Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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How to Connect Gosund Mini Smart Plug to Alexa
When you connect your Gosund Mini Smart Plug to Alexa, you get many more features than when you just connect the plug to the Gosund app. Indeed you get the ability to turn the plug on and off with voice commands if you also have an Alexa speaker. [display_google_ad] Plus, you get advanced scheduling features,…
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How to Factory Reset JBL Clip 4 Speaker
Here, we go over how to factory reset the JBL Clip 4 Bluetooth speaker to its default settings. Factory resetting restores this speaker to its factory default state. Moreover, it clears any prior paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Erasing these stops the Clip 4 from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices after factory reset.…
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How to Reset JBL Pulse 3 Speaker
Covers how to reset the JBL Pulse 3 wireless speaker to its default settings. Resetting restores this speaker to factory default state. Resetting erases any earlier paired Bluetooth devices from its memory. Clearing these stops the Pulse 3 from pairing to any nearby Bluetooth devices after the reset. Also, you might reset your speaker to…
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How to Reconnect Echo Dot to New WiFi
You need not completely erase your Amazon Echo settings in the Alexa app in order to reconnect Echo Dot to new WiFi. Armed with your tablet or phone with the Amazon Alexa app, reconnecting your Dot to a different WiFi network is a snap, as follows. [display_google_ad] We assume here that the Amazon Alexa App…
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CBS Streaming Video Fails to Play in IE
The Problem: CBS Streaming Video Fails to Play CBS streaming video on the CBS web site fails to play in Internet Explorer 11. E.g. Clicking on an episode, instead of playing it, invites you to install Flash player. You get this, even though you already have the latest version of Flash on your computer. We…
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Honeywell Thermostat Models Review
We’ve reviewed several Honeywell thermostat models on this site. We’ve covered some of the baseboard heat models. Further, we have t-stats up through the late model Honeywell smart WiFi remote t-stats. Below, find a summary and picture of each one tested so far. We’ll indeed add more as we review more. [display_google_ad] Line Voltage Honeywell…
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Unpacking Echo Dot 2nd Gen Speaker
Not too complicated packaging for the Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker. Very simple to unbox, power up, and prepare it for setup. This post demos unpacking the Echo Dot 2nd Gen speaker. It also covers connecting it to power. [display_google_ad] Unpacking Echo Dot 2nd Gen Speaker, What’s On the Box For our vision impaired and…
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Thermos Insulated Beverage Bottle Review
We drink lots of hot tea and coffee in a day, whether at home or on the town. The Thermos Insulated Beverage Bottle, 68 ounce version allows carrying over two liters of most any hot or cold beverage, on the road, and keeps it at or near its original temperature for over 24 hours. [display_google_ad] Thermos…
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Honeywell Thermostat Won’t Turn On Heat
HWhen a Honeywell thermostat won’t turn on the heat, many reasons may cause this. A faulty thermostat, a broken heating system, power losses, damaged wiring, et al. Here, we list some of these causes, and offer repair tips to solve these no-heat issues. First, we look at what might have happened with the Honeywell thermostat…
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Gillette Fusion Proglide Razor Review
We chose the Gillette Fusion Proglide razor shaving system as our first five-blade manual shaver. This is a true advance in shaving performance. The five blades along with the flexball technology give this razor a real edge, so to speak, over the competition. It really shaves closely. Yet it does does so with less effort,…
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