So many random questions....

[newnamesameperson]

I have a few random questions that I need some help with.  Feel free to add yours. 

1) I have a Purple OG LO & Sons bag which I've used once.   Where is the best place to sell it?   Poshmark, Mecari, or Ebay are the ones I know of.  Any difference between the three?   

2) What are your favorite wireless headphones? 
I've tried Bose which were great except they continuously fell out of my ears. 

I've had Jaybirds which were also good except that they randomly stopped working. 

3) My H wants a bluetooth, which I'm kind of out of the loop on...  Anyways, any specific ones you'd suggest purchasing? 

4)  I'd like to make one of my tvs into a smart tv.  Which Roku would you suggest getting?  In that particular room the internet is slower, will that make a difference in the Roku to buy?  

Thanks. 

[VillainV]

Feb 12, 2019 11:39:39 GMT -5 newnamesameperson said:

I have a few random questions that I need some help with.  Feel free to add yours. 

1) I have a Purple OG LO & Sons bag which I've used once.   Where is the best place to sell it?   Poshmark, Mecari, or Ebay are the ones I know of.  Any difference between the three?   

2) What are your favorite wireless headphones? 
I've tried Bose which were great except they continuously fell out of my ears. 

I've had Jaybirds which were also good except that they randomly stopped working. 

3) My H wants a bluetooth, which I'm kind of out of the loop on...  Anyways, any specific ones you'd suggest purchasing? 

4)  I'd like to make one of my tvs into a smart tv.  Which Roku would you suggest getting?  In that particular room the internet is slower, will that make a difference in the Roku to buy?  

Thanks. 

3). When you say “a” Bluetooth, what do you mean? Like a Bluetooth speaker? Headset?

4) I don’t have a Roku, but I do have several Apple TVs and a few FireSticks. IME some apps and programs run better on some devices, and some don’t run at all. So it really depends on what you want to do with your SmartTV. The big stuff (Hulu, Netflix, etc) work fine on most of the platforms.

[tripleshot]

Sorry, I can’t answer any of your questions but I have one of my own.

Does anyone use dusk to dawn light bulbs in their outdoor porch/garage lights? We have two lights outside the front door and two on the sides of the garage. We leave them on at night for security buy often forget to turn them off in the morning. Plus we’ll be taking a couple long vacations this year and I’d like to automate them somehow and this is the best idea I could come up with.

However the bulbs I’ve found don’t seem to be truly outdoor safe based on the description or reviews. The porch is covered but the garage is not. There are glass light fixtures but I don’t know if they’re water tight. Any ideas?

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2019 11:51:53 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Sorry, I can’t answer any of your questions but I have one of my own.

Does anyone use dusk to dawn light bulbs in their outdoor porch/garage lights? We have two lights outside the front door and two on the sides of the garage. We leave them on at night for security buy often forget to turn them off in the morning. Plus we’ll be taking a couple long vacations this year and I’d like to automate them somehow and this is the best idea I could come up with.

However the bulbs I’ve found don’t seem to be truly outdoor safe based on the description or reviews. The porch is covered but the garage is not. There are glass light fixtures but I don’t know if they’re water tight. Any ideas?

We put LEDS in ours and then use this smart light switch that we can program. It's a larger version of this one because it is a two-switch lightswitch. 

[caddywompus]

Feb 12, 2019 11:54:57 GMT -5 @princessbubbleyum said:

Feb 12, 2019 11:51:53 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Sorry, I can’t answer any of your questions but I have one of my own.

Does anyone use dusk to dawn light bulbs in their outdoor porch/garage lights? We have two lights outside the front door and two on the sides of the garage. We leave them on at night for security buy often forget to turn them off in the morning. Plus we’ll be taking a couple long vacations this year and I’d like to automate them somehow and this is the best idea I could come up with.

However the bulbs I’ve found don’t seem to be truly outdoor safe based on the description or reviews. The porch is covered but the garage is not. There are glass light fixtures but I don’t know if they’re water tight. Any ideas?

We put LEDS in ours and then use this smart light switch that we can program. It's a larger version of this one because it is a two-switch lightswitch. 

We use this same programmable switch for our front porch light. It was easy to install, and we just use regular bulbs in the porch light.

[newnamesameperson]

Feb 12, 2019 11:50:36 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Feb 12, 2019 11:39:39 GMT -5 newnamesameperson said:

I have a few random questions that I need some help with.  Feel free to add yours. 

1) I have a Purple OG LO & Sons bag which I've used once.   Where is the best place to sell it?   Poshmark, Mecari, or Ebay are the ones I know of.  Any difference between the three?   

2) What are your favorite wireless headphones? 
I've tried Bose which were great except they continuously fell out of my ears. 

I've had Jaybirds which were also good except that they randomly stopped working. 

3) My H wants a bluetooth, which I'm kind of out of the loop on...  Anyways, any specific ones you'd suggest purchasing? 

4)  I'd like to make one of my tvs into a smart tv.  Which Roku would you suggest getting?  In that particular room the internet is slower, will that make a difference in the Roku to buy?  

Thanks. 

3). When you say “a” Bluetooth, what do you mean? Like a Bluetooth speaker? Headset?

4) I don’t have a Roku, but I do have several Apple TVs and a few FireSticks. IME some apps and programs run better on some devices, and some don’t run at all. So it really depends on what you want to do with your SmartTV. The big stuff (Hulu, Netflix, etc) work fine on most of the platforms.

Oops, Bluetooth headset. 

Pretty much Netflix and Prime video for this room. 

[tripleshot]

Feb 12, 2019 11:54:57 GMT -5 @princessbubbleyum said:

Feb 12, 2019 11:51:53 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Sorry, I can’t answer any of your questions but I have one of my own.

Does anyone use dusk to dawn light bulbs in their outdoor porch/garage lights? We have two lights outside the front door and two on the sides of the garage. We leave them on at night for security buy often forget to turn them off in the morning. Plus we’ll be taking a couple long vacations this year and I’d like to automate them somehow and this is the best idea I could come up with.

However the bulbs I’ve found don’t seem to be truly outdoor safe based on the description or reviews. The porch is covered but the garage is not. There are glass light fixtures but I don’t know if they’re water tight. Any ideas?

We put LEDS in ours and then use this smart light switch that we can program. It's a larger version of this one because it is a two-switch lightswitch. 

Thanks! Did you just buy two of these or do they make one unit with two controls? The switch plate ours is on has 3 switches. One for the porch, one for the garage, and one for the indoor foyer light. I’ll do some searching and see what I can find. Were they easy to install?

[Deleted]

Feb 12, 2019 12:01:22 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Feb 12, 2019 11:54:57 GMT -5 @princessbubbleyum said:

We put LEDS in ours and then use this smart light switch that we can program. It's a larger version of this one because it is a two-switch lightswitch. 

Thanks! Did you just buy two of these or do they make one unit with two controls? The switch plate ours is on has 3 switches. One for the porch, one for the garage, and one for the indoor foyer light. I’ll do some searching and see what I can find. Were they easy to install?

We have a double version that has one controllable switch and one regular since ours also has our foyer light on it. 

I can't speak to the ease because my husband did it but I don't remember it being overly complicated. 

[af1212]

Feb 12, 2019 11:39:39 GMT -5 newnamesameperson said:

I have a few random questions that I need some help with.  Feel free to add yours. 

1) I have a Purple OG LO & Sons bag which I've used once.   Where is the best place to sell it?   Poshmark, Mecari, or Ebay are the ones I know of.  Any difference between the three?   

2) What are your favorite wireless headphones? 
I've tried Bose which were great except they continuously fell out of my ears. 

I've had Jaybirds which were also good except that they randomly stopped working. 

3) My H wants a bluetooth, which I'm kind of out of the loop on...  Anyways, any specific ones you'd suggest purchasing? 

4)  I'd like to make one of my tvs into a smart tv.  Which Roku would you suggest getting?  In that particular room the internet is slower, will that make a difference in the Roku to buy?  

Thanks. 

I have beats wireless ear buds and my H has the headphones. Not sure which you are looking for.

If ear buds they are great and come with I think 4 different shapes/sizes of rubber things so you pick and choose which can fit to your ear

My H loves his but never uses the wireless feature - only uses it with the cord.

Mine appear to be the Beats X on this page - but mine are red.
www.beatsbydre.com/earphones

[justsam]

Feb 12, 2019 11:51:53 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Sorry, I can’t answer any of your questions but I have one of my own.

Does anyone use dusk to dawn light bulbs in their outdoor porch/garage lights? We have two lights outside the front door and two on the sides of the garage. We leave them on at night for security buy often forget to turn them off in the morning. Plus we’ll be taking a couple long vacations this year and I’d like to automate them somehow and this is the best idea I could come up with.

However the bulbs I’ve found don’t seem to be truly outdoor safe based on the description or reviews. The porch is covered but the garage is not. There are glass light fixtures but I don’t know if they’re water tight. Any ideas?

We have dusk to dawn bulbs on our front & back porches, and they've been great! They've lasted quite a while - a few years, I want to say. Our front porch is covered, but our back isn't, and we haven't had any issues with water, since our fixtures aren't fully enclosed. 

We've had them for at least 2 years, probably closer to 3, and there have been a couple times where they didn't come on when it got dark. But all it took was turning the switch off and back on, and they came on. 

I love not having to think about the outside lights.  

[TrickyBob]

Does anyone know how to get a Roku to stop telling me there isn't enough space to run hulu and other apps when I have never added any other app channels since buying the stupid thing? I have deleted everything and the only thing that works is netflix. Otherwise I get that damn error.

I have unplugged my wifi and replugged. I have connected it to my phones hotspot to see if it was our internet. No go there either.

[sju1982]

Feb 12, 2019 11:51:53 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Sorry, I can’t answer any of your questions but I have one of my own.

Does anyone use dusk to dawn light bulbs in their outdoor porch/garage lights? We have two lights outside the front door and two on the sides of the garage. We leave them on at night for security buy often forget to turn them off in the morning. Plus we’ll be taking a couple long vacations this year and I’d like to automate them somehow and this is the best idea I could come up with.

However the bulbs I’ve found don’t seem to be truly outdoor safe based on the description or reviews. The porch is covered but the garage is not. There are glass light fixtures but I don’t know if they’re water tight. Any ideas?

I have these Dawn to Dusk bulbs out front and out back. The back is not covered and they work fine. I have the 3000k color, which is a softer light.

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07BQJNQSG?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_pd_title

[dancelnow]

The Roku boxes run better than sticks, however if you don’t have good WiFi in the room, the best thing to do is to get a repeater/extender to get better coverage.

[Beagle]

We cut the cord. What streaming service do you like the best for live TV? sling or Hulu?

[huskymom]

Feb 12, 2019 21:49:48 GMT -5 Beagle said:

We cut the cord. What streaming service do you like the best for live TV? sling or Hulu?

DH was recommended DirectTV Now because it has cloud DVR services (100 hours though so not a lot) but we haven’t made the leap yet!

[jeaniebueller]

I have wireless earbuds like this that wrap around my ear

www.plantronics.com/us/en/product/backbeat-fit