Indiegogo staffers are placing crowdfunded merchandise to the take a look at in our new sequence of sincere opinions. On this overview, our very personal advertising and marketing specialist Karisa Hunt supplies a overview of Tempo-X Submarine, a brand new humidifier to your desk that comes with a cute design and a stunning enjoyable characteristic. So how does it work? Learn on as we put it to the take a look at!
I stay in a desert local weather, so it’s secure to say that I’m at all times looking for humidifier. I’ve been by a number of of them previously few years, and whereas I’ve discovered a couple of which can be stable and work very nicely, none of them are very enjoyable. As quickly as I noticed the Tempo-X Submarine, I knew I needed to give it a strive.
Packaging and Unboxing
My first impression of the Tempo-X was its packaging. It’s very smooth and futuristic, which inserts with their picture very nicely – the corporate has a line of merchandise centered round MIX, the little alien who’s piloting the submarine.
The packaging is simple to get into, and when you’re inside, there’s no wasted house or additional packaging the place it doesn’t should be – there’s an area for every thing, and it matches collectively very well..
The one qualm I’ve with the way in which the product is packaged is that a few objects have been shipped tucked contained in the water reservoir. Whereas this isn’t an issue, it did result in slightly confusion as to the place the wire was, as a result of it had gotten lodged within the aspect of the reservoir and didn’t come proper out once I tipped it over. I did find yourself discovering it, however it might have been simpler to seek out if there had been an area for the wire inside the froth insert as an alternative of simply placing it into the reservoir.
Setup
The setup directions are illustrated, which makes it pretty simple to comply with. It’s a quite simple course of, too, which meant that I used to be in a position to get it arrange in underneath 5 minutes. All you must do is put water within the reservoir base, click on the submarine topper onto the bottom, put the small MIX figurine into the submarine cockpit, plug it in, and switch it on.
The one actual situation I had with the instructions is that they barely talked about the 2 substitute water-conducting cotton sticks that have been despatched within the field. Because it seems, there’s already a set pre-installed within the submarine unit, and the separate ones are replacements. Nonetheless, I didn’t know that till I examine methods to substitute them, tried to take action, and located a set already put in. It will assist to have these extra clearly labeled as replacements, moderately than having a consumer making an attempt to determine the place they’re alleged to go throughout setup.
Testing the Humidifier Function
There’s a small button to press to get the mist began, and that’s all you must do. Turning it on places it into sluggish mode, hitting it once more places it into quick mode, and hitting it a 3rd time prompts my favourite characteristic of this little sub humidifier: voice management.
There’s a small sensor or microphone within the entrance of the gadget, and it’ll ship out puffs of mist based mostly on what it hears. It’s enjoyable to clap or speak at it, however the place I had probably the most enjoyable was getting it to merrily puff alongside to my newest playlist.
One other enjoyable characteristic is that you would be able to change the colour of the sunshine that blinks in time to the music. That is finished by eradicating the MIX figurine from his seat within the cockpit and setting him again into it. Sadly, there’s no “make it a rainbow” characteristic, however it’s nonetheless enjoyable to theme the sunshine to the sort of playlist I’ve obtained going.
It’s very simple to take away the submarine prime from the reservoir base to refill the humidifier, which is good. I’ve used a number of humidifiers previously the place getting the items aside felt prefer it required a PHD and an influence device, however this one simply pops aside after which again collectively.
The deepest disadvantage to this little humidifier is how light-weight it’s. There are grips on the bottom to stop it from shifting round, and whereas they’re sufficient to maintain it nonetheless once I jostle my desk or when the music will get notably thump-y, it’s not sufficient to maintain my cats from shifting it simply by rubbing their faces up towards it.
It hasn’t tumbled off the desk but, however actually, it’s in all probability only a matter of time in my home… and I don’t have excessive hopes for it surviving the 28-inch drop to the ground greater than as soon as. It’s not fragile, however it’s not constructed to take an affect, both.
Conclusion
All instructed, this can be a very enjoyable little humidifier. You’ll be able to simply flip it on and let it do its job, which it does admirably, or you possibly can put it on the voice management mode and revel in having it preserve the beat for you with its cheery little mist puffs. It is a nice desk gadget for anybody who desires so as to add slightly enjoyable to their workday, and it might be very cute in a child’s room.
Simply think about using sticky tack or an adhesive strip to safe it in place when you’ve obtained little arms (or paws!) round.
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