Course you don't, they would ruin the video otherwise buzzing the microphone and just getting in the way with a swarm. Blasted things are everywhere here in Illinois, another reason to like the UK as if there weren't enough already. The birthplace of steam and railways is always aces in my book, and we owe a lot to Scots for the very electric system we use after all Watts are Scottish by name.
Just pop the word in Google translate to hear the pronunciation. But you are totally right, most of my family owns Xiaomi smartphones, they are really good.
Close to, but not exactly, "show me". Somewhat of a combination of what you said and "show me". Like you said, there's that consonant we don't have in English. Like "Thank You" = "Xie Xie"
at the bottom right corner of the filter box is a Japanese logo says "no-mat". the cartridge called Earth No-Mat battery-type (アースノーマット電池式) a format developed by Jp pesticide company Earth. XiaoMi is likely paying a license fee for the cartridge.
The bug-killing chemical in question: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrin It seems to be slowly replacing Pyrethroids (the artificial version) due to their higher ability to biodegrade compared to the artificial version which can stick around a good while. Transfluthrin it seems can bidegrade pretty fast as well which is why it's used in indoor pesticides frequently in addition to being super potent and fast acting compared to the originals.
mosquitoes sense co2. sequence the receptor on the animal. do some bioinformatics and qsar in the data set towards known non-toxics, and synthesize the killer spray. deal done...
TheRealColBosch Actually, If you are flooding the volume of a space with their poison for area denial then attracting them to it is not necessarily desirable since the whole idea is to deny them use of the treated area and kill any who venture into that space. As an airborne treatment in an enclosed space the entire (air) volume of the room is toxic to most flying insects. Be aware, though, that this toxin is also very toxic to fish (mammal toxicity is very low as mammals have an enzyme that quickly metabolizes and deactivates the poison so low-level exposure is typically safe) so I’m not sure how safe this would be to use in a room/home with aquarium fish since room air is typically pumped into the aquarium to aerate the water (though one could certainly relocate an air pump outdoors if necessary to draw in untreated air).
@@ethanpoole3443 Pyrethroids will also take out any cats that enter the treated area, because they lack that enzyme (glucuronidase) you mentioned. Not sure if this applies to all felines or only domestic cats. And yeah, I know I wouldn't use the stuff near an aquarium because it only takes a ridiculously tiny amount to kill fish.
We had one of these in our bedroom over the summer and I confirm we had over 2 months out of one cartridge, probably replaced the batteries twice in that time - but it did what it said and kept the mosquitoes away! (We live in Spain). For us, it was priceless!
Very good to know that it can be re-purposed so easily. You could also change the cartridges to become fragrance diffusers when the repellent is used up, maybe swapping the internals with some oil-soaked wadding, and a new LR44.
Could always modify it to run off USB power if the batteries don't last as long as they claim, surprising it doesn't already have a USB power socket on it to be honest given that everything these days seems to run on 5v... :P
I quite like xiaomi. They've got that old-style apple white plastic look to their stuff and surprisingly for a chinese brand most of their products aren't complete shit.
You can safely purchase anything with the xiaomi brand name on it. They usually communicate through the Mi Home app and use the app to discover new products I've not yet collected. :) xiaomi doesn't ship to Europe so I use AliExpress to buy direct from China.
Back in the 60s & 70s the Gulf Oil Company produced a product known as the "No Pest Strip" which was a semi-soft slab of plastic(?) that was unwrapped and slid into a foil coated paper enclosure with holes all around it. You would hang it in an area and bugs would be repelled or killed. A similar product is available today from a company called "Hot Shot" and labeled as the "No Pest Strip 2". Similar concept to this item. This product reminds me of the room fragrance devices that use an oil in a little fan box that runs every few minutes to kill or mask odors. They also have replaceable supplies of the active agent and I would not be surprised if the mechanisms came from the same factory. They work almost identically.
Gulf Oil? The ones we used to get were made by - or at least branded by - Shell Oil. Frank Zappa immortalized the Shell pest strip in the song "Magdalena", which contains the lyric: "I saw you standing under the Shell pest strip late last night, In the light, With your little nipples protruding through your little see-thru thingie"
Oop! You're right. I was confusing it with Gulf insect spray . Yeah, Shell offered the strips in the US until fears of cancer got them to stop.. Hot Shot now offers them under their brand with the CA cancer warning that is on everything these days and widely ignored. Shell still sells them south of the border.
@@ShyToad I am not advocating their use either. Don't have any in the house. Haven't for decades. I merely note that they are still out there (even at Amazon & WalMart) today. The only change from the original is that today's version is mounted in a plastic housing so there is no handling of the strip itself by the consumer. It seems this Chinese device works in a similar manor but uses a slightly different formula.
@Dave Micolichek They are still available in mexico xd, I buy them quite often in the summer and find it hilarious seeing them struggle stuck to the tape xD
You should do a follow-up on the element life/effectiveness. To me, it seems like it would go dry rather quickly, depending how humid one's house is, since the unit is essentially the same design as those cheap food dehydrators without heater elements.
Gosh, you know, I envision Casa del Clive as being this freezing bungalow that's lit with all manner of colored flashy disco lights, a floor that's completely covered with the carcasses of annoying insects and furniture constructed mainly of portable USB power supplies. Someday I'd love to see a bench tour. Thanks, Clive!
If you want an effective mosquito repellent I suggest the Thermacell MR150. Works wonders, although it runs on a small butane cartridge and takes small pads soaked in some sort of liquid. They last for hours and ACTUALLY work!
Hi Clive! If you look into Xiaomi, it's a pretty interesting company. "Mijia" is another brand they have invested in. There are a lot of different companies that Xiaomi has either given seed funding or invested that make a lot of different products, mostly electronics.
It would be interesting to get a old one add a small solar panel and fill the bottom with moisture-absorbing packets it might prevent my truck from fogging up in the cold weather
Clive, you should check their screwdriver set ... somehow they teamed up with wiha ... the bits really do seem to be the real deal ... it’s a very nice kit
@@bigclivedotcom that's too bad, but the insides are exactly the same, but use indication is not available. All other features are just like on the big one. Now have 2 small and one big one.
basically the chinese samsung. they have both really high quality stuff and some junky stuff. but as a whole leagues above the other generic chinese stuff.
Nothing wrong with that. Often the first digit is used to designate a subassembly or section of a circuit. Not much point in this one, but maybe the standard setting of the design software they used. You'll sometimes also see RPxx, CPxx aso. for parts in the power supply part for example. That makes it much easier if several people are designing different parts of the circuit.
@@superdau - I understand that and am actually working on a circuit now with a similar numbering system. But like you said there isn't much point here with only one PCB in the product. I find it just makes more of a mess on the PCB silkscreen especially when parts are closely packed. And if the count is low you can also save a character by having numbers over 50 mean X, etc. I'm just not a fan of longer IDs and the mess it _can_ add to the PCB. Thanks for the reply.
I’ve become quite a fan of Xiaomi ( pronounced ‘show -me’ as in the dog chow ) products over the last 18 months buying all manner of items from pens to power banks, battery chargers, recently an excellent mobile phone. The company seem to be a cut above the average chineseium manufacturer offering well engineered quality products, not super cheap but good value, some are naming them the Chinese Apple - interesting company. Richard Halliday (Yorkshire)
I the summer I always use a little can of anti mosquito oil on my window still. works perfect. there is also a candle version. but I don't really understand what a fan is going to add to this.
Thermacell machines have been around for years. They also have "consumables" in the form of cartridge and power source. In this case propane. The people that I know who have them say they work very well. I find it cheaper to use a gel called Afterbite.
Got a tube of afterbite a couple years ago because I basically got eaten alive. I remembered it working really well, and this tube didn't hardly do anything. Looked at active ingredients, no longer ammonia as an active ingredient, but sodium bicarbonate. Baking soda. Ticked me off something fierce.
Efficacy? Did you devise a way to see if it worked? Was there any smell produced by the unit? I'm fed up with mosquitoes and looking for solutions. This unit seems well built.
Also a Xiaomi phone owner here I didn't go through any bootloader unlocking process since I don't have any problems with the MIUI and it's still a nice phone.
Flashing light means it's ready to connect to bluetooth. You need the Mi Home app. Once connected you can monitor the cartridge life time AND also schedule on and off time, and turn on and off remotely (doing this preserves cartridge life, for example we have in the office and it turns off over the weekend).
That looks like it would make a nice air freshener - if instead the cartridge was soaked in fragrance and the fan ran for a few minutes every half hour or so.
Now if we are going to start using iconic voices for common happenings in your videos, so we can all play along, if you use the Count (Sesame Street) for counting. It has got to be Frank Drebin from Police Squad, especially with the mental image of him stood in front of the exploding fireworks shop shouting 'nothing to see here', for the ubiquitous 8 pin chip.
I see hackability for this... replace the honeycomb with a fragranced version and keep adding essential oils and replacing the battery for an air aromatiser...
They also make a smaller pocket sized device which seems to be called "Xiaomi Mijia ZMI" at least on Aliexpress. Looks like it would be good for camping.
*The best mosquito repellent is live in low altitudes close to the ocean where its often windy and salty in the air, with weather that changes fast, one of few things i enjoy about NYC.. but they still spray mosquito poison at night on the streets*
where did you get your isesamo opening tool, I've looked on ebay and amazon but they ones i have found looks like cheap knock offs. A link to a genuine one would be great :D
The Duracell CopperTop AA (LR6) is rated for 320 hours at 10 ma. If you used the "timed" setting of 10 hrs/day, that's about a month of use. (Datasheets available for download from Duracell.)
1. may be a good idea to wash hands after handling the cartridge just like you should after handling solder and other lead containing products. 2. that battery is a very flimsy sort of drm you could just using a voltage regulator or even a resistive voltage dropper connect to the batteries in the bottom to trick the unit into believing that the cartridge is in place. 3. you can then refill the cartridge by soaking the paper filter media in a bowl of the liquid if you can buy it in bulk
That fan is so quiet! I wonder if it's running at a slower than normal speed? Maybe the chip is sending a PWM signal to the motor drive transistor. That may be how they get such a long battery life.
Hey Clive, I'll let those argue for days in the background. We used to settle these things in person but now we have the internet. Where did you find this device?
I found it on eBay. It came through from China quite quickly. The keywords are xiaomi and mosquito. They do the big indoor version and a portable wearable version.
It's probably nice to know that Xiamo in China is more of a generic electronics brand. Much like Philips or LG. Also safe to note that many a times a Chinese brand product physically from China, is worse than a Chinese brand product aimed at Europe. A good example of this is the brand DJI - their products in China are shit. But (the same!) products in Europe are brilliant. I won't be surprized of other Chinese brands suffer the same problem. However, on the box for the cartridge, there is some Japanese text in the bottom right corner. It says "shiimotto" but with my Japanese being limited, I don't know what it means. Want it could mean, is that it was shipped from Japan, and this product *might* have been produced for overseas countries, rather than domestic, giving it a possible quality boost.
From a video I saw on youtube (so a totally reliable source), Xiaomi makes diverse unrelated products, including umbrellas. The economic conditions in China are such that any company that gains a reputation for making decent goods can turn itself into a brand name for anything. Provided it manages to maintain consistency of design, performance and quality across all the products it can be a very successful strategy. I'm talking about more than just shoving your name on any piece of crap made by somebody else (i.e., Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump etc.), I'm talking about producing decent product whatever that product is.
They actually cooperate with independent companies. I have a whole bunch of Xiaomi products, really weird ones like water pollution checker, backpack, Biro, Bluetooth water kettle, LED bulbs and home security cameras. Most of them run under the Mi branding and/or are licensed. excellent quality.
Not exactly. They rebrand and license. Xiaomi sells and licenses its logo, but 3rd party manufacturers (usually No. 2 player in an industry wanting to beat No. 1 but is willing to give up marketing freedom) actually manufacture them. Xiaomi only actually makes phones and laptops and some close accessories.
In the UK you can buy Pyrethrins (which you could add to a vegetable oil to slow down evaporation) but I'm not sure how healthy any of this is. BTW - Neem oil (from a tree used in Ayurvedic medicine) is a great safe natural pesticide used for centuries in India. 'Trouble is it smells a little like rancid garlic!
I'm guessing it's a lot like the repellent used in flea collars. So that mesh would have the volatile active ingredient slow release from another waxy compound. And that stuff is fairly safe short of ingesting it, although it may be bad to have around cats or fish. (Both are rather sensitive to the toxins in pyrethrin/permethrin compounds.)
It'd be interesting to see how this does in an "acid" test--standing in the middle of an Alaskan bog in the springtime. The favorite insecticide here is 0.5% permethrin sprayed on animals and clothes. Keeps the ticks at bay.
Could you try measuring discharge current from the button cell? And could you test (with bench psu) how low the voltage has to drop until the unit shuts off?
Can you get a couple of Xiaomi smart home products like a wall socket and a light switch and determine if they are save or a fire hazard. IAM always a little cousious when using Chinese mains powered stuff.
Strange how the chrysanthemum seems to be the evil cure for stuff like insects and gout. I'll try some of these devices in my moth infested rooms. Moth balls only work locally or with a catapult from 2" away.
"Xiaomi" is pronounced like "Shi-ow-me", but the "X" sound is something between an "SH" and "G" sound, or a "G" with a bit of a "Z" sound. It's the best way I can describe it.
To be honest I am always wary of anything that can damage Nerves and your nervous system, not fearfully just very cautious as nervous problems freak me out. Having watched a Uncle slowly loose motor functions from MS was quite eye opening of you take my meaning, Parkinson's is also a condition that I at times sorry about developing. I do currently have a weird problem with my left arm and the nerves inside it, they are all fully functional as my doctor tested with nerve conduction machine pretty much a Fluke for nerves I would love to see you take one apart but I doubt it would be easy to get a hold of items designed for medical services. Then again some of the stuff you have shown I'd never even bother looking for, mainly because I didn't know if was a thing till I watched said video. Ah right my arm, well all the nerves seem to be functioning by the tests but my arm feels off like a polarity reversal of something is the best way to describe the feeling. My arm is always weaker than my right and it has far less stamina, my doctor plans to follow up on it with MRIs after this viral thing is done but the only thing I know for sure it wasn't a stroke like so many people tell me when I describe it. How do I know, two reasons my brain functions perfectly fine if a bit more Obsessive on phobias at times and two my doctor told me as long as I have had this problem (Granted I only recently found a good Doctor again, most have been far too over taxes by workload or were quacks. Don't get me started on the woman who nearly fossilized my father with his calcium suplements.)if it had been a stroke I'd be dead because without proper treatment strokes tend to cause brain shutdown like a cascading failure in a circuit.
Xiaomi does make some very kewl products...but...they are state (government) owned. Never get any of their product that can connect to the internet or wireless networks...they WILL monitor you. Here in the south of the US we use Citronella as a mosquito repellent a lot...which can be oil-based & would work.
Wasn’t there a piece of English folklore, which proclaimed that “Whoever shall remove the spudger from the stone, shall be the rightful heir of the kingdom”? All hail King Clive!!! :-)
Could the contacts for the refill battery be diverted onto one of the main batterys ,then the matrix could be given a splash of citronella or something if it actually dries out. I've never had much luck with button cells
I don't understand this at all........ A mosquito was a slow, clumsy, twin engine light bomber from ww2, easily shot down. How would you repel one with this? Midge, I think, was a mouse found with Mary and Mungo. I suppose a cat might be the best way of repelling that one.
You know...there are more than 30 different kinds of mosquitoes native to the UK. I assume people just think they're all just gnats and/or midges, because those are used as a blanket term for any small flying insect that might bite you. Mosquitoes are very common - if you see a bitey little bastard high up on the wall inside your house, it's probably a mosquito. It's hunting you, waiting for it's moment to feast.
A device that fills your home with neurotoxins, that is a bad idea not acute toxic to humans but longterm damages are unknown. I'll stick to sticky traps unless i move to a tropical region with malaria problems. I'm a licenced user of pesticides and I work with many diffrent of pesticides including a few pyrethrins. To use those i have to gear up with full facemask and a hazmat suit to keep safe.
The brand name is pronounced "she-owe-me". The name is written in Pinyin which would normally have accent marks to aid in pronunciation :Xiǎomǐ:, and the meaning in Mandarin is millet. I'm an intermediate level Mandarin student.
I've heard it pronounced similarly to "Show me." Which may have been a deliberate marketing ploy. As, perhaps, is the name of the product, similar to "midge."
Seems to work pretty well, I didn't see a single mosquito in the video.
😂
Course you don't, they would ruin the video otherwise buzzing the microphone and just getting in the way with a swarm. Blasted things are everywhere here in Illinois, another reason to like the UK as if there weren't enough already. The birthplace of steam and railways is always aces in my book, and we owe a lot to Scots for the very electric system we use after all Watts are Scottish by name.
I am not Chinese, but I think "Xiaomi" would be pronounced something like "Shyaow-mee". The "x" represents a consonant we don't have in English.
Just pop the word in Google translate to hear the pronunciation. But you are totally right, most of my family owns Xiaomi smartphones, they are really good.
@@thomasesr Xiaomi is Chinese Samsung. It's good stuff.
@@thomasesr the important part is to install lineage, MiUI fucking sucks
Makes sense!
Close to, but not exactly, "show me". Somewhat of a combination of what you said and "show me". Like you said, there's that consonant we don't have in English. Like "Thank You" = "Xie Xie"
If you got your favourite insect repellent oil you can re-soak the cartridge and replace the button cell, that would be cheaper...
I think it might have to be a fairly concentrated version for a long run time.
@@bigclivedotcom there are concentrated versions you can buy for repellent candles, based on citronella plants. they work great.
Modify the board so it won't discharge the battery will be cheaper.
Thomas Richter no, this is not apple, this is xiaomi. They don't try to scam you.
@@thomasesr For the Mosquitos we have here, Citronella doesn't do much, whatever it is in these works much more effectively... YMMV.
at the bottom right corner of the filter box is a Japanese logo says "no-mat". the cartridge called Earth No-Mat battery-type (アースノーマット電池式) a format developed by Jp pesticide company Earth. XiaoMi is likely paying a license fee for the cartridge.
Or not paying for it ;)
Gregory Thomas lel, they won't miss a chance to show off imported components because chinese people LOVE imported items
Ah...oki
I just thought that they hated the Japanese.
Gregory Thomas times change buddy
Gregory Thomas we still hate them, but in a different way, we do not “hate” them now, we just remember the history
Im a mosquito and Im watching this. Know your enemy !
Alexander T I’m an enemy and I’m watching you - know your mosquito! :-)
@Ethan Poole See you tonight , right ear , midnight ! ZZZZZ
Flattery will get you nowhere except wiped on a tissue. *flatterates*
Nice ! It would be interesting if you could teardown/analyse other Xiaomi products
I can't help but to think of turning this into a mini computer case for a Raspberry Pi or something similar.
It does look a bit cute.
I was thinking DIY Google Home using the Google Assistant API, and whatever extra functionality someone comes up with.
@@simaorodrigues6285 Or Mycroft?
The bug-killing chemical in question: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrethrin
It seems to be slowly replacing Pyrethroids (the artificial version) due to their higher ability to biodegrade compared to the artificial version which can stick around a good while. Transfluthrin it seems can bidegrade pretty fast as well which is why it's used in indoor pesticides frequently in addition to being super potent and fast acting compared to the originals.
mosquitoes sense co2. sequence the receptor on the animal. do some bioinformatics and qsar in the data set towards known non-toxics, and synthesize the killer spray. deal done...
@@peetiegonzalez1845 Not much point in laying down poison if they're not attracted to it, huh?
TheRealColBosch Actually, If you are flooding the volume of a space with their poison for area denial then attracting them to it is not necessarily desirable since the whole idea is to deny them use of the treated area and kill any who venture into that space. As an airborne treatment in an enclosed space the entire (air) volume of the room is toxic to most flying insects. Be aware, though, that this toxin is also very toxic to fish (mammal toxicity is very low as mammals have an enzyme that quickly metabolizes and deactivates the poison so low-level exposure is typically safe) so I’m not sure how safe this would be to use in a room/home with aquarium fish since room air is typically pumped into the aquarium to aerate the water (though one could certainly relocate an air pump outdoors if necessary to draw in untreated air).
@@ethanpoole3443 Pyrethroids will also take out any cats that enter the treated area, because they lack that enzyme (glucuronidase) you mentioned. Not sure if this applies to all felines or only domestic cats. And yeah, I know I wouldn't use the stuff near an aquarium because it only takes a ridiculously tiny amount to kill fish.
We had one of these in our bedroom over the summer and I confirm we had over 2 months out of one cartridge, probably replaced the batteries twice in that time - but it did what it said and kept the mosquitoes away! (We live in Spain). For us, it was priceless!
That's a good result. It does seem well engineered.
@Silvio Balaško Nope, the replacements are as cheap as 5.40 eur, delivered, so it doesn't seem worth it to me...
Very good to know that it can be re-purposed so easily. You could also change the cartridges to become fragrance diffusers when the repellent is used up, maybe swapping the internals with some oil-soaked wadding, and a new LR44.
Could always modify it to run off USB power if the batteries don't last as long as they claim, surprising it doesn't already have a USB power socket on it to be honest given that everything these days seems to run on 5v... :P
I quite like xiaomi. They've got that old-style apple white plastic look to their stuff and surprisingly for a chinese brand most of their products aren't complete shit.
You can safely purchase anything with the xiaomi brand name on it. They usually communicate through the Mi Home app and use the app to discover new products I've not yet collected. :) xiaomi doesn't ship to Europe so I use AliExpress to buy direct from China.
Back in the 60s & 70s the Gulf Oil Company produced a product known as the "No Pest Strip" which was a semi-soft slab of plastic(?) that was unwrapped and slid into a foil coated paper enclosure with holes all around it. You would hang it in an area and bugs would be repelled or killed. A similar product is available today from a company called "Hot Shot" and labeled as the "No Pest Strip 2". Similar concept to this item.
This product reminds me of the room fragrance devices that use an oil in a little fan box that runs every few minutes to kill or mask odors. They also have replaceable supplies of the active agent and I would not be surprised if the mechanisms came from the same factory. They work almost identically.
Gulf Oil? The ones we used to get were made by - or at least branded by - Shell Oil.
Frank Zappa immortalized the Shell pest strip in the song "Magdalena", which contains the lyric: "I saw you standing under the Shell pest strip late last night,
In the light, With your little nipples protruding through your little see-thru thingie"
Oop! You're right. I was confusing it with Gulf insect spray . Yeah, Shell offered the strips in the US until fears of cancer got them to stop.. Hot Shot now offers them under their brand with the CA cancer warning that is on everything these days and widely ignored. Shell still sells them south of the border.
@@ShyToad I am not advocating their use either. Don't have any in the house. Haven't for decades. I merely note that they are still out there (even at Amazon & WalMart) today. The only change from the original is that today's version is mounted in a plastic housing so there is no handling of the strip itself by the consumer. It seems this Chinese device works in a similar manor but uses a slightly different formula.
@Dave Micolichek They are still around. Very common in dollar stores. Something like a 6-pack for a buck. Complete with thumb tacks for hanging.
@Dave Micolichek They are still available in mexico xd, I buy them quite often in the summer and find it hilarious seeing them struggle stuck to the tape xD
1...ah ah ah! Another great video Clive. Would love to see another build project soon
As soon as I saw the back of the motor.
RF300
Super efficent, super common.
Yeah, I had like 1 or 2 of those in the past that I salvaged from some electronics.
I see this motor on xbox controller there are two of them to vibrate the controller
Classic Clive -- "So don't lick this....." I love your videos!
I LOVE the Count from Sesame Street. He's my favourite!
Did something happen on another channel? The latest Project Binky video also had a Count reference. ua-cam.com/video/WIyxrvO3dRk/v-deo.html
You should do a follow-up on the element life/effectiveness. To me, it seems like it would go dry rather quickly, depending how humid one's house is, since the unit is essentially the same design as those cheap food dehydrators without heater elements.
Haha Clive, Mijia = Mi Jia = 米家. This is Xiaomi's household product line.
5:30 ‘Don’t lick this, it’s probably bad’ Don’t dare Clive! haha
Gosh, you know, I envision Casa del Clive as being this freezing bungalow that's lit with all manner of colored flashy disco lights, a floor that's completely covered with the carcasses of annoying insects and furniture constructed mainly of portable USB power supplies. Someday I'd love to see a bench tour. Thanks, Clive!
Mijia is the house hold hardware that Xiaomi brings out.
Jia also means home 😆
If you want an effective mosquito repellent I suggest the Thermacell MR150. Works wonders, although it runs on a small butane cartridge and takes small pads soaked in some sort of liquid. They last for hours and ACTUALLY work!
Hi Clive! If you look into Xiaomi, it's a pretty interesting company. "Mijia" is another brand they have invested in. There are a lot of different companies that Xiaomi has either given seed funding or invested that make a lot of different products, mostly electronics.
I suppose after the transfluthrin fully dissipates this thing could be used as a scented oil diffuser?
Small but expensive, just how I like my presents to be lol.
Yes clive, the British Isles do indeed have Mosquitos, including the same family of Malaria carriers (Anopheles)
Mosquitoes or Gnats are they the same?
4Figgis Not even close. Google is your friend!
"Moth Disruptor" I love that name for the product
Clive, just the right version of Count Count singing a song. Enjoy.
Yes Clive, it must come apart, what are ya thinking! LOL... Great Video as always... LLAP
If it went together, it will come apart. Sooner or later. Different items take different levels of "persuasion" is all...
It would be interesting to get a old one add a small solar panel and fill the bottom with moisture-absorbing packets it might prevent my truck from fogging up in the cold weather
It probably won't be able to keep up enough to keep moisture levels down
Xiaomi the way to go home.
With there m365 electric scooter, it sure is!
The 'Mijia' name is applied to lots of Xiaomi's products (from electric toothbrushes to 360° cameras), it's not specific to this repeller.
Clive, you should check their screwdriver set ... somehow they teamed up with wiha ... the bits really do seem to be the real deal ... it’s a very nice kit
Xiaomi, Mijia Wiha branded. What an odd mix of brands.
bigclivedotcom that’s for sure, but the quality is there, and the tips are held onto the tray magnetically, a joy to use
They also have a small portable version, that runs on AAA batteries, we used it in Australia and it worked very well.
I ordered one and it never turned up.
@@bigclivedotcom that's too bad, but the insides are exactly the same, but use indication is not available. All other features are just like on the big one. Now have 2 small and one big one.
Awesome 👍 is it safe to with a cat in house?
Neat little gadget, might have to get one if they are as good as the company makes them out to be.
basically the chinese samsung. they have both really high quality stuff and some junky stuff. but as a whole leagues above the other generic chinese stuff.
What's with the component numbers all starting at 100? ie. R100, D100, C100, etc. 10:05
Nothing wrong with that. Often the first digit is used to designate a subassembly or section of a circuit. Not much point in this one, but maybe the standard setting of the design software they used. You'll sometimes also see RPxx, CPxx aso. for parts in the power supply part for example. That makes it much easier if several people are designing different parts of the circuit.
@@superdau - I understand that and am actually working on a circuit now with a similar numbering system. But like you said there isn't much point here with only one PCB in the product. I find it just makes more of a mess on the PCB silkscreen especially when parts are closely packed. And if the count is low you can also save a character by having numbers over 50 mean X, etc. I'm just not a fan of longer IDs and the mess it _can_ add to the PCB.
Thanks for the reply.
I’ve become quite a fan of Xiaomi ( pronounced ‘show -me’ as in the dog chow ) products over the last 18 months buying all manner of items from pens to power banks, battery chargers, recently an excellent mobile phone. The company seem to be a cut above the average chineseium manufacturer offering well engineered quality products, not super cheap but good value, some are naming them the Chinese Apple - interesting company.
Richard Halliday (Yorkshire)
I the summer I always use a little can of anti mosquito oil on my window still. works perfect. there is also a candle version. but I don't really understand what a fan is going to add to this.
Thermacell machines have been around for years. They also have "consumables" in the form of cartridge and power source. In this case propane. The people that I know who have them say they work very well. I find it cheaper to use a gel called Afterbite.
Is it the same Afterbite that comes in a medicated dauber form, made with ammonia and (I believe, I'm too lazy to google it) peroxide?
Got a tube of afterbite a couple years ago because I basically got eaten alive. I remembered it working really well, and this tube didn't hardly do anything. Looked at active ingredients, no longer ammonia as an active ingredient, but sodium bicarbonate. Baking soda. Ticked me off something fierce.
@@lauram5905 Yes. If you spend time outside, it's the stuff to have in your med kit.
@@brianargo4595 Hmm, I'll have to take a look the next time I'm at the pharmacy. It'd be a shame if that were the case
I’ve used campho phenique. In Iowa, it’s the state’s fragrance.
I just watched Colonel Sanders dance with a giant bottle of Mrs. Butterworth's syrup and I have no clue how I should feel about it.
Thanks for reviewing this for me. I have this exact model and was a little shaky in understanding its features
I very much value my Xiaomi products i own , they make freaking awesome phones and everything they make seems to be very good quality.
Efficacy? Did you devise a way to see if it worked? Was there any smell produced by the unit? I'm fed up with mosquitoes and looking for solutions. This unit seems well built.
There was no detectable smell.
Thanks for the count. Even two interations are cathartic.
Xiaomi phone owner here
Aside from the silly bootloader unlocking process, its a real nice phone
That spies on you
I've a redmi note 4, nice phone. I downloaded the gcamtool and the photos are much better w/ pixel camera
@@franglish9265 so just like an IPhone?
Got the Mix 2S. Very nice phone, don't care if its spying on me.
Also a Xiaomi phone owner here
I didn't go through any bootloader unlocking process since I don't have any problems with the MIUI and it's still a nice phone.
Flashing light means it's ready to connect to bluetooth. You need the Mi Home app. Once connected you can monitor the cartridge life time AND also schedule on and off time, and turn on and off remotely (doing this preserves cartridge life, for example we have in the office and it turns off over the weekend).
I don't think this one has bluetooth.
That looks like it would make a nice air freshener - if instead the cartridge was soaked in fragrance and the fan ran for a few minutes every half hour or so.
Now if we are going to start using iconic voices for common happenings in your videos, so we can all play along, if you use the Count (Sesame Street) for counting. It has got to be Frank Drebin from Police Squad, especially with the mental image of him stood in front of the exploding fireworks shop shouting 'nothing to see here', for the ubiquitous 8 pin chip.
For me, one of the best visuals from Naked Gun 2 1/2 was the "For God's sake don't swim here" signage near the raw sewage outfall scene!
I see hackability for this... replace the honeycomb with a fragranced version and keep adding essential oils and replacing the battery for an air aromatiser...
I did consider the idea of fragrant oils just to test the ability of it to put out long term dosing.
Liam Guy someone got a naughty idea...
@@bigclivedotcom poppers!
@@MartijnWismeijer After the mention of a naughty idea I was expecting someone to say poppers.
Xiaomi redmi note 4 here..
This brand expensive?? Doubt
Not expensive. 59 CNY for the device, 29 CNY for the inlay cartridge.
Very serviceable unit and cartridge :P The main batteries are size AA? Can it work with NiMH ?
I tried it with NiMh cells and it ran fine. Not sure what voltage the circuitry cuts off though.
@@bigclivedotcom 0xFF like :P
They also make a smaller pocket sized device which seems to be called "Xiaomi Mijia ZMI" at least on Aliexpress. Looks like it would be good for camping.
I ordered one at the same time and am waiting on it being delivered.
*The best mosquito repellent is live in low altitudes close to the ocean where its often windy and salty in the air, with weather that changes fast, one of few things i enjoy about NYC.. but they still spray mosquito poison at night on the streets*
I always attempt to refill anything that uses proprietary refills, so if I had one I'd attempt to soak more repellent into the cartridge.
Me too. Hence why I like the button cell replacement facility.
where did you get your isesamo opening tool, I've looked on ebay and amazon but they ones i have found looks like cheap knock offs. A link to a genuine one would be great :D
I got lucky when they were relatively new. I recently bought a clone on eBay and it was terrible.
Thanks Clive.
The Duracell CopperTop AA (LR6) is rated for 320 hours at 10 ma. If you used the "timed" setting of 10 hrs/day, that's about a month of use. (Datasheets available for download from Duracell.)
1. may be a good idea to wash hands after handling the cartridge just like you should after handling solder and other lead containing products.
2. that battery is a very flimsy sort of drm you could just using a voltage regulator or even a resistive voltage dropper connect to the batteries in the bottom to trick the unit into believing that the cartridge is in place.
3. you can then refill the cartridge by soaking the paper filter media in a bowl of the liquid if you can buy it in bulk
Great video clive
Cline managed to avoid the "male moths and moth balls" joke - which does seem to be a "very British" thing - never heard it Down Under!
It sounds like a cross between "show me" and "chow me" from Chinese people I have spoken to
Does it start draining the small battery right away when you insert the cartridge? Even when it's not running?
No. I tested that and added a note in the description.
Thanks
That fan is so quiet! I wonder if it's running at a slower than normal speed? Maybe the chip is sending a PWM signal to the motor drive transistor. That may be how they get such a long battery life.
Hey Clive, I'll let those argue for days in the background. We used to settle these things in person but now we have the internet. Where did you find this device?
I found it on eBay. It came through from China quite quickly. The keywords are xiaomi and mosquito. They do the big indoor version and a portable wearable version.
It's probably nice to know that Xiamo in China is more of a generic electronics brand. Much like Philips or LG. Also safe to note that many a times a Chinese brand product physically from China, is worse than a Chinese brand product aimed at Europe. A good example of this is the brand DJI - their products in China are shit. But (the same!) products in Europe are brilliant. I won't be surprized of other Chinese brands suffer the same problem.
However, on the box for the cartridge, there is some Japanese text in the bottom right corner. It says "shiimotto" but with my Japanese being limited, I don't know what it means. Want it could mean, is that it was shipped from Japan, and this product *might* have been produced for overseas countries, rather than domestic, giving it a possible quality boost.
From a video I saw on youtube (so a totally reliable source), Xiaomi makes diverse unrelated products, including umbrellas. The economic conditions in China are such that any company that gains a reputation for making decent goods can turn itself into a brand name for anything. Provided it manages to maintain consistency of design, performance and quality across all the products it can be a very successful strategy. I'm talking about more than just shoving your name on any piece of crap made by somebody else (i.e., Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump etc.), I'm talking about producing decent product whatever that product is.
They actually cooperate with independent companies. I have a whole bunch of Xiaomi products, really weird ones like water pollution checker, backpack, Biro, Bluetooth water kettle, LED bulbs and home security cameras. Most of them run under the Mi branding and/or are licensed. excellent quality.
Not exactly. They rebrand and license. Xiaomi sells and licenses its logo, but 3rd party manufacturers (usually No. 2 player in an industry wanting to beat No. 1 but is willing to give up marketing freedom) actually manufacture them. Xiaomi only actually makes phones and laptops and some close accessories.
Clive should also review the xiaomi air purifier as they also have some sort of xiaomi-only filter replacements with chip or battery.
good video but without any mosquito caught?
In the UK you can buy Pyrethrins (which you could add to a vegetable oil to slow down evaporation) but I'm not sure how healthy any of this is.
BTW - Neem oil (from a tree used in Ayurvedic medicine) is a great safe natural pesticide used for centuries in India. 'Trouble is it smells a little like rancid garlic!
I'm guessing it's a lot like the repellent used in flea collars. So that mesh would have the volatile active ingredient slow release from another waxy compound. And that stuff is fairly safe short of ingesting it, although it may be bad to have around cats or fish. (Both are rather sensitive to the toxins in pyrethrin/permethrin compounds.)
It'd be interesting to see how this does in an "acid" test--standing in the middle of an Alaskan bog in the springtime.
The favorite insecticide here is 0.5% permethrin sprayed on animals and clothes. Keeps the ticks at bay.
Could you try measuring discharge current from the button cell? And could you test (with bench psu) how low the voltage has to drop until the unit shuts off?
Check the description for the button cell data.
Can you get a couple of Xiaomi smart home products like a wall socket and a light switch and determine if they are save or a fire hazard. IAM always a little cousious when using Chinese mains powered stuff.
Could you do a review on the sonoff?
Strange how the chrysanthemum seems to be the evil cure for stuff like insects and gout. I'll try some of these devices in my moth infested rooms. Moth balls only work locally or with a catapult from 2" away.
Any device that makes moths gay is welcome in my house.
"Xiaomi" is pronounced like "Shi-ow-me", but the "X" sound is something between an "SH" and "G" sound, or a "G" with a bit of a "Z" sound. It's the best way I can describe it.
To be honest I am always wary of anything that can damage Nerves and your nervous system, not fearfully just very cautious as nervous problems freak me out. Having watched a Uncle slowly loose motor functions from MS was quite eye opening of you take my meaning, Parkinson's is also a condition that I at times sorry about developing. I do currently have a weird problem with my left arm and the nerves inside it, they are all fully functional as my doctor tested with nerve conduction machine pretty much a Fluke for nerves I would love to see you take one apart but I doubt it would be easy to get a hold of items designed for medical services. Then again some of the stuff you have shown I'd never even bother looking for, mainly because I didn't know if was a thing till I watched said video.
Ah right my arm, well all the nerves seem to be functioning by the tests but my arm feels off like a polarity reversal of something is the best way to describe the feeling. My arm is always weaker than my right and it has far less stamina, my doctor plans to follow up on it with MRIs after this viral thing is done but the only thing I know for sure it wasn't a stroke like so many people tell me when I describe it.
How do I know, two reasons my brain functions perfectly fine if a bit more Obsessive on phobias at times and two my doctor told me as long as I have had this problem (Granted I only recently found a good Doctor again, most have been far too over taxes by workload or were quacks. Don't get me started on the woman who nearly fossilized my father with his calcium suplements.)if it had been a stroke I'd be dead because without proper treatment strokes tend to cause brain shutdown like a cascading failure in a circuit.
bigclivedotcom Mijia seems to be the Xiaomi brand for their everyday gadgets (Mijia Electric Scooter, Mijia Watch, etc.).
I'd love to see a slow-mo of the machine that makes those springs.
This is how you pronounce “Xiaomi”:
“See-ya-oo-me”
Your hands seem to have recently lost an argument with a threshing machine. Or have you been playing with Ralf's "happy cats"?
Xiaomi does make some very kewl products...but...they are state (government) owned.
Never get any of their product that can connect to the internet or wireless networks...they WILL monitor you.
Here in the south of the US we use Citronella as a mosquito repellent a lot...which can be oil-based & would work.
"Don't lick this. It's probably bad."
Came here to hear BC say “Two. Ha Ha Ha Ha”. Was not disappointed.
Big Clive counting like the Count is the best laugh today.
We call Midge's, Blind Mosquitoes. They are insane every few years in Welaka, Florida.
No mosquitoes? *moves to the Isle of Man immediately*
Wasn’t there a piece of English folklore, which proclaimed that “Whoever shall remove the spudger from the stone, shall be the rightful heir of the kingdom”? All hail King Clive!!! :-)
Could the contacts for the refill battery be diverted onto one of the main batterys ,then the matrix could be given a splash of citronella or something if it actually dries out.
I've never had much luck with button cells
I don't understand this at all........
A mosquito was a slow, clumsy, twin engine light bomber from ww2, easily shot down. How would you repel one with this?
Midge, I think, was a mouse found with Mary and Mungo. I suppose a cat might be the best way of repelling that one.
Xiaomi (sheeome) is quite good gear Clive, I've had a few bits from them with no problems.
Mijia products are usually very affordable, try take more of them apart plz
Btw some Xiaomi ecosystem products might have a completely different name on them other than xiaomi and mijia, just to let you know.
You know...there are more than 30 different kinds of mosquitoes native to the UK. I assume people just think they're all just gnats and/or midges, because those are used as a blanket term for any small flying insect that might bite you.
Mosquitoes are very common - if you see a bitey little bastard high up on the wall inside your house, it's probably a mosquito. It's hunting you, waiting for it's moment to feast.
A device that fills your home with neurotoxins, that is a bad idea not acute toxic to humans but longterm damages are unknown.
I'll stick to sticky traps unless i move to a tropical region with malaria problems.
I'm a licenced user of pesticides and I work with many diffrent of pesticides including a few pyrethrins.
To use those i have to gear up with full facemask and a hazmat suit to keep safe.
What kind of magnifier or loupe do you use at 9:20? Looks useful
A classic eBay special from China. They do a wide range of illuminated magnifiers for just a few £$ each.
Clive closes up the project and he has bits left over - that's something I can identify with.
The brand name is pronounced "she-owe-me". The name is written in Pinyin which would normally have accent marks to aid in pronunciation :Xiǎomǐ:, and the meaning in Mandarin is millet. I'm an intermediate level Mandarin student.
Greg Hart the millet phone available now
Chrysanthemum was a common 'ninja' poison in old Japan.
I've heard it pronounced similarly to "Show me." Which may have been a deliberate marketing ploy. As, perhaps, is the name of the product, similar to "midge."