Smart Garage Door Opener – Chamberlain MyQ
The Chamberlain MyQ smart garage door opener was one of the first products we reviewed and it remains one of our favorite smart home devices. Keeping you sane Everyone with a garage can relate....
Category: Security/Safety
Smart products for making your home safer and more secure.
A Smarter Light for Our Yard: the Maximus Camera Floodlight
We upgraded our side yard security with the Maximus Camera Floodlight and Kuna Artificial Intelligence. Like many homeowners, we have an entry gate as part of the fence on the side of our house,...
Sleek and Stylish Smart Lock – the Kwikset Obsidian
We upgraded our smart home recently with a sleek and stylish keyless smart lock from Kwikset – the Obsidian. When we first starting looking at different smart locks for our home, we were convinced...
Smart Entry with Nexx Garage
We have been using the Chamberlain MyQ garage door opener for years and it was one of the very first products we reviewed. Our friend and AppMyHome follower Laura Hollis wanted a smart garage too, but...
Make an Old Lock Smart – Kevo Convert Review
We have been using Kevo Touch-to-Open Smart Locks, together with the Kevo Plus, for several years now and have been generally pleased with the performance. Kevo contacted us recently to see if we would be...
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...
Smart Home Security with Konnected
After we began our journey to automate our home, we wondered if there was some way to take advantage of all the pre-wired window and door sensors that came with our house. We never...
SkyBell HD – Smart Doorbell
Update April 17, 2020: We retired our Skybell after using three generations of the product. While the Skybell HD is still available through some third-party sellers on Amazon, it appears the best way to...
Smart Doorbell for Mom – the Ring Pro
If you have been following our blog from the beginning you probably already know we have a SkyBell smart doorbell. We bought the first version and eagerly awaited its arrival from Amazon. Roughly a year...
Sengled Snap – Smart Home Security Lighting
We have been big fans of the Sengled smart home lighting product line and the way they have incorporated smart technologies into their LED lights. We reviewed the Sengled Pulse speakers here a while...