Quirky Egg Minder Wink App Enabled Smart Egg Tray, PEGGM-WH01

Loved the concept for this item -- what's not to love about an egg minder that sends alerts when eggs are low (or when the battery is!) and tells you when your eggs have that 'not-so-fresh' feeling. I thought I would like the extra two egg slots, but between that and the high profile of the cover, it takes up WAY too much room. I can now only store 14 eggs where I used to be able to store 24. When I refilled the item with new eggs, they were detected. But now, they aren't even acknowledged in the app. The low battery alert didn't fire, but I replaced the batteries anyway. Still no dice, er, egg. Now I have two eggs that are marked as not good, with another 8 that are an unknown. Uninstalling and reinstalling the app didn't help. It doesn't sense egg freshness, to be clear, just calculates a number of weeks (that you choose) from the date they were loaded into the slots, so though I could just wipe everything out and start over, who knows how long I should give the unknowns, because it's going to start calculating from today! Wish I could return it, but I initially thought it would grow on me. I hate to just throw it out, too, but not only is it not keeping me informed, it's taking up excess space in my fridge. (Which, BTW, is a restaurant quality behemoth, so there's a lot of space, and yet...this thing takes up a bunch! I have it diagonally on the shelf, because it would hang over the edge, or get pushed clear to the back where I can't reach it. Also, the eggs are quite loose in their spots -- the original carton the eggs came in is more comforting, because they're not just waggling about every time I move the thing. Makes me nervous that one will break when I pull the thing out, or if a kid pushes a juice box in next to it too firmly, as kids are wont to do. I really wanted to love this thing (most of our home is "smart" -- doors, cams, lights, etc.) and add to our collection of quirky devices, but I will probably just trash the thing and try to forget what I spent on it. *sigh*

Upgraded to 2 stars, because as some have noted, for the price it's a great egg holder, Wink support be damned.Cheaper than a replacement from LG. LG's fridges come with a hideous egg box, that easily breaks. This Quirky looks great.The bad news is that it doesn't work. I don't know if it's because they went bankrupt and servers are down or what. Have tried to connect 17 ties, reset, etc. Does not work. So buy it because it looks nice, but not for anything else.I gave up eggs and buy EggBeaters!!

It is a quirky product in that it is very unusual and does not always connect as it should. It is a great egg container on its own and worth the money if for nothing but that. But it is also neat to have another smart device in my home -- it helps me get more attune to the technology this precedes.Changed to 5 stars because for the past 6 months it has operated flawlessly. The only thing I did differently was put in Duracell batteries instead of a generic batteries and they have lasted and every time it saw light upon opening the refrigerator you could see it light up and grab an ip off the network. Still think this is demonstrative of the huge future of the IoT.

Yet another Quirky that doesn't work as advertised. Great idea but poor execution. It can't even count the eggs correctly. From the first time I loaded eggs the count was off and constantly changing. The app show eggs popping in and out. Even at the reduced price it is a waste of money. I bought 2 and 1 was obviously in used, open package, not factory sealed, not packaged correctly condition. AND now I find out that this great shipment of quality good doesn't qualify for any returns. Nice Amazon!! I'm going to have to check out Walmart and Jet.com in the future.

I have purchased 5 of these, several as gifts and they all work well, until the batteries run down, which happens in a few days or less. I have heard the the NSA is using these to transmit tip security memos they want to leak to the Russians. But that is not verified.This device is a real conversation piece, The tray is very good quality and the whole system would work well if you have your own chickens and are routinely adding a few fresh eggs. I know several people who know people with chickens and they routinely supply a tray to the chicken people to be filled with eggs. This would be a great gift to friends like that. I wonder if re-using old cardboard egg trays over and over to get eggs from undocumented chickens might be an E-coli risk?The freshness sensor is only about the oldest items placed in the tray, in order, and it does not know the difference between a lemon/lime/egg/rock. You have to install Wink on your phone by manually keying in your home WiFi info into the install - otherwise you will think you have installed it because you got it to flash but the Wink app still won't talk to your eggs. That done, the tray does not communicate well from inside the fridge, so it needs to be taken out to the counter when you add/remove eggs. It updates quickly, perhaps every few seconds. BUT, the deal breaker is that fresh alkaline batteries run down in a few days and then your Smart Tray becomes stupid until you replace them - the batteries that is. The real nice people at Quirky are very good and walked me through the installation.