Instant Ink - One Month Update

So, I've been using the Instant ink service for almost a full month now.  I have the $9.99 plan for 300 pages currently during the promo period so I can take full advantage.  Which can be changed at any time.

So, checking the price on Amazon, we have saved roughly $70 so far.  The initial starter kit + now we have been shipped refills for both color and black cartridges.  The combo pack on Amazon costs $36.  Plus the ink cartridges are nearly double the size of the standard XL ones!  So, the value is much greater.

Now, if I get referrals, I can earn more free months of printing.  Even if you only get one free month for starting up, the savings are well worth it from the very first starter shipment.  Since the highest rate price is only $10/month.

I will be using this for more than just homeschool.  I have an art business I do from home and can now offer printed services and products.

I've received these extra cartridges and have not yet installed them.  My ink supply isn't even really low.  I've printed so much this month period because I was using the Printables services for homeschool work sheets from places like education.com.  The Printable apps ended in October, so there won't be any more automated daily printing.  I can still find things to print, but will have to go to each site and manually choose my prints.

I'm going to be getting rollover minutes, which after I surpass my 300 mins in the month it will deduct from there before charging me for overage prints.

So, in closing, I'm pretty satisfied with this service.  It is even cheaper than buying knock off inks that may not bypass the HP Proprietary filter.  Though, I heard they removed that after several complaints.  This is definitely the most affordable option for us.  If you have an Instant-Ink compatible HP printer and are interested in signing up, please use my referral link.

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Epic Foam Explosion

Today's DIY Project - Create a Foam Explosion

Elephant Toothpaste Foam Explosion

We're doing the "Elephant Toothpaste"(kid friendly version) as demonstrated by Steve Spangler Science.

Ingredients:

• 4 oz Hydrogen Peroxide
• splash of dish soap
• desired food color (optional)
• Yeast solution (dry yeast + water)

In a disposable bottle we measured 4 oz of peroxide.  Chase then  mixed in the dish soap and food color before adding in the catalyst.  We used yeast for a kid friendly version.  Chase also wore safety glasses and this was done on our junk picnic table (it needs to be fixed).  Then, explosion!  Much more impressive than the old baking soda and vinegar volcano!  :D  This foamed up real fast and kept erupting.  He was quite impressed.

The project page has member projects and how to's for you to learn how.  Chase is posting up the video of his project now, which may take a while for it to load on DIY.org.  But here it is below:

HP Instant Ink

We've started up with HP Instant Ink to try to save money on our printing costs.  We have an HP Instant Ink compatible Printer, HP OfficeJet 3830 Series (affiliate link).  HP's program will save a lot of money on ink, since it charges per printed page, rather than amount/color of inks used.  And you get rollover pages, up to your plan amount.  We're starting off with the 300 page plan, which is normally $9.99, but we have a promo giving us a free month.  If you want a free month, you can sign up with our link - Instant Ink.  It grants us one month free and new enrollments also get the free month.  

It will send the ink before we run out, there are 3 different plans to fit your budget and you can change them any time.  $9.99 being the highest with 300 pages.  I probably won't be printing anywhere near that much, but I wanted to start with the higher plan while I have it for free.  Also, buying ink costs more than $10.  I'll write up a proper review after I've received it.  I plan to use my printer for both homeschool and professional art projects, like printing out my digital stamps and papers.  So, hopefully, I'll get some good use out of it.  The HP Connected website gives you a comprehensive record of your usage, so you can see how much you're using and adjust your plan accordingly.