Fellow’s hardware is great! Their software is just “fine”
Fellow product hardware is some of the best, most intentional product design out there in the coffee space. Their software gets the job done, and looks like they’ve finally—after years of owning an Aiden—started fixing some of the worst, most annoying bugs in the software. And for that, I’m grateful!
One request, it’d be amazing if I could add notes to my profiles (like special grind settings or other little extra details). And if those could be stored locally, or via iCloud rather than on fellows servers that’d be great.
One request, it’d be amazing if I could add notes to my profiles (like special grind settings or other little extra details). And if those could be stored locally, or via iCloud rather than on fellows servers that’d be great.
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Total garbage
Why on earth do we need an app to make coffee? Only in SF would they ruin the entire experience by creating a ridiculously complex coffeemaker that you can’t even use properly because the app refuses to link to the coffee maker & the manual controls are terrible.
Disabled useful hardware feature in latest update
Fix your lousy hardware not firmware, don't disable detection of which shower setting is set, that's one of the last useful sensors you have on this thing.
Useless
Won’t even connect to my kettle. No value at all
App doesn’t work
App won’t send password reset instructions. Useless! And very frustrating!
Poorly vibe coded
Decent design, but ai slop
Troubleshooting still no app link
Even with troubleshooting, over multiple days, I have not been able to get the kettle connected to the fellow app. Very disappointing and frustrating to purchase and item and not be able to use some features as offered in the app.
Great coffeemaker, lousy app
The machine makes a great cup of coffee. But the app seems designed to show off to their friends in the coffee industry how cool they are, not to add wireless functionality to the product that, ya know, consumers are buying. What the heck are “drops” and why are they the centerpiece of this app? Why isn’t there a brew now button? It’s not the app, but the menu functionality on the machine is also in need of some more thought, to put the things average consumers use at the top.
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Won’t connect
It finds the coffee maker quickly, never connects.
Doesnt connect
Simply does not connect to the kettle. Device is on, i tried every button and combination and it does not pair with the app.
Won’t connect
Keeps saying my WiFi password is wrong- and it took hours just to get to that point. Horrible- I’m mad I paid so much money for an app that is perfected.
Needs improvement
Difficult/impossible to connect to coffee machine (After many tries, I now just use my husband’s phone to use the app). Also needs a “brew now” button!
So much potential
Hail Fellow, what gives? We need updates! Funny names for the Aiden are one thing but you don’t use it on the event notification. Why not? Don’t you want us to have more than one? Even better, let us tie the event to shortcuts. I’d love to trigger a meme generator to it and notify my office mates. While I wouldn’t use it very often, the scheduling feature doesn’t seem to work at all.
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Can’t connect
My kettle is on, Bluetooth is on, redownloaded the app, still can’t connect.
EKG pro + won’t connect
This thing is just impossible to pair. Just spent 45 minutes. Did all the trouble shooting steps.
I work in tech for a living, this on-boarding flow just does not work.
I work in tech for a living, this on-boarding flow just does not work.
ES1 can’t connect to wifi
ES1 is no longer connecting to wifi with the app update, nothing I do seems to work. Tried 2.4GHz wifi, hard reset of machine, uninstall/reinstall app, no luck!
Missing a lot of features
It would be really nice to have an option to start preheating the espresso machine in the app. It would’ve been really nice if the features for the espresso machine had been added before release, particularly considering the machine was delayed.
Basic but works for me
I read the terrible reviews and thought it only right that I report that I downloaded the app today, it found my machine (an Aiden) quickly, updated the firmware immediately, and let me fine tune the coffee machine easily. So no problems whatsoever. The thing is I mistyped my email address (as a nonsense word obviously not an email) which the app now treats as a username (and the Fellows website let me sign in with it) but there is no way I can correct the error. So the app works but it is basic; and if the manufacturer wants to email me, well - good luck with that! I’d love to let you know how to do it but you’ve accepted a nonsense address and I can’t change it!
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Poor functionality
Poor app design, especially function. Fails to connect. Doesn’t connect to new espresso series 1.
ES1 linking completely broken
I was excited about the new update allowing for app control of espresso series 1 (finally). But after spending a whole morning trying to connect my machine to the app (and following all troubleshooting tips), I’m giving up. What a disaster.
