We're having the discussion in the office about getting a coffee machine - the main issue is that the kitchen is near the work area where people spend a lot of time on Teams, and they can get quite noisy. Today's whiteboard poll is Coffee Machine or Air Fryer.
Having just recently got an air fryer at home and just discovered the joys of air-fried bacon, I'm still on the side of Coffee Machine.
*3 year old opens fridge*. "Where's my milk! I put cup of milk in fridge"
Me: "Someone must have thrown it away if it was there too long"
3yo: "I have cup of milk?"
Me: "Sure, here you go."
3yo: *puts cup of milk in fridge*. "I drink it later".
That reminds me of how I used to hoard chocolates as a kid, storing it in my backpack, with the intention of saving it for later but never actually consuming them. By the end the year, my backpack would be full of chocolates and I'd end up distributing them to my friends.
My (almost) daily request for recommendations: People with Home Assistant, what IR blaster are you using? Most likely I'd use it to control a heat pump.
I've got the RM Mini 3 which works fine for the heat pump, just slow as it's cloud based. Using smartir plugin, had to learn all commands though as it wasn't in there.
For the TV I have this one, flashed esphome on it so it's local only and no longer cloud based.
Are you using the Broadlink integration? I only needed the app on first setup but have no delay on sending commands. It's classed as Local Polling on homeassistant.io
Thanks for commenting, it's interesting to see what everyone is using. And how many protocols there are! I'm using a skyconnect dongle, which is multi-protocol but doesn't mention zwave.
I've ordered a couple of wifi based ones that others have said they are using. I got them from ali express so it will be at least a month before they arrive, but I'm hoping they will work for me.
I'm using a Broadlink RM Mini 3. My only issue with it is I can't tell where the IR bit is, I find I have to lie it on it's side to get it reliably sending commands. It may be that I just don't have it in an ideal location though.
Edit: oh forgot it doesn't support 5ghz WiFi either