Filtrete Smart Reviews – Page 5
5/5 rating based on 50 reviews. Read all reviews for Filtrete Smart for iPhone.
Filtrete Smart is free iOS app published by 3M Company
Just a gimmick to sell more filters
BT_NC
App is recommending changes about every 45 days not able to get 3 months as I was after using for nine months, good bye,
After update doesn’t work
mmmrrr awwwsommmeeee
After one of the updates it now will ONLY allow me to scan the barcode when I try to enter a non smart filter. I switched to a higher mpr and couldn’t figure out how to change the setting so I deleted the info on the app and now it won’t let me add it back. The box had a couple different bar codes and I held camera over each one and they don’t do anything and no button to push to snap a pic. Deleting app and just setting a reminder on my phone. EDIT: that’s how I was doing it but since I switched to a different filter I wasn’t able to change that setting so I had to delete the data and start again at which time I couldn’t get it to read the barcode therefore rendering the app useless. Reminder on my phone is easier since the app was only a timer anyways
Incredibly Unreliable
Smagtacular
Bottom Line: Filtrete sensor only pushes you to buy more filters even if you do not need them. Story time: I purchased filters for my home that included the sensor to alert me to when the filter needed to be changed. After approximately 6 months, the HVAC installer was over for an unrelated issue and noted the filters. Unbeknownst to me, two of the three HVAC units have internal filters. This led me to remove those two filters. Since all three filters are the same, I set them aside to use in the third unit since they had life left. These filters are sitting upright in an area with zero airflow. One of the filters has slowly decreased its filter capacity from 62% to 0% over a month with zero airflow. Either the sensor is completely whacked or they merely go off a timer to alert the owner when to change them. Why charge a premium and install an app that gathers your info for nothing? This smells like a money grabbing scam.
Crap crap crap. And a gimmick too!
Natmeister79
What else can I say? Don’t be a fool like me. Set a 90-day reminder in your phone when you replace a filter, and you’ll be as intelligent about the filter as this app is. Because Bluetooth is just a connection that pairs your phone to a countdown timer in the filter. It does not tell you “Replace your filter because it is no longer filtering the air.” No. It says, “Replace your filter because it has been three months since you installed this one and that means it’s time to replace!” Set a freaking reminder and be done with it. You do not need this app if you do not waste your time or money on the filters associated with this app.
Filters are good but app is useless
Paul Horne
The re-order on Amazon functionality doesn’t work and the filters lose the Bluetooth connection almost immediately. For a year the app just usually says “lost connection” and stays that way. So it’s really just a countdown timer to remind you to buy their overpriced filters - overpriced because they’ve added a Bluetooth functionality that doesn’t function.
Locked out
Buzuli
Shortly after purchasing and connecting to my filters, the app got disconnected. I can no longer connect to the filters. Seems it is a one-time option.
I still want to type my filter name in manually, but…
JordanHansen
I still may be afraid to spend time in my furnace room trying to find the UPC on my furnace filters. I also would still rather just manually type the model # in because I’m better at remembering model numbers than I am at remembering to scan UPCs before I throw them away. However, I appreciate that 3M takes the time to read negative reviews and gather feedback on what would make it easier for users, and will give this app ***** on that and it’s usefulness with the UPC alone.
Unacceptable Privacy Monster
iamnNirvana
There is no reason for an app to upload personal data to a corporate server in order for the user to receive a filter replacement reminder.