Skylight Calendar - Best Family Calendar? Apple - Outlook - Google Calendar

[@Kingsley4K]

It’s decent for its price but a truly perfect calendar would have: 1. An E-ink display (like a kindle reader to resemble actual paper without the sheen of an electronic screen) 2. Motion detection to intelligently wake up when someone approaches it (like the Nest thermostat) and 3. A much larger size to always stay in month view and still be able to view full titles for day events

[@konstantinschubert2094]

If you are looking for a calendar like this with eink display, google for "Invisible Calendar E Paper". To be fair, the display is actually smaller, not bigger

[@dmeyer6994]

So no one has one with a bigger screen? What a shame! I'm gonna have to invent one because that's honestly a no brainer.

[@osuracer]

please let me know when you do...i'll be your first customer ;)@@dmeyer6994

[@johnvargo8050]

@@dmeyer6994 Skylight also has a 15" model. He is showing the 10" model in this video.

[@goodmorning713]

They now have a 27" one available.

[@intentionaltwenties9216]

I’ve been looking for something like this forever - I was even thinking about working to invent one myself! Thanks for sharing

[@dougaloo]

Hey, IT. Actually, just yesterday I "invented" this thing, as a solution to having a common calendar my wife and I could share in a common space, say, the kitchen counter. Well, someone else apparently got the idea way before I did, and then got it to market first. But I'm still taking credit for my brilliant original invention! This is the first of its kind that I've seen in my research. If you've got ideas for a better product, please let me know, thanks.

[@bettycurrie193]

I had the same idea.. I was thinking.. I wish I had a calendar like my photo frame. I thought if there isnt one on the market then Im gonna get ready for “Shark Attack” lol Then I googled.. found one at Amazon.. tomorrow is my birthday … so happy birthday to me!! Birthday🎉

[@iPYW]

Some of these commenters don't realize that some people specifically DO NOT want Alexa in their house. lol

[@kavish.agrawal]

Why do people not want Alexa in their house?

[@iPYW]

@@kavish.agrawal Because of its potential use by corporate, government, and illicit party interests as a tool to spy on people.

[@eviek3809]

@@kavish.agrawalbecause Alexa is owned by Google who have spyware in all their apps. That’s why if you start you need more socks while going about your day at home, you might suddenly start seeing adds for socks when you use Google

[@o.zchaplin8892]

Its missing one major thing voice commands. For instance voice chatting your information into calendar, so you would tap on their calendar date that you want to enter your info and hit voice chat or microphone to enter it by voice "like a text message" with a vocabulary Library built in also. Because typing in your info can be slow for busy people.

[@reluctantapologist]

I would just use my google home to add an event to my calendar. "hey google, add a doctor visit to my calendar." and it will ask you for more information.

[@garybroyles2097]

Not ready for prime time. I don't have a problem with the calendar having to be plugged in all of the time, or that it doesn't have alarms or alerts. I do, however, expect it to work properly. I have been working with tech support for over a month in an attempt to get the calendar to work properly. The calendar syncs with my iCalendar just fine, but some of the entries appear on the wrong days, while other entries before and after those dates are correct. The calendar also cannot handle entries that span more than one day, such as a four day camping trip entry. Even more frustrating is that some of the calendar entries appear correctly on the month view, but are incorrect on the weekly view. I think my patience has run its course and this will be heading back to the manufacturer.

[@garybroyles2097]

Update - Issues with the calendar have been resolved. It now handles entries that span multiple days, and the entries are appearing where they should. The sync between my Google calendar, the Skylight Calendar, and my iPhone have been working great.

[@ianweniger6620]

@@garybroyles2097 Hello! Are you still using the Skylight?

[@garybroyles2097]

@@ianweniger6620 - I am using one calendar of each size and am very happy. There was a minor glitch with both calendars a few months ago, but tech support corrected the issue and did an excellent job of communicating with me about it. I highly recommend the larger calendar especially.

[@fantv525]

2:35 The calendar looks great but it's unfortunate that the monthly view only shows the dates where we have a scheduled event. The calendar should work as a real calendar, ie show all the dates of the month, and highlight the dates where we have an appointment. I would also like to know if it's possible to change the language to french.

[@ianweniger6620]

Est-ce que tu as achete ce calendrier?

[@fantv525]

@@ianweniger6620 non

[@Margar02]

It does have a monthly calendar view. Whatever he showed was not the standard calendar page format. I do not own one but was just looking at their website and the photos show a regular monthly calendar format.

[@lisasmitsky]

I am interested in this! If I sync it with my Google calendar, can I decide which of my sub-calendars to display? I have a “work” and a “personal” calendar, and my work doesn’t really need to be displayed for my whole family.

[@ianweniger6620]

Did you end up buying a Skylight?

[@TheRealOne24]

Did you get an answer to this question?

[@ytvideos101]

He said in the video to send specific events to the skylight account if you only want select events to show on the skylight device.

[@kmillard81]

I really want this but I need to see alarms and/or an Alexa skill/integration...also when alarming can it show the specific event in large type? also can I assign events to specific people? for example, I need this thing to bug the hell out of my son on his ipad until he takes out the trash cans

[@dianadagher2039]

i bought it and it was 2 important features missing: 1. ALARM/Alerts 2. it has to be plugged into electricity at all time le

[@bjelln]

Yeah. Seems really expensive for its limitations. I feel like you can buy a used iPad to display your calendar and then you have a “million” other uses for it as well.

[@ThePlotts]

@@bjelln It's cheaper than any decent tablet on the market. Also, it kind of seems to be the point that it's limited to the calendar. With 3 young kids, we don't need another tablet they can run off with. It also integrates the calendars better than just a standard google calendar display, for instance. I think the addition of alerts would be nice. But as a google calendar user, I am constantly missing my alerts anyway. I wish they had a better system for that (google).

[@hakanlundberg]

I’d think e-ink would be a better idea to use. And with a capable battery, it could likely work for some time without having to plug it in. However a fair e-ink display and batteries would raise the cost. I think there has been attempts to crowed fund something like that. And it’s obvious some with the skills are doing their own using raspberry pi and similar. Regarding alarms/alerts… Only if it’s not synced with the calendar clouds. I go insane when all my digital units continuously beep for all kinds of reason. 😵‍💫 For me, one function missing is viewing reminders (side by side so you don’t have to alternate views). At least those with a set date and that are “urgent”. The grocery list function could likely be expanded to sync with Apple’s, Google’s, Microsoft’s, etc. reminders/to do’s. Or Trello, the very good free one I sometimes use privately and in my job for organizing more complex shores. I also almost always use week view in my calendars. And every calendar ought to show the first day on the next week in week mode. Set to be Monday for me. So on Sunday evening I will easily see what’s up on Monday.

[@ianweniger6620]

Did you end up keeping your Skylight?

[@RealityCheck1980]

This is interesting. This video was recommended because I am researching Dakboard, so I wonder how this compares? I hope they have larger sizes, it looks tiny.

[@ianweniger6620]

What did you end up buying, the Skylight or Dakboard?

[@amjlucas]

They have a bigger size now

[@amynell5841]

One feature of this calendar is making me crazy. Husband and I have a google calendar that has both work and personal events. I do not want to sync my whole calendar to the skylight because it would be overwhelming. Skylight says I can invite the calendar to specific events via our personalized email address. BUT then we have to set our google calendar to public. That's bananas. We are attorneys and I'm sure other professionals have calendar events they wish not to have to be made public. The work around is to add everything manually to the skylight which completely defeats the purpose of simplifying things. This seems like a deal breaker. Probably sending back unless they can figure out a better way

[@ianweniger6620]

Did you end up keeping your Skylight?

[@JMcG-xd3xs]

You should have 2 separate calendars. One for work and one for business. This solves all your problems

[@TheRealOne24]

​@@JMcG-xd3xsthis. I have a personal Google calendar and a shared family google calendar my wife and I put family events on.

[@sylva5359]

With an Apple calendar the default is PUBLIC CALENDAR which is terrible too.

[@williammerritt4367]

Is there a limit to the number of calendars you can show on this? We have a bigger family so we'd have 7 or 8 calendars. Is that possible or is it limited?

[@itsdezman]

Doesn’t have a screensaver mode that will run photos or videos?

[@itsdezman]

Does it have a screensaver mode that will run photos or videos?

[@JTOTHEW3000]

Curious about the data collection. Are you able to opt out? No one need to give more information to the ECG d bags.

[@oliverpolden]

Barrel connector is a no from me. Also the buttons being inaccessible when it’s hung on a wall is a no from me.

[@0wenrosenthal]

How long is the wire? Only have one place to put it but I need to make sure the wire is long enough to reach the outlet.

[@fantv525]

Where can I buy it ? It's not on amz.

[@casandracassingham2603]

Can you add photos to it? Does it double as a photo frame with a screen saver mode?

[@ma2manytx]

I was just looking at the site, yes.

[@jtfike]

You have to pay a subscription for that

[@janetlynntrevino-mendez1175]

Looking to purchase one of these for my mom----how does it work with pictures? Can everyone in family located in different cities "send" photos and events to the box so they pop up on frame?

[@jagger212121]

Excellent review Bud. You saved me a ton of Time and research. Thank you thank you thank you.

[@medleysa]

So what’s the benefit of this over getting a cheap TV/Monitor with something like a NUC stick or Raspberry Pi plugged in the back? Sure, the setup for that would be a bit more, but not much.

[@jtfike]

There is none. This is just a tax for people who have no awareness of technology already at their disposal.

[@bill7168]

Great presentation. Direct, concise and to the point.

[@dougaloo]

Friendly, thanks for this review. Very helpful, and one of the best YT reviews I've seen.

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

Thank you 🙏

[@jtfike]

I don’t understand the point. If I’m in my kitchen, I just pull out my phone, add groceries to my app on phone or calendar on my phone. My phone is synched up with everyone else’s in my household so we can all see each others items, calendar a,and chores and we don’t need to be standing in the kitchen to see them. I have all this functionality right now.

[@NFL626]

So this must not be for you 😊.

[@Dee-Breezie]

Coolest part of this video is the Gameboy in the background at the start of the video

[@warrenjones5896]

What about andriod phones

[@user-su8oo6mc5n]

Good video brother. Do you know of any touch screen monitor like this which is larger than this, & able to run a calendar? I haven't seen much out there.

[@emilylove146]

Skylight just released a 27in wall mounted version. Their calendars also offer a photo and video display service as an optional subscription.

[@user-su8oo6mc5n]

@emilylove146 thank you for the info!❤️🙏🏽

[@craiglankenau4692]

Mine must be defective not one event from any of my calendars show up

[@ianweniger6620]

Do you still have your Skylight?

[@craiglankenau4692]

@@ianweniger6620 yes I got in touch with customer support and they got it up an running

[@chickennugget9752]

not voice enabled?

[@mattjacksonfirejackson1]

Can’t most of this just be done with a fire tablet and calendar app?

[@jtfike]

All of it can.

[@dareneveleigh4647]

wait. can you actually add new appointments directly to it??

[@difidon]

Yes, you can. I saw this feature on another review although I do not own it myself.

[@erinbittner5283]

Which size is this one?

[@amgv8fast407]

The fact that it’s not Alexa /GH enabled is a problem. I bet Amazon releases a similar product in next 5 months with voice. Saying “add a 5 pm appt” is so much easier than typing.

[@JeffReedIsMe]

Did they?

[@rohitpagala7284]

You deserve more subs like a million or ten million.

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

Thanks! 🙏

[@hqnnqae]

Please do more fidget toy reviews great video by the way!

[@hellohoula]

Too small, wish it was bigger in size

[@kevinkirby3685]

Nice - but is it worth it? Can this just be done with be done Alexia or Google Assist screens? That are cheaper too?

[@Shibalba]

It's a lot smaller than I thought.

[@lizbethhernandez8909]

Where do I buy?

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

Link is in the description of the video

[@AdventureMuse]

I like this! Great review. .. If this will my kids actually get my kids to do chores... that would be awesome. ; )

[@TheFriendlyReviewer]

Haha

[@ianweniger6620]

Did you end up buying a Skylight?

[@markm3330]

Can this be mounted on the wall?

[@chriswhitefield3026]

Nothing with a subscription attached is ever the best.

[@wendychan6195]

Why is this better than getting an iPad?

[@lnaesll]

Love how all you “reviewers” keep cutting away the part where you actually click on stuff to hide how slow the processor is on this and how terrible the touch screen is.

[@ianweniger6620]

Have you bought a Skylight?

[@lnaesll]

@@ianweniger6620 I was about to buy it for my wife until I saw how terrible it was.

[@AXavier007]

$300????…. Wow 😮 WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!😮

[@Andrewhasgoals]

An old iPad can do this.

[@arelliduran2814]

nothing special!, get your ipad or tablet....

[@neillwilliam1]

It’s a sponsored review. Skip

[@ryanelias30]

Not an informative review. Poorly done.

[@Reinventingcarmensandiago]

This is not worth 300 dollars

[@Patricexx22]

Great. Another screen to buy. Not just an app or your tv, or the fridge screen or just an app. Another screen just for a calendar. Its a no for me