Skylight Calendar Max: 27-Inch Smart Digital Calendar & Chore Chart, Family Organizer with Interactive Touchscreen Display – Wall Mountable in Portrait or Landscape, Classic White Frame

Game changer!
We are a family of 4 with 2 kids. We were using a dry erase calendar board on our refrigerator as our means of keeping track of everyone’s schedules – daily life, work, school, planning our weekends and big events like trips. We were also using a small dry erase board for routine things like chores for our kids and other to do’s like oil changes for our car.We were hesitant to try this product at first and decided to try a digital calendar on our phones that we shared so that we could keep track of things. We learned quickly that it required a lot of discipline and communication between us (parents) to coordinate everything and then update it on our phone only to forget things regularly. It also did not solve the issue of routine related items, for example forgetting to return books at the library.We needed a way to stay organized and stop being forgetful, so we tried the Skylight Calendar MAX. We went for the max because we wanted it to be CLEAR and easy to see who was doing WHAT with just a glance at the calendar on the wall.Speaking of on the wall. Installing everything was a breeze. They included everything you need to install and mount your Skylight – a template a drill bit and a mount with a level so you really can’t mess it up. All you need is a power outlet close by, a screwdriver and a drill.You download the app for your phone and turn it on and off you go.My wife and I were shocked at how easy and intuitive everything was to use. You can plan things in the app on your phone or on the Skylight itself. We quickly became proficient with adding events on our calendar, creating to do lists, chores for the kids with a rewards program, and so on. There’s even a countdown at the top of the calendar so you can keep tabs on when important events are happening.Each person has a different color so you can quickly see who is doing what on the calendar without having to go into details or clicking into anything. We have ours mounted in the kitchen so every morning when we get up and have breakfast we gather around and naturally have our huddle before it’s game time for the day/week.One of my favorite features is the “SideKick” magic family assistant. You can take a photo of something like a school schedule on paper and it’ll make it digital – putting it on the calendar or making it into a list so you don’t have to waste time trying to copy all that information manually.On a side note, the unit itself looks great and super clean on the wall too.To sum it up – This is a game changer for our household. We can’t live without our Skylight now. If you value your time and you have a family I recommend giving it a try. You won’t look back.TLDR – Easy to install and easy to use; very intuitive. Saves you a lot of time and keeps you extremely organized. If you value your time and have kids it’s a no brainer.

Managing the morning chaos
We use shared Google calendars to organize my family’s schedules, but it wasn’t enough to keep us on track with everyone’s school events, activities, appointments, forms, uniforms, etc. I wanted a way for us to all review the week’s and month’s events without having to copy everything onto a paper calendar or have everyone looking at their phones. I was also very interested in a service that would transcribe and create calendar events from PDFs and invites. I had tried some apps but they didn’t work well.The Skylight Max has been a really wonderful addition to our home and has created calmer mornings. My husband and I look at it together while making our coffee – we can see the whole week at a glance, and it’s all in one spot. An unexpected benefit has been the routines and chores checklists. The kids use them on their own and are excited to check things off.It took us about 15 minutes to get everything connected. The Google Calendar sync worked right away and we haven’t had any issues. The screen is bright and big and mounting was easy with the instructions and hardware provided. The app is nice and intuitive and the Sidekick feature has done an excellent job of transcribing flyers from school into calendar events.So far I’m a big fan of the Skylight Max – it’s already making our mornings less stressful.