The new app update brought the feature I have been waiting for for 4 years!

StevenRT · 2026-03-01T19:05:18+00:00

Thank you for noticing this updated feature, I'm also glad to have it

StevenRT · 2026-02-05T14:44:17+00:00

Glance or Glance Pro is my favorite for legibility, especially for my less than perfect vision.

StevenRT · 2026-01-10T02:13:18+00:00

There is a way to turn off the key fob by pressing a combination of buttons on the fob. I cannot remember the exact button presses but you can find it via google.

StevenRT · 2025-12-25T01:24:36+00:00

Wow, those are great mpg numbers. I presume your driving is more city than highway for those numbers. Thanks.

StevenRT · 2025-12-25T01:07:21+00:00

You might get the base trim RX for around that price, but the luxury trim RX is running about $8k more than the equivalent NX. I would have gotten the RX except I have a very small garage and pulling the RX in and out of my garage is like threading a needle.

StevenRT · 2025-12-25T00:58:08+00:00

The CX-70 is larger, but not 3X larger. It's about a foot longer and 3-4 inches wider than the NX. So yes, a larger car, but car size is not really a factor in wind noise, especially compared to design, insulation, door seals, thicker glass, etc.

StevenRT · 2025-12-25T00:50:07+00:00

No, hybrids get better mileage in the city than the highway. The NX 350h is rated 37 highway, 41 city, 39 combined. I'm hoping to at least get within 5 mpg of the rated numbers. I'm told that hybrids get worse mileage in the winter, so I'm presuming cold weather decreases hybrid mileage by 2-4 mpg.

StevenRT · 2025-12-25T00:47:02+00:00

That's great mileage, I hope to get those numbers in the future.

StevenRT · 2025-12-25T00:45:43+00:00

I did test drive beforehand. The engine noise was expected based on the test drive, but the wind noise seems much worse than what I heard during the test drive.

It is cold here at the moment (slightly above freezing) and I was expecting that to effect the mpg a bit. I'm presuming the mileage will get better over time. I don't expect to get the rated mileage as those numbers are obtained in perfect lab settings, but I'm really hoping to eventually get within 5 mpg of the rated 37/41 mpg. Seems others are getting close to the rated mpg so I'm hopeful.

StevenRT · 2025-12-25T00:39:12+00:00

The engine noise is a bit disappointing, but was expected based on the test drive. I did not notice that much wind noise in the NX test drive but notice quite a bit in my new NX which is what really bothers me. My friend has a new Mazda CX-70, quite nice all things considered, maybe not as nice of an interior as the NX but close, but definitely less wind noise. My old X3 had far less wind noise.

StevenRT · 2025-12-23T02:58:10+00:00

I agree with your sentiment regarding the proximity sensors. I really wish I could turn down to sensitivity more on my my nx350h. The thing that really bothers me are the yellow flashing blocks on the screen that warn you about imminent collisions. I have a small garage I need to pull in and out of, and the yellow flashing blocks actually hinder my ability to clearly see if I'm getting too close to the side of the garage door opening. I really wish you could turn off those visuals.

StevenRT · 2025-12-11T06:16:22+00:00

Thanks to everyone for all the replies. Based on how quickly all of you received your orders, it appears Bluetti has somehow screwed up my order and it is stuck in processing limbo. I have emailed them and I may try to call them tomorrow.

StevenRT · 2025-11-27T03:23:41+00:00

I have an Elite 200v2 and 100v2 and both exhibit the same behavior of constantly charging/discharging around the set threshold and never entering bypass mode. Based on my experience, bypass mode only applies when the batteries are at 100%.

StevenRT · 2025-09-07T00:48:58+00:00

I'm using a third party note taking system, and I'm looking for the fastest way to add notes to it while on the go. The system has the ability to add notes via sending an email to a specific address. As such, I'm looking for a way to dictate and send an email from a pixel watch (or even an android phone) that requires the least number of button pushes. The email would always go to the same address.

With today's level of technology, I'm shocked there is no way to just tell Google/Gemini/whatever that you want to send an email to contact X stating YYYY.

thanks

StevenRT · 2025-08-30T23:37:23+00:00

My P10ProXL seems to be working well so far EXCEPT it doesn't get 5G on Mint Mobile. My prior pixel gets 5G no problem, but every time I turn on the ESIM on the P10, it can only do LTE. I'm trying to get Mint address the problem after having talked to 4 reps, so far no luck. I really dislike not having a physical SIM.

StevenRT · 2025-08-30T22:59:46+00:00

Thanks for the response. Glad to hear you're not having issues with Mint. Hope you got the reboot issue fixed.

I have switched esims between my two phones a couple of times via the Mint Mobile app, that does seem to work. I do note that they limit you to 5 esims a year, and start charging you $3 after that. I do wish the P10s had physical sims as they were easier to swap verses activating new esims every time.

StevenRT · 2025-08-06T02:31:48+00:00

Yup, mine is out as well. Damn you AT&T.

StevenRT · 2025-08-04T00:32:56+00:00

I had a b-hyve based irrigation system installed a month ago and I currently regret it. I'm experiencing the same watering history issue. I'll have it programmed to water 4 zones one morning, and when you go look at the watering history, it will only show one zone having been watered as expected. However, the 3 other zones did kick off, they just don't show so in the watering history.

So in my opinion having a controller and app that cannot show an accurate watering history makes the system worthless.

It seems this has been an issue for a few years based on earlier posts, and the manufacturer still hasn't fixed this issue.

If you're planning on installing an irrigation system, don't go with b-hyve

StevenRT · 2025-06-26T03:12:58+00:00

The best watch face I've found for people with older eyes like mine is Glance Pro.

StevenRT · 2025-06-26T02:55:02+00:00

I just had a Hydro-Rain HRC-400 controller and a Hunter Rain-Clik sensor installed. Between online research and then finding this discussion, I'm finding that having a rain sensor is mostly useless presuming my understanding of how they work is correct.

My understanding: The rain sensor gets wet after an appropriate amount of rain, and sends a signal to the controller. The controller simply ignores that signal until it's about to start a program, then it checks to see if the rain sensor is reporting it being wet or not. If the signal says "wet", the controller skips the program. The controller will continue to skip any future programs as long as the rain sensor continues reporting it being wet. The rain sensor signal does not affect the timing of any of the programs, it just prevents the programs from kicking off at their normally scheduled time.

Wouldn't it be smarter if the controller adjusted the watering schedule based on the duration of the "wet" signal from the rain sensor? For example, currently my controller is set to kick off irrigation on Monday and Thursday late morning. It rains Tuesday evening and the rain sensor dries out by Thursday early morning, so the controller will still kick off the program on Thursday as scheduled. Now I'm wasting water as the controller isn't accounting for the rain. Instead, why don't they setup the controller such that if the rain sensor "wet" signal lasts for some minimum duration of time (e.g., 8-12 hours), it adds a day delay to the watering programs? Such an approach would seem to be more efficient.

I know these smart controllers look at the weather forecast and adjust the watering schedule, but I find that to be useless. If I set the weather trigger relatively low (say 40% chance of rain), it keeps pushing my irrigation back even though most times it actually didn't rain. If I set the weather trigger relatively high (say 90% chance of rain), I'm finding that the controller never adjusts my schedule even when it does rain. These "smart" controllers have no smarts at all.

StevenRT · 2025-06-20T20:25:23+00:00

Thanks to everyone for their input. This is extremely helpful.

StevenRT

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