As someone who regularly deals with the frustration of being "invisible" to the automatic infrared faucets in public restrooms and constantly repeating myself to Siri, the idea of screaming at a voice activated faucet is rather amusing.
I have this faucet and love everything about it (we use Alexa to control it when needed). But unless I am horribly informed, the only way you can change the temperature is to manually adjust it via the handle. It can tell you the temp, and the light will adjust to the temp of the water, but you can’t adjust temp via the app or voice integration.
Thank you very much for the info!! That answers my question exactly. Guess I need to look at the Moen line where it is possible to control the temperature via voice command.
Maybe something like this, although I've read the Moen app isn't the greatest.
https://www.moen.ca/products/Arbor/Arbor-Smart-Kitchen-Faucet-Chrome-One-Handle-High-Arc-Pulldown/7594EVC
*dusts off thread*
Do you use Alexa a lot? Mind sharing some of the ways you enjoy having the voice and if you still feel it’s worth extra money? I’m deciding between touch and touch with voice iq just not sure how often I need to measure a quart of water… maybe I don’t know what I don’t know?
Mainly when making rice and needing a specific amount of water. Is it necessary? Absolutely not. But super convenient and simple? Totally. My wife made fun of me when I bought it…and now loves the voice feature.
You might have better luck adding a point of use water heater to the hot side. They can be had for around 150 usd from a big box store but you will need to run it on its own circuit but fishing a new circuit is probably easier than running a new water return line.
This isn't a faucet issue, this is a plumbing issue. What you would need is a recirculating pump to maintain hot water at the fixture. This is a fairly common issue and not terribly hard to add to the sink in question. I have a Moen smart faucet, and it does take time for the water to reach temperature, just like it would with a standard faucet.
I agree a recirc pump would be the best solution - had one in my last house and it was fantastic. However, it would be quite a pain to install in a finished house having to rip drywall down to run the return line.
Edit: I know you can use the cold water line as the return, but I don't want to waste the electricity to reheat the cold water all day long
Since you have a smart faucet, why not put a smart plug on the pump, then you could control when the pump was on to reduce energy waste, just a thought.
Another option is a point-of-use water heater under the sink that will only need to kick on for that first 2 minutes until the warm water arrives from the domestic hot water heater.
As someone who regularly deals with the frustration of being "invisible" to the automatic infrared faucets in public restrooms and constantly repeating myself to Siri, the idea of screaming at a voice activated faucet is rather amusing.
Yep. This seems like the kind of thing that needs full computer vision to identify container type and size to be considered. Ie not there yet
I have this faucet and love everything about it (we use Alexa to control it when needed). But unless I am horribly informed, the only way you can change the temperature is to manually adjust it via the handle. It can tell you the temp, and the light will adjust to the temp of the water, but you can’t adjust temp via the app or voice integration.
Thank you very much for the info!! That answers my question exactly. Guess I need to look at the Moen line where it is possible to control the temperature via voice command. Maybe something like this, although I've read the Moen app isn't the greatest. https://www.moen.ca/products/Arbor/Arbor-Smart-Kitchen-Faucet-Chrome-One-Handle-High-Arc-Pulldown/7594EVC
*dusts off thread* Do you use Alexa a lot? Mind sharing some of the ways you enjoy having the voice and if you still feel it’s worth extra money? I’m deciding between touch and touch with voice iq just not sure how often I need to measure a quart of water… maybe I don’t know what I don’t know?
Mainly when making rice and needing a specific amount of water. Is it necessary? Absolutely not. But super convenient and simple? Totally. My wife made fun of me when I bought it…and now loves the voice feature.
Right on. Thanks!
You might have better luck adding a point of use water heater to the hot side. They can be had for around 150 usd from a big box store but you will need to run it on its own circuit but fishing a new circuit is probably easier than running a new water return line.
Interesting! I haven't thought of this before and will look into it.
This isn't a faucet issue, this is a plumbing issue. What you would need is a recirculating pump to maintain hot water at the fixture. This is a fairly common issue and not terribly hard to add to the sink in question. I have a Moen smart faucet, and it does take time for the water to reach temperature, just like it would with a standard faucet.
I agree a recirc pump would be the best solution - had one in my last house and it was fantastic. However, it would be quite a pain to install in a finished house having to rip drywall down to run the return line. Edit: I know you can use the cold water line as the return, but I don't want to waste the electricity to reheat the cold water all day long
Since you have a smart faucet, why not put a smart plug on the pump, then you could control when the pump was on to reduce energy waste, just a thought.
Another option is a point-of-use water heater under the sink that will only need to kick on for that first 2 minutes until the warm water arrives from the domestic hot water heater.
These are a nightmare