Our Smart Vitamix
As aspiring home chefs and fans of Top Chef and other cooking shows, we have been coveting a Vitamix for years. We have seen them demonstrated at Costco and other kitchen stores with someone...
Author: Valerie Antkowiak
Smart Sleep Temperature with BedJet
Temperature can be one of the biggest challenges to falling and staying asleep. In the summer we kick off the covers and in the winter we hog them. Other than our Nest Thermostat, we...
Our Mother has gone offline
It looks like another IoT product has outlived its useful life – today we discovered that our Sen.se Mother has gone offline. For the last few years, we have been using the Mother, a...
GE Smart Motion Sensor and Touch Sensing Smart Dimmer
Since our recent story about GE smart switches and outlets, built by Jasco, we have received two more of their new products to test – the new Z-Wave Plus Smart Motion Sensor and the...
GE Smart Switches built by Jasco
When you think about starting to automate your home, you may ask yourself, smart light bulbs or smart switches? While the market has evolved significantly since we began our journey at AppMyHome, one of...
Attractive Smart Home Security from Maximus Lighting
We have been experimenting with different security cameras over the years, both inside and outside and at our mom’s house. The cameras all have had pros and cons but for the most part work...
Connect to your Pet with Petcube Bites
Here at AppMyHome we are always intrigued with novel ways to monitor our home and solve problems with technology. Plus, like most people, we think dogs and cats are cute. So we were really...
Smart Home Security with Konnected
Update July 22, 2020: This is our review of the original Konnected Alarm Panel that launched on Kickstarter. Read our review of the Konnected Alarm Panel v2. After we began our journey to automate our...
2017 Smart Home Holiday Gift Guide
Welcome to our fourth annual smart home holiday gift guide. As we reflect on the past year, it feels like the smart home market has continued to evolve with mostly incremental innovations from the...
Smart Comfort with Haiku Fans
Update July 16, 2019 – Big Ass Fans has discontinued the separate Haiku Home branding but still sells the Haiku and entry-level Haiku L Series fans through their Big Ass Fans Home residential line of...