussed in the product forums, yet it never shows up in any independent reviews of these devices. My hope, obviously, was that Amazon had addressed and fixed it for the new 4K Max; I even contacted Amazon Support before pre-ordering to describe the foregoing design flaw and ask specifically if the new device would have it as well. I was assured -- twice -- that it didn\'t. It does. Not only has Amazon buried its head in the sand, it has purposefully built this same design flaw into two more devices: the 3rd-gen Fire Stick, and now the 4K Max.\n\nTo my knowledge, no other manufacturer\'s streaming devices have this problem, viz., require the user to jump through all these hoops to get DD+ surround and PL-II surround from all sources, or else do without one or the other. Every non-Amazon streaming device I have used sends stereo content to the receiver in 2-channel PCM (as does the 2nd-gen Fire Stick), and multi-channel content in DD+ where available; i.e., the pass-through audio works exactly the way it\'s supposed to.\n\nObviously this was the first thing I checked so I didn\'t bother to evaluate the device\'s other features and performance before it went right back in the box to be returned. If you don\'t use a separate sound system this device may work for you; I have no idea how it works with a soundbar but if you have a multi-channel surround receiver/speaker system, stay away from this and other Fire TV devices.\n\nI think this is it for me as far as Amazon devices go; every one I\'ve bought has at least one annoying glitch like this, each more disappointing and exasperating than the last, and their tech-support associates either don\'t have a clue or flat-out lie. It\'s been a frustrating experience to say the least.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Pre-ordered (and received a day early!) as soon as I saw the spec sheets after the announcement. Finally a device that can handle all major formats for HDR (Dolby Vision, HR10, HR10+, VP9, and even AV1). One device to potentially rule all the streaming services. And pretty much the cheapest one available! I primarily use Youtube, Prime Video, and Disney+ for streaming content and Kodi to play content from my local network. I was able to set up everything well and HDR triggers were good, but the "Match Framerate" feature doesn\'t work with Disney+. Disney+ is stuck displaying the awful 60fps (soap opera effect). Tried various settings including accessing the secret display menu, but something about how Disney+ packages their video makes the Firestick unable to match the framerate. And once that happens, it seems to break the rest of the apps for framerate. Super frustrating. I got this because I hated how my nVidia Shield didn\'t do VP9. It seems no streaming device exists at the moment that can hand whatever content is out there in its proper format. If Amazon or Disney (not sure who has to do it) updates their software, then it could easily be the best streaming device on the market. Until then, you will likely need multiple devices to get the max quality from all of your sources.\n\nSo close!!!!!\n\nEdit: Since the the most popular review is disparaging other reviews, let me clarify:\nNo framerate issues on Disney+ with either my computer or my NVidia Shield - only with my Firestick. Apparently the newest Apple TV 4k can produce native framerate Disney+ as well. Someone coming from older Firesticks has probably only ever had the framerate issue with Disney+ so thinks it is normal or OK.\n\nDisney+ is definitely at the crux of the issue, but the Firestick programming isn\'t robust enough to overcome the issue like other devices.\n\nLike I said before, this is a fantastic device, but does not have the functional capabilities that more sophisticated (or admittedly fussy) users are looking for.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "It's funny because there are lots of people that reviewed this the day it came out and day after bagging on this item. THEY HAVE no KNOWLEDGE when it comes to technology/electronics. I recieved it and haven't opened it yet due to the fact I was out of town. So I went into installing it having mixed feelings. But THEY WERE WRONG! THIS firestick is amazing. The processor is waaaay faster and responsive than older generation of firestick. When it comes to type I go crazy with moving it around to see how it process it. And let me tell you it doesn't lag or chop when using the keypad. Streaming movies and shows are fast. Everythinf about this is fast. But here is the thing, you really need a wifi 6 router to compute with the processor because all AX routers are wifi 6 and using that with the firestick y'all will see the difference trust me. If using a standard wifi 5 AC router then you probably won't see much of a difference. This DEVICE WAS BUILT FOR WI-FI 6 usage. Look at quad-core 1.8 GHz processor. Even says in the description to benefit from wifi 6 use a wifi 6 router. Here is the only 1 problem though, and that is when turning it on I notice that the picture is moved all the way to the right like if the display is pushed to the way right side. I just unplug the fire stick hdmi and plug it back in then its back to normal. Don't know if anyone else has this issue but thats not really a problem though."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "The purpose of this device is apparently to drive users to Prime Video and the other services with their own buttons on the remote. While it will play the limited number of Dolby Atmos titles available in Prime Video correctly, it degrades titles with Atmos tracks to Dolby Digital Plus on non-button services HBO Max, Apple TV+, et al.\n\nThe old Fire TV 4K had the same limitation, but Apple TV doesn't.\n\nThe Max is cheap and it supports Wi-Fi 6; nice, nice. But as a streaming device it's not in the top tier."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have always been able to stop sponsered video autoplay not with the max the difference is not worth it unless you have a TV that is brand new. I am sick of the barrage of ads And the amount of greed.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' This is my 3rd fireTV stick at our home. I use one for my old TV and the other for my projector both being 4K model, however, I had to get the most capable one for our new Sony TV. Being a user of the older model fireTV stick for 4+ years, I can confidently say that the max model is the game changer and for a nominal price difference, this model is highly recommended compared to other versions.\n\nMy 2 cents below:\n\nPros:\n- Compared to the older model, this model is very fast and does not slow down while operating and switching the apps\n- 4K video rendering is incredibly good on TV\n- This stick supports Dolby Vision, HDR, HDR10+, and immersive Dolby Atmos audio\n- Remote has direct shortcuts for Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video & Disney+\n- Voice search through the dedicated Alexa button is almost accurate, however, sometimes voice search takes you to the home page and searches across all the apps instead of one particular app where you try to search\n- Live View Picture-in-Picture feature is enabled in this stick \n- It has Wi-Fi 6 connectivity and hence as per the latest standard \n- Like other models, remote works without being in the line of sight of the stick making it so easy to operate \n- FireTV is compatible with more than any other stick in terms of apps compatibility and hence plenty of options to choose from compared to other competitive options \n- Reasonably priced considering the added features and speed enhancements \n- Very easy to set up overall and Amazon does give you the option to pre-link the device to your account while placing the order making it easier \n- Power adapter is included as well in the package \n\nCons:\n- None that I see for this price and the capability'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This would have been my third firestick but I’m in the process of returning it. When I connected it, it changed all the colors on my screen while watching. Red was now brown, etc. Then I tried using the TV settings to see if I could make adjustments but that didn’t work. Reconnected my older Firestick and returning this one.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Received today tested and return. There were a lot of amazon advertisements and apps you cannot delete. no improvement. Go ahead waste your money'}]

https://www.amazon.com/fire-tv-stick-4k-max-with-alexa-voice-remote/dp/B08MQZXN1X/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Amazon Smart Plug

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#5

508,565

$24.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So I’m kind of new to the amazon device family. We just got our echo a few months ago. I’ve been a prime member for over 10 years so I’m familiar with how amazon has changed life as we knew it (for me anyway). I saw the amazon smart plug when I was searching for any brand smart plug that had Alexa control with it. It’s been in my cart saved for later for at least a month! I finally decided to just pre order it so that I could review it and hopefully help other people that are like me and have fallen way behind in the tech field. For reference I’m an almost 34 year old mom of 2. This means that my 8 year old stole my iPad, iMac, and I haven’t had a computer of my own in about 4 years! So I do everything from my iPhone. I’ve had some weird issues with our echo and my Alexa app that it will just randomly pause a song so I’m not sure what that is about.\nANYWAY! I received my new amazon smart plug the day it was released (so glad it’s not like a new iPhone or PlayStation where people camp out ahead of time or do people still do this??). It was easier than I expected but harder than was described in the listing because my Alexa didn’t just recognize it.\nSetup:\nSince my Alexa didn’t recognize it on its own, I had to unplug the smart plug and quickly scan the code on the back of the plug, then plug it back in fast so that when it scanned for it it would see it plugged in. After that it was very simple. I was able to plug in my baby monitor and then tell Alexa to “turn off plug one” and it turned off! It is so cool!\nFuture:\nI think homes will end up being built with these right into the electrical system. Maybe they already are.\nComparing:\nWith so many different brands offering smart plugs with Alexa integration I can’t see myself buying any more than 1 for $25. Too many are 2 for $20. While it’s nice to have the amazon support backing this up, I just can’t afford to fill my home with them at such a high cost comparative to other brands that do the same exact thing.\nOverall:\nIf you can afford to fill your plugs with these then do! This smart plug is easy and awesome! But if you’re on a tight budget like I am, I would try a different brand first and see if those will work just as well.\nEvery time I purchase something online, I always check the reviews. I count on others to help me choose the best option. My reviews are always my honest opinion and I try to include photos if possible.\nIf my review has helped you in any way, please click the "helpful" button below so that I know! If you have any questions feel free to ask! Thank you!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Got this smart plug so I can remotely turn appliances/lights on and off in an Alzheimer's patient's home. I can remotely make sure things are off by simply turning them on/off in the Amazon Alexa app - super simple to use and really helps me out. Now I don't have to drive over there to make sure the lights are off, or the AC or TV are off, etc. Thank you!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have owned several different brands of smart plugs, and this one was BY FAR the easiest to to set up. I plugged it into an outlet and within a few seconds the Alexa app on my phone recognized it as a new device, prompted me to give it a name, and I was all set! Awesomeness all around.\n\nThis may seem obvious, but it you are already an Alexa user, this may be the best smart plug to get simply because it integrates so easily with Alexa. It\'s really nice not to have to install another app on my phone for a different brand of smart plug and then link that app to Alexa -- eliminating that extra layer of complexity means one less thing that can go wrong.\n\nLike other smart plugs, there is a single button on the side which allows you to turn the plug on and off manually.\n\nI have just a few complaints:\n- First, the plug itself is very large, especially compared with other smart plugs on the market; it projects over 2" out from the wall and is over 3" wide. Surely Amazon can make these smaller? Please?\n- Second, the plug is on the pricey side as smart plugs go. $25 is steep for a single plug. Then again, it\'s nice to keep everything "within Alexa," and hopefully Amazon will offer some deals on them as time goes on.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I had a few WeMo smart plugs before ordering these. First of all, I HATED the app because adding a plug was so cumbersome. Plus, one of the plugs never did show up on the app so I couldn\'t really control it. It was in a room upstairs and I thought it must have been out of range of my WiFi router. I do not have a WiFi extender and almost bought one due to this issue. Had to send those plugs back.\n\nI was excited to see Amazon was coming out with their own smart plugs and pre-ordered them right away. Controlling everything through one app is way preferable. As a huge bonus, my upstairs plug that I previously could not control with the WeMo plug and app now works flawlessly with the Amazon plug and Alexa app. I guess it wasn\'t out of range after all.\n\nPros:\n1. if you\'re already tied into the Amazon Alexa ecosystem this just makes sense, and you keep things under control with a single app. And easily controlled with your Echo device if you wish.\n2. Really easy to add a plug via the Alexa app. Alexa will recognize it right away and you just scan the back of the plug to add it.\n3. Shorter and less bulky than the WeMo plug.\n4. Smart plugs that may have been non-responsive on my network before are working flawlessly now with the Amazon plug in use instead.\n\nCons:\n1. A bit pricey. I wish they offered multi-packs for a lower price per unit. This will probably happen later.\n2. Adding a plug to operate on an on/off schedule was NOT as easy as with WeMo. It took too many steps, was not straightforward, and should be more streamlined. Basically, you\'re creating what they call a "routine." You have to add a start time. Then go back and do it all over again to add an end time. So I had to create two routines to get my coffee maker to start on weekdays at 6:45am and turn off on weekdays at 7:45am. That was silly. I did eventually figure it out, but they should really work on making it involve less steps and be more intuitive.\n\nI will buy more but will wait until the price comes down or they\'re on sale.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "For the past few years we've only used WeMo smart plugs by Belkin. They've worked ok and rules are easy to set up BUT, like any other smart plug, WeMo requires users to manage smart plugs using the WeMo app. The WeMo smart plugs were relatively easy to set up with Alexa, however, the moment there was a power outage, reboot of router, etc. they have been a royal pain to get back online.\n\nI received my new Amazon Smart Plug today and the setup was very easy and took minimal time. This was so much easier dealing with one single app (Alexa) that I will now be replacing all of my WeMo devices. I would have given it 5 stars but using the scheduling option (days and times) in Alexa required too many steps. Users should ideally be able to add start times, stop times and days when creating a schedule versus creating separate schedules for start and stop times. Perhaps a lower price would be good. Not just because I want a less expensive product but more importantly, many people have already invested a lot of money with their current smart plugs. For example, over the past years I've added (7) WeMo plugs at an average cost of $30 each and $210 for all (7). Personally, I think it would be a wise decision for Amazon to drop their price so that they can win over customers like me at a faster rate."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Anyone else have a problem? Surprised that the instructions (hard copy and online) were not complete. Did not tell you that the plug needed to be turned on in a specific way to allow for setting the plug up---" press and hold the on/off switch until the LED light flashes blue and red." After that, the set up process was simple.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Totally brilliant is the best way to describe these plugs. For more than 30 years, I’ve put up with the madcap craziness of my spouses’s obsession with Christmas. That means those cheap mechanical timers eveywhere. Guess who gets to set those up? Guess who gets the complaint that lights don’t turn on and off at the same time? This guy. Guess who hates Christmas? This guy.\n\nThis year, I ordered a bunch of these - they take about 2 minutes to set up. You open up the Alexa app. Hit the plus sign to add the device and scan the bar code on the back, then plug it in. In about a minute, the plug is added to your system. I renamed each and then marked it on the bottom where it’s located (“Christmas Tree”). I set up a group (“Christmas”) and put all the plugs into the group so there’s a single word (“Alexa turn on Christmas”). I’ve set up a schedule so all the lights in the group come on and off at the same time.\n\nOne annual headache solved and the spouse is happy that the lights all come on at the same time and they can be controlled with a single word, and it’s not my name anymore.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': '"Smart" home automation gadgets are a mixed bag, in general, with varying levels of compatibility, functionality and reliability across many different manufacturers. I was hoping that with their own "made for Alexa" smart plug, Amazon would hit a home run in the home automation space. However, I\'ve been disappointed with the Amazon Smart Plug.\n\nWhile setup is supposed to be "plug-and-play" with the Alexa app handling all the heavy lifting, I found both of the Smart Plugs I purchased had problems connecting and I had to (repeatedly) go through a manual pairing and configuration process.\n\nConnectivity has been marginal, as both plugs occasionally lose connectivity and require power-cycling to restore communication. This is despite the fact that I have a mesh network in my home with terrific coverage, as well as 9 Alexa devices. So no matter how the Smart Plug needs to communicate with Alexa, my infrastructure shouldn\'t be a problem.\n\nReliability in operation is problematic, too, as Alexa frequently and unpredictably informs me that she can\'t turn on one of the Smart Plugs right now, and to try again later. Frustrating!\n\nFinally, there\'s no compatibility with home automation apps like SmartThings or Stringify, and the Echo app doesn\'t provide basic capability such as the ability to turn on a plug/light at sunset or off at sunrise.\n\nOverall, a disappointing purchase. Hopefully a Gen 2 Smart Plug will offer more compelling capabilities and performance. If you\'re looking for an Alexa-compatible smart plug today, however, there\'s definitely NO advantage purchasing this one.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I am no tech expert but the reviews said easy to set up. I have an iPhone and use an eero wifi network throughout the house and have my echo dot on that network. I have spent HOURS trying to get this set up and Amazon customer service put me on hold for an hour after being unable to resolve the issue. I FINALLY read that it only works on a 2G network (I have 5G) and so I managed to somehow reset everything and get ONE to work. In trying to set up the second, it kept reverting back to my 5G and it took me another 1/2 hour to figure out how to forget the network settings in Alexa. I had to completely forget all the networks and reset everything several times. I FINALLY managed to get them working.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought the smart plug to pair it with Echo dot, and both of them see to work smoothly. Once the smart plug was paired with Echo dot, it works like a charm. I can issue voice commands to Alexa and the plug works as expected.\n\nThis plug is aesthetically pleasing with rounded corners. The manual power switch for the plug is installed as a small dimple in the side which doesn\'t protrude out sits flush with rest of the body. This plug is wide but not tall, because which it doesn\'t block the sockets next to it on the wall plates. When the plug is turned on or off, it makes a small clicking noise, that is probably the sound of internal relay opening or closing the connection.\n\nThis looks like a well-built plug and works reliably, with rare instances of not working and when I asked Echo dot to turn on the plug it would tell me that the plug is not responding. In such instance, I asked Alexa to turn the plug off (even though it was already off,) and then asked it again to turn it on. That seemed to fix the issue. However, if your switch seems to be unresponsive then I would recommend resetting the plug by removing the plug from socket and wait for 10 seconds. Then press and hold the power button on the plug. And while holding the button, plug into an outlet. After this step, try to pair the device again with the Alexa app.\n\nThere is a small LED in the front which doesn\'t light up when the switch is off and turns to blue when the plug is turned on. If there are any issues with the plug or when the plug is initializing (after being plugged in), the LED turns to orange.\n\nBy default, Alexa adds the smart plug as "First plug". The name of the plug can be changed in Alexa app (shown in the Video of my review)\n\nSETUP\nWith Echo dot\nThe setup with echo dot was extremely simple. As soon as I plugged in the Smartplug, Echo dot recognized the plug and responded that it has recognized the "first plug".\n\nWithout Echo dot or if Echo dot cannot detect the smart plug\nI have shown how the setup process works in my video review.\n1. First, put the plug into pairing/discovery mode by pressing the power button on the side of the plug until the LED in the front starts blinking between blue and orange.\n2. After that open the Alexa app, and add a new device of type "plug". Plug type is Amazon.\n3. Alexa App will try to connect to the plug. At this step, we have two options. Either scan a QR code that comes with the plug (it is also printed on the plug as well.) If scanning the QR code is not possible then the app can also try to connect to the plug with Bluetooth.\n4. Once the App connects to the plug, it configures the plug for Wifi by asking you to select the Wireless network. After this step, the setup is done.\n\nOPERATING THE PLUG\nWith Echo dot\nWith echo dot I can simply say "Alexa, turn on first plug" and it turns on the plug. After I changed the name of plug to "Christmas tree" in the Alexa app, I could simply say "Alexa, turn on christmas tree"\n\nManually\nThere is a switch on the side of the plug as well which you can use to manually turn on/off the plug. The switch gives a tactile feedback when you use it.\n\nTHINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY THIS PLUG\n1. This plug supports current up to 15 Amperes, which is good enough for most of the appliances.\n2. Alexa adds the plug as "First plug" by default. But you can change the name of the plug in the app.\n3. This plug doesn\'t remember the state it was in if you remove it from the socket. If you remove the plug from the switch while this was on and plug it back in, the plug will be turned off. I think this might be because of safety issues and I prefer this behavior.'}]

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Smart-Plug/dp/B07KTYJ769/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

All-new Echo Dot (4th Gen) | Smart speaker with clock and Alexa

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#6

213,937

$49.99 - $77.98

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Play Video\n I preordered this echo dot with clock and began using the first day available on November 5th 2020. I have multiple 3rd generation echo dots with clock and I love the upgrade to the 4th generation echo dot with clock. I chose the Twilight Blue color and it’s great looking in person. It’s a nice break with additional from the charcoal and sandstone color but still looks elegant and sleek in design. The light ring on the base and digital clock display and brighter and more crisp than the 3rd generation dot. It’s very easy to read. The speakers and microphone are improved as well. The wire is a light grey color and the 15w Adaptor is rectangular in shape versus the square shape of the 3rd generation 15w power Adaptor. The manual buttons to control the echo are on top similar to last years model, but slightly recessed towards the back so they are not in view when staring directly and the front of the digital clock face. The speaker is more full in front of the dot and raises in the back where the wire plugs into dot. Setup was easy. I am considering trading in my older 3rd generation echo dots with digital clock for additional 4th generation echo dots with digital clock instead.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': " Just received it today for my daughter. She loves it! For years she has been trying to get her hands on my echo devices. Now she has our own. I must say it is a big Improvement from the 3rd Generation Echo Dot.\nIt has true surround sound.\n~ The LED clock on the front is very bright, and displays the time in standard, and military time. It has a time, and alarm indicator.\n~ The lights around the base increase and decrease according to the volume setting. This Echo dot puts on a nice little light show, if could almost be used as a night light.\n~ The buttons for the microphone, volumes up, down, and deactivation button sit on top of the 4th gen echo. With raised button symbols it can easily be accessed even in the dark.\n~ The sound quality is a real improvement. You can hear channels, lows, midrange, and highs. I mean it a small speaker, so you can't expect to get bass thumping, room shaking sound. But it will surprise you with how powerful it is for it's size.\n~ The microphone is a upgrade also. It's very sensitive, and can hear you practically whisper across the room.\n~ It still has the 3.5 mm output jack to connect to bigger speaker systems. So you can still get that room shaking sound. If you have big speakers you can make them smart.\nIf you've ever had a smart speaker before(echo, google) or you have a whole host of skills aside from playing music you can activate from the Alexa app.\n~ Apps to set reminders, lists\n~ Set alarms, and timers.\n~ Play games, and trivia, and puzzles.\n~ Read to you from your Kindle books, and Audible acct.\n~ Control smart devices like smart lights, outlets, and even smart locks.\n\n- The one drawback (Con) that I found is that when - I have its side by side with the 1st, and 3rd generation Echo Dot it is actually a few seconds slower in responding.\n\nBut overall the 4th generation Echo Dot is a improvement. You get for playing music, and it plays music better than the previous gens. Amazon continue to improve, and make a good thing great."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I purchased two of these to achieve true stereo. The updated spherical design is a great update to the column design. Although the speakers are physically small they are relatively heavy. The sound quality is superb and the volume is more than adequate. Set up was easy using the app. These are great addition to my family room.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "Pros:__________\n• The globe design with the fabric speaker layout is a decent upgrade from all the previous flat Echos. With the glowing ring now at the bottom of the device, you get a mini space ship.\n• The “tap to snooze” is a feature that will be helpful if anyone wants this Echo near their bed. When the alarm rings you just need to tap the speaker (the device) with two or more fingers and it will go to snooze for a short time. No button pressing, just anywhere on the speaker and it’ll let you sleep a little more (but just a little more).\n• A 3.5mm audio jack for connecting a wired speaker. This is something that Google’s nest mini no longer has. I appreciated that Amazon put this in.\n• If you never used amazon products before, the setup process on any of their machines are ridiculously easy. This is no exception. Just a phone, an app and that’s it.\n• I’ve had their previous model and setting this up was even easier because all the info I had on my account (Wi-Fi password, smart-plugins, etc.) just merge in flawlessly with this Echo.\n• Alexa itself is fast. From weather to set times, to stories, and even jokes. If I want directions she responds almost instantly and overall performs excellent, like the previous model.\n• One of the perks of Amazon Echos is the vast inventory of smart devices that you can connect with. You can buy smart plugins, smart lights, and 1000s more to make your place a “smart” place. In this day in age, the restrictions on what a smart device can be are minimal, and overall it’s a big reason why you want to buy an Echo instead of Apple’s Homepod.\n• You’re able to listen in on another room if you’re not in the area and the Echo is. A pretty neat tool to have if you’re in an “uncertain” relationship.\n• The Echo does an excellent job of understanding your routines. For example, my hallway, and bedroom lights are always on at the same time before bed. If I’m in bed I can say “Alexa, good night” and Alexa will shut both of them off. This can also be used to say “Alexa, good morning” and Alexa can turn on any smart devices at the same time in the morning. TV, stereo, coffee maker, all you need is a smart device connector.\n• Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Deezer, Spotify. You have all the choices in the world in choosing your music channel (except of course google and apple music)\n• This Echo can connect with any of the other models of Echos, regardless of generation. This means that you just need to tap the Announce tab on Alexa and you can say/type a message of your choosing. All Echos in you have will be able to repeat what you said. I found this pretty niffy if you have kids throughout the house and you want them to come to you.\n• The light-up time and temperature are bright and never overbearing.\n• Echo can also call landlines, and any calls placed to numbers in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico for free. Note: Your Wi-Fi strength will be your indicator if the call quality will be good for you.\n• The volume on these devices doesn’t bring in any distortion or cranked tones when turning this device up high.\n• Overall the volume balances heavily towards the highs and mid-tones. A decent performance for the size that it is.\n\nCons and Oks:__________\n• There is little to no volume bass in this device. The result makes an overall boomy experience. It’s still decent sound but it wasn’t something I was amazed by.\n• This isn’t a 360 design as the fabric covering the speaker covers only around 2/3rds of the Echo. This leaves a bare wedge in the rear.\n• As much as the voice assistant is helpful, you still need to speak to Alexa with a “specific” dialogue to get what you need. One of the benefits of Google in my eyes is the software in their mini. You’re able to be more open in the conversational dialogue. Alexa isn’t there yet.\n• For the size, I have to say that you’re getting a pretty large power brick.\n• Alexa Guard is a cool feature where it can inform you in the app if Alexa hears a smoke alarm or breaking glass when you’re out. I put this in the Con section because I kept getting false alarms from Alexa. I don’t know if this was a glitch but I assume that a software update will fix this problem. When it does, then it’s indeed a great tool to have, but don’t expect it to be beneficial if you have an indoor dog/cat.\n• Amazon does have a $5/month service where the save guard will listen to footsteps and opening doors. Don’t know why you have to pay for this if the software is already on the device.\n• I wish that you can buy the kids the designs for the Echo without the need to buy a one-year subscription to Amazon Kids+.\n\nBottom Line:__________\n\nThis is either an alarm clock next to your bed or a nice radio when you’re cooking. It’s small, light, and you have the same Alexa power that Amazon’s more expensive Echos have. With the price that it is, this Echo is a great way to see if you want to start making your house a “smart” house, or even for someone who isn’t tech-savvy. I do recommend that you fork over the extra $10 and buy this Echo with the backlit clock.\n\nNow for those who have any of the previous models, this isn’t worth the buy. There aren’t many significant changes. The main function of this Echo is the same performance as any other model (this is coming from someone who has the previous gen). Amazon still hasn’t fixed the bass issue, then again you’re paying not much for this.\n\nIn the end, Amazon does a great job with the software of these devices. They’re very simple to use and don’t take that much power in using them. As I mentioned, one of Amazon’s best perks is the vast variety of third-party dealers that the Echo can connect with. This is something that both the google mini and Apple's Homepod don’t even come close to.\n\nOverall: An updated design built well for your bedroom or kitchen, but no need to upgrade from its predecessor.\n\nHope I was a help to you.\nLove,\nHonest Reviewer"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Good looking 👌. Perfect size and sound quality is good.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Alexa is awesome. We have 8 echos including our 2 echo-auto\'s.\nThe new round echo dot w/clock has a clock display that is too bright at night. I have to turn it away from me at night so it does not shine so bright. Which means I manually have to turn the dot at night to see the time.\nAmazon needs a software update so the clock display brightness can be controlled to a bare minimum. Or if the display was red or perhaps blue would be better. The "Adaptive Brightness" feature does not work in this respect.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': " My 2nd gen dot had the speaker go out, so replaced it with this new one. Such an improvement!\nThe speaker is slightly better.\nThe voice recognition (which is my biggest gripe with the 2nd gen) is greatly improved. 9/10 in hearing now. Such a relief!\nThe size is like a baseball now instead of a hockey puck. But uses about the same footprint.\nOverall more refined in appearance.\nDown side is that it doesn't run on USB any more. It has it's own plug now.\nI'm glad I got this!\nFYI: The display isn't just for the time, but shows timer and sometimes even text (scrolling). Watch closely as you set it up. Replacing this one with the old one in the app was as easy as it gets.\n\nNOTE: I needed a stand for it, so I made one myself. See the video."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I got this to replace a 3rd generation Echo Dot and quite frankly it sucks. With the 3rd gen I would have to say the wake word 1-3 times for it to recognize me, with this one it is taking 3-10 times. It never understands me the first time. Beyond that I don't care for the new form factor, it does not fit beneath my headphone stand like the old one.\n\n*Update* - March 30th, 2021 - It still doesn't respond as well as the 3rd gen, I want to get a 3rd gen to replace it but they're no longer in stock. Twice today it stopped listening while in the middle of giving it a command and that was after saying the wake word 10 times to get it to respond in the first place. This is the worst Echo device to date."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Echo dot 4th gen. I\'ve had all the versions of the Echos over the years and this one has issues "hearing" when you speak to it. I can literally be four feet from it and have to say Alexa three times for it to wake up and hear me. However, it hears me fine from another room when I\'m talking to another echo. Annoying. Bought three of these and boxing them up and pulling out some of the old units.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Love it, small has a clock. Very modern. Replaced older version'}]

https://www.amazon.com/All-new-Smart-speaker-clock-Alexa/dp/B08DLSLCF3/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Introducing Blink Video Doorbell - P

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#7

55,172

$49.99 - $279.98

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Play Video\n If you are like me you are a happy existing Blink Camera user who is thinking about adding the door bell to your existing setup. I had a blink camera setup aiming at my front door so at first I was not too sure that I really needed the door bell. However for the cost I am very glad I got one. There are a couple of things to know:\n\n(1) If you are an existing Blink customer, you do not need a second sync module. All you need is the door bell and you can simple add it to your existing account (as easy as adding an additional camera).\n\n(2) If you are planning on hardwiring the blink doorbell to your existing doorbells wires. . . . you still have to use 2 AA batteries to power the camera. This did not make sense to me as I figured my hardwires would power it, but sure enough after calling Blink support I realized I needed to put the AA batteries in the camera. The hard wire will allow your blink doorbell to ring the doorbell in your home but will not power the camera.\n\n(3) You can turn on motion detection or just have the blink door bell turn on when the door bell is rung. This is a nice feature. If you want to catch anyone that comes to your door (whether they ring the bell or not, you can simple turn this feature on in the app). If you want to save battery life and are only interested in door bell ringers you can turn motion detection off.\n\n(4) It has two way audio, meaning you will always hear the person at your door. . . . but you can also choose to speak to the person if you choose. For me the audio the person at the door hears comes across a little staticky, but that could be my phone or the fact that I am using the corner mount.\n\n(5) It has more of a fish bowl view so it catches a wide view (meaning it can cover most of your front porch)\n\n(6) There is no additional cost to having the Blink doorbell or camera system. Unlike other door bell systems out there, there is no additional cost to the Blink Doorbell. The app is free, cloud storage is free, downloading images or videos is free, etc.\n\nIf you are looking to set it up with just batteries and no wiring to an existing doorbell system, setup is a breeze (will take two minutes). If you are looking to hard wire it, it is still pretty easy. I am not a handy man and what I know about electricity will shock you (get my joke) but even I was able to hard wire it. Get the doorbell, you will be glad you did. Hope this review helped.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I got this doorbell because it’s cheaper than the Ring one. It was easy to set up. Two screws into the door frame and I was able to slide it on. The camera works well and I was able to link it to all my Alexa stuff. I did the no wire worked and it works well!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'There’s a few more steps to set up, and requires a blink sync for completely wireless use. Camera quality is there, wish the box came with double stick tape, but I managed. To set up the chiming on an Alexa you’d have to have the skill installed once it’s installed it recognizes the doorbell. For the price features and true wirelessness! I recommend!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': " I had already had to blink exterior cameras so when I had the chance to pre-order the doorbell camera I jumped on it. The doorbell camera does its job. Image quality is great day, and night. At night time the infrared is good allowing you to have good clarity and resolution. You get quick notifications when someone is at your door. You can set it to capture any motion at your property. You can set focus areas, and private areas. You can set the length of record time from 5 to 20 seconds. The placement of the doorbell we'll also impact what's your camera picks up. But after having had and installing various types of doorbell cameras from Ring and more. I'm satisfied. Why go and buy a $100, or $200 option when you can purchase of $50 option that is just as good.\n\nSure there are some drawbacks, but they will be drawbacks with all of them. If I had to point out any one drawback is that the cameras motion capture has a cool down before it can record again.\nExample: if the camera has a view of the street and 2 cars go by, the second car could go by without ever being captured on video if it wasn't recorded in the same clip as the first car.\n\nYou can extend to about of time each clip is allowing you to get more footage. But longer record times use more battery life.\n\nI got this one because I already had a hub, and 2 cameras I can capture any, and everything that comes my way. All my Amazon packages are safe, and I know whose at my door Everytime.\n\nBravo, and thank you Blink."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I got this and just mounted it. I will say that the instructions are not very detailed but being tech oriented I was able to figure everything out. I added the blink app and connected the sync 2 module up using the app instructions which were fine. I did buy a 256gb usb for internal storage which was detected in the app. Once the sync module was up I added the batteries to the camera but left the back off. In the app you add the device as a doorbell and follow the setup. Once done I took the back outside and started to mount it. Prior to mounting you have to leave a small space on the side so you can put the cover on. In my case I left a little on the left. Mine is mounted on the trim which is on a corner so I did use 2” screws with the same thickness as the ones provided and also took a little clear weather caulk to give it as seal. Don’t cover the contacts on the back. The longer screws hopefully with deter someone from stealing it but my neighbors has been up for months. These screws were long enough to get to the wood door frame. I did change the 10sec delay to 15 so less pics are taken as we are coming and going. Quality looked good on a cloudy day so I’ll have to see how night is as well. So far I like it. We shall see how the battery does. I’m adding the fact that once the 30 day trial ended my local storage took over; however, not having the sub takes away the ability to delete more than one at a time. That’s ridiculous'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "A few years ago I was excited to see that BLINK had a doorbell announced at CES so I committed to a multi-camera setup. After it became apparent it wasn't being released, I purchased a RING doorbell and subscription plan begrudgingly. The minute I saw the pre-order for this, I instantly grabbed one. Excited to have everything in one ecosystem, the anticipating and re-excitement from years ago was there. During the waiting period I realized someone pointed out, which at the time was NOT listed on the pre-order page, that you need a Sync-2 module to save the footage/rings. I had a spare but it could have been annoying. Fast forward to today when I received it. It looks beautiful and is a slim profile but the mounting bracket is an absolute joke. 2 shallow screws and no thumbail screw to lock the device in, this could easily be ripped out of the wall within 2 seconds. Combine that with the amount of pressure needed to lock this device into place, theres no doubt in my mind that after a year of changing the batteries some of these small clip/brackets on the plate will indeed snap. The image quality is way too HDR and totally blown out by the sun and bright daylight in the sky, creating a darkness on the face of whoever rings the bell which surprise, kind of defeats the purpose. Lastly, the fact that Amazon did NOT have the mount was the cherry on top. The email they sent later allowed us to order the corner mount free of charge, but inside the blink app it states that it should come with a couple different mounting plate options which it did not. So all in all, I prefer the Blink ecosystem to most and physically this doorbell is great but for something in R&D for 3+ years you definitely dropped the ball on the easiest pieces of the puzzle, especially for a company that owns RING which has an excellent mounting package in the box."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I just installed this and it seems to be working fine so far, not more than an hour on it so far. I got the sync module to work fine and it is all hooked up. The door security mount is terrible, it would take someone no time at all to steal it, the set screw that you had on the other model seemed like a better option. But this thing is just out there for the taking, also the 6 retainers that are on this take a bit of time to figure out that you have to push down with enough pressure for them to set and hold. Do you have a recommendation for a better security mount since this one is really bad.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "This product is structurally defective, don't even attempt buying this, all you are getting is a poor quality camera that cannot be mounted on any surface, if you want to buy a camera that can't be mounted anywhere without the use of duct tape this will surely be that."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': ' In my opinion this is a good product but reason for 1 star is because of the simple design defect and waiting about 1 month for the release of this product. I love blink products but this is something that must be addressed because I see I’m not the only one having this issue. The waterproof seal is a defect either it’s to thick or the seal is to hard and won’t compress enough to allow you to put the back end onto product. Sadly that’s the only fix or blink sends a new seal. In my opinion it’s such a simple defect hopefully someone from blink sees my review and try’s to correct this some how. I’m a tech enthusiast and love all of blinks products but just hate to see the product fail because of a simple flaw after it took a while to test this for consumers. Will later change it until there’s a update in design and there is a fix for this'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "Play Video\n I've been a Blink customer since the beginning. I have every iteration of their products and was excited to see them offer a doorbell. That excitement wore off quickly after I installed their doorbell and soon turned to disappointment. Here are my issues with the doorbell:\n1. Short battery life. Even though it's connected to my 24VAC doorbell transformer, it still runs on battery power. I have burned through the first set of lithium AA's in less than 3 weeks of use.\n2. I had to purchase their angled mount ($8) separately because my doorbell button is low and the doorbell camera was cutting off the heads of tall people.\n3. Notifications. This is my biggest beef. Right now, if someone rings the bell, you get a standard notification on your phone. You can also set your Alexa devices to make a voice announcement that the doorbell was rung. That's it. You don't get automatic live video of the doorbell camera on the app or Echo Shows, Spots etc. You don't know who's there. I suspect this is a hardware limitation of the Blink system. When a Blink camera is recording, you can't pull up a live video feed. I'm doubtful that this critical feature will ever be added."}]

https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Blink-Video-Doorbell-P/dp/B09DFGMQWJ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Echo Dot (4th Gen, 2020 release) | Smart speaker with Alexa | Charcoal

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#8

505,383

$39.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Device is great, but beware... the black ones come with a white cable... unlike the previous model. No idea why they did this.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I have a few Dots around the house. One decided to have an attitude and she had to be replaced. Problem with voice recognition. I still pay the bills around here so she is not here any more!! HaHa!! I replaced her with the new Echo Dot 4th Gen in Blue. How pretty! It matches my home furnishings. Love the ball design. Very different but really kool. Sound is beautiful. I love playing music and the tone is great. I'll update if I run into a problem but so far I'm really pleased with this new design, color and sound. Highly recommend."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Much smaller than expected but the sound is phenomenal. I have almost every single version of the Echo and Echo dot in my house for an easy to use Spotify music setup to surround my upstairs with music but this little orb is the best sounding of the lot. Highly recommended and a great improve over the Dot. I hope that Amazon keeps this style for a while.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' I’m loving the full sound, a great upgrade. What I don’t like is the white cord, why not black? Not sure 🤔 who made the decision for the cord to be white. For a little tech toy the sound is really nice for the price. I love the new design, why not add a digital clock on the charcoal design was disappointing but not a huge one. Overall a great sound from a little toy, can’t wait for them to add the new feature that allow me to monitor issues when I’m away at work and alert me real time on my phone.....'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This new 4th Gen Echo Dot brings a new spherical shape to the Echo Dot lineup. It is about the same width as the previous Echo 3rd Gen, but since it is a ball now it is obviously a little taller. The blue light is now on the bottom. Here are my thought so far:\n\nTHE GOOD\n\n- Bottom ring light. The new blue light on the bottom actually illuminates the surface that the Dot is sitting on. This actually makes the light considerably more noticeable, especially if sitting on a semi-reflective surface.\n- Slightly better sound. The actual speaker hardware is the same as the 3rd Gen Dot, but this one sounds slightly better to my ear. This could be because the speaker is pointed toward the front, instead of pointing straight up like it was in the previous model.\n\nTHE BAD\n\n- Aesthetics. This is personal opinion of course, but I think I prefer the smaller, less noticeable "hockey puck" shape of the previous models. This one is closer to a softball, and stands out much more. Sure it might be better for creating sound, but I don\'t use Dots for music listening anyway. If I wanted to do that I would use a regular Echo or Echo Studio, which of course sound much better than this Dot. The whole point of the Dot for me was to use it in locations where I wanted a small device that doesn\'t take up much space.\n- Price. The old Gen 3 Dot is now $10 cheaper than this version, and it is really hard for me to justify choosing this Gen 4. It really seems like you are just paying for the new shape and very slightly better sound, but that doesn\'t currently seem worth it to me. There just aren\'t enough improvements from what I\'ve seen so far.\n\nAll in all, this new Gen 4 Dot might be worth it for you if you really dig the ball shape and bottom ring light, but otherwise I\'d have to recommend sticking with the Gen 3 for $10 less.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I purchased this as i always do with the latest and greatest echo devices. This was a sour Disappointment for someone who is used to amazon improving on their devices yearly.\n\nComplaints:\n1. They shipped my Black echo, with a WHITE cord, In the past the cord color matched the device, why change?\n2. The charger is Noticeably larger and cheaper looking, sporting rounded corners and a bulky design.\n3. The sound quality vs my 2nd Gen Dot has actually gotten worse. This speaker lacks bass and is very "hollow" sounding. The gen 2 speaker blows the gen 3 out of the water, IMO they majorly cheaped out to get you other features like an Ai core and a bulkier bigger device, in bigger packaging, requiring more shiping cost, a poor trade off for quality.\n4. Its fabric mesh, and construction seem cheaper than previous generations, it is significantly lighter than a previous gen (my guess is a small speaker magnet and more airspace due to its odd shape)\n5. Its small, i thought the ball was cool, big and substantially, Like a speaker should be, but its tennis ball sized and looks like a childs toy, or a cheap bluetooth speaker you got for $5.....\n6. It has this awful "sheen" to the plastic that makes it look like some Chinese garbage product....\n7. The buttons feel awful and cheap compared to previous generations.\n\nPros:\nIt has underglow now.\n\nOverall its clear this product was rushed, or had a strict budget in which a lot of its features, and quality were stripped. The gen2 dots are amazing, and if you weren;t going to make them better, why release a gen 3?\n\nIt costs more, its much much worse in basically every category, and in my opinion, is a complete fail. Its supreme selling a brick because you want it. Buy a gen2, you\'ll be happier'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is the the fifth dot I've purchased, but the first 4th gen. (4 3rd gen's and 2 Toshiba Fire TVs). Setup was easy, so no news there but the sound quality is better than on the 3rd gens. Also, it hears better. The improved aesthetics are an eye-catcher that draw questions, comments and compliments. I have yet to set up my smart home so I can't speak to it's smart home functionality, but as with everything Amazon I'm looking forward to that integration. If you're looking to jump into the smart assistant/Alexa world or looking to upgrade from previous generations then this is a good device though there are now plenty of 3rd gens, both new and pre-owned that are more reasonable. Still, this is a great device that I highly recommend. We use it, and all our other Dots all day long for announcing, news, music, drop-in, calendar and timer notifications, shopping among other features. In closing, five-stars! :-)"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is one of the most infuriating purchases I have made. I recently bought a echo dot 3rd generation on prime day special but couldn't help wonder if the sound quality was different. The 4th generation device's sound is much better. It is a clear and less muffled. Which is great if I didn't need to connect it to anything or what to use any Alexa features. I've spent 4 hours going through every troubleshoot information I can find and no matter what this thing will not connect to my mobile hotspot wifi. I had some similar issues with the 3rd generation but it just took a few extra tries. I even tried to get assistance and they sent me the instructions already included then switched me over to someone else who wanted to start me over again with the same basic help links.\n\nThis is infuriating because not only does this item not work as its supposed to but I also returned my functional 3rd generation which is now double the price and unavailable."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': ' Watch my attached video comparing echo dot 4 with echo dot 3. Amazon has really went cheap on quality this time. The product feels very cheap and very inferior sound quality compared to the echo dot 3. Also the fact of providing white AC adapter to a black speaker is cheap and ugly by itself.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Play Video\n I own echo dot gen 3and I was VERY excited to try gen 4. However, it is quite disappointing, the voice recognition is ok. But the sound quality is horrendous, even Alexa sounds different. I will keep it because I can’t wait until 2021 to get another gen 3. Also it feels cheaper than gen 3 so... if you can get gen 3 instead of 4, do it.'}]

https://www.amazon.com/Echo-Dot/dp/B07XJ8C8F5/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Blink Mini – Compact indoor plug-in smart security camera, 1080 HD video, motion detection, Works with Alexa

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#9

200,207

$34.99 - $84.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I’m a Blink XT user with three cameras on the exterior of my home. The set up of the mini was FAR EASIER than the outside cams. I had this thing set up in less than 5 minutes. Picture is good. Sound is LOUD which is what I was looking for.\n\nThe app however needs some work to support this style of camera. The app works decently for the BlinkXT cameras and functionality, which is motion for most users. As in you get a notification that there is motion, it records, and you watch the recording or live as you please. but it is clunky to get into the Blink Mini for the purpose of continuous viewing which is my intention for this camera, like a baby monitor. Like many other Americans now working from home with a full house of kids, I wanted to use this to assist with keeping an eye on the kids as I worked and record those cute moments. I wanted to use this to visualize a blind spot that I can’t see from the office. I tried mounting it from the ceiling and realized you can’t rotate the video. Mounting on the wall was a little problematic, I couldn’t quite get the right angle needed.\n\nAnother quirk to the app is if you switch to another app and then come back to the Blink app, you have to hit the play button to resume viewing.\n\nAll in all, these are minor issues specific to my use of the camera which is why I have it five stars anyway.\n\nHey amazon/Blink, it would be an awesome feature if you’d allow the integration of this camera with Alexa so we can “drop in” and talk through the Echo Dot. Just saying.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I love this lil camera!! Easy to install! Only took 5 min and it works great!! Highly recommend this!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'UPDATED: When I saw these smaller cameras announced I was excited and looked forward to adding them to my existing 5 camera Blink system. I figured these would be a great replacement for the XT/XT2 cameras that I had inside my house so I could then re-purpose those for additional outdoor locations. I thought this was a brilliant addition to the Blink camera ecosystem, adding a lower cost camera for indoor applications like mine where the benefits of the battery power and weather-proofness would be overkill. Soon as they were released I ordered up a two-pack to add to my system. I installed one of the them and found that the picture quality right out of the box wasn’t the best but once you change the video quality setting to “Enhanced” it’s right up there with the XT2 quality. The motion detection is a little spotty, as they use a new digital method of detecting motion (AI compares one frame to the next to check for changes). Some very subtle movement will show up, like a shadow moving across the viewing area, but then actually walking across it won’t (sometimes). A rep I spoke with said that they are working on an update to improve the consistency of that feature, which will be available as an over-the-air update since it is a digital-based feature, which I think is pretty cool. So originally my poor review was based around the cloud storage feature on these cameras. After I purchased these cameras I looked into the cloud storage feature as all of the literature I found on them stated that a subscription would be required. Since this is different than the previous XT & XT2 systems I was not pleased about this. After I posted my original review a rep from Blink reached out to clarify the cloud storage situation. So here is what I learned: If you already have an XT or XT2 system, then you can add these cameras to it without having to get a paid subscription. If you do not have a Blink system at all, and these cameras are the first ones you get, then you get a free subscription until December 31st, 2020; then you will pay $3/month per camera after that. By then though, they plan to have released a new sync module with an SD card slot so that you can locally store video clips without having to pay for a subscription at all. Personally I don’t think they intend to have too many people on the subscription plan, I think they see the SD card functionality being more of a selling point but they had to piggy-back the first adopters of these Mini cameras onto the cloud storage until the new sync module gets released. Maybe they had delays in getting the new sync module released at the same time as the Mini due to factory closings around the world right now. I am much happier after this getting cleared up, but hope that they update the cloud storage & subscription info on the product pages to make it much clearer how this all works. Had I looked at all of the available info before buying these, then I probably would not have purchased them based on the unclear info that’s out there. In the end, the savior of the situation was the rep that contacted me from Blink. He clarified all of my concerns, gave me a great amount of info on the product, and answered all of my questions (I had lot of them). To be clear, the rep did not once ask me to change my review, take it down, or in any way artificially influence me to do any of those things. The great job he did led to me to change this of my own accord, as they really took care of my concerns. One star deducted for the confusion but three added back in for the great CS experience. Good product can get you a buyer, but good service gets you a customer for life. Blink has done a fantastic job turning a disappointed (and misinformed) buyer into a satisfied customer. So to recap, if you have an existing Blink system, buy these and use ‘em where you don’t need the wireless ones. If you are looking to get these as your first Blink setup, get them knowing you will have the option of paying for a subscription starting in 2021 or a one-time purchase of a sync module with SD card slot to store your video clips.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought this to use as a baby monitor, thinking if the quality was good I would end up purchasing an outdoor set as well. I got it in this afternoon, and set up was super easy. The picture quality is excellent for the price point.\n\nThe main issue for me is that there is no option for continuous viewing. The live view from the app will automatically shut off after 30 seconds if you don\'t tap the "continue?" prompt. If I had known this ahead of time, I would have never purchased a Blink camera. I watch my daughter on a Fire tablet while I work at night, and it\'s really not feasible to stop typing every 30 seconds to press a button.\n\nMaybe it\'s my fault for not realizing it, but I don\'t remember reading any information about the length of viewing time, so I assumed it would be like the Foscam I had sought to replace. If Blink ever adds an update for continuous viewing, I would repurchase in a heartbeat, but for now, I\'m sending it back.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "I pre-ordered 4 cameras without any reviews having been posted, so I hope that this helps someone. First off, the cameras are pretty nice, very easy to setup and get connected and the price is just about perfect. The app is where things start to fall apart. It clearly was created for the other Blink cameras that are battery dependent, so most of the quirks/problems I found are probably necessary for battery savings on the other Blink cameras. I have had cameras for well over ten years and have gone through several different apps/programs to access and store the video but I have never had an app that did NOT allow me to view all of my cameras at the same time. This one requires you to select a single camera and activate it individually to view real time video. I assume that this was designed for battery savings, but since these cameras are always on, it now serves no purpose. Additionally, not having the ability to view all of my cameras, while activated in a single 4 pane window seems a step in the wrong direction. For years I have been able to see live feeds in a multi-pane format and select the camera I want to zoom in on that one, not with this app.\n\nSecond, tech support is, at best, not good. I contacted them regarding the IR light that apparently can NOT be turned off (although you can turn it off via the app for the other Blink cameras?!) and the support tech actually stated that he did not know anything about these cameras and had to ask someone else. That was a first for me. The IR light is probably not a big deal for most, but I have for years had an indoor camera pointed out a window since my front yard is pretty well lit at night and the IR light stuck in the ON position make that impossible.\n\nI never review anything, but I wanted to get the word out on this. I suspect that these cameras were kind of rushed and the app just re-purposed, so it my sincere hope that they will address the live view concerns in future app updates specific to Blink Mini owners. Soon I hope!!!! Here's to hoping!\n\nUpdate: I was contacted by Blink following regarding my review. They indicated that multiple people had voiced similar concerns about the apps real-time capabilities and they made it sound like they were developing an update to the app to address this. They also offered to send me an additional camera (an older model) that does allow you to turn off the IR at no charge. I asked directly if this would be in exchange for changing my review and they specifically did NOT ask me to amend this review. If nothing else, that is GREAT customer service."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': ' May 2021 Update: unfortunately I have had to downgrade my original review. After a year, Blink should have added the missing features listed below in my original review especially individual camera notification control. If you have more than one camera; this missing feature is a huge annoyance. The Blink forums have been asking for this simple feature for 3 years and Blink has been unresponsive. If these features are ever added, I will update my review and can recommend the Blink system again.\n\nI am very happy Blink is expanding their offerings and this little camera surprised me! We own a Blink XT2 system as well as Yi Cameras.\n\nThis Camera makes a much better baby camera than the Blink XT2 and works perfectly with our existing XT2 system. I did not have to sign up for the cloud subscription and because Mini Recordings are free as part of our XT2 system (XT2 cameras do not require a subscription). This is a huge benefit and reason why people would purchase both the Mini and XT2. Hopefully, the free cloud storage stays for the Mini recordings, especially for people who own a XT2 system. The daily experience is good, the app works well for the features it does have, but the cons listed below are a big issue that Blink should easily resolve for all their cameras. I am still very happy overall.\n\nPros:\n-Great build quality and design\n-Great picture quality\n-Very responsive when connecting to Echo Show (seems better than the XT2)\n-Small size\n-Mountable base\n-Weighted base (weight can be removed)\n-Long USB/power cord\n-Two way audio with App\n-Local storage option if you buy the new Sync 2\nReliable App\n\nCons:\n-No Two Way Audio with Echo Shows; both are Amazon companies, and I am not sure why this is not a feature already.\n-No individual camera arm/disarm scheduling (you are forced to schedule your entire system)\n-No individual camera notification control; Blink please also add this feature! This is extremely annoying especially as you add more cameras. I really only want notifications for our front door but want recordings without notifications for the rest of the House. I imagine most people would want the same thing.\n-Can’t continuously view on the App. This can be annoying especially for this camera in our case (we are using it as a baby monitor). You can continuously view with an Echo Show but it does cut out eventually.\n-Paid subscription for Cloud recordings; all other Blink cameras have free cloud recordings and it would have been better if this camera followed the same strategy.\n\nOverall, this camera would be perfect and get 5 stars once Blink fixes the few App features missing listed above. I have contacted Blink in various forms to inform them of the above missing simple features but the responses have been unimpressive. I plan to modify this review if the features are added, but unfortunately people have been begging Blink for these features for years.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': ' UPDATE - 5/12/20: 3 stars to 2. The camera cuts out for hours at a time. Essentially half the day there are no activities that trigger the camera. Not sure why the camera is inactive but essentially half the day it is not recording.\nFor instance, Sunday night, the last recorded motion is 11:27 PM. Monday, the first recorded motion is 8:15 PM. Today there’s a lapse between 4:39 AM and 12:17 PM. Someone usually walks by my apartment at least every 10 minutes throughout the day. Very UNRELIABLE for home security. Should be 1 star, but it could be useful to someone as a live view for a 3D printer or something, but no time lapse feature.\n\n***** Look elsewhere for home security. I purchased the Yi Dome Cam + and I am extremely happy with that. Plus it has internal MicroSD storage for continuous recording and 360* capability.\n\nNote: I have it set to trigger on motion at all times, no scheduled breaks or turn off when I’m home.\n\nUPDATE - 4/30/20: 2 stars to 3. The development team has now added an option to turn off the night vision infrared lights. Thank you for being responsive. I still have an issue with the Retrigger time leading to a lapse in event recording, hopefully continuous recording could be an option in the future. Maybe with the combination of the Sync Module 2? Until this feature is added I would not recommend for home security.\n\nOriginal Review - 2 Star:\n\nI repeat, DO NOT use for home security. Look elsewhere for a home security solution.\n\nThis camera is exclusively triggered by motion. While that sounds perfect for a security camera, it is a major downfall of the Blink platform. The camera searches for motion and records at the time it senses motion, and a little before. This is great, however it will only record up to 30 seconds. At this point, the recording stops and the camera has a grace period where it will not trigger due to motion again for a period of time. Blink has a setting for this break period and it can be adjusted, but can go no less than 10 seconds. So if you have an event that is 45 seconds long, you will record the first 30 seconds and the last 5 seconds, leaving you with a 10 second gap in your footage that could be key to solving a break in or similar event.\n\nAnother issue I have is that the night vision can not be turned off. You can select “on” or “auto”. So if your camera is looking out a glass window at night you will not see anything, even if there is a light outside. The infrared LEDs can not go through the glass so you end up getting a terrible glare in the window and an almost completely black screen. Where if you could turn it off, it would see through the window to the street which is lit by an exterior light.\n\nIn addition, the live view is ridiculous. You must tap a continue button every 15-30 seconds to keep watching the feed. If you do not tap the button when prompted, it backs out of the live view.\n\nAs for the picture quality, it’s okay. You can’t read a license plate from 15 feet away though. And if you zoom in on someone’s face it would be hard to tell who they are from any more than 10 feet away. For the price though, it’s not terrible.\n\nI don’t care to go into detail, but the app is lacking in so many ways.\n\nI have returned this camera in search of a better solution. Next attempt is the Yi Dome Camera X.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This camera has zero features as far as ”security camera.” what you needed to know before your purchase this toy:\n\n1) no memory card capability, meaning you have to have a subscription to the cloud service otherwise you won\'t able to record anything\n2) without cloud service deception, you can use only in ”live view.” which requires you to tap the screen every 30 seconds. It has no constant view option. So it is useless if you want to use it to monitor anything.\n3) you basically have an option to mute or have the volume on when live view. There is a volume adjust button with very little sensibility. So, you either have it very loud where your whole environment can hear what is going on, or you have to set it mute.\n4) not user friendly at all. The app that you have to use in order to access the camera is not user friendly at all. It has very small letters, hard to read. Even if you are able to read it, the Icons doesn\'t make any sense and has no explanation.\n5) The night vision is a joke. Through the camera view, you won\'t able to see a difference between a cat and a raccoon from 4 feet distance\n6) the software and the operating system is not ready to use. Most of the time when you are trying to access the camera view, it says "system is busy please wait." What does it mean, I have no idea.\n7) considering all of the major issues that comes with this camera, I would never trust to purchase a cloud service from a company who poorly designed and taught through the whole idea of a "security camera".\n8) price! For almost 40 bugs plus a cloud plan, You will end up paying $100 for the first year. For this price, you can purchase a decent system that truly serves your needs.\n\nI have watched many videos on Youtube about this camera. But none of them are telling these. Most reviews are done by ” Say something nice about this item and get it, free reviewers”'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Great price and product. Connected very easily to my existing Blink system. I am not happy with having to pay for storage after trial ends.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'When I originally bought my EIGHT Blink cameras I liked how easy they were to set up. I was annoyed with intermittent problems connecting to WiFi and the less than competent support. I was at least satisfied for something this cheap to provide the level of security I needed. More than a year later - I can no longer have it record and store the video on my phone. They now REQUIRE you pay a monthly fee for storage - even though I have only used my phone up until now.\n\nBlatantly sleazy. While I could care less about the money I spent buying the system, the fact that they would strip away basic functionality and force me to now pay more in one year than what I did for one of the cameras just to store what I have been storing on my phone is shocking. Amazon - this is the customer experience you want?'}]

https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Mini-plug-security-detection/dp/B0B15SHYXY/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Kindle Paperwhite (8 GB) – Now with a 6.8" display and adjustable warm light

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#10

12,075

$139.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This is my wife's second Kindle. The first one which is about 5 or 6 years old quit charging because the bottom connector went bad. When I saw they upgraded to a USB C connector I knew it was time. I think the old USB Micro connectors are a PIA. Her new one is great. It synced right out of the box and connected to WiFi immediately. The thing is perfect! Sooo mine will arrive tomorrow. (Been reading off an old Fire) What bugs me are the reviewers that give this product one star because it didn't work out of the box or they were too dumb to figure it out. If it doesn't work send it back and get another one. It couldn't be easier with Amazon. Giving it one star because it didn't work says nothing about a good one that does work. I bet a bad one is one in a thousand or more. Give it a break...just get another one."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I LOVE kindles, and this one is no exception. The warm light is in the pictures as yellow, but it also goes the other way to an ice blue! And the touch response is miles better than the older kindle, a tap is almost instantly registered.\n\nIf you are on the fence- just try it! You have my permission and recommendation!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "So far, not impressed. My 2014 Kindle still works mostly fine, but I wanted to upgrade due to a few minor hiccups and wanting more features. I didn't have the cover option, updated the software on my fresh-from-the-box Paperwhite 11th Gen, and now I'm getting ads; when I try to turn them off in Amazon content & devices, it throws an error. I have no option to view the book cover, and I can't NOT see reading lists and recommendations on the home screen.\n\nI paid for zero ads, and one update later, and I'm seeing ads--and, of course, Amazon's help section is giving me the runaround so I can't even troubleshoot."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "After having to send in my older, fully-functional Kindle Paperwhite 2018 to get the 20% trade-in on this new device, I found myself without a Kindle for a little while. So, I was so excited when this finally came today! Especially since when you purchase it, you get 4 months free of Kindle Unlimited. I really wanted to get started reading on the new Kindle and make good use of my subscription.\n\nWell, sad day, this is how my Kindle looked when I received it and tried to power it on. I already traded in my old Kindle, have a free Kindle Unlimited subscription, and well, no functional Kindle to read on.\n\nI had to spend my free time today contacting Amazon to arrange for a replacement to be sent, and the fastest they can replace this is FIVE more days even with my Prime subscription. So there go another 5 days of not using the Kindle Unlimited or getting the joy of reading a book in the evenings.\n\nOh, and I get to be the one to have to make a trip to UPS to return the non-functional Kindle. How convenient.\n\nApparently, this device is not well-made, and let's just say, I'm not pleased. I wish I had NEVER traded in my older Kindle!\n\nUPDATE: They sent me a REFURBISHED Kindle rather than a new replacement. What on earth?????!!!!! I even specifically asked customer service if the replacement would be new rather than refurbished and they promised me it would be new because it arrived not functional and was within the 30-day window. Called customer service and they said they would send a new one, but it was on back order.\nUPDATE 2 MONTHS AFTER THE LAST UPDATE: Well, received what I thought would finally be my new Kindle after almost 2 months. No joke, another refurbished one. Called customer service again and maybe they will figure this out this time around. How hard is it to get the NEW KINDLE that I paid for???"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'While this Kindle Paperwhite 2021 finally brings a whole host of long needed improvements, the likes of which competitor Kobo has offered for years and at various price points, it’s not without its flaws.\n\nFor starters the overall footprint of the device has increased despite room enough to fit the larger 6.8” display within the footprint of the former body. While it’s not a deal breaker it hurts portability and single-hand use that little bit. The latter is especially noticeable because, unlike it’s pricier sibling the Oasis, it lacks an asymmetric grip and page turn buttons.\n\nWhile the resolution of the new display is the same 300 PPI, I encountered noteworthy issues with display sharpness when compared to the 2018 model. As pictured (to the best of my ability) my new model lacks sharpness and contrast all around the edges and in particular on the left side which results in a soft almost fuzzy lack of crispness to all text or images.\n\nTo make matters worse the consistency of this issue varies wildly across the display. In the image you can almost make out the random diagonal plane of sharpness towards the center of the display. This means that you find yourself consistently reminded how soft the fuzzy portions are compared to the properly sharp portions.\n\nI’m thrilled to see Amazon finally include USB-C and warm-light adjustment, but I find it especially hard to look past the display issues on a device expressly built for reading. If you have the previous generation Kindle Paperwhite or Oasis I’d recommend holding off for now or consider a Kobo equivalent model with native OverDrive support for library borrowing.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have a beloved fifth generation Kindle that has seen more than it\'s share of books. Receiving notice it would no longer be updated with new software and security, I purchased this one which arrived the day it was released. Big mistake. I had to update the software as soon as I received it.\n\nI downloaded a few books in my library for a plane trip - they would not open on the airplane & I kept getting a message I needed to sign into Wi-Fi. Why? The books were already downloaded.\n\nWhen I got to my destination I was able to open a book. For some annoying reason the word "highlights" appeared over certain sentences. Where they came from & how to remove them was a complete mystery until I read a review here from Sarah. After following her instructions I was able to get rid of highlights that others reading the same book had placed. Why would I want to see others highlights, Amazon? Even worse, it appears this procedure will have to be done for each book. Why should I have to edit highlights out of my books?\n\nFurther, I sorted the books in my 5th Gen nto categories, making them easy to locate when I wanted to read a certain genre. Where did they go? Why didn\'t they transfer somewhere I could find them?\n\nSo many reviewers are mentioning warmth, display, brightness, etc., as problems. All I want is to be able to find the books I already had in my library. And I want them in the way I sorted them, not the way Amazon is now presenting them, which is by series.\n\nI don\'t like this Kindle and am feeling the same way about Amazon.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': " Ok, not really. But it is 3/4 of an inch bigger that the last model. It thankfully comes with a USB C charging connection. Everything else is C this makes it unanimous. I only need one cable to change all my devices that I carry around. It's great until two of them die at the same time. Which is usually the way it goes. Everyone else can sing the virtues of the rest of the specs. I'm not really happy with the new home screen. I like it simple. My library. And a place to get more books."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Software is unstable and when calling in for support about getting my all my 40 some odd book “collections” imported ininto my new KPW 11 they told me that they could not help me because the product is new and they are not trained. What more can be said.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I was extremely excited for a new Kindle and have been waiting for a month+. However, the upgrade was not worth it and I returned. I had an older Kindle Paper White that I love and will keep using. Here were some of the reasons for return:\n1) The wider screen, even while minimal, made it very uncomfortable to hold with one hand\n2) I could see shadows from the previous page after a turn\n3) The brightness just seemed off. I could not get it to be on the perfect setting where it was crisp and visible without looking like a normal tablet\n4) The menu configuration made it multiple clicks/swipes to get to brightness vs. the older model where one push gets you there.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Coming from a 1st edition paperwhite, I couldn’t be more impressed. The $25 trade-in credit + 20% off + 4 free months of my current Kindle Unlimited subscription saved me nearly $100. The new Paperwhite screen is crystal clear and very responsive. The addition of the new warm amber lights is awesome, especially if you like to read before bed to help you fall asleep. Battery life is nice too, currently at 72% after 2 weeks of everyday for a few hours.'}]

https://www.amazon.com/All-new-Kindle-Paperwhite-adjustable-Ad-Supported/dp/B08KTZ8249/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021 release) | Smart display with Alexa and 2 MP camera | Charcoal

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#11

88,378

$39.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' My elderly mom, sits and watches the pictures display. My husband likes listening to Steve Harvey in the morning on it. It”s a big hit, here!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' Me gusta mucho al igual que a mi hijo de dos años. Tiene excelente reconocimiento de voz y muy buena calidad de audio y video.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "Key Upgrades from Show 5 (1st Gen, 2019) to Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021):\n\n--NEW 2 MP CAMERA: Upgraded from 1MP in 1st Gen. Better picture in video calls.\n--REMOTE VIEWING: Use the Alexa app on your phone to remotely view the camera of the Show 5, so you can check on your home while you're away. There is a big notice displayed on the Show 5 screen that says it is being remotely viewed.\n--NEW COLORS: Now available in Deep Sea Blue, Glacier White and Charcoal. Previous version was either Charcoal or Sandstone.\n\nDowngrades:\n-No 3.5 mil Audio Jack: Removed the ability to plug in external speakers through a 3.5 mil audio port, the port on the back of the Gen 1 (2019) version is no longer there in Gen 2 (2021)\n\nMy Opinions:\n\nThis is a VERY slight upgrade to the previous version. The difference in the camera quality is noticeable, but honestly the Show 5 screen is too small for me to comfortably use it for video calls anyway. Actually I prefer the older Show 5 (1st Gen, 2019) overall, because I could plug in my old PC speakers for some better sound. I also can't see myself ever using the remote view feature on my Show 5, as it is not in a central location in my house. Overall, it would be hard for me to recommend upgrading to the new Show 5 (2nd Gen 2021) if you already have the old Show 5 (1st Gen, 2019).\n\nIf you are trying to decide which size (2021) Show to get, I would suggest going with the Show 8. It has a much better 13MP camera with auto-framing, and the screen is much more suitable for video calls. It also has a faster processor, adaptive color, and motion sensor Routine activation. At the current prices, ($85 for new Show 5 and $130 for new Show 8) the Show 8 seems like a much better deal; especially if you ever want to do video calls."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Rip off don’t buy ….. screen smaller than my iPhone……can’t see it unless you are 2 feet away….. does less than the old ones …. A lot smaller …. It’s a joke and a rip off …. want my money back'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I just got the Echo Show today. Supposedly it is a brand-new upgrade from a previous model. I wouldn\'t know since I have two Echo Dots and have never had an Echo Show before. I like the screen\'s ability to show my security cams (although I am having problems with Alexa not recognizing two as cameras but as plugs for some reason, while the other two (exactly the same brand and model) are recognized as cameras and work just fine. A big annoyance to me is that it will randomly put things like "Alexa for Your Day" instead of the home screen. How do I prevent this from happening? I do not want suggestions from Alexa. I want it to remain the clock and weather screen until I tell it different.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Update: Amazon Customer Service contacted me. The fee is from Blink, not Amazon. I just wanted that to be clear, as I was confused myself. I have no comment on the Echo Show, as it never left the box.\n\nreturned after I found out about the monthly fee for the cloud. $3 per camera/ $10 for 3.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "1 star across the board. This wasn't worth being bundled free with my ring cam for prime day. Honestly after using this I want to do away with all my ring cameras. Physical touch options are barely there. Can't even delete an alarm by touch. Requires voice command. I didn't even want an alarm but was part of setup process. Worst part tho. IT WAS BUNDLED WITH A RING CAM ... and get this. Can't view my ring cam.... it's not natively supported. Requires a log in each time to ring.com to get access. Just sell me a freaking monitor. That's what we want Amazon. A screen larger then my phone that views cameras that's it.\n\nUpdate: remove the 1 star I was required to at least give it. The amount of covid 19 ads and suggestions about vaccines are invasive and uncalled for. Do not push your political agenda in my home. I will be returning this pile of garbage"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I am sure most folks would love this type of device, but it is not really ready for prime time. All day, it flashes a screen telling me there is a 'Hot' Weather event. The hottest recorded here was 80 degrees. Hardly an extreme weather condition for just about anywhere. With that and many other annoying news events, I wanted to remove it from the feed. It stated that it would no longer be shown to me. Lo and behold, a few minutes later, it showed the weather event (we are now at 78 degrees and dropping fast.) and those annoying news stories. It is also very limited to showing better events for my compulsive amazon shopping habits. Of which it keeps telling me the same events over and over with no way to dismiss them. Glad it was only a Hamilton.\nPhotos can possibly be shown but you need to upload your photos to a cloud. We live in an age where home NAS systems are common and would love to stream them locally. Very intrusive liberal news you can't get rid of and still a horrible weather system visible (always incorrect)"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I had no idea how bad I needed this in my life until I actually got it installed. This came free with my purchase of five blink cameras and I’m absolutely obsessed! I love that my kids can asked to see different cameras around our house in case they are home alone they can see what’s going on. I also was able to FaceTime my son from this device and he was able to call me which is great considering we don’t have a landline and he couldn’t find his iPad when he got home to call me. I don’t even think I’ve scratched the surface on some of the things they can do but if you were looking for a new gadget to pair with your Alexa devices this is definitely the one to get!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I generally like the overall alexa components , this package with security cameras seemed like a good buy. It appears Amazon was in a humerous mood when they labled these cameras "security". After a little practice I was able to dismount a camera from its $18 mount in under a millisecond. That is correct folks these toys snap into the mount none too securely. Anybody who wants to obscure themselves from the camera woth one hand while using the other to snap off the device. I have fast internet which supports multiple video streams. With nothing else connected it takes 5 seconds for a shot to show. If you ne3d to mount from the ceiling you are meant to use the tool they provide as a jury rig angle. The mount snaps into the tool and the tool into the cam. Oh, and there is only one in the box. Need two cams on ceiling ? Too bad. And it wobbles. I am fairly certain that the first good straight line wind we get here in florida will dismount these cams ending my displeasure. Do they work? Yeah they detect motion. Just like every other wireless cam out there. Nothing to say about the echo show you can read all about it under that product listing. If it was not for the lousy mount system might get to 4 stars. I gave it three for b the show. Shame on you Amazon.'}]

https://www.amazon.com/Echo-Show-5-2nd-Gen-2021-release/dp/B08J8FFJ8H/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Fire TV Stick Lite with latest Alexa Voice Remote Lite (no TV controls), HD streaming device

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#12

15,666

$29.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Got a new firestick enjoying it so far the other was running to slow'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought a 4k fire stick as a gift but got to play around with it when setting it up for someone. I can take all my streaming services with any fire stick (lite in this case), Spotify and my Apple movies and tv shows with me wherever I go without having to take my bulky Apple TV. It is nice having the login for these apps to not have to type in my passwords with the remote.\n\nPicture and sound are good. Nothing is distorted that I’ve noticed so far. And no buffering on my stick with my wifi connection. I managed to set up a Bluetooth headset so I can listen to music or watch something without waking someone up at night.\n\nIt is pretty easy to use and set up and customize this to my needs. I have a couple old and newer flat screens that all have worked well so far without causing issues (tested my 19 inch, 32 inch and both 43 inch tvs I have at my place, stated earlier no distortion or blurs).\n\nIf I had to change one thing it would be my customized bar that is located near the top of the screen, it would be make it so I can fit more apps from my streaming services on that line.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Simple easy setup and integration with streaming services. I don't currently use alexa as home control but both fire sticks hooked to different sets in the house control streaming requests for our tv's very well."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'We have had 5 of these FireSticks for two TVs..... over the past year. We stream video via an Eero system(4 routers) at 140Mb D, 16 U.Our previous FireStick exhibited the same problem as others, i.e., would not sign into any network. After a cold reboot, it would work(unplugging power to the stick and re-plugging it in.) A new Firestick showed no anomaly. I suspect that the "buffering" ability of our previous Firesticks has gone down the tubes, but cannot determine this. Early attempts to contact & Query Amazon QA proved useless, so we\'ve fallen back to throwing the malfunctioning unit and buying a new unit. C\'est la guerre.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Bought this last week. Just got covid and I'm really sick. The remote isnt working.\nIn 6 years I never had this problem with my Roku. I will be returning it as soon as I feel better. I'm so angry right now I'll probably never buy another Amazon device"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This Fire Stick is lightning fast - especially when compared to our MUCH older one that took forever to respond. I chose the one with no TV controls, so it does not have volume control (hence, the 1-star rating on that). I love that it has buttons for a few subscription services (Hulu, Prime TV, Netflix, Disney+), but I wish ESPN was included. The 3-star rating on "easy to install" is due to the fact that it immediately required updates, and that took way too long. Now that it\'s installed, it was well-worth the price.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "My old firestick quit. So I had to buy a new one .it works absolutely great two problems no volume on the remote, and the Alexa on it dont work. So I'm very disappointed about that .I wouldn't buy this one if you want a remote. This one is useless...the remote is like not having one oh well the Netflix- primevideo- buttons work...haha"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This was very to install I thought it was going to be a little hard but it was easy and that's saying something for somebody that doesn't know a lot about technology"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I am bit sad after i bought it next day price went from $30 to $20 wtf amazon? (lite version)\nBut what ever thats consumer life it was worth $30.\nI got 50 inch tv for free so technically i got a smart tv for $30 can't beat that right?\nI mainly got it for my aunt I take care of her she mainly watches the tv. i let her use my account on the fire stick i usually use my PC for my smart tv lol. It does alot more than fire stick will do for the foreseeable future. Though it does a good enough job for what it is, kinda kills the reason to own a fire tablet so if you want to have a 50 inch screen or larger fire tablet, fire stick is the way to go. You can play your fire tablet games on it to which is pretty nifty. (use the remote as a game controller) browse internet and all that stuff you did on your fire tablet, fire stick will do it to. Overall I'd recommend it if you want more channels than antenna gives or cheaper way to watch movies than cable etc then you can't go wrong with this route if you a prime member you will indeed get more joy out of it."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It works well, and is a good way to give your "dumb" TV some smarts! I\'m not a fan of anything voice activated or controlled. So, have no opinion on those features. The best thing about it, is, I can use my Hotspot on my mobile for it to recieve wifi signals. Hotspot are usually a part of unlimited data plans from carriers. So, no need for an in home wifi router. Also, note, not all mobiles have hotspot feature, though, most do. I mainly bought this for streaming my Amazon Prime Videos, & Hulu accounts. Screen mirroring or casting doesn\'t work for many of the bigger streaming services, due to DMCA restrictions, unless, you use a plug in like Fire Stick, or other comparable devices. So, rather than trying to stream from my mobile device, it\'s infinitely easier to just let the mobile provide the wifi signal, and that way, DMCA is satisfied. It took me a few years to finally figure this out! LOL'}]

https://www.amazon.com/fire-tv-stick-lite-latest-alexa-voice-remote-lite/dp/B091G4YP57/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Ring Video Doorbell Wired

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#13

50,594

$64.99 - $104.98

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Installed this on my lunch break with zero problems. Anyone who rated this less than 5 stars did not do their due diligence. Any research comparing the doorbells would tell you that you are unable to use your existing chime. We have quite a few devices on the 2.4GHz frequency and have no problems.\n\nWorks great with existing echo dot devices and had no difficulty setting this up. Actually it was absolutely painless. I do not need my 30 year old chime to freak the dogs out and tell me someone is at the door, my phone and my echo dots take care of that!\n\nTo anyone new to ring, yes, you have to pay a measely $30 per year to record your video. Worth it. I have two ring cameras, $60.. still worth it. The most you will spend is $100 per year for all your devices. Can I set up my own camera system and record locally? Sure. Do I want to spend hundreds of dollars on a server to do so? Absolutely not. Do I want to deal with drives randomly breaking? Nope. Check the cost of WD purple (surveillance drives), the cost of a server and a software license. By the time you get your money back by comparison to ring cameras, there will be better tech out.\n\nTLDR, this is a smart doorbell designed for smart devices. This will not work with your old equipment. This is absolutely worth every penny and the annual fee.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is my review for:\n\nRing Video Doorbell Wired\n\nI tried to keep my review short but there was a lot of information here so I added headers for easier reading.\n\nBackground:\n\nWhen the first Ring doorbell came out, I really wanted one, but it was a bit too expensive for my taste, so I went with a cheap knock-off. I have been using that knock-off since then and I hate it. The image quality wasn’t awful, but it had a lot of bugs and it didn’t play well with “Alexa”. I kept automating my home adding echo’s, lights, switches, cameras, you name it and every time I circled back to the doorbell I would think: “I already have a video doorbell and the Ring doorbell is still pricey; maybe I should buy some other automation toys”. Well, this new Ring came out, and it was less than 100$ thus I said, let’s try it…\n\nAppearance:\n\nDimensions wise, this one is pretty small (5.1”x2.4”x 1.1”). The button is very noticeably a button; to me this is important as with my old knock off doorbell, people would constantly push the camera lenses thinking that they rang the doorbell.\n\nDifferences between this Ring Doorbell and Previous versions:\n\nI did some internet research prior to deciding for it, and I could only find a few things: (1) it supports only 2.4 GHz networks instead of being dual band, (2) it only works as a fully wired setup (3) it has a single faceplate and (4)it is way cheaper than previous models.\n\nTo me, it wasn’t a big deal the doorbell not being dual band, I planned on using the 2.4 GHz band anyway as I have been with my knockoff brand doorbell. There are several obstructions along the way (two thick walls and some furniture between the door and my repeater, and my router is in the basement), and the 2.4 GHz network is usually better for that albeit a bit slower.\nThis doorbell requires to have an existing wired doorbell setup, unlike previous iterations that you could have fully battery powered doorbell. Yet the setup is only needed for power. You will be bypassing the existing doorbell chime, thus, you will either need to purchase the model that include the Ring Chime (+20$), purchase a separate Ring Chime (30-50$) or use a compatible Alexa device as the speaker(s). I am using a few of my echoes and I like the setup a whole bunch.\nThe Ring Video Doorbell has a single face plate (black) vs 4 different color ones for the Pro. I did search online for other faceplates and I found a pearl white one going for about 15$ but I am sticking with the black one.\nThe newer model is about 70% cheaper. About 60$ vs the 200$ MSRP for the Pro.\nIssues so far:\n\nI haven’t had a lot of issues, but I already had one. I had some connectivity issues right of the bat. The fact that this doorbell bypasses the hardwired chime exacerbates this. No connectivity means no doorbell whether you have power or not. A few resets, I moved my repeater closer and it appear the problem was corrected. However, I point it out because when compared to my old 2.4 GHz knock-off video doorbell, I never had an issue. I am considering this as a one off but I will update my review if this issue persists.\n\nBottom line\n\nWhat I liked:\n\nCompatibility with Alexa. When Amazon acquired Ring a while back, I just knew that integration with Echo devices would probably only improve but even knowing that, I was impressed. You can define specific devices you want them to work with. It allows for tons of customization including ringtones.\nI currently have two echo dots and an echo spot serving as my alerts and this setup works great. The video playback on the Echo Spot is smooth as silk with minimal Lag. I will be linking it up to my new Echo Show when it gets here, next week. I don’t envision any issues linking it up, but I will update my review if needed.\nIt features an advanced motion detection system that allows for customizable alert motion zones. It is extremely intuitive to setup. Thumbs up, all the way.\nIt was very easy to install\nIt looks elegant yet sleek.\nIt is cheaper than any previous Ring Model.\n\nWhat I dislike so far.\n\nIt supports only 2.4 GHz networks. This is not a major negative as 2.4 GHz networks usually allow for a better range, especially if there are obstructions along the way. Still, it is worth mentioning.\nI have a hardwired doorbell chime that is useless now. If my WIFI fails at any point, my doorbell is dead in the water.\nI already had connectivity issues. They might have been a one off so I am not necessarily overreacting to them but I will update my review if needed.\nThe first two negatives were design choices that allowed lowering the price point and they were something I knew coming in. However, they are still significant enough that I called them out.\n\nOverall, for the price, this is actually a very good device. If you already have a Ring doorbell, this item is not for you. If you don’t, and you are ok with a fully WIFI driven, hard wired power doorbell camera, I strongly recommend it.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I have had the original Ring doorbell for a few years. I never used the chime in our house (actually hate the one builders put in, so that was a reason we got a ring doorbell in the first place). We use Echo Dots and phones so not ringing the chime was OK for us. Also don't mind using 2.4 ghz for this device. When I saw the Wired was coming out and the price, I had to give it a try, especially given the credit given for trading in the old one. I took a picture of old vs new so you can see the size difference. I like that it is stripped down to bare minimum, but still has better features than our previous Ring like Pre-Roll, 1080p, etc. I would say it is comparable to Pro at 1/4 the price. The small size is great as I can mount it right on the doorframe now."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It was fairly easy to install. Integrates well with my Ring Alarm Gen2 in that it runs under the same mobile app. I like that with my Echo Show, I can ask Alexa to show me the Front Door to get a live view (and when someone rings the doorbell, it shows the live view automatically).\n\nI\'ve enabled the "people only mode" which supposedly will only give you alerts if people trigger motion, but will have to see how accurate that is.\n\nOverall happy thus far.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' Only $59 and no need to worry about batteries? Easy decision.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Don’t waist your time or money. This bypassed my old doorbell and was not clear that the old doorbell would no longer work.\nWhy did they do this?!? I bought this to replace the button outside my house and the camera was a nice feature but my tplink $30 camera was just fine and half the price. The worst part for me is I just don’t understand why they would do this. The more I think about it the more it bugs me. This is going back for sure.\nUpdate: Amazon did a clear job providing adequate information in letting purchaser know this system bypasses existing doorbell chime that was not present at time of release. They also allow Alexa devices to announce when someone presses the button. For that you have earned another star. However I still struggle with the idea of a company called “ring” with a single push button that does not ring my existing doorbell, why? Your company name is ring yet you cannot ring my doorbell Seriously the doorbell chime doesn’t ring… Mind blown,It still bugs me. Want so bad to love this product and want to give it a higher rating but I just can’t do it because it will not ring the doorbell!!!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I installed the new Rind doorbell wired exactly as the instruction said. It updated, and we were able to see outside. Within 10 minutes it no longer worked. Spent 45 minutes with tech support with them verifying that we did everything correctly. So they are sending a replacement, but when I installed the old doorbell it no longer works and there is no power to the chime. The circuit was not trip so the Ring doorbell burnt out the doorbell transformer. Not I need to spend more money, maybe hire an electrician to get this fixed. Very Upset!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Ordered three of these doorbells. One works fine the two other doorbells have burnt up three transformers in 2 days. I'm an electrician by trade and worked at a power plant for 27 years. The one working correctly is on a 40 volt amp transformer. The two other cameras that destroyed the transformers were on 30 volt amp transformers. All of the transformers were within specifications per the device. Also in the device health report for the doorbell that is working shows poor voltage in the ring app???? All of the doorbells were being wired for surveillance only no doorbell chimes installed on any of the items, all with separate transformers."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'MY STORY- my dad is an electrician, I had him come over to install these ring cameras into my previous doorbell. we did everything that it said and the circle wasn’t lighting up indicating that it was ready for set up, I called the 1-800 number and they were no help. We checked to see if the breaker tripped, reinstalled it, restarted the app, you name it. My dad checked to see if the transformer blew, it did. THIS CAMERA BLEW MY DOORBELL TRANSFORMER. he went to buy another one, we restarted the whole process and reinstalled the ring doorbell and it blew the brand new transformer! BRAND NEW! The issue is not my house. After reading all the reviews, I realized that even if I did get it set up that it wouldn’t connect with a regular doorbell chime. It has to be the RING’s doorbell chime. I REPEAT ONLY WORKS WITH THE RING DOORBELL CHIME WHICH IS SOLD SEPERATELY!\n\n**UPDATE: CUSTOMER SERVICE GOT IN CONTACT WITH ME AND I HAVE TO SAY, WITH ME AT LEAST, OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! DEFINITELY KEPT ME A RING CUSTOMER, THANKS RING SUPPORT :) I believe they are sold as a bundle now.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' Absolutely love this ring doorbell good! It took me all of five minutes to install. I did not order the chime with it, but I have the app and it rings to both to my iPhone and my Apple Watch, which is amazing. My partner is also able to access it and have live video overseas with no issues. We got them for $60 on Amazon during a special and it was probably one of the best purchases I made thus far. I am currently looking into the cameras for the house solely based on the quality of their products. We love it and we think it is amazing! I highly suggest it. Several of our neighbors also use the ring doorbell and so it has a neighborhood app feature Which allows your neighbors to share their videos and so you know what’s going on within your vicinity.'}]

https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Video-Doorbell-Wired/dp/B08T4FH9Y8/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Ring Rechargeable Battery Pack

Amazon Devices & Accessories

#14

98,318

$34.99

[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'For those of you relying on battery power for your Ring doorbell, this is a must! These batteries take all day to fully charge (7 hours or so), so having a charged spare on hand will get your Ring doorbell up and running again quickly. A USB charge cable comes with this battery.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Bought an extra battery works great just like the one that came with the ring doorbell 2. Extra battery on hand is the best way to go after I wasted time and money with the so called solar chargers advertised for the ring doorbell 2 they are 100% worthless speaking from experience.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Well If you depend on your doorbell Ring like I have in the last 3 years having two power supplies is way better than just having one.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Works great with Ring 2 as a back-up to my primary battery. My doorbell is not hardwired and this battery lasts about 3 months before needing to be charged.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This works for the doorbell as well as for the cameras. It’s definitely necessary for the cameras because without a second battery in the compartment you will have to recharge it more frequently than you would expect'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Bought this 2nd battery for my ring security system. All charged and within 12 hours both batteries are drained. Bought the solar panel, placed it by the unit where direct sunlight is strong. Does not charge it. Have to constantly, charge and recharge the batteries. Ring unit is plastic and the top closure where the batteries are, is flimsy and does not snap shut well, could be why the batteries are draining. Frustrating to buy this unit, spend over $200.00 or it and accessories and not have it work longer than12 hours.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Perfect backup battery so my Ring is never without power. No issues charging or using — same battery as came with my unit.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "These batteries have very little charge life sadly. Unfortunately I'm having to recharge them every 2-3 weeks. Not ideal especially since this is mounted outside and not easily reachable."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Not sure if this was a repackage used? I bought this as a backup for my regular ring battery which lasts weeks, but\nThis one didn’t even last a week and screw hole appears mistreaded. Going to do another test fully charged, and end\nup returning if same results.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'We called Ring customer support because our ring was not working. We tried on our own to reset it but to no avail. We called customer support & the gentleman on the phone helping me was amazing! He was so nice & patient. He did a lot of troubleshooting but he was unable to fix it so he put me on a brief hold & reported to his boss what was going on. When he got back on the phone he said my ring was not able to be fixed & sent me out a new one. One of the reasons this was great is my Ring was 2 years old!!! They stand behind their product & do not give you a bunch of excuses of why they can’t help & try to make you buy another one!! Thank you Ring support for taking the time to go through this with me & fix the problem!!'}]

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