Initial Setup of BloomSky

After some confusion on the shipping date, my package arrived.  Inside were three boxes for the mount, solar panel and Sky2.  There was a quick start manual but that was it.  The manual said to download the app on to my smartphone and follow the instructions.  But before I did that, I wanted to figure out the mounting.  There was a picture on the solar panel box on how the mount worked but it was small and not easy to understand.  I watched some videos and did some web searching and was able to figure out everything but that was more effort than I should have to do.

Here are the missing instructions:

  • Charge the device before attempting to turn it on.
  • Without the mount, the BloomSky is supposed to be stuck in the ground via a post.  This is fine installation but I have dogs so not an option.
  • The solar panel has some legs that go back and it just rests on the ground too.  There are a couple of items which are meant to be stakes.
  • The solar panel connects to the mount via 4 screws but the mounting plate needs to be removed from the mount first.
  • Once the solar panel is on the mount, the BloomSky post goes through a series of holes in the mount.  Very clever.  However, the power cord is in the way and I was afraid I would smash it.

Overall, it was a very clever assembly but better instructions would have helped.  If they wanted to avoid the printing costs, better videos could have been put on the website and not require searching other people’s videos.