Casual Talk Radio

The service provider was good, worked really hard to get the battery installed.

The problem is that the site quoted the wrong battery size, so it didn't fit in the tray despite even after the fact collecting the year/make/model information. So they don't have current data on what battery sizes fit the car.

Also the provider said, quote, "I just get it from Autozone" - meaning that the service is basically a "battery Uber" and the prices are grossly inflated. Not the provider's fault but I call it out for what it is.

Tankless water heater.

Here's the thing. The device itself is good. But Rinnai's business practice is the real problem.

Use of an app to control things like scheduling is advertised, not only on the device itself but throughout all of the documentation.

The app is not directly usable, nor is it intuitive to get it working.

If you buy an EXTRA WiFi module, you can connect an app. But the WiFi module is - extra money.

With Bluetooth only, it only works if you're using a recirc pump. That's not anywhere in the docs. The docs tell you that you must have a "Pro" assist you with the initial set up. This also isn't true - the "Pro" can't set anything up if it doesn't have a recirc pump.

In summary: the model that they advertise can't really do anything but run at a basic level - and the advertising is false and misleading.

Now, is this a big thing? No. But it's the principle. You should be able to do things such as "hey, go ahead and heat up the water every day between A and B" rather than rely on the device to "guess" when you need it (which is the default behavior).