Shine Bathroom - automate cleaning the toilet!!!!

[Pete]

Alexa Media Manager

[TC1]

Here at 10 Alexa devices and mostly manage the TTS using Alexa Media Manager

What is "Alexa Media Manager" ?

[Wade]

I wonder if she knows the Alexa team is "listening back?"

Yes, she is aware. It's not the only Alexa in our house, and the bathroom isn't used for private discussions any more than any other room. As for other sounds they may hear, well, so be it...

Easy enough way around that. Use one of the Node-Red Alexa integrations with Homeseer. Mute the mic locally on the Echo. In order to get your news briefing (or any Alexa routine) to run simply create an HS event that is triggered by your dimmer/scene controller in the bathroom. Two taps up on the scene controller can trigger a news briefing on the Echo.

Should also be able to do this with jon00's voicemonkey plugin, too.

[Pete]

Bathrooms still utilize touch screen tables running Linux / Squeezeplayer (locally or remotely). Phones are off when at home.

Here at 10 Alexa devices and mostly manage the TTS using Alexa Media Manager and make video calls to my kids / grandchildren.

[langenet]

If it's not Alexa listening, your phone is. I doubt very much that most people disable the listening ability of their cell phones.

[TC1]

I wonder if she knows the Alexa team is "listening back?"

Easy enough way around that. Use one of the Node-Red Alexa integrations with Homeseer. Mute the mic locally on the Echo. In order to get your news briefing (or any Alexa routine) to run simply create an HS event that is triggered by your dimmer/scene controller in the bathroom. Two taps up on the scene controller can trigger a news briefing on the Echo.

[ewkearns]

My SO does. She listens to news and such on it.

I wonder if she knows the Alexa team is "listening back?"

[Wade]

Nobody has touched on my first thought: "Who has an Alexa in their bathroom(s) and why?"

My SO does. She listens to news and such on it.

[ewkearns]

Nobody has touched on my first thought: "Who has an Alexa in their bathroom(s) and why?"

[Pete]

Personally here use bleach once a week (always) to clean the toilet bowel and surrounding area tile.

It works fine for me and I prefer it over automating.

[happnatious1]

My guess is the tablets are salt (NaCL), a little electric current through it and it strips the CL (chlorine) off and squirts a little bleach into the toilet. That's basically all those little blue tabs are you throw in the tank.

[TC1]

Now I guess we wait a few weeks to get the how well it maintains clean report....

According to their site/reviews, there are claims it can remove water line rust/mineral stains in the bowl. That alone would be worth it for me.

[outbackrob]

24 HOURS IN...... It takes about 15 minutes each to set them up. They connected easily to my network. The time involved is spent calibrating the machine to the length of a flush beginning to end three times. Once done, it listens for water flowing (sensor fits on the inlet pipe) then sprays into the bowl. You can fine tune it by lengthening or shortening the spray time. Default is 1 second and you can do as much as 2.5 seconds. Set up of the cleaning solution is easy. You place the pod into the shine and it pierces the foil cover and releases the solution. You can use 1-3 pods depending on use and other factors.... It is sorta idiot proof, but I could think of better ways to do this. You then add water to the fill line. The system runs an electrolysis function to prepare the cleaner. That takes about 12-15 minutes and then its ready to clean. This would probably be a good time to charge the battery. Mine came charged anywhere from 38% to 89%.

Things I like so far: 1) It's fairly easy to set up and the app works. 2) Its a little on the big side, but it is not too ugly. 3) After setup it seems to be Set-&-Forget.

Things I don't like so far: 1) I don't like that you have to put the spray head in the toilet bowl, but it does remove so the bowl can be cleaned. (LOTS of male kids here regularly.....) 2) The cap on top of the cleaning solution tank is NOT SECURE. If you bump/knock the device, water spills out and gets down into the battery housing. (They sell a $30 wall mount that might help.....) 3) There is no API, but supposedly one is coming.....

I had one issue where I needed support. I bought a years worth of pods and I could not activate the subscription on the app. I contacted support and they bent over backwards to make sure I was able to order the pods. Got SEVERAL follow ups to make sure I was happy.

Pictures below. Don't worry Barry! Nothing scary and no "use" photos! This is our haunted crapper that no one uses.

[NickTheGreat]

Maybe this says more about me and my diet, but I'm doubtful of anything that doesn't physically scrub.

Short of hydrochloric acid, our house needs something with bristles or physical abrasion of some sort.

But if it does work on suburban dad toilets, I might be interested 😉

[TC1]

Hmmm... reviews are sketchy at best...

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/shinebathroom.com

Hopefully folks here can give a more accurate/realistic review