It was announced more than a year ago, the robot took longer than expected to reach the market, as some customers complain of pre -ordered orders or wondering whether the product is Vaporware. Joswell says the reason for the delay was due to Lush’s lack of experience with electronics. The product was ready, but they did not realize the time it would take to obtain the relevant certificates needed to sell such a device. Bath Bot is now available in the UK, the European Union, and will be soon in the United States (except California, which has additional regulations).
Some settlements still must be made during development. “The ingredients in there are not what we consider 100 percent ethical, but we did our best,” says Guswell. The team wanted to use recycled materials from environmental fears, but he had to choose a virgin plastic to keep the device resistant to water. The end result He is Despite the recycling, Lush says buyers will be able to bring the store in the store for repairs if necessary.
Electronics manufacturing comes with carbon cost, but Goswell believes that Bath Bot’s is justified. “If it is a single use device or a cheap device, throwing has been broken within six months, I think this will be a different question, but we have succeeded in continuing,” he says.
In fact, a cheap device is not. Lifting the price of 150 pounds sterling eyebrow R/lushcosmetics subreddit. “Why do I buy a 200 dollar speaker from a shower store?” You can get a water -resistant Bluetooth speaker from the applicable brands Wonderboard 4 Retailing is about $ 100 (it is often sold for less), while JBLYou can sell the cheapest waterproof loudspeakers of less than $ 40 – you can find some cheapest in Amazon.
Goswell says that the reasons for high price include the fact that it is the first producer of lush technology and that the company does not make many of them, both of which increase costs. Trying to choose more ethical ingredients add the price, as well as manufacturing in the UK. In the end, he says, Lush does not want to want to showcase the bathroom robot against other Bluetooth speakers, but he sees it as more than a lifestyle attachment, and it is closer to something like the Philips Hue lamp. Although he is designed to use in the bathroom, he loves to take him to the hotel rooms for the surrounding lighting.
I decided to test the bathroom robot in its intended environment, run the bathroom and prepare the leafy application ready to call. A bathtub, drop the bathroom robot in the water where it floats as the duty, and cycling through the colored lights that give the illustration of the shower water around me. Available in black or white, Bath Bot contains only four buttons – ON/OFF, Play/PEUSE, and audio -level control items. When I play it, the starting starting sound emits a Birdong and some gentle guitar notes.