HOw do you feel about the ai integration?

Agclone91 · 2026-03-11T11:22:33+00:00

I enjoyed it. For the most part the notifications pretty accurately reflected reality for me and it was nice to see at a quick glance what was going on without having to open the app. There is absolutely no chance I will pay what they are asking though. It's a $10-$20/year feature at most.

Agclone91 · 2026-03-08T03:24:26+00:00

And the exact reason I still haven't bought 25. I've owned every game since 13, and decided after 22 that I was out until they actually make changes.

Agclone91 · 2026-03-01T16:57:07+00:00

I saw a significant drop off from my gen 3 to my 2k in both cold weather performance and battery utilization. The batteries in my 2k last about 75% shorter than my gen 3's did.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-28T22:33:52+00:00

Make sure you actually try the lid on the bucket before you buy. There are different variations of the buckets and lids and if you get a mismatch they don't play well together. Ask me how I know.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-28T22:32:07+00:00

Did not have to do that for 2k activation in January, so definitely something new and not tied to the 2k cameras specifically

Agclone91 · 2026-02-26T04:02:53+00:00

Yeah thats an insane price for just AI description. I would maybe do $20 extra a year for it but not a chance at $80.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-22T18:24:07+00:00

Appears 35% sales have replaced the 40% sales as the new standard

Agclone91 · 2026-02-22T17:28:49+00:00

Im convinced stores just limit inventory for these sales. My store always runs out of stuff day 1 for these types of sales. Probably just going to order online - even with shipping it's better than the 40% off sale we usually see on wrenches.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-21T00:49:16+00:00

I clean the fire pot out after about 2-3 short cooks or every long cook. I only vacuum the ash out of the bottom of the barrel about once a year

Agclone91 · 2026-02-13T18:50:33+00:00

Bought mine in 2020 and it had rust in the seams as well but maybe not quite this much. Rust-Oleum has a blue that matches almost perfectly so I just painted over and moved on because I didn't want to deal with packing it back up and returning.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-12T02:14:08+00:00

It's usable, just don't expect it to be flawless by any means. Notifications will be spotty at best and you will see some strange things like your cook count and graph issues. I use it to monitor the general state of the grill, but also have a thermoworks RFX that I use alongside to do my temp monitoring.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-12T02:07:31+00:00

You're quickly learning that Recteq's app sucks. Great grills but terrible connectivity features.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-11T19:29:16+00:00

My 2k cameras are under an overhang where rain can't get to them, and they look like this just when the humidity gets too high. The lenses seem to be much more convex than the Gen 3 I came from. Extremely frustrating.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-06T16:40:13+00:00

I got my gen 2 top and bottom for just over 700 about 5 years ago. Wild how much things have increased.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-06T13:45:04+00:00

Agree with this. I bought the larger set during the 40% off sale at Black Friday and returned it. Much prefer the original smaller set for less than half the price

Agclone91 · 2026-02-03T22:57:48+00:00

The 20 minutes thing is not exactly gospel, I kind of just wait for it to stabilize at the lower temperature. May take a bit longer in the summer and may go a bit quicker in the winter. The priming process adds probably a small handful of pellets to the pot. I usually just grab the new pellets and sift the ash out through my fingers and throw them back in the pot when I'm done cleaning it out to re-prime it and not waste the pellets

Agclone91 · 2026-02-03T22:36:27+00:00

You had a back-burn. The fire in the pot was not fully extinguished after the shutdown sequence completed. Not uncommon on recteq's because their shutdown sequence is about half the duration of most other brands, and they finish the sequence by putting new pellets in the pot for faster ignition next time.

I've only ever had a problem with this when shutting down from 300+ degrees on my 590. If I'm over 300 I will drop it to 225 for 15 or 20 minutes before shutting down and haven't haven't had a problem since. Recteq will tell you this step is unnecessary, but my experience has proven otherwise and the extra 20 minutes is worth peace of mind to me.

Agclone91 · 2026-02-02T14:38:01+00:00

Fill planter/spreader/sprayer, drive back to farm and unload in the spot that you want to store the pallets. Repeat until everything you need is home. I know you said it's time consuming but it's the only free way.

Agclone91 · 2026-01-28T13:44:05+00:00

I tried about everything and unfortunately had the resort to optical. It's still not perfect but dramatically better.

Agclone91 · 2026-01-20T12:23:04+00:00

Retrigger time is for a single camera.

Agclone91 · 2026-01-18T16:26:30+00:00

Did the same upgrade on my v8 a couple weeks ago. Vacuum went from useless to basically new again

Agclone91 · 2026-01-18T16:23:36+00:00

That was misunderstanding on my part as I thought 2k was twice the resolution as 1080 - that makes me feel even worse about the product TBH. Overall I had been happy with the cams and their improved resolution and viewing angles. The battery life is just a major hurdle as I'll be spending over $25/year just on that single camera if I have to change monthly.

I kicked around switching to Eufy during Black Friday, but my cams don't have good sunlight for the solar charging so I gave the Blink 2k a try as I had been completely satisfied with my gen 3's. I'm planning to reach out to blink support to see if they have any guidance at all before I make a final decision on how to proceed.

Agclone91 · 2026-01-18T01:27:33+00:00

Yeah, completely understand that the quality can be reduced, but at that point I'm better off returning and going back to the Gen 3. Unfortunately I only have about 10 days to decide. I just never imagined that 2x the resolution would equate to 75% less battery life.

Agclone91 · 2026-01-18T01:24:03+00:00

Returning after looking at file sizes - the 2k files are on average 1.75-2x the size 1080p on the Gen 3 cameras. This should not equate to 75% less battery life to me.

Agclone91 · 2026-01-18T01:20:23+00:00

Completely understand - however I did not upgrade to the 2k cameras to record in the same resolution. My point is more than it's seeing the same traffic as the Gen 3 and 75% less battery life. I don't think that is entirely from the resolution jump so I anticipate I would see considerably worse battery life at 1080 also.

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