Reddit reviews SupremeTech 18 x 24 x 0.04 Inch Acrylic See-Through Mirror, 30% Transparent
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17 15/16 inch x 23 15/16 inch x 0.04 inch see-through acrylic (approximately 30% transparent). Can be used for a smart mirror, surveillance, or theatrical application. Shatter resistant, unlike glass. Slightly bendable.A two-way mirror is coated with a thin, almost-transparent layer of metal. The result is a mirrored surface that reflects some light and is penetrated by the rest. Light always passes equally in both directions. However, when one side is brightly lit and the other is dark, the darker side becomes difficult to see from the brightly lit side because it is masked by the brighter reflection of the lit side.2nd photo monitor off. 3rd photo monitor on, bright room. 4th photo monitor on, dark room. 5th photo reflection of ceiling light. 6th photo ceiling light seen through mirror. 7th photo demonstrates nature of two way mirror.Be sure to remove thin protective film from both sides before use. Side with blue protective covering may have a 2nd clear protective covering underneath. Protection may be scratched, but underlying mirror should be unscratched. Blue covering is on back of mirror; clear covering is on reflective side.Acrylic can scratch fairly easily. Please treat with care. If you expect some wear, face the back of the mirror so that it will receive the wear. If the back receives wear, you can potentially buff it out; however, if the front receives wear, it can remove the reflective coating. Please see FAQ in description area below for more useful info.
A thin one-way mirror: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CZ35XWY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
To be fair, there are those people who just buy the easiest to find stuff, and there are those who bargain hunt. Your guy above is not a bargain hunter.
For starters, he's buying a 10 pack of heat sinks for $11, when you only need 1 set for $4.99
Sonoff switch can be had on eBay for less than $8
Breadboard, MOSFET, and power supplies can be had for less on ADAfruit.
You can save about 50% on the Raspberry Pi if you buy a used one on eBay.
You can use this piece of two way acrylic instead of glass for a pretty substantial savings.
You could probably swing the project for $150 or so.
I mean, if you're dead set on using an actual glass mirror, cool.
But most of the magic mirrors on YouTube and such use this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CZ35XWY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
You can see an example here: https://youtu.be/fkVBAcvbrjU
The basic MagicMirror is pretty simple to build and use.
You'll need:
After you've got everything together, look up MichMich on Github and follow the instructions. You'll likely mess something up here and there and it will take a few hours to get everything in the right place. If something isn't working right, don't be scared to hold shift when restarting the Pi and reinstall Raspbian and start over. It will be best if you can navigate to Github on the actual Pi itself(You'll need to set up Wi-Fi connection anyways), because you can then copy and paste the code(need to use mouse to post into Command Line interface) and just hit enter for most of it.
That should get you set up with the basic magic mirror. After that, things get a little tougher, but should be manageable as long as you don't do too much at once. If you go to the Modules section of MichMich Github site, there is a list of all the 3rd party modules. Some of them, like the Scrobbler one, require you to create a last.fm account, get an API Key(Super easy, just fill out their form and they give it to you immediately), and then log into the scrobbler in your spotify settings.
Once you have all that set up, there will be a section of code in the "Read Me" page for each module, and there will be sections that describe each option in the code and the effect it will have on the mirror itself. The part I always screw up is getting that code into the main MagicMirror Config file without messing something up. This file should be located at /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js. It is stored as just a text file. Good news is there will already be default module options in there, so you just need to hash through that until you understand it to make sure you have all the right commas in plact. One piece of advice I'll give is that, generally, if there is an equal sign, there should be no spaces on either side of it. That one gets me all the time.
There are some other Modules I like too, like score/schedule of NHL/NFL(requires tweaking if you want to feature one team, but again, it's all in the read me sections for each module). The weather one is pretty nice, but also requires an API from an open source weather site. There is an xkcd comic that is an easy setup, you can customize the "Compliments" if you navigate into the modules folder and find the compliments module code that contains the compliments. There isn't a TON of modules that really peaked my interest, but there is enough there to keep me busy setting everything up.
My future plans are to add a camera, which can be used for motion sensing to turn the mirror off when no one is around, and possibly utilizing the module that contains facial recognition software to control the content that is displayed. There is voice and Alexa integration, and a wealth of other things that you can do depending on how far down the rabbit hole you want to go with integrating buttons and whatnot.
I will order it here from Germany. It got 1 bad review due to broken mirror (I guess due to postage). Check out answer from seller. It is cheap, other mirrors cost a lot more.
If you wanna try going cheaper, you can try this. Check out answer from this seller.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CZ35XWY/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_zqgUDbJ8K6C4N