How to make a smart home for $200

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[TheVerge]

What's your favorite smart home gadget?

[RichardTech]

If you're on more of a budget, Ikea also has a range of smart bulbs that are more afforrdable than the Philips Hue range.

[zintere]

I'd like to know where you got a Phillips Hue starter kit with "a bunch of light bulbs" for $65

[tleme]

Hello, I just want to thank you so much!!! I am a grandmother, that has pretty much been baffled and frozen with fear when it comes to getting started with anything and everything related to beginning the conversion to smart home. The fear stems from the fact that there were so many different devices out there. I felt overwhelmed by the idea of beginning to research each of them to determine if it was what I needed, and then to try to figure out what else I would need to make a device work. I was convinced that I would end up buy a lot of things that sounded cool, but didn't work for me because I was missing some other thing. I knew I wanted to make my home a bit smarter... heck I even knew what I wanted the device/devices to be capable of. But, that was as far as the fear of it all let me go... Thus being "frozen with fear". However, watching your video a couple of times while taking some notes, has changed everything for me. You made it so clear and simple, yet you presented so many options, possibilities, and really practicle ways one could use the devices mentioned in the video. It all just clicked for me!! I am amazed at how simple it really can be, and I just wanted you to know that you may not even realize it, but by doing these videos, you are changing lives. I am now able to see my grandkids every single day, even though I live in Hawaii, and the kids are on the east coast. That is such an amazing and wonderful gift that you have given to my family and I. We are all so grateful. THANK YOU!!!

[Naara.]

The fact that you used lego for making a chart blew my mind

[maacpiash]

If you notice very carefully, you will see that the tabletop wood pattern and the narrator's sleeve length change suddenly at 2:42.

[victordobo]

"This is America” started playing in my bedroom because of this video

[Jonathan-uoui]

This video was way more informative and interesting than I expected.

[ariki]

Great video, gave me some ideas to bump up the smartness of my house

[aravindk]

I really like the advice that smart homes are best done piece by piece, that makes perfect sense.

[laurentl]

The Workflow series is awesome. Good job!

[DRKNGHT]

Best smart video I have seen 10x better than the competition, keep making these!

[KicstarV]

I am liking this guy more and more. Great stuff Jake 👌

[Nikiaf]

I was expecting this to be somewhat clickbaity and short on content, but I really enjoyed it. Good job guys!

[meanJust]

Good video. Nice and simple for the newbies out there.

[Olson]

Been looking for a video like this. Thanks

[christiandaniel]

Thanks so much! I really liked this video...

[naptownfizzle]

I have the Google Home mini and two wemo plugs controlling a lamp and a fan in the bedroom which makes it super easy when going to bed or running out the house.

[LaconicMind]

You can use existing coaxial cable to make a moca network and extend wifi. Some moca adapters even broadcast wifi without needing an extra adapter. The MOCA network manages itself without user input. It's basically ethernet over coax cable. MOCA 2.0 can do ~900 mbps in real world use, 2.5 is supposed to do ~2.5gbps. Only adds about 5-6ms in latency which is amazing!

There is no need for zigbee or zwave, just use coax with moca to set up wifi wherever you need it.

[wesjones]

*Awesome upload, great production values, and useful info!*