Hi
Thought I'd post a quick review of the Teptron MOVE product, others might find it useful
So we have Morley bi-fold doors on the rear of our house looking out onto our garden, 6 doors in total and all with integral venetian blinds on a magnetic control through the glass. It was a real pain putting each one up in the morning and down at night so I'd been on the hunt for something to do the job for a couple of years.
I'd initially purchased 1 Teptron unit when they became available and was pretty pleased with the performance, so went ahead and bought 6 more, so 1 for a spare.
Setup is straight forward using the iOS app, but its very basic at the moment, with no scheduling, macros etc. Just calibration and then up, down. This limited app needs to be improved to make them really useful. The unit is stuck to the glass on the doors using 3m foam tape and its pretty secure. It comes with various adaptors for different types of blinds.
Each unit has an up, down and stop button, and I find myself using these instead of the app most of the time.
I'm using 4 x AAA Duracell rechargeable batteries to power each one to avoid running USB power cables to each door, however when the batteries are around less than half charged the unit does struggle / fail to lift the blinds, so I might look to try an neatly run USB cables in the future. A fully charged battery seems to raise and lower the blind around 8-10 times, so I guess 4-5 days worth if I'm only using twice a day.
Under battery power Teptron raises the blinds in around 4 minutes, I tested with USB power at 1000mA its almost half this, I haven't tried it at 1800mA which is the specified power requirements. USB also charges the batteries, albeit slowly.
I did try the small solar panel, however despite the doors being in the sun most of the day, this didn't seem to add much power to the batteries. I guess as summer approaches this might improve.
Overall I'm really pleased with the Teptron product - its priced very well, seems sturdy, the motor is powerful and the support from the Teptron guys so far has been good. The app definitely needs improving, so hopefully this is in their plans.
Hope this helps anyone else looking for similar. I'll try and post some pics when I get a moment.
cheers
Neil
Thought I'd post a quick review of the Teptron MOVE product, others might find it useful
So we have Morley bi-fold doors on the rear of our house looking out onto our garden, 6 doors in total and all with integral venetian blinds on a magnetic control through the glass. It was a real pain putting each one up in the morning and down at night so I'd been on the hunt for something to do the job for a couple of years.
I'd initially purchased 1 Teptron unit when they became available and was pretty pleased with the performance, so went ahead and bought 6 more, so 1 for a spare.
Setup is straight forward using the iOS app, but its very basic at the moment, with no scheduling, macros etc. Just calibration and then up, down. This limited app needs to be improved to make them really useful. The unit is stuck to the glass on the doors using 3m foam tape and its pretty secure. It comes with various adaptors for different types of blinds.
Each unit has an up, down and stop button, and I find myself using these instead of the app most of the time.
I'm using 4 x AAA Duracell rechargeable batteries to power each one to avoid running USB power cables to each door, however when the batteries are around less than half charged the unit does struggle / fail to lift the blinds, so I might look to try an neatly run USB cables in the future. A fully charged battery seems to raise and lower the blind around 8-10 times, so I guess 4-5 days worth if I'm only using twice a day.
Under battery power Teptron raises the blinds in around 4 minutes, I tested with USB power at 1000mA its almost half this, I haven't tried it at 1800mA which is the specified power requirements. USB also charges the batteries, albeit slowly.
I did try the small solar panel, however despite the doors being in the sun most of the day, this didn't seem to add much power to the batteries. I guess as summer approaches this might improve.
Overall I'm really pleased with the Teptron product - its priced very well, seems sturdy, the motor is powerful and the support from the Teptron guys so far has been good. The app definitely needs improving, so hopefully this is in their plans.
Hope this helps anyone else looking for similar. I'll try and post some pics when I get a moment.
cheers
Neil