This curbot is a convenient curtain opener. It has been a struggle for me to reach over my couch to pull my curtains open and closed each day. I decided to give the Curbot a shot and it has made it easy to open my curtain now.... the only thing to be aware of is that this is only ONE curbot which is find if you are using it to open a slider door curtain where the entire curtain opens in one direction. If you have a curtain that opens in the middle (two sets of curtains where one side opens to the left and the other side to the right), you will require TWO curbots.
I did have a difficult time linking the curbot to the app. Granted, I did not read any directions, but I rarely do anyway with minimal effort.
This curbot device has a "eye" that can be set up to detect sunlight and open automatically when detected. In order to do so, the eye should be facing outward (toward the window), however.....when I had mine facing outward, I needed to set it to open my curtain to the left and I was unable to make it open to the left when I installed it with the eye facing outward..... I even tried setting it to open the right (backwards from what I needed it to)......although it worked, I really wanted it to be able to open it to the left and not have to swipe backwards on the app to open the curtain.
I eventually have to install the curbot backwards on the rod, with the eye facing inside (toward the curtain) which now defeated the purpose of detecting sunlight for automatic opening. However, at this point the curbot DID open my curtain in the proper direction that I wished.
It then took me quite a while (over an hour) to get the curtain to open and close 100%. It kept opening and closing only 25% to 35% even when I set the app to open and close 100%...... eventually I was able to get it to open and close fully, but it was time consuming to get to that point.
The other issue I had once I got it working to my satisfaction is when I tried to install the app to my husband's cellphone so HE could open and close the curtain when I was away from home.... I signed into the app with my password but the curbot continued to indicate that it was offline on his phone and failed to work, yet it showed online and worked perfectly on my phone..... I assumed that downloading the app and logging in with my password on his phone would work but I could not for the life of me get it to work on his phone.
One other issue I had is that you are supposedly able to link this curbot to your Alexa, so I gave up on tryign to make it work on my husbands phone thinking I would just link it to Alexa and he could tell her to open / close the curtain. Oh my God..... this was the difficult device I have ever tried to link to Alexa and I have many devices linked to her. It showed in my Alexa app that the curbot was successfully linked to her, however, everytime I told her to open the curtain all she did was give a "BOMP" sound and NOTHING. I DID read the directions for THIS part and followed them but after three attempts I gave up :(
I still give the device 5 stars because once you get it to work, it works GREAT! Granted....I only have one, so I still have to reach over to open the other side curtain but at least that side is easier for me to reach. Maybe someday I will purchase a second one. Time will tell.