How I Started My Ultimate Smart Home | Part 1 

You deserve way more views. I'm on a office reno and home improvement binge and ive been watching a lot of videos. Yours really stand out as practical and relatable without having an endless budget.

This is so informative and helpful! Keep making these! 👌

Great content Lee! Quality videos + Quality audio = New subscriber

Great video! high quality and informative

Bro the algorithm is loving this guy cuz all his videos averaged higher then 100k views tryna be like youuuu my boyyyy 🎶

Very nice set up! You should do as I did and remove the chain from your garage door and replace it with a kneaded cable. That makes it more adorable, illuminates to need to have to oil the chain since there is no chain and it’s quiet as hell not to mention that it’ll add years of life to your garage door system.

A resolution to your light switch issue is to go with Lutron Caseta. No common wire needed, also it has a Pico remote that you link with that light and add it so it acts as a three way light switch

your channel blowing up keep it up man go crazy

Very interesting video. Keep them coming

Change the Kasa Dimmer to a Lutron Smart Switch. It gives you the chance to add remotes and eliminates the 3 way extra wiring. This allows light control from the other points as well. Another plus the lutron switches work without a neutral.

Great! I will start soon 👍

great vid! we need more from you lol

Heads up you can set up your Alexa devices to detect movement from your camera ex. front door , back door with ring.

TP link Kasa also has 3 way smart switches, which is what was needed for your application.

Lutron caseta 3 way switches. These are nice bc they have amazing reliability and customer service. But to answer your question the 3 ways (2 switches on different walls for 1 light) come with 1 switch you wire in (all caseta dimmables don't need a neutral wire either) and a 'Pico remote' that can be simple placed right over the 2nd switches box with no wiring at all and looks exactly like a regular switch, with the addition of a $8 bracket. And if you only have 1 switch the Pico can be used as a remote carried around, taped with 3m (comes included on a detachable back clip) to you coffee table, bed, kitchen counter, or really anywhere. Plus the 3 way package is only maybe $10 more than the single switch and you get the pico which was a no brainer for me. Although they are a bit pricey, you will know where your money went after you get them installed and learn 'em. I bought a caseta and another brand when I first started, ended up returning the other, and finished my whole house with caseta and never looked back. Out of all my smart home devices (and its a very very long list) I would say the caseta switches are number #1 or #2 on my highest recommendations of smart home products (in competition for 1st with a few of my eufy devices). If you'd like some more info feel free to give me a shout and I can send you some pics or info to better explain. Oh, and since I wanted the caseta switches everywhere, but also wanted colored bulbs on my whole main floor, I used caseta non-dimmable switches (since the smart bulbs are already dimmable) and proved that the mass majority of people who say smart switches can't be used and won't work with smart bulbs are entirely wrong. I also have all caseta 5 speed fan switches for my 5 ceiling fans (they offer just the fan or a fan and light switch that's also dimmable with 5 speed fan, if the fan has a light), and the other dimmable light with 5 speed fan for my bathroom vents with lights, that they offer. I just started working on a RU-vid video for all this but feel free to give me a shout with any questions. Nice house BTW man. Congratulations.

Bro, I could watch your videos all day, every day.

I have several 3 way smart witches and always only install one 3 way switch. Does not matter what the position of the dumb switch is in, the smart switch will work and I’m able to create routines since the smart switch is there. Just fyi.

Use your video doorbell as a motion sensor and install a smart switch for your front porch light. Then you can have a motion activated light to greet people as they approach your front door. 👍

Sense you can control the lights with the switch or through your wi-fi system, I would just take out the second switch and connect the wires straight through.. Check local electrical codes first before doing so. You will need to have a blank cover plate so people know there is power in there. I'm planning on having single switches in my new home just for that reason. Maybe put in a receptacle and install a night light that turns on automatically or is very low light level.

you should look into home assistant

Great video! As others mentioned you could go with Lutron Caseta or something like Zooz or Inovelli

Awesome video. I made my apartment a smart home as well.

I converted my 3way switch to a single pole switch. Leviton has a wireless companion switch that I can install in the dead switch.

Nice Showing.I’m now a subscriber

Cool

For the switches, i use Zooz 3 way switches. You need to have a smart switch at each switch location but theyre cheaper and still work great. I have them installed in all but 2 or 3 places

Great video. I have the same 3 pack of Ring cameras plus solar panels on each one, it’s the only way to go. It would be neat if the cameras has built in solar panels though. I also have 6 Echo Dot 3’s around the house as well. I have Feit smart bulbs and plugs from Costco.

I never understood subscription based security. I use a xiaomi security camera, can view it anywhere around the world and record on a local hard drive as well, but I never have to pay for anything aside from the hardware. Am I missing out on something great with the ring branded ones?

which product did you use to find the electricity in the wire? (i mean the yellow pencil)

Cool video and great information. Just wanted to let you know that a basement is not technically a floor of a home. You would technically have 2 floors and a basement officially.

Just out of curiosity, Is there a reason you didn't go with Home Kit? Looks like you're in the Apple eco system.

One thing I would say is, don't be afraid of mixing brands. Most everything is Alexa controllable, and even big brand automation manufacturers seek that compatibility. Plus, all you need to do is stuff those various apps in one folder on your phone and out of sight out of mind. Go with what works for you in your application.

Also just letting you know, the amount of wire that you stripped for the switch you put in on video was very long. This could cause a short inside the box if not careful. Maybe a tip for the future.

This is eerily similar to my new home. Same fridge, ring, same switches, switching to Alexa from google home. I recently got a couple Facebook portals for like $50 each from Best Buy which are pretty nice looking, cheap Alexa devices.

building a smart home and lazy lifestyle at the same time...good job brother

Immediate like for putting networking as the first point. Too many people get into smart homes and because no guide told them how important networking is, they have a bad time.

did you ever cover that gaming modem?!?

U need smart curtain and smart universal infrared remote to control TV, soundbar, aircond, air purifier etc

What's your camera gear?

The fridge should allow you to scan the barcodes so you don't have to manually put it in and then all you put in is expiration dates... If any...

This fridge screen is a cool idea but, I think it's overkill

If was a thief, I'd steal that battery every time I saw one.

Then he gets hacked and hacker sets up a disco lighting effect.

Can’t hear you over music too clearly

FIRST!! 😜

Great title, great video but Ring stuff is terrible 🤢

Everyone gangsta till the WiFi goes out 😅

Once you said mesh as your Wi-Fi solution you lost me

Maybe “semi-automated” but you are so far away from “smart home”….you may want to change the title