EBAC DEHUMIDIFIER using the app!

How to use the APP with Ebac Dehumidifier...

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Are you struggling to get your Ebac 4850 21L dehumidifier connected to your phone? I try out the Smart Life app setup step-by-step for my Ebac dehumidifier: Finding the QR code, how to put the dehumidifier into pairing mode, and how to connect to Wi-Fi settings. But the real question is: can you control your Ebac Series 4000 dehumidifier when you're not even in the house? I take Casper for a walk to the park to see if I can change the Target Humidity, Laundry Mode, smart mode and fan speeds remotely. Hoping this will help if you're using your dehumidifier in a garage or conservatory, or remote building...

EBAC DEHUMIDIFIER using the app!



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I'm going to try and download the app now. In the quick start guide, there's a QR code uh which I've scanned. You can see my phone on screen now and it's taken me to Smart Life. So, I'm going to download that. I've already I've got it already. I downloaded SmartLife for an SOS button for my dad for a video that I've not made. So, I think I've got a login now. I'm really no good at apps, but what I have found out is if I click the plus button at the top right hand side here, then hit scan and then scan the QR code in the quick settings guide, the quick start guide. I can then hit add. It says power on the device after it has been powered off for 10 seconds. Okay, 10 seconds has passed. So, I'll turn the dehumidifier back on. I can see the there's like a little Wi-Fi logo on the top flashing. So, I'm going to press next. It says reset the device. Hold the reset button. I guess it's the power button. So, hold that for 5 seconds. 3 4 5. Confirm the indicator is blinking. Now, to put in my Wi-Fi password, connect your mobile phone to the devices hotspot. Oh, I'm getting all kinds of options. So, I'll hit add. Oh, it looks like it's being added. Oh, added successfully. Fantastic. Let's see how Oh my goodness. Look at this. You can see pretty much exactly what is on the top of the on the control panel. So, I could turn it off from here. Oh, that's nice. So, it's a bit fiddly to set this up and there's not much guidance. Hopefully, this video can show you how how I've stumbled upon it. So, if I hit the on button, I like this. You can see that it's got a temperature. I can see it's 17 degrees. That does not go down very well in the house with the family. So, that is my ideal dad temperature. Dehumidifiers operate more efficiently the higher the temperature is. So, this Yeah, that's my that's my preferred temperature while everyone's out. The humidity has fallen to 65%. And that's good because I've got all the washing right next to me here. You can change the different modes here. Did you hear that? I don't know if you heard the fan. That's laundry mode. Then it goes to smart mode and then target mode. Oh, you can change the target here. So, we change it to Let's change it to 45% and hit back. What's the edit? I can edit the name of the dehumidifier. I can turn the fan down. So, there's the fan button here. Let's turn that down. Oh, that's nice. If I hit the boost button,

don't know if you heard that, but boost button works. What I'd love to know is, can I use this outside the house? That's something that you've you've asked me in the comments. When an app is attached to a dehumidifier, can you, you know, turn it on? So, it' be great if this was in a garage or conservatory. I am now in the park giving Casper a well deserved walk. And I've set up a camera above the dehumidifier so you can see the the EBAC 4850 waiting for my command. I'm going to put my phone on screen now. So I'm recording this. I want to see if I can I can still control the dehumidifier even though I'm not in the house and not on the same Wi-Fi network. So I don't know if it if it works. So here we go. If I press the fan speed, it seems to be responding here. If I turn the machine off. Let's press the off button. There we go. Let's turn it on again. I mean, this looks like it works. I can see. Whoa. The temperature is 16°. I'm going to get some complaints uh when I get back. Let's change the mode. Let's put target mode. And I can set it to Let's set it to 35. And I'll press back. I don't know if I'll have to check the footage to see if this is actually working. I can put it into laundry mode. there. I don't know if that's worked. Let's turn the fan down. Let's put it back into target mode. Uh maybe I'll turn the fan down there. So, I've turned the fan down. This is amazing. So, in answer to the question, can you use the eBac app, the Wi-Fi control away from it remotely? Yes, you can. From what I'm doing, and I'm really really not very good with these smartphone apps, smart home apps. I don't get smart homes. I mean, this is great. This is a good feature. I can understand that if you have a garage, being able to control it remotely is great, but honestly, I just all these smart home things I could just Isn't it just easier to just press the button that is in front of you? I do not need to bring telephony into this. But if it's something that you need, then the then the app seems to work. You right there, Casper, should we go back and see the dehumidifier? I think I think he did a poo over here. Better check. I hope this video helps. If you are looking for a dehumidifier, you might like this playlist on screen now. It's all my dehumidifier videos. There'll be something there for everyone. Thank you for hitting the thumbs up or the subscribe button. It really helps me to keep this channel going. And right here are those videos YouTube knows you want to watch now.

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Ebac 4850 21L Dehumidifier: 360° Visual Tour and Design Review

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If you are considering the Ebac 4850 21L dehumidifier, here's my best video shots to give you a complete 360-degree look at the unit's design, from the unique teardrop front-fan to the hidden 3.5L water tank. I explain why the "no-top-fan" design is a game-changer for avoiding dust and spills, and show off the compact form factor that makes this 21L model surprisingly portable. For a full technical breakdown, including a wattage test and app tutorial, check out my unboxing review below!

Ebac 4850 21L Dehumidifier: 360° Visual Tour and Design Review



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This is the EBAC 4850 21L dehumidifier. I've seen a lot of dehumidifiers. I've made a lot of videos about dehumidifiers. This is the first time I've tried out an EBAC because you've told me in the comments that uh it might be worth taking a look at. EBAC very kindly sent me this unit. It's the most powerful in the 4000 series range. And I have a link down in the description to the dehumidifier, but I've also got a link to my unboxing review where I take a tour of the control panel. We try out the app and test how much power the unit uses. But when I make these videos, I shoot lots of footage from all kinds of different angles. And I thought that if you are looking for an ebac dehumidifier, you might appreciate just seeing this footage. I'll use this video to actually use it for clips in other videos about dehumidifiers and other units in the eBac range. But here is from all kinds of different angles, lots of shots of the 4850e 21L dehumidifier. It has a one button control. So on the control panel, it's very simple, very colourful. You can cycle through the different uh the different modes on there. So we have laundry mode, boost, uh a target humidity, and a smart mode. I use it I'm quite comfortable using it by just setting a target humidity and letting it run until it hits that humidity. You can probably see from the footage that the water collection tank is really easy to use. It's hidden. It stores 3.5L. So, the 21L doesn't refer to how much it it holds. It actually refers to how powerful the unit is. But, I quite like the jug that's uh hidden underneath the front flap.

I also like the fact that the fan is on the front with this kind of teardrop design. And I like the fact that the unit is curved as well. It's actually very easy on the eye. But most importantly, it doesn't have the fan outlet on the top lid. So, for me, that means I don't spill things into the dehumidifier or dust doesn't collect over time. Uh, so I like that it the fact that the top is nice and wiped clean and the clean, dry air blasts out the front of the unit. At the back, we have a filter. And I don't think you need to buy filters for this, unlike other dehumidifiers, which is a bit of a plus, for this design. I like the fact that it's just got a very simple uh filter to protect the fan and uh clean up some of the air as it passes through. When the unit is full of water, it shuts off automatically, so you don't have to worry about uh the thing flooding your hallway. And it has integrated carry handles. There's a built-in handle. Really easy to use. There's also a cable tidy so you can call the the lead up. There's a generous 2.1m power cable and uh a thing at the back so you can loop it up and not have your cable dangling all over the floor like I do in some of these shots. It also comes with casters which are an optional extra. I I like those. But I'm quite happy sitting this unit down. It's quite small. It's smaller than my 18L dehumidifier. So, I was quite impressed by the I hate the word form factor. The shape and size of it were very pleasing to me. And as you can see, you can sit it on a table quite happily. You can also control this dehumidifier with the eBac app. All the details of that are in my unboxing first impressions review video with the link down in the description. And if you want to see how much this costs, I'll put a couple of links down in the description so you can explore the eback dehumidifier range for yourself. I'll leave you now with some more shots from different angles. Afterwards, there's also a link to my full dehumidifier playlist where you can compare all kinds of brands and different sizes. to choose the right dehumidifier for your home and get rid of that condensation and mould.

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SMALL Meaco 6L Dehumidifier: 360° Visual Tour and Design Review

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Looking for a compact dehumidifier for a bedroom, student flat, or small apartment? In this video, I’m sharing my best video footage of the MeacoDry Arete One 6L. This is the smallest unit in the Meaco range, and I’ll give you a 360-degree tour of its simple, wipe-clean display, the HEPA filter system, and its impressive friendly shape. 

SMALL Meaco 6L Dehumidifier: 360° Visual Tour and Design Review



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This is the MeacoDry Dry Arete One 6L compact dehumidifier and air purifier. It is... it's really nice. It's really small and as you can see I've got it sat on my daughter's desk here or by the wall. It's I think the smallest dehumidifier that Meaco sell and it is a bit of a marvel. I'm used to really bigger, much bigger dehumidifiers, but this 6L model is ideal for maybe smaller flats or even student accommodation or student bedrooms. They prevent damp, mould, and condensation. I've been using a dehumidifier for about 3 years now, and it is completely changed our home. This room that you're seeing the footage of was absolutely covered in mould in all kinds of different corners behind the beds and furniture. And since I've had a dehumidifier, I've not had any mould problems come back. They've been really worth it for us. When I unbox a dehumidifier, I shoot lots of footage of it for the review, the unboxing, first impressions review. That video for this model, the 6L Arete One from Meaco is down in the description. But when I shoot all of this footage, I thought it would be nice if I just share it with you. So, this is just a video of this dehumidifier from lots and lots of different angles, so you can uh judge for yourself if this unit is right for your home. It has a built-in handle, and it has a really simple wipe clean display, which is really nice. It's really compact and when I plugged in a power meter, I worked out that the running costs at the moment at time of recording work out at about 3p per hour, which uh obviously nobody likes spending money, but for us, it was much better to have cleaner, drier air, which is cheaper to heat, and also use it for the laundry. So you can put this in a room and have your laundry out and not have to use the tumble dryer, which has been the biggest revelation for us with all dehumidifiers. But you can do that with this one. It's also an air purifier. So there's a filter at the back, like a coarse wire filter just to stop dusting into the fan. But it also comes with a HEPA filter which I believe I've been told cleans the air and removes dust, smaller dust particles and maybe even mould spores as well. They're not cheap to replace, but I've replaced mine recently and it really helps the efficiency of the dehumidifier and it's really nice just to have proper clean air as well, especially as I really don't want that mould to come back. The best thing with a dehumidifier any dehumidifier, but particularly this one, is that it stops condensation. And where the condensation happens, that's where the mold starts to grow. So, this bedroom that you're seeing it in, I've recorded humidity at levels of around 83%. And I don't know if you can see on the on the display, but it has managed to bring those humidity levels down to nearer 50 55%, which is much better to breathe, much better to prevent the mold. Anyway, if you want to find out more, have a look in the description. There's a link to my proper unboxing, first impressions review where I go through everything. I'll leave you with more footage of this unit alongside some of the other dehumidifiers. All the details are down in the description.

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Best Dehumidifier for Cold Rooms? Meaco DD8L 360° Visual Tour and Design Review

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Best Dehumidifier for Cold Rooms? Meaco DD8L 360° Visual Tour and Design Review

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If you need a dehumidifier for a garage, conservatory, or unheated room, the Meaco DD8L 8L desiccant model could be the one for you? I’m sharing video footage of a complete look at its unique features, including the automatic motorized flap for drying laundry and the sleek, wipe-clean touch control panel. Desiccant technology makes this unit lighter and more efficient in cold temperatures than standard compressor models.

Best Dehumidifier for Cold Rooms? Meaco DD8L 360° Visual Tour and Design Review



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This is the Meaco DD8L 8L desiccant dehumidifier. And I've unboxed this unit, this dehumidifier in another video. There's a link to my full first impressions unboxing review. There's also links to this particular dehumidifier if you want to see how much it is at the moment. But if you're looking into dehumidifiers when I shoot these videos, I end up having a whole load of footage of the dehumidifier shot from all kinds of different angles. So, I thought if you're interested in the DD8L, maybe you'd like to see some of that footage and use it to judge whether or not this is a dehumidifier for your home. The full review is on that link down in the description. What I love about this particular dehumidifier, and why this one's different for me, is that it's a desiccant dehumidifier. So that you can use this in colder environments. It runs more efficiently in colder rooms. Dehumidifiers work by extracting water out of the air, and that means you get less condensation and less mould. It also means that the air is drier, which makes it less dense and easy to heat. But the problem with a dehumidifier is that it does work better the warmer the room is. This dehumidifier, however, works slightly differently. It has a desiccant inside and that's what draws the water out of the air, which means that it can do it more efficiently. So, if you've got something like a conservatory or a garage, you might want to go for something like this desiccant dehumidifier. A couple of things set this unit apart from the compressor dehumidifiers. You've probably noticed there's a flap at the front which can go up and down to direct the air and that's quite useful if you've got some laundry. It's nice to have the air kind of whooshed around in different directions or you can just press a button and have it stay open. It's your choice. It has a really sleek control panel. It has it's almost like a touch screen because it's flat. It's completely wipe clean which is nice. There's also a coarse filter at the back. So, there's a flap at the back which has a grill on it and that protects the fan from dust building up over time. But the other thing I like about this dehumidifier is that it's got a handle built into the back so you don't have an annoying thing to to pull up. You can just grab it. It's also, I found, for its size, much lighter than my other dehumidifiers. It turns off when it's full so you won't flood your your garage or your conservatory if it does actually fill up. And there's also a connection so you can connect a pipe and just leave the thing running. You can also use this remotely. I think you can use this with the Meaco app. It's really easy to empty the the built-in water tank. It's very discreet. You just pull it out as and when. There's even a little window on the side so you can see how full the water level is. This unit along with the other Meaco dehumidifiers has been designed to draw in air from the sides. So Meaco say that you can push this up against the wall and still have it work properly. The touchscreen display allows you to set the target humidity and it has uh laundry mode as well. So if you're drying some laundry, it can run at high speed and high power. I'll leave you with the the footage and the pictures to help you decide whether or not this might be the way to go if you're looking into dehumidifiers. Once again, the links to my full review are down in the description and also there are links for places where you can buy this.

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Why 4 mins counts on my FAVOURITE day of the year

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Why 4 mins counts on my FAVOURITE day of the year

Do you struggle to stay on schedule when the clocks go forward? I am sharing my secret "Dad Savings Time" strategy to make sure my family is never late again. I walk you through the ritual of changing every clock in the house.

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It is 11:00 uh on a on a Sunday morning and uh I've got to go and pick up my son from his girlfriend's because he's walking the neighbour's dog. That's good because Casper gets on with her really well and um it's a special day today. Uh it's the day that the clocks go forward.

Usually it's my favourite time of year. Uh, I just I love it. I love the weather. I love the sense of anticipation. The time from now, the time from now to about June, I think it's... it's... it's I just come alive. This is spring. It's like sunshine's finally here. But walking Casper in the dark at 4:00 is is is never fun. So, this is really good. that finally we can do some sunshine evening walks and ah it's the greatest feeling. I've always been like this. I've got a feeling it's linked to my sleep apnoea because this time of year is the apparently is the time when your vitamin D levels are at the lowest which is why everyone goes sick to the doctor in uh it apparently it's March April and you'd think it'll be like in deep winter but it's because they reckon not many people talk about this it's when our vitamin D levels in our bodies are at their absolute lowest because we haven't had any sunshine. And maybe we've made that worse by being indoors, you know, as a society lifestyle. Or maybe it's just that I'm a spring person. I just absolutely Oh, it's the best. I don't mind doing these short trips because I know that it's basically I feel like this is all the time I've got with him until he gets a car. So, I really don't mind being dad's taxi. Hey, how you doing? Good. Do you mind if I film this for the vlog? Yeah. Oh, okay. Cool. Um, I'm filming it because why? You know what today is, right? Sunday. Um, you able to grab the camera and just it's it's rolling. Just get Casper. Should I open it? I hope you

This is the first clock we're going to do in the hallway. I love this one. Fake sort of 1920s look. This is how I change the clocks, though. The time is 1:43. So, I'm going to set this for 146. I never know whether to do three, four, or 5 minutes ahead. I... I'll split the difference. I'm an ADHD dad. So, this is my workaround for us not being late for everything.

It's like daylight savings time, but it's it's like dad savings time. GMT plus three minutes or four minutes depending on how I feel when I'm setting it. This is our vision board which we hate. Uh should we take down the vision board today? Yeah. Has anything happened from it? Nothing from our vision board has happened and this has been what it's long enough for there to be quite a lot of dust on top of this. Maybe the vision was to to attract dust. We'll have to rethink this. Should I just take it down? Yeah. Okay. This is big. I... I just thought we'd be changing the clocks in this video, but we're going to be destroying dreams. Oh, I really didn't think we'd be taking this down. My god. So, it's 1:47. That means this should be 1:53. There we go. And I'm going to put the vision board back up cuz I can't face having to clean behind it. Onto the favourite now because this is why I started this channel. I put a video up on a completely different channel for how to change the clock on an oven and it did really well. Like it still gets really stupid amounts of views and I link from that to this channel. So if you have joined this channel from that video, uh, thank you. It's 13:49. So that means I'll change this to 13:53. Into the hut and I'll set this clock for I think 13:57. My wife's dad used to change the clocks in in her house. Wasn't our house. That would have been weird. Um, but he used to do it apparently by calling Tim. And back in those days, the only place we could get the right time was by calling a phone number. Probably still works. I haven't thought of trying it. I bet it's a premium rate thing now. So, you'd call this number and you'd get this exact time over the phone and you'd use that to set the clocks around the house. So, I sort of do that, but I deliberately offset it by our family tardiness. I can't cheat with this one. I got a fancy clock from Little and this is radio controlled and there was famously a a big issue with the clocks in Lidl because they they sold all these clocks that were radio controlled, but they were they were from Germany, so they showed very accurate German time. I'm not sure pushing the clocks forward by an hour is um is a good thing. Four minutes is enough. Can I change the clock? I'm making a video about changing the clocks. People know how to change clocks. Dad, 

have you got...

I don't have any clocks. 

Uh I'll do the ones in the bedroom then. So, we've got this great clock here. Uh bedside clock. It's brilliant. It's a flip clock. So, it says on and off. And when you want it to be on, you make sure that the on is up. And then it shows the uh the alarm time there. When you want to stop the alarm or not have it on, you just turn it upside down. Isn't that cool? I'll put a link to it down in the description, but I don't think you can get these anymore. So, it's 14:02. I think I'll make this 14:06. And it's the start of the Easter holidays, so we don't need any of that. Oh, this is my favourite time of year. It's my favourite day of the year. This is a crucial one. The central heating clock. Traditionally, this should be the day where the central heating goes off until October, but it's uh it's a bit cold at the moment. Oh, it's got it's got it it automatically does it. So, there's this really good uh feature where it automatically changes it for you to save you time. And I've just undone that time saving. Finally, the car. We've got a really big problem with our display because it sounds like it's exploding. We think there's like a dodgy connection

[SOUNDS OF SPEAKERS] 

with the speakers and it... it it sounds like people are throwing bricks at the windows. It's really bad. I don't know why it's not stopping now.

Oh, here we go. Clock. Oh, that's really simple. There's a whole button here marked clock that I didn't see. So this is 14:08. We usually get late for football on a Saturday. So if I make this I don't know 1411...

To make this day my favourite day of the year even more special. There's just one more trip that I've got to make.

Hello. Hello. Hi, honey. Hi Lou.

What's up?

So, your friend went to McDonald's and got He got medium fries, a medium massive Big Mac, a medium zero Coke, one McFlurry, and one "no thanks". 

A no thanks.

One no thanks.

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4 minutes of Spaniels playing...

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4 minutes of Spaniels playing...

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Here's 4 minutes of dog playing between a Cocker Spaniel and a Spaniel Golden Retriever...

4 minutes of Spaniels playing...



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Here are 2 dogs, a spaniel and a cockerspaniel playing for 4 minutes.

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CANCEL AMAZON PRIME with just your phone

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CANCEL AMAZON PRIME with just your phone

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Are you tired of paying for Amazon Prime but don't know how to cancel membership? 

I am showing you exactly how to end your subscription using just your phone, and I walk you through the real steps to quit Prime video for good.

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CANCEL AMAZON PRIME with just your phone



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You want to cancel Amazon Prime. I do too. So, let's do this together. We can do this on the Amazon app on a desktop, but the easiest way is to do this on the phone. This is the Amazon website. And obviously, make sure that you're logged in. Along the top here, there's this bar. And if we scroll across, look for the heading that says Prime. Here we have lots of advertising, marketing, propaganda for how brilliant Prime is. We don't need that. Let's scroll back up to the top and click on this arrow here. And that brings up this pull down menu. We're going to look for manage my membership. When we click on this option, there's yet even more marketing, advertising, propaganda. We don't need any of this. We need to click again on this option here, manage membership. And again, we have yet more stuff on this page. We don't need any of this. We need to again click on manage membership. Now this is where it gets interesting. We have two options down the bottom here. One is pause membership. I have no idea why I would pause my membership if I want to end it. I can't see what the benefit is of pausing it, but it's giving us that option before end membership. So, I'm going to click on end membership. Now, here it's uh starting to sound a bit like begging, but we've got even more information on what we get for our benefits. And if I click on see all benefits, it takes us back to that first page. We don't want that. So, let's go back. And we have to scroll all the way to the bottom to get to these three options here. Remind me later because you don't want to do it now. See more plans or continue to cancel. So, let's continue to cancel. Now, I've lost count of the number of menu screens we've gone through, but we still have three more options here. Remind me later. Keep membership or end the Prime membership. I'm getting sick of the adverts on Amazon Prime shows that I hardly ever watch and I'm buying a lot of stuff on Amazon because I have free postage. If I didn't have Amazon Prime, I probably wouldn't buy the stuff. So, I'm going to go ahead and end the membership. So, I'm going to click on the the bottom option here. Here we have another page telling me when the membership will end. There's an option to continue my membership. So, I'm not going to do that. I am calling this a dad delivers success. Congratulations. You've canceled your Amazon Prime membership. Say hi below in the comments if you managed to do this successfully. And right here is what YouTube knows you want to be watching next. Can you please help my daddy get 10,000 subscribers? Just click on his face. Thanks. Bye. Alright. This is going to be the proper one.


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The Real Cost Using a Flymo Mower

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The Real Cost Using a Flymo Mower

Have you ever wondered exactly how much electricity your garden power tools are pulling from the mains? I am putting a standard Flymo hover mower to the test on a 20m by 7m lawn to find out the precise cost of cutting the grass. Using a plug-in energy monitor, I track the kilowatt-hours in real time to see if the final bill is as bad as we might think.

If you are trying to budget your household energy use or just looking for a bit of motivation to tackle your own overgrown lawn, you need to see the final scores on the doors.

The Real Cost Using a Flymo Mower



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Hello. Ever wondered how much power one of these takes? It's an electric mower. It's a really standard Flymo hover mower. But how much does it cost to run? I'm going to test this out on our garden behind me. It's 20m by about oh, I don't know, 7m. But how much does it cost to use one of these? Uh, obviously your circumstances will be different, your grass length will be different, but I just wanted to get a rough ballpark figure of how much power, how much energy this costs to run. And I've got all kinds of hazards in the garden. There's uh where our washing line is. I've put this cane on because every time we take the washing line up, we always forget where the the crucial hole is in the middle of the garden. I've also got all kinds of Casper's toys scattered amongst the grass. So, we've got some tennis balls, which are the absolute worst because they get trapped between the blade and the the mower motor. I've also got probably some presents from Casper where we've not taken him out and he's just done his business, done his thing. We also have this lovely apple tree and pear tree and they are starting to drop. It's not fully It's at the end of August, but the apples are starting to fall off the tree, and these don't go very well with the blade either. I've got some edging to do as well, but I'll probably do that after I've mowed the lawn. This is uh I guess this is the mow with me video I've always wanted to make. And I don't know if you can see the the length of the grass. I'm trying to show it as best as possible on screen, but I've managed to get away with only mowing the lawn twice this summer. Um, I... I could say that I'm doing it for biodiversity, you know, to help the insects and birds, but uh I can't get away with it for much longer. I do actually need to mow the lawn, especially up by the... the Hut cuz uh it's getting really long up there. I really don't want Casper squatting between the blades and scooting on this for much longer. He he also keeps getting grass seed in his hair, his hair? His fur. That's what dogs have. If you're a dog owner, obviously you know that is really not good. Some dogs have even had grass seed growing in their ears. So, we're now balancing the cost of energy on the Flymo mower with the cost of a vet bill. The way I'm going to be measuring the the energy use, the electricity use is with this plug here. I can hit the button and it cycles through the watts, the kilowatt hours. That is what we're charged for. And over here, we're on I worked it out from our latest build. It's 23p per kilowatt hour. So that will give us a total obviously not including the uh standing charge which seems to have doubled in the last year. But just for the electricity alone uh so it's zero at the moment thanks to my zero gardening. I am starting off in the near corner of the garden partly to be near the camera and partly because I can't face tackling the rest of the 20m ahead of me. Uh it's also shaded as well. So, I don't want to get sunburnt or heat stroked. Yeah, this is a really nice start in the corner of the garden. And it's also where the grass is the shortest for some reason. I don't know why. The hardest part here, I should really leave this to the trimmer, but I'm mowing over the stepping stones that my wife very, very kindly put down. It's beautiful path up to the happy hut. Even though the blade does hover over the stones really nicely, sometimes it just hits the wrong angle and the blade hits the edge of the stepping stones. I'm just going to stay in this corner, but I think the suspense is building up now. I really want to know how much this is costing before I tackle the rest of the garden. Let's take a look at the other power that took. Let's see. Okay, 0.074 kilowatt hours. Okay, we're well on our way. Have we racked up any money? 1p. So, as I say, your circumstances may be different. Your mower might be different. I'm out of breath. Just from this small corner of the garden, that cost me 1p according to my calculations, which might not be the best, but I've got a very good feeling about this because yeah, this could be under a pound. Now, it's time to tackle the slightly longer grass around the monkey bars. It's the monkey bars which uh it's one of the first videos I made on this channel putting up these monkey bars. It must have been oh like 5 years ago. Uh but I... I didn't bother cutting this part of the lawn last time which was a few months ago. This is the longest grass. It's also probably in the sunniest part of the garden. And maybe that's why these grass stems have lots and lots of seed on them. And that seed is just flying up into my face as I'm mowing around the monkey bars. I keep telling myself that the more mowing that I do here means the less trimming or strimming around the monkey bars or the edge of the trampoline and edge of the garden. So that's a good morale booster just to keep me going with trying to throw this flymo over as many square meters of grass as possible. And come have a look. Let's see what it looks like now. I think that looks much better. Uh, I've left that patch there because this is this is Casper's massive hole. Look at that. He every time we fill it in, he just I mean, you can stand up in it. It's an absolute trench. Uh, so I used the strimmer for around there. But most importantly, most tantalizingly, how much power did that take? So, let's have a look now. 186 W. So, that means it is done 4p. So that section by the monkey bar cost us an extra 3p. Tackling now the area that is that always grows the longest in a tuft. The area around where the laundry washing stick, what do you call it? Washing line. Rotary washing dryer stands. We've got the cane showing me where the hole is because oh my goodness, we've lost this hole so many times. We've got the cane today. I'm going to take the cane out and just push forward. See if I can get a few more meters in. I'm actually against the clock now because we're due we're supposed to go go-karting. We booked some go-karts at 3:00. I think we need to be there extra early for all the safety briefings. So, I think this might be the last section that we do for now. And what can I tell you? I so don't want to do the mowing right now that we've just taken off for a few hours down to team sports carting in Gossports. Oh my goodness. This is fantastic. Uh, these are electric go-karts. I think I might release this as a as another video. So, I've gone from riding lawnmowers. I think I can now go back to pushing the lawn mower. Wish I could sit on it. Anyway, better better finish the lawn now. The total so far is just 5p. So, 5p for pretty much half the garden. Definitely a third of the garden. And the bit I need to do now is this stretch here. Let's start the the mower up. The problem with this section of the garden is because it's between two trees. It is really dusty and there are lots of sticks here. Lots of little sticks that get caught up by the Flymo blade. It copes with it, but it's just not pleasant cuz you got these sticks that just fly around and the dust that it kicks up. But I think this is the second worst part of the garden for grass seed for Casper's fur. So, if I can just take this down, I won't have to do it again this year, probably. So, we'll look at the scores on the doors or the energy on the the meter. That was one penny to do everything you just saw. So, we're up to 6p's worth of energy. Next, I'm out of breath. I think it's from holding the hover up um from trying to, you know, avoid hitting the the sticks and the dirt. And I can see I've missed all kinds of patches, but generally I've got it down. Now, we're on to this section. uh the section around the hut. I am really glad my son is doing this section of the garden because this is I think probably the most challenging. I really need a break. So this timing could not be better. The other bad thing is as well as all the other challenges of the sticks and the balls is that Casper likes to dig holes. So we've got trenches, hidden trenches in here that you can fall down and that you have to get the mower over and not have the mower fall down it. And my son is doing a brilliant job of taking down all the nettles that have uh that have grown. I think as well as a trimmer, I need to get my weed whacker to pull them out by the roots. But I've not found gloves yet to cope with the nettles that it manages to get in any pair of gloves that I've bought. Uh so I'll leave that job until the winter, I think. Uh anyway, he's making mincemeat out of all this grass, which is I'm just so thankful that he can he can do this. I really needed the break right now. Yeah. So, so it's gone from 6p to 10p. So, we're now up to 10p and we're in the final section. So, all that's left now is just the corner, the tree corner, which is covered in apples and balls and sticks. Great. Yes, I've done it. I've done it. I'm finished. Let's find the final total. take you over to the power adapter. I'll put a link, by the way, I'll put a link to this energy monitor down in the description where you could uh get one on Amazon. So, the grand total is 13. 13p to do all of this. Wow. Most of it, as much as I could bear for 13, honestly, I thought it would cost a lot more than that. And maybe it's a sign of my particular mower not being that powerful. It might encourage me even to do this more often. No, I'm calling this a Dad Delivers success. What do you think? Are you putting off doing your garden? 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Our Search for the Perfect Induction Hob - 30 OPTIONS!

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Our Search for the Perfect Induction Hob - 30 OPTIONS!

30 electric induction hobs visual reviews, with me just pointing a camera at them in John Lewis, Oxford Street London. Looking for a new electric induction hob? Browse an entire department store's worth in this one video! Includes brands: Smeg, Siemens, Bosch, Neff, AEG, Miele and Samsung.

After 5 years, our IKEA BLIXTSNABB induction hob finally gave up (literally revealing its electronics). Whether you’re looking for minimalist touch controls, a matte finish, or even hobs with physical knobs, I’ve got it covered!

Our Search for the Perfect Induction Hob - 30 OPTIONS!



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Are you looking for a new induction hob for your kitchen? So are we. Have a look at this. This is our IKEA BLIXTSNABB induction hob. And yeah, we've revealed a bit of the electronics here when a member of the family had enough of it. We've had this for about 5 years and we've Oh, I I think we've had a bit of a hate hate relationship with it. So, it's awful that this has happened, but actually it's probably time to get a new one. Anyway, I went to John Lewis in Oxford Street in London to look at 30 induction hobs. I'm going to show you everything I saw. This is for looks only with these induction hobs because I'm shallow and also because none of them are plugged in. Here's an induction hog. This is the Smeg. Oh my goodness. SIM3964D

1,600 quid.

Looks nice. Very minimalist control.

And this is I don't know what this is. The Siemens. Looks good. I don't know what this is. This the Siemens one again. Minimalist controls. Then we have the Bosch PIE631BB5E 60 cm induction hob. Oh, I like that one. Nice big obvious rings.

And I guess you select the ring there. And then there's the up and down button there. This one is £499.

This looks kind of solid. I think Bosch and Neff are the same thing, aren't they? It's the same company. They got the same address, I think. And this is a Bosch PIX631HC1E for £700. So, we got two big rings there. And we've got a multi-use area here. And that's what the controls look like. Oh, hob shopping. How many people will see this? Oh, right. So, these are Right. So, these are the value ones. So, we got a Bosch series 2 PKE61RAA8B 60 cm one. It looks exactly the same as the £500 one, but it's £244 and we've got four rings. Simple controls there. It's a Bosch.

I think our one might be a bit wider. I think our one is this... is that shape. There's another 60 cm here. Oh, with knobs. Oh my god, it'll be so good to have knobs. This is 233 pounds. There's a warming button. Oh, I love the knobs.

Okay, moving on. This is the Bosch series 6 PIV831HB1E. Yeah, this is the size we need. Simple

controls. This one is £900.

And then the Bosch PXV... Oh, I should show you the the signage, shouldn't it? So, that was that one. This is the Bosch PXV831HC1E 

three pot areas, and a multi-function area with simple controls.

So, what size is this one?

I can't tell.

I think these are gas hobs.

Where's one here? So, this is the Bosch PUG61RAA5B hob for £285

with the minimalist control. Look at that scratch. That's just being on display. That's how it'll end up in our place.

It looks like only one has one ring has the boost. Maybe that's the cost. And then £359

for this Bosch. Doesn't say what model it is. There's the controls. I think that's too short for us. That looks like a 60 cm one, but there's no labels. There's an AEG one. Again, no label.

Think there's a gas. Oh, right. So, this is AEG. This is £750. TK85IM00FB.

That looks like the size of ours. Does it say 78 cm?

Doesn't say the width. So, I'll show you the label again. It's a bit faded. Oh, yeah. Width is 78 cm. Wow. Some of them look bigger even though they're standard 78 cm size.

And then this is the AEG IKX64301CB.

That one is 279. I don't think it's 78 wide though.

And I love this one. It's nice and matte matte finish. It's too short for us. This is £459.

The John Lewis code is 890611.

And then underneath,

oh, I love this. I really like this. I like that it's matte black. I wonder if it scratches less. These are the controls. And this is John Lewis number show you 890504

I think for £769.

Really like that one. Bridge zone SaphirMatt.

So onto the next wall of hobs. This is the Neff T66NUX4A0 and it's got a... a matte finish. I like that. Looks really good. Very minimalist control and it just looks like it's all uh multizone.

So this is the Neff N70 T66FHX4L0. It's a 60 cm width one, £700. Just lots of multi-zone areas and a weird control there. That chip. That's how easy it chips. That's why I want this kind of thing. I don't know if it's more expensive. And then did I do the one underneath? Can't remember. No. So this is the Neff T56FHS1L0 £550 multi-zone area two pot area. These are 60 cm ones. Two pot multi-area.

It's that one. T66FHE4L0. The other one is that one.

Sorry about the wobbly, shaky footage. It's the best I can do. Right now, we're on to the Oh my god, this looks really wide for me. The width. Let's have a look here. It's a Neff T69. Hasn't got width. This looks way wider than 78 cm.

That's £1150. The next one's £900. That looks like a 78cm. Oh, this width is 80cm. So, we've got a bit of extra. I wonder if it fits a 78 hole. We've got three pots. Control multi-function area. That is this one here.

The next one. This is for a grand, the Neff N90. I mean, it just looks identical.

That's that one. And then this one, the Neff T58. Oh, it doesn't open. Don't want to break it. Looks identical.

£920 for a Miele

Four hot areas. That looks like a bit of a dead area. Maybe put things for cooling there. Nice simple controls. That's this one. The KM7373.

These are two I think they're 60 cm ones. Yeah, this is the Miele KM7361FL for £850 four pots areas like before. And this one, KM7464. This is for £1,500. It looks identical, but it's got a chrome edge to it. So, I suppose that protects it, which might be worth a bit of extra money. Two pots, one multi-area, but I think this one is 60cm wide. Okay, two more drawers around the corner here. We've got the John Lewis JLBIIH806. This is for £480 reduced.

This looks okay. Uh so John Lewis branded. Um lots of pot areas. Got one, two, three, four, five pot areas and five separate controls in the John Lewis font there. I don't know if that's coming across on camera there. It's shiny surface. Bit difficult to to do. That looks like a contender. I don't know who makes them though. this. There's always a problem when John Lewis stuff goes wrong cuz it's not made by them and then they have to refer you to someone else which is a pain in the hole. Then we got this John Lewis one just a different width with four pot areas and Samsung. Wow. Samsung product. It's a 60cm one. So that's the John Lewis one there. Pause the video. We got the Samsung NZ64 hob there

and it's got the Smart Things thing on it. I don't... I hate smart things. I just want to press a button and it works. And then I think these are gas hobs. Let's have a look. Yeah, they're gas. Oh, happy days. I remember. Then that's a invisible one there.

So that's it. Those are the the hob options in John Lewis right now. Oh man, I haven't seen one that's leapt out.

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Our Log Cabin Failed... THEN We Found The FIX!

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Our Log Cabin Failed... THEN We Found The FIX!

What happens when your DIY garden cabin project completely collapses with warped wood and extreme heat? My son and I tried to build the BillyOH Winchester cabin from Garden Buildings Direct to give him a teenager workspace, but twisted timber and rubbish floorboards left us with a structure that would not hold together.

After getting nowhere with customer support, we called in a local builder to save the project. I show how he fashioned a solid timber frame to fix the alignment so windows can finally fit, taking us one step closer to clearing the computers off our kitchen table... Here are some tips if you want a wooden garden office, pod or workshop.

Our Log Cabin Failed... THEN We Found The FIX!



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Just before I put the camera on, there was this clang - crash!

It happens... right, let's go back to the timelapse. Man.

So, end of day three and didn't think we'd get this far, but we got the window frames up. The we're on to some of the warped boards and they they were really bad. Um, this one is down in that end and just up in the air here because this one is so warped, but it's looking good. We're supposed to have done the floorboards, but because we don't have the technical details, uh, I haven't put those in yet. And actually, it's a lot easier putting the ladder on without wibbly wobbly floorboards.

It's the final rafter to go before the roof.

So, I'm showing this to my son for the first time. This is insane. Look at this.

This looks a lot better than whatever... we did. We did. Oh my god. He's like... "Oh wow." And the the window fits in here. Yeah. Yeah. Isn't that amazing? This... when we put the one on the back. Yeah. Yeah. So, that was the roof. It was really... Oh my goodness. So, when I started this vlog, it was to try and capture things around the house. Observations as a dad. This is the start of a series of vlogs. I don't know how long I'm going to keep this going, but I'm going to try and capture something every day. And today I'm capturing this which a builder has built. It's... It looks like a tiny house. It's amazing. And all of it is to fix something that didn't work out so well. Look. So, we tried building this. It's from uh... it's called the BillyOH Winchester cabin. And it's... Yeah, it's meant to look like this. And in reality, it looks like this. Except it didn't look like this. We did, Joe and I, managed to get it all the way up to the roof. and we built the roof. We even got the flooring down. We just needed to get it to a point where someone who knew what they were doing could finish it off. And unfortunately, I think because of the materials, uh, it didn't work out because the walls that were straight when we put them up, but in the extreme heat, the walls have kind of now look like this. Let me go closer. The walls now look like this, and they just weren't holding at all. So, we couldn't get a window in. And I think it's peculiar to this this size of cabin because if you have a bigger cabin, you can have bigger walls here that hold the window. But all we had was just like a pile of pile of bits of these put on top of each other. They just didn't they didn't fit at all. We've paid for this with uh money from my dad who uh left us last year. So, we thought, you know, we treat treat ourselves and give my son somewhere to put his PCs, but this has been going on since uh since June. This has been going on for about two 2 and 1/2 months. The wood was twisted at the beginning. I'm not that fussy. It's okay. I know that wood is a natural product, but this stuff had like knots and big holes in it. the the floorboards weren't floor, they were holes and they didn't lock into each other. So, I tried contacting the company. Again, this isn't a grievance-based attention farming video. Uh, it's just our journey that I contacted the company and said, "Look, can you help us out?" Because these floorboards, they're really not. And they just sent back usual icy shrug of indifference. So, Garden Buildings Direct thought that these boards were good enough. I'd beg to differ because if you've got floorboards on the floor and you got big holes in, you're going to see underneath the shack and there's water under there possibly. Uh I just need proper floorboards and they they refused and I know I'm not experienced at this but it's been very disappointing. The BillyOH Winchester I... I wouldn't recommend it. So anyway, so now I called a local builder who couldn't believe how they were supposed to go together. So this afternoon he's fashioned this. It's like an Amish building, isn't it? It's like an Amish barn that we're going to raise. And it's also um I don't know. It's like one of those things from the the Black and White movies where I stand there and the whole thing can fall.

I'm so excited about this because it's a proper frame now that the that the window will fit. We we didn't have that with the BillyOH Winchester from Garden Buildings Direct. Yeah. So, this is this is what it should look like. And this is what it shouldn't look like. So, hopefully we'll have a place to put all of this.

One or two computers. We've not seen the kitchen table since November. It's about uh 10 months ago. We are days away from getting our kitchen table. All of that is to get the kitchen table. Can't wait. Casper, what do you think?

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How a Movie Set Builder SAVED Our Log Cabin Disaster

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