Our 29 Favorite CES Smart Home Gadgets
We highlight our favorite CES smart home gadgets we are looking forward to exploring in 2019. Every year after we attend CES, everyone wants to know – what was the best thing you saw...
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
Our SkyBell smart doorbell was one of the very first devices we reviewed on our site back in 2014. We are now on our third generation device and it’s time for an update on...
Smart Home Security with the Cujo Smart Firewall
As we have installed more and more devices in our home, we have become increasingly concerned about safety. We are pretty careful about what we buy and how we monitor our stuff, but you...
State of our Smart Home
As we head into 2017, after more than three years on our journey to automate our home, it’s a good time to reflect about how far we have come and how the products have...