Rating 30 Smart Home Devices, BEST and WORST!

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Smart Home Solver

Smart Home Solver

Күн бұрын

I'm showing you everything in my smart home, and rating it rapid-fire from 1 to 10. Let's find my favorites... and LEAST favorites.
LINKS (affiliate)
Schlage Encode Plus: amzn.to/45Ay9vy
Unifi G4 video doorbell: amzn.to/3JrzOdK
RATGDO garage door: paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/
Weather station: amzn.to/3Qcdadj
Lutron smart dimmers: amzn.to/3UoBqv3
Inovelli Red: amzn.to/3U5fiEI
Rachio 3rd gen: amzn.to/3JtoX2U
Ecobee Premium: amzn.to/4aIKSPH
BOND bridge for fans: amzn.to/3JrA6kQ
Frame TV: howl.me/ckfR8hLsAW9
Apple TV 4K: howl.me/clKhACdS9y4
Tesla solar: ts.la/reed50987
Echo Show 15: amzn.to/44734js
Fingerprint locks: amzn.to/3UoRVr5
A lot of other links for my smart home here: www.amazon.com/shop/smarthome...
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0:00 Intro
0:23 Smart lock
0:49 Video doorbell
1:26 Security cameras
1:37 Smart garage
1:54 Weather station
2:15 Lutron dimmers
2:30 Kasa dimmers
3:03 Lutron motion lights
3:20 Inovelli Red
4:04 Smart bulbs
4:24 Smart light strips
4:40 Echo
5:04 HomePods
5:35 Google Nest Display
5:46 Rachio
6:05 Smart thermostat
6:28 BOND bridge
6:47 Dashboard
7:14 Frame TV
7:29 Apple TV
7:52 Ring alarm
8:11 Motion sensors
8:29 Contact sensor
8:49 Vibration sensors
9:08 Robot vacuum
9:16 Smart outlets
9:31 Server rack
9:44 Smart buttons
10:00 Smart shades
10:24 Tesla solar
10:55 Echo Show 15
11:05 Fingerprint locks
11:18 NFC tags
11:30 Hub
12:02 1/10 😬
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MUSIC
Digifunk by DivKid
Ending song is The End by EVA.
open.spotify.com/artist/6UIs5...

Пікірлер: 258
@SmartHomeSolver
@SmartHomeSolver 2 ай бұрын
Let's hear it: what device is a 10/10 in your smart home?👇
@Kaltsut
@Kaltsut 2 ай бұрын
Probably the light strips they look so good at night and day and I don't even use my ceiling lights anymore lol, also the Google nest hub because I dont need my phone all the time if I want to do anything but thanks Reed for inspiring me to build my own smart home
@vespineyt
@vespineyt 2 ай бұрын
Home assistant
@sandphotoNL
@sandphotoNL 2 ай бұрын
The vibration sensor that I attached to my 125 year old pull bell (doorbell)! And Home Assistant and motion sensors
@stephencoakley
@stephencoakley 2 ай бұрын
Shelly relays. They work well with my strong WiFi network, made by a company that cares about offline support and cloud-free, and are installed behind most of my light switches. The switch appearance matches my house because they're the original switches, the relays just "smart-ify" them behind the scenes. I even have some light switches wired to exclusively control smart bulbs this way, even though the switch looks completely ordinary. And of course, everything works without the Internet, and even work when the WiFi is down (albeit without the "smart" enhancements). They've been at least 99.9% reliable over the past 2 years. Something that surprised me as a 10/10 would be some of the SwitchBot Bluetooth products. I've been using some of their thermometers and they've been *super* reliable, their battery lasts a really long time, and they even update pretty quickly. They integrate with Home Assistant flawlessly, assuming you have a Bluetooth radio in your Home Assistant hardware - Home Assistant discovers them and lets you add them with just a click of a button within 30 seconds of turning them on for the first time! And Home Assistant of course is a 10/10, amazing software.
@Stephen-Jones
@Stephen-Jones 2 ай бұрын
The all important question, what rating did Ally give you? 😉(Thanks for another get vid)
@namannik
@namannik 2 ай бұрын
I totally hear you on the Alexa advertisements. So annoying. I got tired of hearing "By the way...", so I created an Alexa routine that runs every day at midnight that tells Alexa "Stop by the way". Works perfectly. I haven't heard this in months.
@SmartHomeSolver
@SmartHomeSolver 2 ай бұрын
Woah I'm going to have to try that!
@major_west
@major_west 2 ай бұрын
Strange. I disable "By the way" in the Alexa app months ago and have never heard an advert since then.
@desertaip9137
@desertaip9137 2 ай бұрын
Need to provide feedback to Amazon. Their default business culture is supposed to be "customer obsession". Feedback on how this presents a negative customer experience from lots of users should get some attention.
@lovedfriend2020
@lovedfriend2020 2 ай бұрын
odd, I don't get that.
@RyanAEdwards
@RyanAEdwards 2 ай бұрын
Came to the comments to say this! Game changer. 6am every morning HA tells every Echo to stop it. and it's off for the rest of the day. Still would have something local and affordable that works as well as Echo, but we're just not there quite yet. In the mean time, this works to make Alexa not as annoying.
@ricky54326
@ricky54326 2 ай бұрын
Lmao love the gaslighting "User error" etc for all the reviews 🤣🤣 my wife is also an Aly and we have similar conversations
@tychay
@tychay 2 ай бұрын
Ally makes a great point about Home Assistant. :D Love mine, of course.
@psedog
@psedog 2 ай бұрын
I put smart door locks on all my doors. Front, back, and garage entry. The garage was the most pertinent, because my better half refused to lock it. 9/10 usefulness.
@pjohnson21211
@pjohnson21211 2 ай бұрын
this was fun and useful. and +1 for the contrasting viewpoints from Ally.
@BrandonDoyleMN
@BrandonDoyleMN 2 ай бұрын
I rate this video a 10!
@MarshallPeterson-wn2qy
@MarshallPeterson-wn2qy 2 ай бұрын
I always look forward to the end of your videos! They’re always so funny! Keep doing it!
@SmartHomeSolver
@SmartHomeSolver 2 ай бұрын
Haha thanks!
@KienTran
@KienTran 2 ай бұрын
Surprised you rated buttons so low! I find they are a great supplement to smart switches and more convenient than pulling out the phone for everything. My most used one is on the fridge to toggle kitchen scenes
@Techlifeandmore
@Techlifeandmore 2 ай бұрын
Yeah. I literally am about to put one everywhere. My mom is like "we have Alexa, and now you want buttons again? We could have just kept the dumb lights and stuff." But I am planning to put one by my bed to control the lights, fans, air conditioner, air purifier, and playing a specific playlist of music that helps me go to sleep in my room.
@oudoulj
@oudoulj 2 ай бұрын
Totally agree: the whole point of a smart home is NOT to have to pull your phone out!
@fdelacou
@fdelacou Ай бұрын
and for Home Assistant user, you can actually capture all the buttons off of the pico. So handy to program your own behavior. I programmed my wife night stand light remote to turn my side if her side is already off!
@KyeMacdonald
@KyeMacdonald 29 күн бұрын
That was the one that surprised me as well. I have hidden buttons everywhere. The use that earned me the approval were buttons that summon the robovac to do a particular room. Ie whack the one in the kitchen and the vac appears and does the kitchen.
@Inovelli
@Inovelli 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the shout-out and the 10, Reed! It's an honor to be in your house :) Eric
@gogades
@gogades 2 ай бұрын
I would be interested in trying them but $150 in Canada ? Yikes.
@Inovelli
@Inovelli 2 ай бұрын
​@@gogades - hey yeah that's wild - where are you seeing it for $150? We have a distribution partner up in CA that has them for $75 (just checked their site bc I was going to have words with them if they were gouging that bad). Our only authorized reseller is Aartech. Sorry about the scare, hopefully that cleared things up a bit!
@gogades
@gogades 2 ай бұрын
@@Inovelli thanks I'll check it out. That's what came up on Amazon up here but I'll check with the authorized distributor
@Inovelli
@Inovelli 2 ай бұрын
@@gogades sounds good - any questions, I'm happy to help!
@JoshsSmartHome
@JoshsSmartHome Ай бұрын
Great video Reed. It’s always great to see the blitz of a variety of products.
@Martin42944
@Martin42944 Ай бұрын
“You had to debug it for a solid 2 hours” I know! Wasn’t that great? “….” -- How that conversation would go with my wife 😅
@alwaysright3718
@alwaysright3718 2 ай бұрын
Zemismart blind driver is my favourite out of the 40 devices in my home, I never have to open and close the blinds as they run automatically 10/10. Also 10/10 for my Gimdow door lock and 10/10 for my Brilliant Elite smart home switches.
@chriskieffer7094
@chriskieffer7094 Ай бұрын
Super fun video! Love watching your stuff
@tonyvalenti6614
@tonyvalenti6614 2 ай бұрын
Gotta say, for the devices we have in common I think you’re pretty much spot on. The only one I’ve consistently had poor experience with is Bond. We use it strictly for fans. Always been a pain to setup, if it even works with the fan. For me, solid 4 out of 10. Oh, and since you’re keeping score, I think Mollys’ got your number! 🤣
@Kaienhere
@Kaienhere 23 күн бұрын
This was super fun, love the video
@MatzeMaulwurf
@MatzeMaulwurf Ай бұрын
8:41 I’ve added an automation which is like a kids alarm. When my wife and I do some action in the bedroom and a door of one of the kids opens or the motion sensor of r their hallway detects a motion we get an alert with the smart lights in the bedroom. Very helpful:)
@granworks
@granworks 2 ай бұрын
I had an EcoWitt all-in-one weather station just like the Tempest but got rid of it because those style of stations are wildly inaccurate here in AZ! The temperature was consistently 5deg (or more) too high whenever the sun comes up and the piezoelectric water sensor might as well give random numbers, it is so off. There are a lot of connected Tempest devices around me so I know that Tempest is giving the same very-wrong numbers. I replaced the all-in-one with a suite of separate devices which is much much more of a pain to setup (and more expensive) but at least I know I'm getting extremely accurate numbers (after double-checking with calibrated sensors). Still EcoWitt since those integrate with HA very easily.
@eatbetterwithheather
@eatbetterwithheather 2 ай бұрын
Love our light switch dimmers!! 10/10
@an_evil_Imp
@an_evil_Imp 2 ай бұрын
Nice video Reed! By the way I got to cite you in my University assignment about smart home technology.
@Jensen871
@Jensen871 2 ай бұрын
Loved the video! My 10/10 device in my home is my Kasa light bulbs. They are wifi but they have been flawless. Do you use hue with the bridge or just paired them directly to zigbee?
@Ryan191991
@Ryan191991 Ай бұрын
Hey Reed, great vid as always. Curious about the Ring alarm, do you use ring sensors with that or have it and a variety of sensors tied back to home assistant?
@volcolby
@volcolby Ай бұрын
Great and fun look at the smart stuff. I do think what's really interesting is the fine line between convenience and added work when it comes to gadgets. As someone who has quite a bit less smart stuff in the home that you, I find that I am regularly having to adjust and work on things. It's like a second job. Or third. Or something. The one thing that I have never had to work on is the Ring security system. So, that's my 10/10. I love smart doorbells, but I've yet to try one that I would rate 10/10.
@frvnkie5969
@frvnkie5969 Ай бұрын
Awesome video- what tablet are you using for Home Assistant? Looked like an Ipad
@batukhan4
@batukhan4 2 ай бұрын
The wifes input was very useful to hear. We can get caught up in what we think is awesome, but others aren't so hot about it. 11/10
@luniticlizard
@luniticlizard Ай бұрын
Great video. I really enjoy the cuts to your wife's reason for rating something differently. My 10/10 is definitely my robot vacuum. It just works so well and helps me keep a cleaner home with less work.
@LeoCaseiro
@LeoCaseiro Ай бұрын
Amazing video, and funny as well. My wife is the same, hate when I’m spending hours on home assistant setups and debugs. Also she doesn’t use her phone for most features. Fun fact is the most used feature by wife is a button that will track and play a tune to find her phone. She never knows where is her phone, so that might explain why not using it hehe
@gogades
@gogades 2 ай бұрын
Regarding the Lutron motion lights - I did the same thing for my utility room, but I took it next level. I don't have toddlers anymore so I removed the door latch and just replaced it with a magnetic latch/catch. When I come down with my hands full with laundry, a big Costco order or a bunch of tools, I just bump the door open and the Lutron motion light does its thing. Game changer ! The only problem I've had is that I also tried to open _other_ doors by bumping them, and they didn't use magnetic latches so ..... crash. 😬
@rockking1379
@rockking1379 Ай бұрын
Do you happen to have a link to the magnetic latch you used?
@pawlos101
@pawlos101 2 ай бұрын
Since I live in Poland and dont get any advertisement from Amazon, except reminds to change filters or my packages I rate it 9/10. I actually agree with Ally's rates more than yours, but I love smart home anyway 😁
@SmartHomeSolver
@SmartHomeSolver 2 ай бұрын
Oh that's nice it doesn't have ads over there! And she will be happy to hear people are on her side 😂
@williamlabarre4755
@williamlabarre4755 2 ай бұрын
We are newbie Snowbirds and the Schlage smart locks are pure platinum. Remote access control FTW! (along with many cameras!)
@daveforrester61
@daveforrester61 2 ай бұрын
Love the difference of opinion in your house. We should probably have that sort of conversation in our smart home. I tend to just do stuff and think it's brilliant. I have little to no idea what others in the house actually think 😂. ps. smart buttons are brilliant, especially if you keep them mobile and don't stick them down 👍.
@garytay4224
@garytay4224 2 ай бұрын
Hi I like your video on the smart home solution and have started my home assistant journey. I would like to check if you have any advices on the automation for washroom as I have no issue triggering the power but if you are seating on the toilet bowl my motion sensor sometime doesn’t register presence.
@michaelsleen
@michaelsleen 2 ай бұрын
Love this video idea, Reed! I also have the Tempest but I’ve never had it go offline due to lack of charge. Surprised it’s happening to you in Arizona. Maybe try a different placement?
@Chris-hl9jk
@Chris-hl9jk 2 ай бұрын
Hey Nice video! The ESP32 on your Garage using an Adapter for Wire connection? Where can i get them? Thanks :)
@GCubedProductions
@GCubedProductions 2 ай бұрын
Thanks. I learned a lot. I think I’m going to adopt the video ambush technique on my wife to try and get quicker answers to questions I ask. No chance this strategy blows up in my face.
@deutschland09
@deutschland09 2 ай бұрын
Hey Reed, You are using the Ring Alarm Keypad. Can you also use this with HomeAssitant if you want to use it for automation? Do you generally have to take out a subscription for the Ring keypad, or can you just do that? I'm looking for a keypad that I can use with HomeAssistant without having to take out a subscription with Ring or have other products from this company. Does this keypad work completely without a cloud connection to Ring in HA? Thank you.
@swiftMyDay
@swiftMyDay 2 ай бұрын
What a fun video 😄
@Saturn2888
@Saturn2888 23 күн бұрын
How are you setting up your smart home automations? Home Assistant doesn't seem to support it. I'm looking at Homey, and it has that as a feature like I used to get with IFTTT. Is this something you're using or do you have another solution?
@tankthebear
@tankthebear 2 ай бұрын
For the devices we have in common, I agree. Roborock, ecobees (I have 3), etc. In process of swapping out our outdoor wyze cameras new house thick brick wifi just not cutting it. I liked where Ally weighed in - the WAF is critical. One of the reasons for the camera upgrade wifey uses them all the time - so need better and faster. Tapos.
@rockking1379
@rockking1379 Ай бұрын
What finally really started to get my wife on board was when I put a Shelly 1 on the garage door opener so she could hit it from her phone or CarPlay screen. Lights were kinda whatever to her. But being able to open the garage when she wasn’t in her normal car with the regular opener, that was the trick
@khalids4716
@khalids4716 2 ай бұрын
Which motorized shades do you have for the patio? I am in Phoenix area, any recommendations for an installer and ballpark price? Thanks !
@handcoding
@handcoding 2 ай бұрын
5:04 - For the HomePods, do you know if there’s any way to have them accept arbitrary voice commands that then call Home Assistant functions? (That’s one of the things that I kinda like my Echos for.)
@yamahawins
@yamahawins 4 күн бұрын
What exactly do you use the network rack for? I'm just getting into the smart home, basically just have smart light switches, blink security atm
@PennTech226
@PennTech226 2 ай бұрын
3:23 what was the light switch on the left? It looked pretty cool with the metallic ring in the middle and looks like it has tons of controls. where can I buy it?
@ankit_prasad
@ankit_prasad 2 ай бұрын
Haiku fan controller
@erivaton
@erivaton 2 ай бұрын
Have you made a video about your server rack, with the Ubiquity Unify Dream Machine Pro ?
@Thedoctorjosh
@Thedoctorjosh 2 ай бұрын
I'd love an updated video comparing Google home and the echo devices! I'm curious how they have changed over time. I recently got an echo after being a Google home family for years and I'm curious your thoughts
@hersheyphys
@hersheyphys 2 ай бұрын
Debugging home assistant 😂. She got us there
@tjark_am_start
@tjark_am_start 2 ай бұрын
How have you integrated your reolink cameras? Different system than Ubiquiti?
@dement34
@dement34 Ай бұрын
@SmartHomeSolver Kasa is going to matter, and cutting data from energy monitoring devices (kp125m) to home assistant. have you heard something about it? is better to change to sonoff? how to fixit?
@JohnHerrera-fc3jn
@JohnHerrera-fc3jn Ай бұрын
What motion sensor are you using in your garage that is attached to your storage rack?
@cragonaut
@cragonaut 2 ай бұрын
Ditch the Raspberry Pi and install HA on something SFF like a refurbished HP Elitedesk Mini. It's basically the same price and the performance increase is massive. Like me, you'll wish you'd done it way sooner.
@desertaip9137
@desertaip9137 2 ай бұрын
I'm running on a Dell Optiplex i5 with a small M2 SSD I got off of ebay, very solid and the more you automate and integrate the more compute you need.
@jankoodziej877
@jankoodziej877 Ай бұрын
Yay, I'm always a bit surprised raspberry is always recommended for HA when it's quite expensive and really not powerful. I got my setup for 1/4 the price and several times better performance.
@KyeMacdonald
@KyeMacdonald 29 күн бұрын
Especially if you run proxmox on it first. The backup and restore alone is worth it. And if you're like me with multiple proxmox servers you can have high-availability on your HA server.
@ronm6585
@ronm6585 Ай бұрын
Thanks Reed.
@tylerjohnston2308
@tylerjohnston2308 Ай бұрын
I am rebuilding my Smart home as I just moved and I’m mainly trying to find matter devices so they can be brand diagnostic but as far as the connectivity method, I’m having trouble finding a lot of thread based devices and I’m worried about getting too many Wi-Fi devices has this been a problem for you having most of your devices connected via Wi-Fi?
@walterp8019
@walterp8019 2 ай бұрын
I use a Geeni garage door opener. No issues and is a low cost option. Even sends me a messagebif it is left open or if my Internet goes down. I think I paid around $30. Easy to install.
@vijaybrihmadesam3655
@vijaybrihmadesam3655 Ай бұрын
Any issues with the invovelli switches? How do they stack up to Lutron?
@eatbetterwithheather
@eatbetterwithheather 2 ай бұрын
Woah I want to hear more about the smart drip system thing
@nickthompson7369
@nickthompson7369 2 ай бұрын
Beard coming in 🔥🔥
@gm3052CA
@gm3052CA 2 ай бұрын
Is there a way to automatically have the Frame booth with the apple tv the moment I switch from the artwork to wanting to watch tv?
@adamrexroad5337
@adamrexroad5337 13 күн бұрын
What motion sensor is that at the 8:14 mark? I love how small it is while still having articulation.
@user-sy7co9mi2z
@user-sy7co9mi2z 23 күн бұрын
Bond bridge - you said you use it to control your fans and external blinds. Does one bridge control all the fans in all the different rooms? Or do you have multiple bridges ?
@PedroLiberal
@PedroLiberal Ай бұрын
Hey reed!! Have you heard about Google home deleting integrations and refusing to reconnect? I’m trying to troubleshoot this now, I have about 30 devices on my local smarthome instance that have been kicked out of Google home for no reason. My roborock vacuum was also kicked and I can’t even add it back!
@Livefreewhileucan
@Livefreewhileucan Ай бұрын
Wowsa. Thats alot of smart stuff
@Xoremak
@Xoremak 2 ай бұрын
My issue with the Kasa dimmers is that sometimes they randomly desync between the indicator leds and the actual light state. For example, sometimes when I hit the switch the indicators will start coming on to show the state of the light, but the light itself will never actually turn on. Needs to be turned off and on again to resync.
@danielbernier6551
@danielbernier6551 2 ай бұрын
What do you think about Eufy products ?
@scottwood646
@scottwood646 2 ай бұрын
Love to see a video on your 3 hours it took to get home assistant working the other night your wife was talking about. Was it during an update or did something quit working?
@jamesmonahan7872
@jamesmonahan7872 2 ай бұрын
Great Video Reed. I agree with you on most. I have been on the fence about the tempest and think I will pass after seeing your take as I also live in AZ. Would love to see more on the Unifi network. Any chance you can do a video on walking through the setup (or if you have can you post the link)?
@SmartHomeSolver
@SmartHomeSolver 2 ай бұрын
I'm a wrapping up a video on my server rack and Unifi right now! It will be on the second channel though.
@jamesmonahan7872
@jamesmonahan7872 2 ай бұрын
Thank you I will keep an eye on Reed’s Smart Home channel
@KyeMacdonald
@KyeMacdonald 29 күн бұрын
Have a look at the ecowit weather stations, much cheaper than the tempests, integrate natively with HA, and I've never had mine go offline for battery. It has a solar panel and 3 standard AA. You swap the batteries every 24 months
@misterhaan
@misterhaan Ай бұрын
lutron caseta is my 10/10. we have these on many of our lights as well as the bedroom fan and they're pretty handy to control from wall switches or voice with google assistant. i've even added some of the pico remotes to easily put a wall switch next to the vanity for example so i can turn that light on from in front of the sink without the noise of talking to google about it when i'm up for work before my wife. the one i use next most is probably the garage door which is a genie with the smartness built in. i get notifications on my phone when the garage door opens or closes, so i dismiss the closed ones and check on it if the open stays active too long without being replaced with a closed notification. sometimes it misses the closed notification, so i either go look or if i'm not home i check the driveway camera to verify it's actually closed. it won't let me open or close with voice for security reasons and insists on beeping and flashing the light for 5 seconds before opening or closing from the app so i mostly just use the open/close notifications from it . . . which honestly i could get from a window/door sensor. my most disappointing smart device has been the kitchen faucet from kohler. while we use the motion sensor to turn it on and off and love that, we had hoped the kids would be able to voice control it when they were too short to reach the sensor but the voice control has been spotty at best, leading me to create a phrase that would turn it on for X seconds because it often wouldn't respond to a second command to turn it off. it only worked at all for a few months until neither voice control or the app will do anything at all besides tell me the faucet is offline. haven't really tried it in possibly a year or so though, so maybe it's better now. also maybe they put all their effort into ios and don't care if their android app works properly. the other frustrating smart devices have been shades with somfy motors that communicate through an ezlo 100 dongle. we didn't put these in bedrooms but the living room, kitchen, and stairs are on a schedule to more or less open in the morning and close at night so we don't touch them. when it works. it frequently loses its wifi connection (can still follow the schedule without) and doesn't integrate with home assistant. plus the app has been buggy like forgetting part of the routine if i make an edit and originally having inaccurate sunrise / sunset timing. pretty sure they're z-wave and i could swap something in for the dongle that's better supported (maybe something that can plug in with ethernet) and use a different app with a better experience but i'm having trouble finding the information i need to know what's going to work before buying something and trying it out. would love to put them with the lutron smart dimmers but failed to pair there and then found a post saying the lutron bridge doesn't do z-wave
@FactFusionDaily1
@FactFusionDaily1 2 ай бұрын
Love the tv cabinet, could you please give more details on those ?
@XStrikeSuper
@XStrikeSuper 2 ай бұрын
Look like from IKEA
@santiagolorianava3107
@santiagolorianava3107 2 ай бұрын
I thought you used Aqara FP2 sensors, are they any good?
@Diddz
@Diddz Ай бұрын
Me and my mom are coming up with wacky ideas for zwave scene controllers outside the scope of scenes, one being to know that the mail hasnt been checked yet, pressing it dismisses that reminder, another reminds us if any doors are left open, pressing it tells us which ones (replaces the nest guard reminder)
@spanoaevictor6579
@spanoaevictor6579 Ай бұрын
Hey, can you help me out, I have an echo show 2nd gen 5 device, and I want to get a philips hue sync box and a hue bluetooth light strip and bulb, but I don't want the hub so can I use my echo show 5 as a hub?
@ypark2877
@ypark2877 2 ай бұрын
I did an automation routine on Alexa. Each morning it turns off any by the way announcements from Amazon. Other than notifications for deliveries. Do not get one announcement on any echos or dots.
@mylistmail
@mylistmail Ай бұрын
Qwe
@Techlifeandmore
@Techlifeandmore 2 ай бұрын
Love the Bond Bridge. It occasionally will fail to control a device though. The local API is fucking awesome.
@markhavlek30
@markhavlek30 2 ай бұрын
I have been a Weatherflow user since their Kickstarter, and when the unit goes dead quickly it is usually a failing battery. Which is my one complaint that the user cannot change the battery, though they do give a healthy discount to replace it with a new unit if you contact their customer service.
@Bryan-to5ii
@Bryan-to5ii 2 ай бұрын
If you were still on the market for cameras and a doorbell would you still go Unifi? And what Access points are you using U6's?
@kennethojeke5119
@kennethojeke5119 Ай бұрын
Hello Reed, I have been following for over 6 years, although your video are not coming out on weekly bases. Please can you give the excel documentation on smart home link you share in one of your video i think some time last year. please! Please !! reply
@Furkanf22
@Furkanf22 2 ай бұрын
Homeassistant on a raspberry pi or on a nas? I'm running on the Nas for now but what's better
@Luisp_1024
@Luisp_1024 2 ай бұрын
How far can the Bond Bridge go? Thinking about multiple rooms and floors.
@FlyingHellfish
@FlyingHellfish 2 ай бұрын
Honestly, I have issues with it controlling ceiling fans in a room directly below where the bridge is. I've been meaning to try to solve that but I haven't had time yet.
@TeslaBoy-qd7xr
@TeslaBoy-qd7xr 2 ай бұрын
6:42 What is the make/model of those back patio shades that you control with the BOND bridge?
@janice4907
@janice4907 2 ай бұрын
Yes please
@desertaip9137
@desertaip9137 2 ай бұрын
We have Insoroll Oasis shades. Ours have Lutron controllers but they have a different controller avaialble.
@janice4907
@janice4907 2 ай бұрын
I have looked everywhere and can't find the link for the smart shades on the back porch area. Please help TIA
@KF5AIB
@KF5AIB 2 ай бұрын
So I am just now starting to build out my Unifi network. You mentioned you use Unifi and Reolink security cameras. My question is, are you able to record the Reolink cameras on your Ubiquiti Dream Machine Pro?
@josiahoakes2790
@josiahoakes2790 2 ай бұрын
I wondered the same
@KF5AIB
@KF5AIB Ай бұрын
@SmartHomeSolver
@wapphigh5250
@wapphigh5250 2 ай бұрын
if there was a simple HA touchscreen all loaded ready to go straight out of the box? I'd give that a 10/10 ! Same for local voice control!
@sleepingwonder
@sleepingwonder 2 ай бұрын
I hope you are subscribed to Paul hibbert he just released exactly that video
@SteveSteele
@SteveSteele Ай бұрын
There was a cinema in my town that started selling ice-cream with toppings ... we quickly realised we could buy one scoop of ice-cream and fill up the tub with toppings 😎
@bradnoyes7955
@bradnoyes7955 Ай бұрын
Hmm, I have constant issues with Ring disconnecting from Home Assistant. Also, spending 2 hours debugging things in Home Assistant *probably* isn't home assistant's fault (although I did have my HA botch an OS update and that took several hours to repair).
@RMcLaughlin952
@RMcLaughlin952 2 ай бұрын
I'm surprised that you're still running your Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi, I had to upgrade to a Dell Optiplex as my Pi sometimes shutdown randomly (probably due to me running too many automations...)
@Zn0nimus
@Zn0nimus Ай бұрын
Why Honda Odyssey? Serious question, we are looking at minivans right now and can't decide. :)
@toneloop
@toneloop Ай бұрын
What type of robot vacuum do you use?
@rsimmons37
@rsimmons37 25 күн бұрын
What is the name of your back patio shade?
@mariebarger8631
@mariebarger8631 2 ай бұрын
Sorry tried to read thru the messages but if this was said good. If not yay. The tempest had an issue the charging. Call the customer service line and they should be able to troubleshoot and assist. Mine is working great now.
@jeroenjaja4359
@jeroenjaja4359 2 ай бұрын
Do you using Homey Pro anymore?
@soapdude1
@soapdude1 2 ай бұрын
Don't you know? 1-10 scale is out. The cool kids all use Tiers. True story though, your channel is awesome. Planning so many things for my home that's currently being contructed.
@rokudanShinzu
@rokudanShinzu Күн бұрын
Get the mi bedside lamp it’s just great
@Musky007
@Musky007 2 ай бұрын
I was waiting for you to rate the aqara fp2 presence sensor but you never did, I’m sure you have it, can you rate it now?
@TyDaSpace
@TyDaSpace Ай бұрын
10/10 I love it. It sucked when it first came out but with the software update. Mine controls my entire main floor with multiple people
@helenapeterhjalmarsson
@helenapeterhjalmarsson Ай бұрын
What's the "dashboard" thingy?
@edomodz
@edomodz 25 күн бұрын
I need the link for smart buttons!!
@JT.526
@JT.526 Ай бұрын
Ive noticed almost all women absolutely love the frame TV, yet all men prefer quality and funtionality of a standard one. We have a frame 55" in living room and a 85" samsung neo in basement bonus room. My wife and daughter would rather watch that stupid frame all day instead of the gloriousness downstairs. Works out well for me.
@_aboutsyd
@_aboutsyd Ай бұрын
too bad the frame tv sucks that much. As your wife said aesthetically is super cool ! thank you for your super helpful review
@BudsSmartHome
@BudsSmartHome 2 ай бұрын
Good overview Reed. You got to head those wife ratings. Happy wife...
@Aarav_Vispute
@Aarav_Vispute 2 ай бұрын
By the siri is getting massive update to make it 1000 time better with AI like chatgpt !🎉
@josecastro1452
@josecastro1452 2 ай бұрын
You are rocking that beard mate... And of course the wife wrong about HA... My wife gave it a 2😂
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