What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
15-07-2022, 10:19
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What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
I'm always looking at ways to make my home smarter.
What gadgets or devices do you have in your homes?
I have:
- Wifi Thermostat on my 465 Litre Fish Tank.
I have some expensive fish so keeping the water heated at the right temperature is crucial. This device keeps the temperature constant and alerts me to my phone in the event the heater malfunctions or goes out of the set boundaries. It can also start a cooling device if temperture gets too hot.
- Sonos Speakers.
I've put them in the corners of the room and find the sound quality great.
I can easily stream music from laptops or phones to around the house.
- Meross Smart plugs
Got a few of these setup to turn lights on.
- Security Cameras that send notifications to my phone.
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15-07-2022, 10:26
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Just a Geek
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
Ring doorbell and floodlight Cam
Echo Show 5 and 8
Old Echo 2nd Gen and 2nd Gen Dot
Google Home hub Max
Numerous bulbs and plugs
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15-07-2022, 10:44
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
There’s an Echo device in every room except the bathrooms and hue bulbs in every bedroom plus one lamp in the lounge. I may add a video doorbell at some point.
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15-07-2022, 11:36
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
I've ended up creating a locked down isolated network for any smart / IOT devices just to keep them away from my private network.
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15-07-2022, 13:54
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
Eufy cameras, 2k dual camera doorbell & floodlight pro
Hive heating & bulbs pretty much everywhere
Eufy x8 hybrid robo vac
LG TV’s
LG washer dryer
Smart plugs pretty much everywhere
Bathroom Mirrors
Garage door control
(All above controlled or controllable by alexa)
Various alexa devices in most rooms
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15-07-2022, 13:58
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
Only a smartphone
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15-07-2022, 14:15
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
8 year old Sony smart TV and a Samsung A12 smart phone.
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15-07-2022, 14:34
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
4 smart TV's of varying smartness
Couple of semi smart dvd players and an hd recorder
Plethora of phones
Nest thermostat
Blink cctv
Eufy cctv
Google home mini
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15-07-2022, 14:59
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
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Originally Posted by Halcyon
I've ended up creating a locked down isolated network for any smart / IOT devices just to keep them away from my private network.
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Do you have two WiFi networks connecting via a smart switch into a pfsense-style router? Just wondering ...
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15-07-2022, 15:08
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
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Originally Posted by ianch99
Do you have two WiFi networks connecting via a smart switch into a pfsense-style router? Just wondering ...
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Currently got a Ubiquiti Edge router (Approx £50) and set it up according to this guide.
https://github.com/mjp66/Ubiquiti/bl...%20Network.pdf
This has let me create several networks on each port that are completly isolated from each other or / can only talk one way.
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15-07-2022, 15:35
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
Hive [WiFi] Heating.
Smart Bulbs in several rooms.
Multiple smart plugs (controlling fans, heaters, TV boxes etc).
and these days, I [finally] now have a small Smartphone (Samsung, Android).
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15-07-2022, 16:43
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Halcyon
Currently got a Ubiquiti Edge router (Approx £50) and set it up according to this guide.
https://github.com/mjp66/Ubiquiti/bl...%20Network.pdf
This has let me create several networks on each port that are completly isolated from each other or / can only talk one way. |
Very nice ..
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15-07-2022, 17:00
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
All my wireless smart devices are on my VM guest network. My thinking is it's an extra level of security to my internal network
3 4k TVs have Comcast's connected or built-in.
All lights in the house bar the hall have Sonoff connected to Google Home.
Reolink cams around the house & back garden
Any item that's plugged into a wall socket, have TCP smart plugs again connected to Google home.
Some things are still not connected , but wishing for upgrades, like washing machine, kettle and toaster
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15-07-2024, 06:35
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We have a smart TV,a couple of them.....
And we have those Alexa things also and I swear a few times when my dad said "Turn off the lights" in that room,it messed up and turned my outlet in my room OFF that my computer is on... A couple times everything on this outlet has gone off for 2 seconds and then came back on.. (Resulting in a reboot of course)
I dont like how it does that.... Its scary how it can control any power outlet in your house!!
Thankfully he only has them in 1 room but it seems like the whole house can be controlled!!
Last edited by Dude111; 15-07-2024 at 06:45.
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15-07-2024, 17:12
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Re: What smart gadgets do you have in your home?
Wait you actually have modern smart tech in your home? Yet you are scared of smart meters giving off RF radiation  
We have ....
Ring Doorbell
Eco dots 2nd gen x2
Echo 2nd Gen x2
Google nest mini x1
3x smart bulbs
2x smart LED light strips
4x smart sockets
WiFi connected air fryer for monitoring cook time and other details
3x smart TVs, Samsung, Sony, JVC.
3x smart phones, 2 are phones other is Samsung Z Fold 4.
Samsung tab s6 tablet
SAMSUNG watch 4 classic, Apple Watch4
Probably others I've forgotten.
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