Costco Members: Apple HomePod Mini (Various Colors) Expired

The 2-pack is also $159.99. So if you want two HomePod Minis you're only paying the $2.99 shipping once instead of twice for two individual units.

https://www.costco.com/homepod-mi...76643.html

For a few years we had five 3rd gen Amazon Echo Dots around the house. They didn't sound too bad, perfectly acceptable for the size and price. Earlier this year I picked up a 4th gen Echo Dot to replace one that was getting a little flaky. The 4th gen Echo Dot's sound was noticeably poorer---it lacked depth and bass relative to the 3rd gen. Thinking it may have bene defective, Amazon support swapped it out--and the replacement 4th gen sounded just as underwhelming. I sent it back and picked up a refurb 3rd gen.

Fast forward to today, when Best Buy had that $75 deal we picked up five Homepod Minis and sold all the Echo Dots--we primarily have Apple devices otherwise, I wanted to just have one company surveilling our home. Overall I think Homepod Minis sound better then the 3rd gen Echo Dots--which themselves were superior to the 4th gen Echo Dots. The Homepod Minis may have slightly more bass than the 3rd gen Echo Dots--though not by much--but the sound is richer and more pleasing in general. They also sound quite nice when run together as a stereo pair.

Are they worth the premium over the Amazon devices? Hard to say. On sound alone, for the price--maybe not, if you can get the Amazon devices for cheap like they are now. But for us, factoring in ecosystem integration, performance (commands we often use are executed a little quicker than Alexa), dropping to one smart home surveiller, we are happy with the purchase.

I know others do, but I just don't "return" a year+ old product. Seems odd, I've heard people return their 18 month old product successfully etc, I've never tried.

I'm curious if AppleCare warranty means product gets 2 extra from Costco Citi card. 4 year combined warranty sound nice.