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What would you do with such an alert if you received it while not at home?
by tremon 3y ago
What would you do with such an alert if you received it while not at home?
- LeafItAlone 3y agoYou don’t have to be away from home for that to be useful. Even just in another room where you can’t hear it and are otherwise preoccupied. Or you can call your children and ask them to switch it over.
- JohnFen 3y agoIf you don't need the notifications when you aren't home, then there's no reason why it needs to talk to the internet. You could still get the notifications just using a local LAN connection.
- LeafItAlone 3y agoIt could, but for wider use and more capability, Internet would be the default choice. Also, I live on a small property compared to those in my area (a few acres), and my WiFi doesn’t cover most of it. So a LAN notification wouldn’t work when I am out gardening.
- JohnFen 3y agoBut a timer would. That's what I use for this sort of thing, personally. The amount of time it takes for a wash cycle is predictable.
- LeafItAlone 3y ago> The amount of time it takes for a wash cycle is predictable. Not on my machine. It’s generally +/- 15 minutes for a given cycle, but it does more or less based on load size, which it somehow determines on its own. Sounds like this isn’t a feature you would like, but I hope how you can see it is certainly helpful to others.
- JohnFen 3y agoOh, I certainly see its utility. It's the cost/benefit ratio that I question -- it seems very unfavorable. But everyone has their own cost/benefit computation. Mine is no more or less legitimate than anyone else's.
- askvictor 3y agoDepending on where I am I might go back home and put out the washing