Awesome Tips 30 Cool Smart Home Devices You’ll Actually Want!
These smart home devices are worth it! Let me show you why.
These smart home devices are worth it! Let me show you why.
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Sofa Baton Universal Remote:
Apollo Ultimate Plant sensor:
Sonos speaker in my bathroom:
Eye Detekt fire detection:
Hue dimmer switch:
Affordable fingerprint door lock:
Aqara U300 office lock:
Small electric screw driver:
Motion sensor night light:
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Outdoor Novostella lights:
Aranet 4 Air Quality monitor:
Teyleten ESP32:
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Pixel Tablet:
BOND bridge:
Kasa smart power strip:
Bird Buddy bird feeder:
Outdoor speaker:
RATGDO garage door:
Meross garage door:
Lenovo Tab M9 tablet:
Tablet desk mount:
LIFX candle bulb:
BTF Lighting COB strips:
DIY light strips video:
TrampleTek Blue pressure mat:
Philips Hue motion sensor:
Dumb Lutron motion switches:
Gaming controller for your phone:
Lockly Visage Zeno:
Rachio sprinkler controller:
Kindle Scribe:
Philips Hue smart bulbs:
Mini multi tool:
DIY light strips video:
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0:00 Intro
0:16 Sofa Baton Universal Remote
0:47 Plant sensor
1:30 Sonos Bathroom speaker
2:09 Eye Detekt fire detection
2:53 Hue dimmer switch
3:27 Aqara U300
4:15 Small electric screw driver
4:35 Motion sensor night light
5:01 Home Assistant Green
5:33 Outdoor Novostella lights
6:07 Aranet 4 Air Quality monitor
6:34 ESP32
7:05 Pixel Tablet
7:33 BOND bridge
8:06 Roborock
9:09 Kasa smart power strip
9:47 Bird feeder
10:14 Outdoor speaker
10:39 Garage door controllers
11:07 Lenovo Tab M9 tablet
11:34 LIFX candle bulb
11:58 BTF Lighting COB strips
12:31 TrampleTek Blue pressure mat
13:08 Philips Hue motion sensor
13:39 Dumb Lutron motion switches
14:12 Gaming controller for your phone
14:35 Lockly Visage Zeno
15:07 Rachio sprinkler controller
15:32 Kindle Scribe
16:01 Philips Hue smart bulbs
16:27 Mini multi tool
16:56 Shopping loophole
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Wow thanks for this video! Super informative and actually inspirational. Now I have a few home automation projects I can work on. Really exciting stuff!
15:13 please fix that connecter. it hurts me
Sofs Baton HA video please!
I would love a video on the sofa batton please thank you
I got a starter kit for phillips hue. Had the hub and 4 bulbs. That was my first purchase and I got it on a super good sale. It was a blessing and a curse. Those have been super solid and not a single issue. It also made me realize how good they are and how expensive they are.
At the moment I use HomeKit what about me?
Hey Reed, great video! I have the TrampleTek Blue mats, and they ARE amazing and great customer service! Out of curiosity, why do you need RATGDO and the Meross device? I have the RATGDO and love it.
By the way and this is actually true and Reed said
It
RATGTO stand for rage against the garage door opener . He said it in one of his previous videos
This is just a bunch of ads. I actually believed you thought these were good products until loved your bird feeder that has never fed a bird.
I had thought this was a good channel but I guess you will just shill whoever pays you.
It's honestly infuriating how good the Hue motion sensora are. I got a couple of them early on in my home automation adventure, and even now that I'm on Home Assistant and using devices from dozens of brands, the Hue motion sensors have been more reliable than anything. I wish they were cheaper!
14:34 this clip gives me some NSFW vibes 😅
Sorry, that plant sensor is ridiculous.
I mean you can use it for 1 plant.
But surely you don't want to hook up 20 plants in your home with a power cable.
But for those shouldn’t there be like something happening and then it goes off like maybe like a 10 second delay or just beeps and then if you don’t cancel the alarm within that time it’ll go off 2:38
What happened 1:43
Horrible video. It makes me want to buy so many things.
Thanks!
Have you heard about the new update for the Aqara U300? It allows you to change the auto lock timing or completely disable it. It's a beta update though. I updated mines and disabled auto lock altogether. Now all my automations run through Home Assistant. I created new auto lock timers and schedules for them that I can enable and disable when I want.
Can you do a video anymore without mentioning HA?
Reed, does Home Assistant integrate with Sonos?
But it’s accidental 0:57
I have had hue bulbs for years. I dont think it has worked perfectly once. They are disconnected more than they are connected. So when you said "not the best bang for your buck" what would be? because Hue is trash, anything would be better, but all i can find that is cheaper is Wifi bulbs and i dont need 52 new devices on my Wifi to jam it up even more.
There is a beta update the U300 that allows you to select auto lock times. I saw on Reddit that you have to go to profile-firmware update-settings and enable the beta version update feature.
hello Reed,
I have watched your videos for a long time. From your videos, your Home Automation choice is HomeAssistant. I have been unable to get HomeAssistant to work well for me, especially the automation. But I need some help with the EP32 and the Msr-2, a fantastic device. the power interface options that they offer are really great.
Can you direct me to a GREAT Tutorial on all aspects of HomeAssistant? I'm running out of brain. I am also considering the Hubitat but that is for a different discussion.
My favourite of your videos.. best home gadgets
Please make a video for the remote
I bought the less expensive SofaBaton and it’s not great. Is the more expensive one significantly better?
I'd really like to see an indepth video on the Sofa Baton. I've been looking for something to replace the Logitech Harmony stuff and I just haven't found much that can touch it.
Gerber is absolutely terrible AND it’s over priced.
This feels too similar to the previous video
If me or my wife farts bad enough, I have automation via methane and sound recognition to flash all LIFX lights red for 5 secs. as a warning, the blower fan turns on for 5 minutes to circulate air. More of a novelty.
The ai-trNslation sucks
Thanks Reed.
I’m from STL, and there’s a local business owner that makes Posie Pots. She’s a Boeing engineer, and figured out how to make plant pots that keep excess water for when the plants need it. Get Aly one for Christmas!
The problem with the Roborock vacuum is it uses dust bags. I have the Roborock S7+ with a dust bin that is bag less. I would upgrade but do not want the extra maintenance to change dust bags and search online to buy
Big Hue fan – after trying a variety of different smart bulbs that never worked 100% of the time – the Hue's are rock solid and don't disappoint!
Great content as always, any chance you will be reviewing the flair smart vent system? I have central AC unit and want to see if it's reliable, thanks
You know, you feature so many things, BUT YOU YOU LEAVE SO MANY GOOGLE ITEMS OUT! Like that Sonos speaker, you don't give an alternate. When I did an compatibility search, it says the Sonos DOESN'T work with Android. Just that one, ONLY for Alexa. I WILL NEVER USE ALEXA OR APPLE SHIT! NOT EVER! I only ever buy Samsung phones, tablets, and such. And I only have one Google home assistant home hub. I am home-bound disabled and only have 2 lights and my nest smart enabled. Would like more, but I can only do some much. I live in an apartment and my landlord lets me do as much as I can without MAJOR changes. But you always feature EVERYTHING else! I have had so many TBI's, comprehension and memory just sucks!
Thanks for the video. Good to give Philips Hue a plug!
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