The Smart Home Gadgets For Renters Guide!

The Smart Home Gadgets For Renters Guide!

If you're looking to build a smart home within an apartment or any rental that you're in, well you need to take a bit of a different approach to the types of smart products you buy and the smart home ideas you undertake. You can't necessarily do everything you would if you owned the place you live in, so as a renter, these are the best #smart #home #products for #renting.

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Brian

[anthonygross]

YES!!! Thanks for keeping us renting automators in mind in your videos! So hard to find other relevant videos from others, but you nailed it! Keep 'em coming!

[Ntech]

I love a smart home. I'm all in on Merkury Innovations that are sold at Walmart. It's 1/3 the price of the more expensive ones and they work flawlessly.

[HansAramburo]

I live in a rented house. The smart wall switches have gotten so cheap, I have replaced most of mine. The TP Link KASA wall switches are very affordable and come in 3 packs. I like those because they come with wiring so all you need to do is wrap them with the existing wires using the provided caps and you are done.

I can switch one out in like five-ten minutes. The KASA app is easy to use and once you set it up, any time you add an extra device, the Google home app automatically picks it up. No rescanning required.

[HansAramburo]

If you are renting a house with a chamberlain garage door opener, their inexpensive adapter turns it into a smart garage door opener.

Very easy to set up and it's so light you don't need to mount it with screws. Using the double sided tape you introduced me to, I was able to secure it to the chamberlain itself.

[mashehab]

I highly recommend those suggestions you made. I’m a renter and I’m using almost everything that you stated in your video especially that double sided tape. Smart plugs/bulbs, wyze/blink cams, myQ with amazon cloud cam for my garage Echo Dots, wyze sensors, smartthings hub/sensors and switchbot button press and their humidifier/thermostat combination along with their small hub
The only exception/addition that you might wanna talk about in you future video is that I used “Third Reality” switches over my existing wall switches that works with smartthings hub and can be installed and removed easily as well as the ecobee smart thermostat with room occupancy sensors and some smart vents from Airtap in some rooms where I needed them to regulate the air flow pressure.
Thanks Brian for truly being a good consultant throughout this journey!

[EsotericArctos]

I know what you mean about WiFi networks. There are about 50 around me. That said, I tend to manually choose the channels and I set ZigBee to be 15 or above which is outside the WiFi range. I have found Philips Hue tends to set 15 by default here in Australia, but DeConz tried to use channel 11 so I moved that one pretty quick.
I've seen similar double sided tape to that clear tape. I found it really good and surprisingly easy to clean off the wall when moving or removing a device.
With the AirCon in the unit, I initially used a Zwave to IR controller, but I ended up going with a Broadlink RM Pro to control it. I found Broadlink was really easy to setup and configure.

[HeyTechi]

#ShareTheLove

Coming back to post on this video which defined the beginnings of my smart home journey - So few content creators recognise the struggle that people in rented accommodation face when building a smart home. Thanks Brian ❤️

[eFinchMovie]

You might consider the 3M Command brand of adhesives and velcro attachments. They really hang in there and can hold a lot of weight and are easily removable without damaging the paint/wall.

[Cee_Cee]

i'm a renter in the UK and this was so informative. great video!!!

[XxbadxamplxX]

Total side note but shout out to the blacklist! Amazing show

[SpaceStrike]

I realized why your name is Brian. I just flip around the letters a bit then it spells Brain. You my sir are naturally smart. If anyone tells you anything rude or calls you a nerd, remember that’s the 4 letter way of saying cool.

[garethjones]

Another really useful video Brian, with many people in the UK living in privately rented accommodation this sort of information is especially useful. Just a shame those Wyze products aren't available over here. Think that's the first time I've mentioned that isn't it?!

[dyejimmy]

I am here because a wonderful human named Paul Hibbert mentioned you in his latest vid. Subbed and sticking around.

[cohenfa]

Switchbot is great for pressing an intercom button in an apartment, so you can buzz yourself in with your phone or ask Google/Alexa to buzz a guest in.

[PhillyDjHook]

Whoever hit the thumbs down button? *Dont Hate, Automate.*

[rexhoss]

I'd love to know more about how to use the switchbot button with a garage remote. I don't have usable electricity in my garage so triggering the garage door by switchbot would be great

[CarnivoreRonin]

Thanks for another cool video!
I am sending this to my son who rents since he's away at college. He has some Wyze bulbs and plugs and a couple G home minis but he is often looking for more ways to automate, especially after visits my silly, automated home.😁

[stephenpowstinger]

Lots of interesting ideas. I thought i had a good grasp of products out there but no. By the way, looking over the black Friday sales ads I see a lot of smart home devices available for the first time to a wide audience.

[TheSledge]

I live in an apartment. When inside my apartment, cellphones get little to know connectivity whereas when outside, they have full bars. I have other things that require wireless connections but those things are not connecting to my wifi even though my router is in the next room. Any idea why this is happening?

[SpaceStrike]

Another thing, I’m moving into a new room, and thinking of painting a wall sky blue. My only concert is that I wanted to put my tv there and put some nice light strips behind it. Would the light blue on the wall make the ambient and bias lightning unoticable? When I’m to watch the my room is dark and I’d probualy only have that as my lighting for movies, but I didn’t want to ruin the effect. It’s a 40inch tv if that has anything to do with it