Black Friday planning thread.

copacetic

kenmc wrote: »

Is ao.com known to be legit and reliable? Never heard of it before. Is it in eu? Or are we likely to be stung with duty/VAT?

U.K. Well known and excellent videos for some products. Got my washing machine and dryer from them this year.

SachaJ

https://9to5toys.com/2017/11/14/best-black-friday-2017-google/

Probably just replace $ with £ and assume the retailers over this side will be the likes of Argos, Curry’s, AO etc....

Stoner

SemperFidelis wrote:

I will hopefully be able to set up a smart switch/relay to boost the ventilation if the indoor air quality drops below healthy levels.

What about homey,

Pop a SONOFF on the supply side

You lightwaverf will work on it too with no need for a hub

Stoner

BelovedAunt wrote:

Lads I live in an apartment which has inefficient radiators, so I just use heating fans. I had an echo dot but gave it away because I was only using it for Spotify. Is there anything I should be looking out for in the sales or is there no point, since I won't be using any of it for heating?

You can control your electric heating.

Look at the 3KW electric wall switch cw thermostat from lightwaverf, perfect for panel heating

SachaJ

Argos UK have some deals live. GH for £79.99 etc

http://www.argos.co.uk/search/shop-for-black-friday-smart-tech-at-argos?tag=ar:static:blackfriday:categories:tv:lhn:smarttech

mloc123

https://www.johnlewis.com/search?Ntt=google+home&Nty=1&_requestid=3158120

John Lewis deal live also... picked up another two full size ones

SachaJ

Will John Lewis ship to PM?

kenmc

currys uk have it a GBP 78 and free shipping to parcelmotel.
can pay with paypal too

It's up on Ao.com at 79, but I'm not sure if they do paypal and i didn't have my credit card with me. Currys will do me fine so

mloc123

SachaJ wrote: »

Will John Lewis ship to PM?

have done previously for me

SachaJ

Maplin UK might be the best offer. GH is £79.99 but get a £5 voucher if you spend £40 or a £10 voucher if you spend £80.

SemperFidelis

Echo is down to £69.99
Echio dot £34.99


On Amazon

Black_Knight

kenmc wrote: »

currys uk have it a GBP 78 and free shipping to parcelmotel.
can pay with paypal too

It's up on Ao.com at 79, but I'm not sure if they do paypal and i didn't have my credit card with me. Currys will do me fine so

ao.com charging £15 to deliver to NI. I went with Argos in the end.

bk

Black_Knight wrote: »

ao.com charging £15 to deliver to NI. I went with Argos in the end.

I was going to try argos, but it seemed weird. I was buying both a mini and a home, but they were going to give free delivery on the home and charge for delivery for the mini! Plus it looked like send them out on two separate days, so two separate PM charges. Went with currys instead, totally free delivery and looks like might come together.

Fingers crossed it doesn't get cancelled.

JazzyJ

SachaJ wrote: »

Will John Lewis ship to PM?

I ordered from them, but my order was just cancelled :mad:. No explanation in their email at all. It was looking for a UK phone number, so I just copied the example number they had.

Shlippery

SachaJ wrote: »

Maplin UK might be the best offer. GH is £79.99 but get a £5 voucher if you spend £40 or a £10 voucher if you spend £80.

Find anything for a £ to push it over the edge? I found some ps3 cables for .99 bringing it to £79.99.. Damn you Maplin!


Also...general consensus is GHome > Alexa at the moment from browsing both threads :P?

bren2001

JazzyJ wrote: »

I ordered from them, but my order was just cancelled :mad:. No explanation in their email at all. It was looking for a UK phone number, so I just copied the example number they had.

Whatever forwarding service you use (PM, PW etc.), I just bang in their phone number.

mloc123

JazzyJ wrote: »

I ordered from them, but my order was just cancelled :mad:. No explanation in their email at all. It was looking for a UK phone number, so I just copied the example number they had.

Hmm, my order is in processing for the last 2hrs or so. I ordered stuff from them last year to PM with no issues.

For phone number, I picked landline which does not check the number format

unkel

Echo Dot is £34.99 now. Nice xmas gift. My kids had hours of fun with it last year and I used it to switch all xmas lights on and off "Alexa, lights off"

Haven't really used it since then though

Linky

kenmc

bk wrote: »

Fingers crossed it doesn't get cancelled.

Don't say that! Why would it get cancelled? Have you had them cancel before?

T-b0n3

I'd love to buy a Google home but currently have a Sonos play 1 in the kitchen which I love. I'm thinking having both would be a bit of a waste since they don't work together.

I currently have 6 philips hue lights, Nvidia shield tv and also plan to get smart heating to replace Climote. So I do want the Google Home. I currently get good use from Google assistant on my OP3.

Has anyone been in a similar position or have both devices that can better advise?

bk

kenmc wrote: »

Don't say that! Why would it get cancelled? Have you had them cancel before?

My first time ordering from Currys, but someone just had their order from John Lewis cancelled, it happens from some UK stores, hard to tell which and when.

donspeekinglesh

JazzyJ wrote: »

I ordered from them, but my order was just cancelled :mad:. No explanation in their email at all. It was looking for a UK phone number, so I just copied the example number they had.

I used my employer's UK office. Been processing for the past two hours. Fingers crossed

bk

T-b0n3 wrote: »

I'd love to buy a Google home but currently have a Sonos play 1 in the kitchen which I love. I'm thinking having both would be a bit of a waste since they don't work together.

Well I think direct support for Google Home is coming to the Sonos One (different from your Play 1) next year.

Also if you had a Sonos Connect with audio in, then you could use a mini with a CCA plugged into the sonos.

https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4251/~/google-home-and-sonos

So if you wait, you could have options to integrate the two in future.

I suspect if you buya Google Home, even though the sound quality probably isn't as good, you'll end up using it 80% of the time over the Sonos due to just the convenience.

maximoose

Just saw these on HUKD also

Free £5 Amazon Voucher with Amazon Device orders £34.99 or Over / Free £10 Voucher with Amazon Device orders over £69.99 or over @ Amazon via Vouchercodes

Valid on Echo & Alexa, Fire TV, Fire Tablets and Kindles Only

JDxtra

Ordered a Home Mini this morning direct from Google via Address Pal. Shipped already.

randombar

3 minis and a home

echo and dot will be on adverts soon if all goes well

Security cameras, out door initially, recommendations for the ghome?

Also on my list:

2 x hue switch
2 x hive plug
1 x security camera
1 x chrome cast

bk

GaryCocs, I'm not sure the Hive plugs work with GHome (maybe using IFTTT), you should check. TP Link HS100 smart plugs work well with Ghome.

For camera, maybe keep an eye on the new Logitech Circle waterproof cam. Has some support for Ghome and casting video to chromecast. I haven't checked, but I'm sure Nest cams work well with GHome too, but expensive.

matrim

Any decent IP cams without cloud support?

bk

matrim wrote: »

Any decent IP cams without cloud support?

Netatmo Cameras are worth keeping an eye out for. They record to SD card and have the option to upload video to your dropbox or own ftp server.

matrim

bk wrote: »

Netatmo Cameras are worth keeping an eye out for. They record to SD card and have the option to upload video to your dropbox or own ftp server.

I'm not really interested in recording. More streaming of the video to a local IP so I can connect over VPN and check up on the dog.

I currently use android IP webcam and it works fine but I've heard some people say that after a few months their phone batteries started to overhead from constantly being on charge.