Comments on: Wink 2 VS SmartThings – Which One Should You Buy? https://thewiredshopper.com/wink-2-vs-smartthings-which-one-should-you-buy/ Technology SIMPLIFIED For Your Every Day Life! Sun, 14 Nov 2021 11:02:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Paul Seymour https://thewiredshopper.com/wink-2-vs-smartthings-which-one-should-you-buy/#comment-25001984 Thu, 21 May 2020 16:37:24 +0000 https://thewiredshopper.com/?p=8510649#comment-25001984 I bought a Wink 2, about two weeks ago.. I received it last week and when I went to set it up, I was advised about the new subscription requirement. This really is annoying me, and since I bought it via EBay, it is difficult to return.. I think Wink just signed their own death certificate here.. off to buy a Samsung smart thing now.

]]> By: Victor Flores https://thewiredshopper.com/wink-2-vs-smartthings-which-one-should-you-buy/#comment-25001975 Fri, 15 May 2020 03:26:12 +0000 https://thewiredshopper.com/?p=8510649#comment-25001975 Switching to SmartThings. Feel cheated by Wink. It is not like they sold you a cheap dummy terminal and you were okay with the month subscription. The device cost over $100 and was sold as a stand alone piece of hardware. The fact that they will shut off all your access makes this thing a brick come May 14th.

]]> By: Lisa Hayden https://thewiredshopper.com/wink-2-vs-smartthings-which-one-should-you-buy/#comment-25001971 Wed, 13 May 2020 10:11:48 +0000 https://thewiredshopper.com/?p=8510649#comment-25001971 Thanks Sean, Chris and Yvette for raising this. We have sent a note to Winks to see if they will consider grandfathering existing customers. We are not holding our breath but worth a try for the readers who are lifeblood of our magazine.

]]> By: Yvette https://thewiredshopper.com/wink-2-vs-smartthings-which-one-should-you-buy/#comment-25001969 Tue, 12 May 2020 23:58:35 +0000 https://thewiredshopper.com/?p=8510649#comment-25001969 In reply to Chris Winterscheid.

I am with you on saying goodbye to Wink, hence reading this review.. As a matter of fact I purchased in late 2018 and just called Amazon to return due to false advertisement. This unscrupulous move made me a bit angry to say the least. Previous purchases should have been grandfathered to the advertisement at the time of purchase. I think Wink had one toe in the water of drowning and now just went completely underwater. Many will leave.

]]> By: Chris Winterscheid https://thewiredshopper.com/wink-2-vs-smartthings-which-one-should-you-buy/#comment-25001963 Mon, 11 May 2020 21:42:36 +0000 https://thewiredshopper.com/?p=8510649#comment-25001963 FYI Wink2 just announced that they will be charging a $5 a month subscription fee starting May 13th 2020. This was texted to my phone about a week before this deadline.

I have experienced many unexplained outages with their connection to Alexa and Google home assistant.

I have owned my wink2 for 2 years now and they have indicated if you do not subscribe then you cannot control the devices attached to the wink. Not even through their wink app on my smart phone.

My response to this blackmail ( my word not theirs) is that I have bought a SmartThings and moved everything over to it. Very smooth and easy transition.

Goodbye Wink

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