tilt smarthome 4+

Cheap/easy install. App is pretty buggy

Budget smart blind and installation is pretty easy, but app is very buggy and shows cheaper price with no integration into google home or HomeKit. Debated between 2-3 stars, but gave it 3 because ultimately they will work, just not always easily.

Whenever I open the app it wants me to make a routine, but then has no save button for me to save the routine. I’m forced start and then cancel just to get to home screen so I can manually change individual blind. Loooong wait to get connection too. Sometimes it’s easier to just go and press the button on the blind.

Wondering if it was worth upgrading to a more expensive brand if it allowed less ux frustration.

Great Product, Nearly Great App

As for the app…Adding products worked flawlessly. Overall it is very user friendly and clean. Two suggestions, allow reordering of the shades list (mine are numbered and the first room I set up, I started with the middle shade and now my list is 6, 7, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 9, 10). So I guess I’ll have to remove and re-adopt them in order (which I’m guessing means recalibration).

The other thing is that when I go to the list of shades in the room, the battery levels show lower than they should be. Then after tapping on an individual shade, the shown battery level will jump up. Seems to just be a slow data refresh, not a big deal but worth mentioning.

As for the shades and blinds, I cannot say enough good things. They look and feel like we spent 2 or 3 times the money we did. Could not be happier. Installation is super easy and operating is very straightforward.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for the review and suggestions we will pass them on to our dev team. Stay tuned for our new app coming out soon!

Latest version definitely improves stability

Upgraded from one star. Way less crashes and connection disconnects. Hooray!

Calibration was upgraded so you can skip to the particular thing you need to calibrate instead of having to do it all every time.

UX still leaves a lot to be desired (can't reorganize dashboard for starters) and the biggest missing feature is the lack of Google Home and Alexa integration. The shades have it but not the rollers. Once that's out I think it will be a 4 or 5 star product.

Developer Response ,

Hey Mike, we have made a lot of effort in this latest release (v1.1.2) to improve bluetooth connection issues and crashes. I hope you will check it out and let us know how it performs for you.