Anyone plan to buy a smart faucet?

[1995hoo]

With a name like "corco," I thought he'd be more likely to hack in to seal off your water supply so you get no water at all.

[Takumi]

With a name like "corco," I thought he'd be more likely to hack in to seal off your water supply so you get no water at all.

Until you find a really long sharp object.

[cjk374]

Nope. Not me. Not now. Not EVER! 👎👎

[In_Correct]

I was wondering, is anyone here planning to buy a smart faucet?


I'm planning to buy the U by Moen Smart Faucet, either on Prime Day or Black Friday.  In our case this is the only one that will work for us, since it is the only one that can run on batteries (the Delta VoiceIQ and Kohler Sensate with Konnect require an unswitched power outlet, which the only one under our sink is taken by our dishwasher, with the other half being switched and taken by the garbage disposal).  I think it is pretty cool that you can link it with Alexa the faucet can dispense a specific amount of water or water at a specific temperature.

I will not. I have Phobias that limit my installation of Water Pipes to mainly things such as Yard Hydrants.

... Wait ... How is only one half of a receptacle switched?

[catch22]

I was wondering, is anyone here planning to buy a smart faucet?


I'm planning to buy the U by Moen Smart Faucet, either on Prime Day or Black Friday.  In our case this is the only one that will work for us, since it is the only one that can run on batteries (the Delta VoiceIQ and Kohler Sensate with Konnect require an unswitched power outlet, which the only one under our sink is taken by our dishwasher, with the other half being switched and taken by the garbage disposal).  I think it is pretty cool that you can link it with Alexa the faucet can dispense a specific amount of water or water at a specific temperature.

I will not. I have Phobias that limit my installation of Water Pipes to mainly things such as Yard Hydrants.

... Wait ... How is only one half of a receptacle switched?

Some duplex outlets have a tab that can be broken off that then provides a separate connection for the hot side of each plug.  I've got one in my living room that has the bottom plug wired to a switch by the front door (we have a floor lamp in it) and the top is hot all the time.

Here's what they look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1EHYfD_nww

[US 89]

I was wondering, is anyone here planning to buy a smart faucet?


I'm planning to buy the U by Moen Smart Faucet, either on Prime Day or Black Friday.  In our case this is the only one that will work for us, since it is the only one that can run on batteries (the Delta VoiceIQ and Kohler Sensate with Konnect require an unswitched power outlet, which the only one under our sink is taken by our dishwasher, with the other half being switched and taken by the garbage disposal).  I think it is pretty cool that you can link it with Alexa the faucet can dispense a specific amount of water or water at a specific temperature.

I will not. I have Phobias that limit my installation of Water Pipes to mainly things such as Yard Hydrants.

... Wait ... How is only one half of a receptacle switched?

Some duplex outlets have a tab that can be broken off that then provides a separate connection for the hot side of each plug.  I've got one in my living room that has the bottom plug wired to a switch by the front door (we have a floor lamp in it) and the top is hot all the time.

Interesting, because every time I've seen this, it's the top outlet that's switched and the bottom one that's always on.

[Pink Jazz]

We installed our U by Moen this month, and we have so far been happy with it.  We have not had issues with dropped connections with Wi-Fi or with Alexa, and the commands seem to work properly.  It was actually more difficult to remove the old faucet than it was to install the new faucet.

Responding to the post about forgetting to turn off the faucet, the faucet has an auto-shutoff timer that can be changed in the Moen app.

[allniter89]

No. I'd love to have lights go on & off as I enter/leave a room.

[renegade]

No. I'd love to have lights go on & off as I enter/leave a room.

I have those where I work.  Not all they're cracked up to be.

[GaryV]

No. I'd love to have lights go on & off as I enter/leave a room.

I have those where I work.  Not all they're cracked up to be.

It's fun when they're in a conference room, and the lights go off because no one moved enough to keep them on.  A really rousing meeting!

[Ned Weasel]

It's fun when they're in a conference room, and the lights go off because no one moved enough to keep them on.  A really rousing meeting!

And it's "fun" when that happens while you're in a bathroom stall!

[allniter89]

No. I'd love to have lights go on & off as I enter/leave a room.

I have those where I work.  Not all they're cracked up to be.

How so? The Publix here has its frozen section automatic, they stay off until a shopper approches.

[allniter89]

It's just another thing that can break down. And what are you supposed to do in five years when the software isn't compatible with your phone anymore?

Thats why I dont like electric windows in a car, its just something that will stop working.

[kphoger]

No. I'd love to have lights go on & off as I enter/leave a room.

I have those where I work.  Not all they're cracked up to be.

It's fun when they're in a conference room, and the lights go off because no one moved enough to keep them on.  A really rousing meeting!

And it's "fun" when that happens while you're in a bathroom stall!

During my brief time at a university (I slacked off), I came to enjoy the automatic lights in the laundry room in the basement of the girls' dorm building.  Every so often, I would do a whole bunch of my laundry and a whole bunch of my girlfriend's laundry at the same time.  Sometimes, it was enough to fill three or four washers and driers.  There were six of each in that building, but I only think I filled them all one time.

I would come prepared with a portable CD player and a good set of headphones.  Load up the washers, put in the quarters, and set them going.  Pop in a CD, sit down in the chair, and wait for the lights to shut off.  Nothing but me in the darkness, some good tunes, and the faint hum of the laundry machines on the other side of the headphones.  Once the washers were done, transfer them to the driers, pop in a new album, and relax in the musical darkness again.

[kphoger]

My possessions are becoming even less smart, not more.  My non-smart phone just arrived in the mail today.  I'm getting the smartphone monkey off my back.  Back when smartphones were first becoming popular, I resisted getting one.  I knew myself, and I knew it would become an addiction for me.  Fast-forward several years, and that definitely came true.  So on Tuesday I "upgraded" my phone to this:



I'll start leaving my smartphone in my desk drawer at work, because I use an MFA app to get on one of the VPNs (should still be accessible via company Wi-Fi).

[Pink Jazz]

Just as another update, we had a router issue that we had to factory reset our router, and we learned that the faucet still operates without Wi-Fi, just that the Alexa commands don't work.  You can still use the handle or the motion sensor.

[qguy]

It was actually more difficult to remove the old faucet than it was to install the new faucet.

In my experience this is always the case. 

[kkt]

I try to avoid appliances that think they can outsmart me.

[formulanone]

I try to avoid appliances that think they can outsmart me.

Usually, it's not the device that outsmarts me, it's the item's inability to escape its restrictive parameters which makes me look dumb.

[jakeroot]

I don't remember when they got it, but my father and mother-in-law have what I think is called a Delta Trinsic faucet. It's touch-operated and has a heat indicator to tell you when it's hot.

The touch feature is cool since most sink uses are to wash hands and clean dishes, both which I would do while on the hottest setting. The heat indicator is pretty slick too, especially if your hot water takes a second. You can walk away and not keep running your hands under the water while you wait for it to heat up.

I'm more interested in smart showers that will shut off after a certain amount of time or which can respond to voice input like "change mode" or whatever.

[kphoger]

The heat indicator is pretty slick too, especially if your hot water takes a second. You can walk away and not keep running your hands under the water while you wait for it to heat up.

At our kitchen sink, I just touch the metal spout.  If it's still cold, then the water flowing through it is still cold.  If it's hot, then hot.

[kkt]

At our kitchen sink, I just touch the metal spout.  If it's still cold, then the water flowing through it is still cold.  If it's hot, then hot.

[jakeroot]

The heat indicator is pretty slick too, especially if your hot water takes a second. You can walk away and not keep running your hands under the water while you wait for it to heat up.

At our kitchen sink, I just touch the metal spout.  If it's still cold, then the water flowing through it is still cold.  If it's hot, then hot.

aka: no pain, no gain hot water.

[wriddle082]

It's bad enough that garbage disposals and pool/spa motors have the potential to mix electricity with water, potentially causing electrical shock upon failure (especially with the garbage disposal I replaced several months back).  I don't have any desire for a smart faucet, though the hot indicator would be nice since we have a tankless water heater on the far end of the house from the kitchen and master bath (they installed it as close to our natural gas meter as they found).

Anyway, a few weeks ago I replaced our broken Delta kitchen faucet with a mid-priced Moen, which I had to go with because it's white, our sink is white, and the broken faucet was white.  So far I really like it because the handle is easier to adjust than the Delta was.  Just hope it holds up as well, because Deltas have always been built to last, and the last one was 16 years old and heavily used.

[kphoger]

The heat indicator is pretty slick too, especially if your hot water takes a second. You can walk away and not keep running your hands under the water while you wait for it to heat up.

At our kitchen sink, I just touch the metal spout.  If it's still cold, then the water flowing through it is still cold.  If it's hot, then hot.

aka: no pain, no gain hot water.

Nah, no pain at all.  Even with scalding-hot water flowing through the faucet, the metal is only moderately hot to the touch.  I grab it with my whole hand, and so do my kids, to check the temp.

Now if only that worked in the bathroom, where there's no real spout to speak of.