From 9fd589c5f41569e8eceb7ab694c2ca745243271a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sipp11 Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:58:05 +0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add Octofire photo post - no review yet --- _posts/2015-09-18-mi-band.md | 56 ++++++++----- .../2015-09-09-octofire-usb3-hub.md | 81 +++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) create mode 100644 _posts/kickstartr/2015-09-09-octofire-usb3-hub.md diff --git a/_posts/2015-09-18-mi-band.md b/_posts/2015-09-18-mi-band.md index bf4e413..efe3080 100644 --- a/_posts/2015-09-18-mi-band.md +++ b/_posts/2015-09-18-mi-band.md @@ -10,28 +10,38 @@ tags: fitness, tracker imgfolder: http://media.mycapsules.com/2015/09-miband image_set: - - name: g1wc + - name: miband images: + - id: 1 + path: miband-1.jpg + thumb: miband-1-sm.jpg + title: Miband #1 - id: 2 - path: g1wc-2.jpg - thumb: g1wc-2-sm.jpg - title: G1W-C #2 + path: miband-2.jpg + thumb: miband-2-sm.jpg + title: Miband #2 - id: 3 - path: g1wc-3.jpg - thumb: g1wc-3-sm.jpg - title: G1W-C #3 - - id: 1 - path: g1wc-1.jpg - thumb: g1wc-1-sm.jpg - title: G1W-C #1 + path: miband-3.jpg + thumb: miband-3-sm.jpg + title: Miband #3 - id: 4 - path: g1wc-4.jpg - thumb: g1wc-4-sm.jpg - title: G1W-C #4 + path: miband-5.jpg + thumb: miband-5-sm.jpg + title: Miband #4 - id: 5 - path: g1wc-5.jpg - thumb: g1wc-5-sm.jpg - title: G1W-C #5 + path: miband-7.jpg + thumb: miband-7-sm.jpg + title: Miband #5 + - id: 6 + path: miband-4.jpg + thumb: miband-4-sm.jpg + title: Miband #6 + - name: mibandapp + images: + - id: 1 + path: miband-6.jpg + thumb: miband-6-sm.jpg + title: Miband Battery Life --- This band was the most affordable fitness band from a reliable company. It surely was the first band for most people who weren't into this much because of its price, ~$15. It was cheap enough to try out a new thing, but was it worth the time? @@ -42,6 +52,8 @@ I was not into that fitness thing much, I didn't consider a $100 fitness band a When I first saw the band, it was my first toy under the name Xiaomi which people claimed to love or hate their Apple copycat strategy. I was impressed how well it looked. There was nothing like Apple, but it surely did give me a feeling of "Apple"-quality product. That was all about it. The band came in 2 separate parts; the unit and the rubber band. It did not have anything but 3 dot LEDs and charging port. Nothing inventive here at all. +{% include lightbox_itemset.html set="miband" %} + Moreover, Xiaomi did provide a Mi Fit app on both Android and iOS. They were equally as good. UI on both platform were pretty much the same. Android version did have one advantage over iOS though. You would not have to enter your passcode to unlock the phone if Mi band was nearby--that worked 80% of the time for me. Setting up processes were painless. Overall experience was excellent. Besides step & sleep tracking, there were 2 interesting features: incoming call notification and vibrating alarm. @@ -50,8 +62,16 @@ Besides step & sleep tracking, there were 2 interesting features: incoming call * Incoming call notification was invaluable esp. when you were in the crowd and you just couldn’t hear your phone ring. Surely you would miss your call much less than you did before in any circumstance. +#### Warning + +The genuine band was solid. It never lose unintentionally. However, after roughly 6 months or so, it wore out. I bought a compatible band and I deeply regreted that. The compatible band I've got was a bit softer. I never thought I would lose the band and Mi unit on the first time I wore, but it did. + +Don't ever attempt to use with inferior band. Although it's cheap enough not to be sorry when it got lost, a genuine band should cost you $5 or less. Don't risk that. + ### Battery life +{% include lightbox_itemset.html set="mibandapp" %} + This was what I loved Mi Band so much. It was like a toy, but I didn’t have to pay attention to at all. Xiaomi claimed 30-day battery life, but 50-day+ was what I've got. Its battery wasn't even empty by then, but I recharged it anyway. That was like twice as much. 2-and-a-half-hour charge from 15% to full. I wish all gadget was like this. It last so long that I couldn’t even remember where I kept the cable. @@ -70,4 +90,4 @@ Anyway, there was surely what I thought it was missing too. With Mi band, you we This was a gadget everyone should have. It was affordable; it worked with most people (sorry Windows phone users.) It required little to none knowledge to use it and it just worked--no attention required. -To me, the incoming notification alone was worth it's price. \ No newline at end of file +To me, the incoming notification alone was worth it's price. diff --git a/_posts/kickstartr/2015-09-09-octofire-usb3-hub.md b/_posts/kickstartr/2015-09-09-octofire-usb3-hub.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..71580fa --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/kickstartr/2015-09-09-octofire-usb3-hub.md @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "OctoFire 8-port USB 3.0 hub" +date: Oct 9, 2015 +author: + display_name: 'sipp11' +categories: Kickstarter review +kickstarter: + url: http://kck.st/18p5kpi + widget: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/853175871/octofire-8-port-usb-30-hub-with-rapid-charging-96/widget/card.html?v=2 +tags: + +imgfolder: http://media.mycapsules.com/2015/09-octofire +image_set: + - name: set1 + images: + - id: 1 + path: octofire-1.jpg + thumb: octofire-1-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #1 + - id: 2 + path: octofire-2.jpg + thumb: octofire-2-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #2 + - id: 3 + path: octofire-3.jpg + thumb: octofire-3-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #3 + - id: 4 + path: octofire-4.jpg + thumb: octofire-4-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #4 + - id: 5 + path: octofire-5.jpg + thumb: octofire-5-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire Power Brick + - id: 6 + path: octofire-6.jpg + thumb: octofire-6-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #6 + - id: 7 + path: octofire-7.jpg + thumb: octofire-7-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #7 + - id: 8 + path: octofire-8.jpg + thumb: octofire-8-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #8 + - id: 9 + path: octofire-9.jpg + thumb: octofire-9-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #9 + - id: 10 + path: octofire-10.jpg + thumb: octofire-10-sm.jpg + title: OctoFire #10 + +--- + +It's a powered 8-port USB 3.0 hub w/ enough juice to charge 8 iPads at a time. + + + +{% include lightbox_itemset.html set="set1" %} + +### Impression + +- + +#### Delay + +Estimated delivery: Apr 2015; Actual delivery: Oct 2015. It wasn't so bad. + +### Price + +$59 at Kickstarter (Super Early Birds) + $15 shipping to Thailand + + +### Verdict + +-