- So I kinda have a love-hate relationship with shopping.
I love shopping for, say bacon.
I hate shopping for, say toothpaste.
Not everything is something I wanna order on Amazon
but I'm getting a little more strategic
about the things that I wanna have shipped to me
versus the things I wanna have
to run out to the store to get.
So that brings us to the Amazon Dash Button.
Amazon actually said, "Phil, we wanna sponsor a video
"where you try these things because you love ordering
"from Amazon and you love pushing buttons."
and I said "I do love ordering things from Amazon.
"I do love pushing buttons, let's try it."
so I got some Dash Buttons.
I got a whole lot of Dash Buttons, let's go check 'em out.
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So first, what the heck is a Dash Button?
Well, it's a button that has a very specific set of skills.
- I will find you,
and I will kill you.
- Okay, so it's a button that does a very specific thing.
It buys things, one specific thing.
It buys the thing that's on the button.
So obviously, it's all about convenience.
You push a button, they ship you a thing,
but it's not like I'm gonna put
a million of these all over my house.
I would look like a dad version of a NASCAR driver,
a NASCAR driver dad, dad driver car,
NASdad, NASdad.
So it's not like I'm gonna use a Dash Button for everything.
I mean, start with the shipping.
It defaults to your one click options
in your Amazon account.
So if I needed a little faster than two days,
I'm still just gonna run to the store.
But if I ran out of something that I maybe don't use
everyday and that I don't need right that second,
then a Dash Button almost seems perfect.
So I don't need dog bones everyday,
though somebody else I know might disagree,
but when I do need 'em, I need 'em, he needs 'em.
This is what happens when we don't have dog bones,
we resort to eating sticks.
So it's the same for, I don't know, Goldfish, the cracker.
The kids gotta have 'em some cheesy fish, right?
You get down to the bottom of the box then suddenly
it's all, "dad, where are the Goldfish?"
"we don't have any Goldfish!"
and I'm like push the button, push the button.
Just push the button.
Okay, maybe Goldfish are kind of a silly example too
but the point is there are Dash Buttons
for all sorts of things that you can order from Amazon,
all sorts of things.
Alright, so that's what they do,
now what about setup?
Well, it's supper easy.
First, pick out the Dash Button you want,
that's probably the hardest part in there, there's so many.
Then you just go through the setup in the Amazon app itself
and it will connect your wifi and that's it, you're done.
Okay, there's actually one thing left you have to do.
When you push the button for the very first time
to buy something, run to your phone or computer real quick
because you're gonna have to pick out
exactly the product that you want Amazon to send you.
This is a good thing because it makes sure
that you get exactly what it is you want
every time you push the Dash Button
and not just something that Amazon is guessing at.
Now shipping, again, defaults to your one-click settings
so whether it's two-day or one-day, whatever
or maybe you're lucky and you live in a market
where they will send you stuff same-day,
I don't, maybe you do, very cool.
- Look here, right here.
If you're looking for something, anything,
click on Get it Today and see what's available today.
- So now you gotta decide where you wanna put the button,
that's kind of a big deal, right?
So it's got an adhesive little sticker on the back
so you can stick it up to pretty much anything.
It also comes in a little black hook
so if you just wanna dangle it from something,
you can do that, your choice.
Point is, you can put them pretty much anywhere.
Or if you wanna get really cute,
maybe stash it at the bottom of the dog bone box
for when you start to run out.
Then after that is just a matter of mashing the button
whenever you want to order something, it's that easy.
It's kinda fun, actually.
The toughest question is what do you wanna get
Dash buttons for and where do you wanna put 'em
and how the heck are you gonna keep your kids
from pushing the button?
The biggest question I had going into this
is what happens when your kids start mashing the button
over and over and over again?
Which one of you pushed the buttons that so many times?
- Mia!
- I did it once! - which one of you did it?
So by default, it's set up to not actually ship
multiple things at once.
You can change that if you wanna hit it multiple times
and have multiple orders.
Otherwise, it's gonna default to one at a time
and it actually does a nice job
of not ordering multiple things
and letting you know when somebody else has done it.
Actually, to that end, it's just like
any other Amazon order, you can get a notification
that has been placed, you can see it in the Amazon app,
and you can still cancel the order
at anytime before it ships.
So is a Dash button actually gonna keep you
from ever having to go to the store again?
Probably not, right?
There are always things just need right that second
or that you'd rather get locally
or that maybe are just not worth shipping.
So if you do this sort of thing,
maybe a little more strategically,
stuff that's in the kitchen or in the bathroom
or the laundry room, then it starts to make
a little more sense and you can probably save yourself
some last minute trips to the store.
Now I haven't mentioned this yet,
these things are five dollars each
but you'll also get a five dollar credit
the first time you actually order something with the button.
So in fact, the button themselves are free,
you're just paying for the thing you're ordering.
So that's it for the Amazon Dash Buttons,
all of the Amazon Dash Buttons.
I might've gone a little overboard.
We'll see how long they all last throughout the house,
we'll see how long it takes my kids
to just order all the things but I can still cancel them
so that's okay.
We got links all down in the description
if you wanna order some Dash Buttons
or learn more about them on your own.
Be sure to subscribe to the channel if you haven't already.
Thanks for watching.
I'm gonna go push more buttons.
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