I already have an August smart lock. Why did I get a Yale? Good question. Let me explain. August Smart lock I talked about this August lock here, that we got this for the entryway into the house. I liked this one. Second Door When picking out a lock for […]
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I thought I would switch things up with my smart plugs in the new house. Wemo This is the first smart plug I got. I use it all the time. I ran into an issue with Wemo when one plug was updating, and it never did update. It is still […]
Who would have thought that we would need to have security camera’s on our houses? Back Story Growing up we lived in a fairly good neighborhood, well, I thought we did, until one some scum bags kicked in the window to my bedroom and thus breaking into the house. They […]
I was walking through Shopko before it closed down for good. It was the day after Thanksgiving, so it wasn’t busy like it was in years past. Nonetheless, I walked past the optical department towards the electronics department and saw a Robo Buddy. Let’s read about it. What is it […]
This really isn’t a smart home item, but it is part of my smart home setup. Why? Let’s talk about it. What type of plug is it This plug has 6 US plugs and 4 USB ports. We had this in the kitchen and we went from a 2 plug […]
Digital assistants have come a long way in my lifetime. You can now actually talk to one and get responses back. What do I mean? Alexa Is developed by Amazon and it is a virtual assistant which gives you access to a lot of information at your voice commands. Yes, […]
Back in the day, I remember dragging a hose around the yard and watering it in the middle of the day. What a pain in the butt. Olden days Ok, so it wasn’t that long ago when I lived with my parents growing up and I remember dragging a hose […]
Now moving on to the next plug that I use. Since I have a WeMo switch I thought I would try out the WeMo plug to work on some lamps. WeMo Here is how it is packaged… This is what the plug actually looks like With this you can do the […]
We will start out the Smart Plugs with the Smart Life Plug. You never heard of it, well hopefully I will shed some light on it. Smart Life I am not sure how I got my hands on these plugs, I have 2 of them. I am not sure if […]
We just finished talking about smart switches, well sort of. Now it is time to move on and talk about plugs. Yes, we are going to talk about some smart plugs. Something that you can plug in anywhere and control as long as you have WIFI access. Smart plugs There […]