Living in the era of intelligent "kidnapping", it seems that every product has been crowned with the prefix of "intelligence". Is this "intelligence" really intelligent?
Although the Cuptime Smart Cup has been on the market for some time, the online experience evaluation text is either full of praise or full of complaints, which is difficult to give users a real reference. Therefore, the Cuptime smart cup has arrived Love to play computer games Evaluation room.
Specifications
Unpacking
▲ The first impression I received from Cuptime was "simple". The white box had no rich colors, no product drawings, and even Chinese characters were "stingy". According to the boring statistics, the box had a total of 57 Chinese characters.
▲ The front side is the company information and Mackay LOGO. The picture is simple, but not abrupt.
▲ The back of the outer box is the product specifications, including the model, material, capacity, size and other information.
▲ The top and the top are symmetrically designed and printed with the words "Cuptime, C107 white/blue", which is puzzling.
In general, the packaging of Cuptime is simple and clear, and words are precious.
▲ When the package is opened, the contents inside are in sharp contrast to the outer box. A capsule shaped inner package with transparent front cover+black back cover has a full sense of technology. The main character can be seen from the transparent front cover, a white Cuptime cup.
▲ The amount of information on the black back cover is very large, and the user needs to know the supported models. For such a tall capsule inner package, it can not only be used as a work of art at home, but also contain some small items as a tasteful display cover.
▲ Unfortunately, the adhesive tape is used for the inner packaging of the capsule, which seriously affects the reusability of the capsule.
▲ Open the capsule, and all the accessories of Cuptime are arranged orderly, from top to bottom, respectively, the cup body, cup cover and battery sponge.
product
▲ The overall square fillet transition is simple and fashionable, without the cup handle, the lines are more obvious. The cup body and lid are designed with white piano paint, which is easy to associate with EVA in WALL-E. Although it is a polished design, it is not easy to leave fingerprints and sweat stains.
▲ The cup lid of Cuptime intelligent water cup cannot be tightened with the cup body, and the cup lid is very light, so it has a bit of cottage flavor in the hand.
▲ One corner of the cup body is equipped with a vertical LED transparent band to display the water temperature level. During the actual measurement, the light of the LED transparent band is uneven, which does not affect the use, but it is enough to drive Virgos crazy.
▲ The bottom of the cup is a combination of black soft rubber bottom pad and blue outer ring accessories, so you can understand the words "white/blue" on the outer package.
▲ The connection between the Tritan Copolyester liner and the PC shell is very tight, and no gap is visible, which avoids water ingress between the liner and the shell. The manufacturing process is good.
▲ In order to reduce the difficulty for users to clean water cups, McKay's team has adopted an open design.
▲ A product manual and button battery are also included.
▲ Two button batteries are stuck on a sponge body, which looks like Kawaii.
Preparation for use
The battery needs to be installed before normal use of the Cuptime smart cup.
▲ There are two grooves at the bottom of the cup, and the direction of rotation is marked on the upper end of the groove. According to common sense, the first choice of users is to screw the bottom of the cup with their bare hands, but most users return without success.
▲ In fact, the secret lies in the cup lid. There are two convex points on the reverse side of the lid that can just be stuck in the two grooves at the bottom of the cup. After putting it in, gently twist it to open the bottom of the cup. It is annoying that such a method of opening does not appear in the manual, and such a design is quite inhumane. For violent users, it is likely to cause irreparable losses.
▲ Place two button batteries in the battery slot, and one of the cups will give a prompt sound, which will be ignored directly.
Software
At this stage, mobile phone remote control and information viewing are still the most common operation methods for smart products, and the Cuptime smart cup is no exception.
▲ Cuptime Smart Cup APP supports both iOS and Android systems, giving users more choices.
▲ For the first time, you need to register an account. At the same time, it supports QQ third-party login, eliminating the tedious registration steps.
When adding cups in the App settings, there are two pairing methods: one is to scan the barcode at the bottom of the cup, and the other is to search the surrounding cups through Bluetooth. Unfortunately, the barcode at the bottom of the cup is poorly recognized. After a five minute scan test, the author finally used Bluetooth connection.
▲ You must name the cup before using it. Can't you fill in the name automatically? Compulsory operations such as registration+naming increase the user's burden. In addition, when you log out of the account and log in again, you need to rename it. The software side cannot remember the historical naming.
▲ In order to increase the intelligence of the water cup, the new account will require the user to enter the relevant information in order to develop a personal drinking plan. After completing the personal information, the APP will display a recommended value of drinking water volume. If you are not satisfied, you can customize it.
▲ After completing these tedious operations, the APP jumps to the boot interface.
▲ The main interface of the software is very simple, without animation effect and colorful colors. Only the amount of drinking water on the day can be seen. The actual measurement shows that the amount of drinking water on the day when you log out of the account and log in again becomes zero.
▲ Right slide to enter the menu page. Account avatar customization is supported.
▲ Personal habits can be viewed on the setting page, and there is also an introduction guide when you enter the habits page for the first time.
▲ The habit page displays the current drinking water score and evaluation. Click the curve icon in the upper right corner to view the historical drinking water situation.
▲ The setting page can set multiple parameters of the software, such as water diversion reminder, drinking water plan, personal information and firmware upgrade.
▲ What is worth reminding on the setting page is "Restore factory settings", because this setting is irreversible, the software will also display a second pop-up prompt.
summary
advantage:
The appearance design is simple and elegant, with a sense of streamline, and the material is environmentally friendly and harmless.
The tank made of Tritan Copolyester material is safer.
(Picture from the network)
Water temperature intelligent reminder, effectively prevent burns.
The app interface has a sense of technology.
It helps to develop healthy drinking habits.
Disadvantages:
The cup lid cannot be tightened with the cup body, which means that it cannot be used as an outdoor drinking tool and cannot be insulated.
The sealing of the bottom of the cup is not enough. Although there is a layer of rubber ring, there is still a danger of water immersion. Although the electronic components in the official test support water immersion, no one likes to put the cup there. There is a pool of water there.
The LED reminder area is larger, and it is better to make it into a ring, so users do not need to find the direction of the LED light.
The Bluetooth connection of the APP is not very stable, and a probabilistic connection error may occur (the Apple device Bluetooth has been connected to the water cup, but the APP cannot find the Cuptime. The solution is to manually restart the device Bluetooth). It also does not rule out the stability decline caused by jailbreak equipment.
The APP interface is too rigid. Animation, green plants or other elements should be introduced to let users form the habit of drinking water in a pleasant atmosphere.
The binding and unbinding functions are incomplete, and manual forced unbinding is not supported.
In general, the product is relatively novel in appearance design and safe and reliable in materials. It can be said that appearance design is the biggest selling point of Cuptime intelligent water cup, while Makah still needs to work hard on the water tightness and thermal insulation durability of hardware. The interactive APP should be the most unsuccessful Cuptime intelligent water cup, with simple functions, stiff images and unstable connections. The measurement of these short boards has brought Cuptime software into the ranks of semi-finished products.
According to international practice, the official price of Cuptime smart cup is 399. The author can only say that there is still much room for improvement in the cost performance ratio.
