REVIEW – How would you like to transform your house or apartment into an easy-to-use smart home without the hassle of setting up hubs, adding wiring, and changing batteries every few months? The Brilliant Smart Home Control panel and its all-in-one mobile app let you turn regular lights into smart lights and integrates with your […]
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NEWS – Grilling and smoking food is an intensely personal thing. Propane and natural gas grills have been lauded for their simplicity, but barbeque purists maintain nothing is better than old-fashioned charcoal for that perfect grilled flavor. Masterbuilt, a leader in the grilling and smoking world, just introduced a new line of gravity-feed charcoal grill/smokers
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REVIEW – WiFi is everywhere these days. Wherever you are you’re being bombarded with WiFi signals. However ironically one of the big issues most people have is coverage in their own homes. It appears because of the size and construction of houses, there are often areas where the WiFi from a single WiFi router won’t
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REVIEW – Robotic vacuums are popular these days, but I honestly never had any interest in them. I thought that my home would be to difficult for a robotic vacuum to clean. Then I read about the newest S series vac from Roborock, the S4. The S4 was engineered specifically to clean complicated homes like
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REVIEW – These days there are quite a few Chinese companies selling robot vacuums to compete with iRobot. The marketplace is similar to the plethora of Chinese manufacturers of action cameras that compete with GoPro. There are tradeoffs to quality, price, features, and performance. The Lefant M500 is a robot vacuum with low to middle
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REVIEW – If you live in an area where there are cellular “dead zones” or the construction of your home or business makes cell reception difficult, it can be frustrating to not be able to use your cell phone to its full potential. Fortunately, if you have at least some signal reaching your location, a
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REVIEW – When I was a kid, I was a DIY kid. As an adult, I have continued that passion and skill. Over the years, I have learned that having the right tool for the job is very important if I want to get the job done right and if I don’t want to waste
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NEWS – Bluetooth speakers are a dime-a-dozen right now, but it’ll take more than a dozen dimes to put Sono’s latest speaker in your house (or car, or picnic table, etc.). Originally known for its extensive selection of network-connected speakers, Sonos has expanded into home theater audio and components, along with soundbars and subwoofers. Their
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NEWS – Wyze has easily become my favorite home automation company by providing quality products at crazy affordable prices. I have been using their Wyze cams for quite a while now and just recently started using their Wyze Sense motion and door sensors. Today they add yet another product to their line of easy to
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REVIEW – I’ve been well over-due for a router upgrade. I was just about to buy a new one when this review offer came along so I jumped at the chance to check out what the tp-link Archer A7 could do. What is it? The Archer A7 AC1750 is a wireless dual-band gigabit router that
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