Lots of Smart home trial and error. How much money are you willing to spend on smart home gadgets? Is a smart home a convenience or a time-consuming hobby?
Here you will find tried and tested products from real-life experience in a busy home with many activities going on. In many cases, these videos are based on months and, in some cases, years of use. Hopefully you will find these honest looks helpful as you consider products for your home.
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I never needed more than 128 on any phone. I don’t carry music saved. I don’t download movies or shows from apps to watch offline. The pictures I take I transfer them to my computer every few weeks. I don’t really download useless apps, just ones I actually use and need. The lowest my storage ever goes is to around 60gb
That's the apple play. They increased sensor pixels, but size is the same. So iphone 16 is gonna take same or worse photos but they will be 4 times the size. So you either gonna have to buy a bigger storage for your next iphone, or cough up more cash for icloud in perpetuity. It's all by design.
I know this is an older video, but I just came across your channel today. have three Cync smart bulbs, including an old-fashioned style. They work well, but their colors don't match other manufacturers such as Tapo. So I use all three in my home office.
I do think one of the problems we all face is how quickly things change and all the variation in devices/bulbs etc. I have several smart home things I was using a couple of years ago that are sitting unused now.
interesting. i installed a ubiquiti g4 doorbell pro 2 weeks ago and it has ai person detection. it has always detected even when just sitting or standing still. i will give the slow walking another try to see how it reacts!
Update: here’s a solid and Quick Look at the difference between motion and presence sensing: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uiGTV8ZZ1JQ.htmlsi=1fc9d5bk0y8wShp2
For when you replace a drive, you do not need the screws for a 3.5in drive, thats what the clips are for that snap off the edges. The screws are for a 2,5in SSD. Just an FYI.
I have a question about the privacy areas. You say it only allows you to select three boxes on the grid. Isn’t that three areas (connected boxes) and not just three single boxes?
So, I went back and looked. I have 3 areas blacked out, and that is actually 6 boxes. I cannot add any more area to any of them, but it’s ample to exclude my neighbor’s windows.
@@volcolby yeah, after commenting I received mine and could verify that you can create 3 rectangular areas as blackout zones. You probably need to delete an existing area and recreate it if you want to add more to the area. BTW: I noticed that the Apple Home app also allows you to create activity zones that supposedly influence the areas HomeKit uses to detect movement. That could also be an interesting option.
@@chrismartin8103I checked out the HomeKit settings and it does offer a better option, especially if you draw the area and then invert it to be the exclusion. Thanks for the input.
You may have already tried this but have you reduced the loitering interval time and loitering time? I assume you may get a lot of false positives though.
@@volcolby I wouldn't trust Arlo. About a year or two ago they dropped support for all of their older models and made their older cameras obsolete forcing everyone to upgrade their hardware. Outside of that nuisance, Arlo also requires a monthly fee or to buy a separate NVR bay for any of their cameras to record. Idk if that is different for their doorbells though.
One could set up a dual system. Of course in this one, there are a couple of water sources where the H2O is unfiltered. The dog in my house prefers unfiltered, 2nd to rain water.
Pretty sure I'm in that photo with Manning as well, if that helps move that pic upstairs. Guessing it won't. As for filtration, I like my water like I like my cigarettes: unfiltered.
Your pressure gauges are only relevant when water is flowing. The "static" (no flow) pressure is unchanged by filter restriction. The pressure change for a given restriction increases as the rate of flow increases. So, for example, in my house those pressure gauges are only indicating the problem when the flow is near maximum, such as when multiple uses are active including filling a tub or two at full flow.
One thing that the Ring system does not do with its geofencing feature is make your Ring security automatically turn on/off. Would you want this feature if it were available?
Users/community is asking for that pretty basic feature that almost all competitors provide for years now without any reaction from ring developers. Sad!
I very much appreciate your simple explanations with this product. I've been using the Google Nest for about 8 years or so. There have been numerous challenges, but nothing to make me move to another product, until their two latest changes. 1- Customers have to switch their accounts to another service. This has been impossible for me, and I've been unsuccessful in reaching a human to try and rectify the problem. 2 - The monthly price is increasing, again. I'm over monthly subscriptions. After much research, Arlo, Eufy, Ring, Ubiquiti etc, the Aqara seems like a great replacement. It really comes down to want you want. For me its, excellent video quality, no monthly subscription, wireless/cable-free, simple app interface...and of course excellent reviews. Thank you for your reviews.
i got scammed as well. I blame Apple as much as I do the thief on Facebook. Before I met up with the seller on Facebook, I had him send me a picture of the serial number and I ran it on Apple's website and it came back as a legit serial number. I went and met the guy and he had me open the box in the Whataburger parking lot. My phone said new AirPods found, and did the whole standard connection thing. It wasn't until reported Waze I tried to get the noise cancellation features to work that I suspected something was weird. When I got back to my desk and connected them to my Mac mini, they didn't show up at AirPods, but a Phillips product. I ended up finding that serial number for sale all over the web. Apple knows there's a set of serial numbers being sold as fake. They could stop a bunch of these sales in their tracks just by flagging the serial numbers in warning people on the check my warranty, Apple page. But for some unexplained reason they continue to validate the scam serial numbers. And that actually makes me matter, then getting ripped off by some dude trying to make a buck. There's no excuse for Apple not to flag those serial numbers.
I was recently able to track the temperature and humidity in our bedroom by using this monitor. Both my wife and I had felt like the room was getting too hot at night, but the thermostat settings seemed to be okay. However, using this monitor, I was able to deduce that not only was the temperature rising by a few degrees but also the humidity in our room was getting too high during the night. Now on to solutions...
Let me hear from you especially if you've had trouble with smart devices that have had to be reset (soft failure) or have completely quit working (hard failure). Thanks.
It works with Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Alexa. And Matter. Here is what is in the Amazon description: Introducing the TP-Link's 1st Matter Smart Light Switch Tapo S505! With Matter certification, it's compatible with all major smart home platforms - Apple Home, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Samsung SmartThings. Enjoy smooth LAN control, Multi-Admin access, easy guided install, and voice control. Monitor and control from anywhere with advanced scheduling and timer options.
@@volcolby Thank you for your response. I am thinking to switch all my house’s switch around (18-20). And I dont like them connecting to wifi directly as it will clog my wifi and if something happens like change wifi password, I will need to reset all my 20 switches . If there’s a bridge or hub that it supports these switches and I can connect them with it and bridge to network. Just like Lutron Diva smart Dimmer Switch but they are too expensive. It cost over $70 each and that will be over $1400 just for switches.
