We just got our Oasis Mini and it’s hypnotic to watch, but seems to be a little flakey. We’ve had the red-light error multiple times, usually when it’s trying to centre itself, but I’ve found the following fixes things:
- Remove the glass lid
- Remove the ballbearing
- Level the sand using the comb, especially in the middle
- Press the reset button once (or cycle the power)
- After a minute, put the ballbearing and cover back
That is if we get the red-light. What we’ve also discovered is that if we use the tight spiral pattern to clear the sand it doesn’t seem to happen (touch wood, it hasn’t re-occurred so far since).
The impression I get is that if it ends up with sand in the middle that is too deep, it may lack the torque it needs to centre the ballbearing. I don’t know if this is actually the issue, it just seems like the situation whenever it happens and the fix + the pattern to avoid it would fit in with the theory.
Anyway, thought I’d share in case anyone else is having the issue.
Other than that it’s working great and is nice to watch when it works as intended.
