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My initial reaction to this post was very dismissive. I was ready to jump into the comments and nod along with everyone else shitting all over it. But, I don't want to be like CmdrTaco and the iPod, or whoever thought an rsync bash script could replace Dropbox. If you prove this out with coffee, and work on making it for all "constant" foods in the home, this would be awesome. Milk, butter, cheese, eggs, soda, cereal…
If you can crack the market of auto-restocking a large variety of household goods, I think you're on to something, hopefully just using coffee as a starting point. I HATE managing 'subscription' services; it's more work than just reordering manually, (looking at you, Soylent and Amazon) and Amazon Dash buttons didn't help because the item you paired it to is never still around when you press the button. I wouldn't wa…
Exactly! Coffee : Bottomless :: Books : Amazon Interesting you mentioned Soylent. Part of the motivation for Bottomless was our Soylent subscription. We have enough piled up to survive Armageddon. I'm curious about your comment on the overhead. The scale takes 60 seconds to set up, and lasts for over a year on a charge. I definitely understand that any set-up sometimes feels like too much!
I don't understand how this sort of thing would work with many food types. Looking at the product as is, I already don't want a random scale laying around. Never mind 10 scales for 10 different products. Then if you forget to put something on a scale, the product isn't ordered. It all seems quite annoying and chaotic. Also the scale is large and ugly, and something I don't want to maintain. I.e. what if it loses battery or wifi etc. Then imagine multiple of these scales lying around. I like my kitchen looking super clean and tidy and the idea of tons of these scales around the place immediately turns me off the idea.
> The only sensor in the scale is a weight sensor. ? Why not add a RFID reader (relatively cheap) to the scale and then add tags on the coffee bags to be able to log the consumption for multiple types? You could even be able to identify the weight of multiple objects (tracking what's on the scale and how the weight changes when it's removed and when it's put back) on a bigger(longer?) scale. And you could sell kits w…
Yes, we've thought a lot about this. We could end up doing something like what you describe. The reason for the current format is that we want the scales to blend into your normal life. The scale is the size of one coffee bag so you just put it where you'd normally put your bag.
Yet another startup that throws tech at a non-issue. People buying cheap coffee just do that when doing their groceries. And people buying expensive ones are probably inclined to try new ones based on recommendations of their local dedicated store. Congratulations, you removed chit-chat with the clerk, smelling the different varieties of products, buying something unplanned, i.e. what’s make interesting to go buying…
I myself usually do the latter, but there's definitely a market for people doing the former. Also, don't forget the people who are busy with multiple jobs or families or long commutes; I can go to the store and chit chat because I'm in my 20s and single, but not everyone finds that a worthwhile experience.
(Also, as a coffee drinker, usually I want a good brand of coffee I know I like over serendipity, anyway.)
My initial reaction to this post was very dismissive. I was ready to jump into the comments and nod along with everyone else shitting all over it. But, I don't want to be like CmdrTaco and the iPod, or whoever thought an rsync bash script could replace Dropbox. If you prove this out with coffee, and work on making it for all "constant" foods in the home, this would be awesome. Milk, butter, cheese, eggs, soda, cereal…
https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/egg-minder-smart-tray-let...
But maybe if someone does it with a camera and a little AI in a fridge for Milk, eggs, butter, etc. it could work.
The product looks awesome. Can you add the processing type for all coffees? It looks like the exists, it's just only shown for some. I really like naturally processed beans! Edit: Just saw that I can filter by process. Thank you for building this feature.
Thanks! I also love natural processed coffees. If the filter isn't working, you can find a product that is naturally processed (CMD+F "natural") and click on the word "natural". Hopefully that'll activate it. If not, email me and I'll help send a link.
I meant to say that there are a few listed which don't have the processing method in the their fields. I went through the signup process on my iPad but now on my phone am not finding a way back into the coffee browser to give you example links.
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Exactly! Coffee : Bottomless :: Books : Amazon Interesting you mentioned Soylent. Part of the motivation for Bottomless was our Soylent subscription. We have enough piled up to survive Armageddon. I'm curious about your comment on the overhead. The scale takes 60 seconds to set up, and lasts for over a year on a charge. I definitely understand that any set-up sometimes feels like too much!
So you'd end up with loads of scales all over the kitchen? I don't understand how this sort of thing would work with many food types. Looking at the product as is, I already don't want a random scale laying around. Never mind 10 scales for 10 different products. Then if you forget to put something on a scale, the product isn't ordered. It all seems quite annoying and chaotic. Also the scale is large and ugly, and som…
Even better if the cupboard liner is one big but slim scale and can figure out the weight of each item. Not too hard if you take things out one at a time.