If your household looks anything like mine, keeping track of the school run, grocery lists, sport practice, and dinner plans usually requires a minor miracle. Or, at the very least, a chaotic web of sticky notes, group chats, and overlapping digital calendars that nobody actually looks at.
We live in an era where everything needs an app, and worse, a monthly fee. Subscription fatigue is real. Between streaming services, cloud storage, software, and meal kits, it feels like death by a thousand papercuts on our bank accounts. So, when a new piece of family tech launches promising organization without a recurring bill, it instantly catches your attention.
Australian consumer electronics brand Laser is tackling this exact headache with a new 15.6-inch Full HD Digital Calendar, hitting Big W stores nationally.
Taking Back Control of the Family Hub
It’s all about connection over cost. Retailing at a special launch price of $179 until September 2 (before going up to its regular $229.95 price tag), this touchscreen display brings your family schedule into one central spot in the kitchen or hallway.
Powered by Whale Framely, it syncs Google, Outlook, and Apple iCloud calendars together. It also links up your family’s phones so everyone can update schedules, check reminders, and edit shared lists on the go.
What makes it stand out though is the lack of strings attached. Many similar smart household displays rely on ongoing subscriptions to unlock their best features. Laser’s model requires zero ongoing monthly fees to access full functionality, custom lists, and automatic phone syncing. When recent figures suggest millions of dollars go down the drain annually on forgotten subscriptions, avoiding another monthly bill is a massive win.
Smart Features That Do the Heavy Lifting
Beyond basic date-tracking, the calendar comes packed with tools designed to make daily life run a bit smoother.
- Task & Rewards System: An integrated chore manager uses a star-powered system to help kids take responsibility around the house, from packing school bags to getting ready for footy training.
- Meal Planning Hub: Map out breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the week so everyone stops asking “what’s for dinner?” at 5:30 PM.
- Family Customisation: Assign unique colors to each family member, create shared grocery lists, and switch easily between day, week, and month views.
- Down Time: When it is not managing your chaos, a sleep mode and HD photo screensaver kick in, turning the idle screen into a digital photo frame for your favorite family snapshots.
For busy households trying to navigate the rising cost of living without adding another digital subscription to the pile, an all-in-one hub that you buy once and own outright is a refreshing change of pace.
