Rating 30 Smart Home Devices, BEST and WORST!

SdĂ­let
VloĆŸit
  • čas pƙidĂĄn 15. 05. 2024
  • 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...
    My shirts: smarthomesolver.big3creative....
    FOLLOW ME
    Subscribe to Smart Home Solver: bit.ly/3joO1dZ
    Subscribe to Reed's Smart Home: bit.ly/3EulO02
    Twitter: / smarthomesolver
    Instagram: / smarthomesolver
    TikTok: / smarthomesolver
    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 😬
    ---------
    MUSIC
    Digifunk by DivKid
    Ending song is The End by EVA.
    open.spotify.com/artist/6UIs5...
  • Věda a technologie

Komentáƙe • 236

  • @SmartHomeSolver
    @SmartHomeSolver  Pƙed 26 dny +10

    Let's hear it: what device is a 10/10 in your smart home?👇

    • @Kaltsut
      @Kaltsut Pƙed 26 dny +1

      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 Pƙed 26 dny +5

      Home assistant

    • @sandphotoNL
      @sandphotoNL Pƙed 26 dny +1

      The vibration sensor that I attached to my 125 year old pull bell (doorbell)! And Home Assistant and motion sensors

    • @stephencoakley
      @stephencoakley Pƙed 26 dny

      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 Pƙed 26 dny +3

      The all important question, what rating did Ally give you? 😉(Thanks for another get vid)

  • @namannik
    @namannik Pƙed 26 dny +84

    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  Pƙed 26 dny +16

      Woah I'm going to have to try that!

    • @major_west
      @major_west Pƙed 25 dny +3

      Strange. I disable "By the way" in the Alexa app months ago and have never heard an advert since then.

    • @desertaip9137
      @desertaip9137 Pƙed 25 dny +1

      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 Pƙed 25 dny

      odd, I don't get that.

    • @RyanAEdwards
      @RyanAEdwards Pƙed 25 dny +2

      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.

  • @tychay
    @tychay Pƙed 26 dny +26

    Ally makes a great point about Home Assistant. :D
    Love mine, of course.

  • @ricky54326
    @ricky54326 Pƙed 26 dny +35

    Lmao love the gaslighting "User error" etc for all the reviews đŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł my wife is also an Aly and we have similar conversations

  • @BrandonDoyleMN
    @BrandonDoyleMN Pƙed 26 dny +19

    I rate this video a 10!

  • @KienTran
    @KienTran Pƙed 26 dny +22

    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 Pƙed 25 dny

      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 Pƙed 25 dny +5

      Totally agree: the whole point of a smart home is NOT to have to pull your phone out!

    • @fdelacou
      @fdelacou Pƙed 24 dny +1

      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!

  • @Inovelli
    @Inovelli Pƙed 26 dny +12

    Thanks for the shout-out and the 10, Reed! It's an honor to be in your house :)
    Eric

    • @gogades
      @gogades Pƙed 26 dny +1

      I would be interested in trying them but $150 in Canada ? Yikes.

    • @Inovelli
      @Inovelli Pƙed 25 dny +5

      ​@@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 Pƙed 25 dny

      @@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 Pƙed 25 dny +4

      @@gogades sounds good - any questions, I'm happy to help!

  • @MarshallPeterson-wn2qy
    @MarshallPeterson-wn2qy Pƙed 26 dny +7

    I always look forward to the end of your videos! They’re always so funny! Keep doing it!

  • @pjohnson21211
    @pjohnson21211 Pƙed 26 dny +5

    this was fun and useful. and +1 for the contrasting viewpoints from Ally.

  • @JoshsSmartHome
    @JoshsSmartHome Pƙed 19 dny

    Great video Reed. It’s always great to see the blitz of a variety of products.

  • @psedog
    @psedog Pƙed 26 dny +4

    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.

  • @chriskieffer7094
    @chriskieffer7094 Pƙed 18 dny

    Super fun video! Love watching your stuff

  • @gogades
    @gogades Pƙed 26 dny +3

    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 Pƙed 23 dny

      Do you happen to have a link to the magnetic latch you used?

  • @alwaysright3718
    @alwaysright3718 Pƙed 26 dny +3

    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.

  • @volcolby
    @volcolby Pƙed 6 dny

    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.

  • @an_evil_Imp
    @an_evil_Imp Pƙed 26 dny +1

    Nice video Reed!
    By the way I got to cite you in my University assignment about smart home technology.

  • @LeoCaseiro
    @LeoCaseiro Pƙed 9 dny

    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

  • @frvnkie5969
    @frvnkie5969 Pƙed 20 dny +1

    Awesome video- what tablet are you using for Home Assistant? Looked like an Ipad

  • @Ryan191991
    @Ryan191991 Pƙed 10 dny

    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?

  • @eatbetterwithheather
    @eatbetterwithheather Pƙed 24 dny

    Love our light switch dimmers!! 10/10

  • @Martin42944
    @Martin42944 Pƙed 23 dny +2

    “You had to debug it for a solid 2 hours”
    I know! Wasn’t that great?
    “
.”
    --
    How that conversation would go with my wife 😅

  • @Jensen871
    @Jensen871 Pƙed 25 dny

    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?

  • @pawlos101
    @pawlos101 Pƙed 26 dny +5

    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  Pƙed 26 dny +1

      Oh that's nice it doesn't have ads over there! And she will be happy to hear people are on her side 😂

  • @tonyvalenti6614
    @tonyvalenti6614 Pƙed 25 dny

    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! đŸ€Ł

  • @granworks
    @granworks Pƙed 26 dny +2

    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.

  • @daveforrester61
    @daveforrester61 Pƙed 25 dny

    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 👍.

  • @williamlabarre4755
    @williamlabarre4755 Pƙed 24 dny

    We are newbie Snowbirds and the Schlage smart locks are pure platinum. Remote access control FTW! (along with many cameras!)

  • @garytay4224
    @garytay4224 Pƙed 25 dny

    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.

  • @cragonaut
    @cragonaut Pƙed 25 dny +3

    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 Pƙed 25 dny

      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 Pƙed 8 dny

      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.

  • @luniticlizard
    @luniticlizard Pƙed 21 dnem

    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.

  • @PennTech226
    @PennTech226 Pƙed 26 dny +4

    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?

  • @GibsonCRG
    @GibsonCRG Pƙed 25 dny +1

    Living in Austin TX with brutal summers. We did the 3 Tesla Powerwalls as well. Gotta go 10/10 because we had an 8-hour outage in August and never even knew it until I checked my Tesla notifications late in the day. And we had a multi-DAY outage due to the crazy freeze here last year and while we couldn't run everything, we eked out 6 days of lights and network etc. out of them. The day will come when you need them - and you'll join the 10/10 club 🙂

    • @fdelacou
      @fdelacou Pƙed 24 dny

      Same experience in Dallas, TX. Only noticed because one circuit was not working. I'm using a SPAN panel so that circuit was on non essential circuits!

    • @arcadeblast4752
      @arcadeblast4752 Pƙed 23 dny

      And how much did it cost to install Tesla power wall + solar panels?

    • @GibsonCRG
      @GibsonCRG Pƙed 23 dny

      @@arcadeblast4752 OMG a ridiculous amount of both money AND time. They were Powerwall 2’s and it was at peak COVID in 2020. Totally unjustifiable on payback period of like 30 years (exceeds component life). But every time we have an August power failure (common) I’m grateful we took the hit.

  • @tankthebear
    @tankthebear Pƙed 25 dny

    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.

  • @michaelsleen
    @michaelsleen Pƙed 26 dny

    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?

  • @rockking1379
    @rockking1379 Pƙed 23 dny

    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

  • @ronm6585
    @ronm6585 Pƙed 14 dny

    Thanks Reed.

  • @Chris-hl9jk
    @Chris-hl9jk Pƙed 25 dny

    Hey Nice video! The ESP32 on your Garage using an Adapter for Wire connection? Where can i get them? Thanks :)

  • @khalids4716
    @khalids4716 Pƙed 24 dny

    Which motorized shades do you have for the patio? I am in Phoenix area, any recommendations for an installer and ballpark price?
    Thanks !

  • @nickthompson7369
    @nickthompson7369 Pƙed 26 dny +3

    Beard coming in đŸ”„đŸ”„

  • @deutschland09
    @deutschland09 Pƙed 26 dny

    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.

  • @misterhaan
    @misterhaan Pƙed 21 dnem

    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

  • @vijaybrihmadesam3655
    @vijaybrihmadesam3655 Pƙed 2 dny

    Any issues with the invovelli switches? How do they stack up to Lutron?

  • @jamesmonahan7872
    @jamesmonahan7872 Pƙed 26 dny

    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  Pƙed 26 dny

      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 Pƙed 26 dny

      Thank you I will keep an eye on Reed’s Smart Home channel

  • @gm3052CA
    @gm3052CA Pƙed 24 dny

    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?

  • @tjark_am_start
    @tjark_am_start Pƙed 25 dny

    How have you integrated your reolink cameras? Different system than Ubiquiti?

  • @handcoding
    @handcoding Pƙed 26 dny

    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.)

  • @santiagolorianava3107
    @santiagolorianava3107 Pƙed 26 dny

    I thought you used Aqara FP2 sensors, are they any good?

  • @erivaton
    @erivaton Pƙed 25 dny

    Have you made a video about your server rack, with the Ubiquity Unify Dream Machine Pro ?

  • @Jwaxenbaum602
    @Jwaxenbaum602 Pƙed 26 dny

    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

  • @GCubedProductions
    @GCubedProductions Pƙed 24 dny

    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.

  • @JohnHerrera-fc3jn
    @JohnHerrera-fc3jn Pƙed 5 dny

    What motion sensor are you using in your garage that is attached to your storage rack?

  • @scottwood646
    @scottwood646 Pƙed 24 dny

    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?

  • @dement34
    @dement34 Pƙed 11 dny

    @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?

  • @Diddz
    @Diddz Pƙed 14 dny

    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)

  • @walterp8019
    @walterp8019 Pƙed 25 dny

    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.

  • @wapphigh5250
    @wapphigh5250 Pƙed 26 dny +2

    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 Pƙed 25 dny

      I hope you are subscribed to Paul hibbert he just released exactly that video

  • @danielbernier6551
    @danielbernier6551 Pƙed 26 dny

    What do you think about Eufy products ?

  • @PedroLiberal
    @PedroLiberal Pƙed 21 dnem

    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!

  • @Luisp_1024
    @Luisp_1024 Pƙed 26 dny +2

    How far can the Bond Bridge go? Thinking about multiple rooms and floors.

    • @FlyingHellfish
      @FlyingHellfish Pƙed 26 dny

      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.

  • @eatbetterwithheather
    @eatbetterwithheather Pƙed 24 dny

    Woah I want to hear more about the smart drip system thing

  • @TeslaBoy-qd7xr
    @TeslaBoy-qd7xr Pƙed 25 dny +1

    6:42 What is the make/model of those back patio shades that you control with the BOND bridge?

    • @janice4907
      @janice4907 Pƙed 25 dny

      Yes please

    • @desertaip9137
      @desertaip9137 Pƙed 25 dny

      We have Insoroll Oasis shades. Ours have Lutron controllers but they have a different controller avaialble.

  • @swiftMyDay
    @swiftMyDay Pƙed 26 dny

    What a fun video 😄

  • @toneloop
    @toneloop Pƙed 3 dny

    What type of robot vacuum do you use?

  • @hersheyphys
    @hersheyphys Pƙed 25 dny +1

    Debugging home assistant 😂. She got us there

  • @wojtek-33
    @wojtek-33 Pƙed 16 dny

    My most useful is a tilt sensor letting me know the garage door is open and a door sensor on my outside gate letting me know I left it open. I prefer voice/phone commands for most of my devices as I rarely want X happening when I do X. I do need to automate my kids bathroom fan though. It stays on for hours and its a panasonic, so its too quiet to hear unless you are right near it. Just not happy I'll need 2 devices to do it. Also need one of those bond controllers.

  • @Furkanf22
    @Furkanf22 Pƙed 25 dny

    Homeassistant on a raspberry pi or on a nas? I'm running on the Nas for now but what's better

  • @tylerjohnston2308
    @tylerjohnston2308 Pƙed 2 dny

    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?

  • @Xoremak
    @Xoremak Pƙed 25 dny

    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.

  • @kennethojeke5119
    @kennethojeke5119 Pƙed 8 dny

    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

  • @spanoaevictor6579
    @spanoaevictor6579 Pƙed 18 dny

    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?

  • @Aarav_Vispute
    @Aarav_Vispute Pƙed 26 dny +2

    By the siri is getting massive update to make it 1000 time better with AI like chatgpt !🎉

  • @ypark2877
    @ypark2877 Pƙed 26 dny +1

    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.

  • @FactFusionDaily1
    @FactFusionDaily1 Pƙed 25 dny

    Love the tv cabinet, could you please give more details on those ?

  • @janice4907
    @janice4907 Pƙed 25 dny

    I have looked everywhere and can't find the link for the smart shades on the back porch area. Please help TIA

  • @KF5AIB
    @KF5AIB Pƙed 25 dny

    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?

  • @Techlifeandmore
    @Techlifeandmore Pƙed 25 dny

    Love the Bond Bridge. It occasionally will fail to control a device though. The local API is fucking awesome.

  • @Livefreewhileucan
    @Livefreewhileucan Pƙed 13 dny

    Wowsa. Thats alot of smart stuff

  • @batukhan4
    @batukhan4 Pƙed 25 dny

    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

  • @markhavlek30
    @markhavlek30 Pƙed 25 dny

    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.

  • @eduardobaldera
    @eduardobaldera Pƙed 26 dny +2

    4/10 for NFC tags because you forgot where you put it? Seems like an user error to me 😂

  • @Zn0nimus
    @Zn0nimus Pƙed 6 dny

    Why Honda Odyssey? Serious question, we are looking at minivans right now and can't decide. :)

  • @mariebarger8631
    @mariebarger8631 Pƙed 25 dny

    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.

  • @RMcLaughlin952
    @RMcLaughlin952 Pƙed 24 dny

    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...)

  • @jeroenjaja4359
    @jeroenjaja4359 Pƙed 26 dny

    Do you using Homey Pro anymore?

  • @bradnoyes7955
    @bradnoyes7955 Pƙed 21 dnem

    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).

  • @_aboutsyd
    @_aboutsyd Pƙed 22 dny

    too bad the frame tv sucks that much. As your wife said aesthetically is super cool !
    thank you for your super helpful review

  • @helenapeterhjalmarsson
    @helenapeterhjalmarsson Pƙed 4 dny

    What's the "dashboard" thingy?

  • @Musky007
    @Musky007 Pƙed 25 dny

    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 Pƙed 22 dny

      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

  • @Kaltsut
    @Kaltsut Pƙed 26 dny +3

    Can you do a going off grid for 24 hours challenge?

    • @BhavyaShah6666
      @BhavyaShah6666 Pƙed 26 dny

      I think he did that for 48 hours.
      My bad, it was not him.
      czcams.com/video/kKCmbTQdP5A/video.htmlsi=cWkRF2YnKTE0bKPR

    • @SmartHomeSolver
      @SmartHomeSolver  Pƙed 26 dny +2

      Yeah I did something like that a long time ago but that could be a fun challenge for a full 24 hours. We might have 3 angry kids on my hands but it could be good for them!

  • @SteveSteele
    @SteveSteele Pƙed 24 dny +1

    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 😎

  • @xXIBON3ZIXx
    @xXIBON3ZIXx Pƙed 26 dny +1

    Wait what device are you using for your smart home dashboard?

    • @SmartHomeSolver
      @SmartHomeSolver  Pƙed 26 dny +2

      I’m using the Pixel Tablet with the charging dock. It’s a great tablet and when it was next to the couch I was using it all the time.

    • @fdelacou
      @fdelacou Pƙed 24 dny

      @@SmartHomeSolver I'm using the FireTV HD 10" with fully and the matching charging dock. Works great with home assistant and pretty much kill any other application. So no risk of accidental escape from the control screen from non experienced personals! :D

  • @Bryan-to5ii
    @Bryan-to5ii Pƙed 25 dny

    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?

  • @jozipf.alonzo302
    @jozipf.alonzo302 Pƙed 26 dny +2

    I was hoping that this would be more of a "function/value for price/cost based upon real world usage" rather than a mostly personal preference based more upon aesthetics than function exploration. Less emotionalism, more of a "fit for purpose" evaluation.
    I do completely understand how the best item(s) for the task(s) may not be the best personal choice as one's personal preferences & style does dictate choices at some level & one does need to enjoy the things that are introduced into one's life on a more permanent/semi-permanent basis. I am just not at a level to be able to afford considerations too far beyond function & longevity outside of a rather strict frugality.
    An enjoyable video nonetheless. It is good to see reasonings as to why changes have been made over time. And not only because little ones can now tap away your settings due to the previously low placement of your dashboard ( 7:00 )

  • @msindhoff
    @msindhoff Pƙed 25 dny

    Klasse 🙂

  • @soapdude1
    @soapdude1 Pƙed 25 dny

    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.

  • @vespineyt
    @vespineyt Pƙed 26 dny +5

    I love smart home but can’t afford to make it big do you have a budget version?

    • @anthonyp3113
      @anthonyp3113 Pƙed 26 dny +1

      He has a few videos like this and I believe they're in playlists too

    • @gw6667
      @gw6667 Pƙed 26 dny +1

      I'm into owning and stabling horses but can't afford to make it big, do you know where I can get the budget version?

    • @nic-bdsnjsnsjxjjsnsvv
      @nic-bdsnjsnsjxjjsnsvv Pƙed 26 dny +4

      Ik you didn’t ask me but, start small. Start with things that will save you the most money ie smart thermostat and lighting.

    • @desertaip9137
      @desertaip9137 Pƙed 25 dny

      You can start small and expand. Add a couple wifi switches to a single room like the kitchen or family room. Porch Lights are another good entry level target. Be careful though, it's addictive.

  • @PetesGuide
    @PetesGuide Pƙed 24 dny

    Your description is missing the link for the dashboard!!!!! PLEASE FIX.

  • @kevinvitale8980
    @kevinvitale8980 Pƙed 24 dny

    In this video, The Big Takeaway is your wife’s perspective. Highlights that many smart devices are perceived as useful or not.
    I put in some smart dimmer switches in some of the rooms
 never use them. I just thought I would at the time of getting them.

  • @supernova8962
    @supernova8962 Pƙed 26 dny

    Aqara FP2 ??

  • @StevePrior-rr1jn
    @StevePrior-rr1jn Pƙed 16 dny

    My 10/10 is my Aqualisa shower. I can say "Alexa, it's shower time!" and the shower starts, the bathroom mood lighting comes on (bright!) the heated mirror comes on and the music on my Echo show starts playing at volume 6. After a minute, the Bathroom Echo announces that the shower is ready. The shower is plugged in to an energy monitoring socket so however it's turned on (e.g.: manually.. what?!!) the extractor fan kicks in. It also means that when the shower is over ("Alexa, turn off shower", or hand controls..) the music volume is automatically reduced so it's not too loud now that the bathroom is a bit quieter. 10/10! I have other 10's, like my thermal cameras to tell me there's a cat at the front door, or when I've left my oven on, or when my beans are ready and Alexa tells me I need to put on the toast, but the shower is the greatest!!