That fancy new wireless sensor kit cost me a whole day's pay

Honestly, I bought into the hype about these new 'no-wire' contact sensors for a client's house in Tempe. Spent $400 on a starter pack, figured it would save me hours. Tbh, the battery died after two weeks because of a firmware bug that kept it awake. Had to go back, pull them all down, and run my normal wired system anyway. Anyone else get burned by gear that just wasn't ready for the field?

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violafox5d ago

Damn, that's rough but at least it was just one day's pay lol.

gibson.seth5d ago

Yeah, that's the thing, we've all gotten used to shrugging off these small losses. It's like death by a thousand paper cuts, where each one feels too minor to fight over. You let the one day's pay slide, then the broken coffee machine fee, then the extra ten minutes you're not clocked in for. Before you know it, that's just the normal cost of having a job, and it adds up to a lot more than we admit.