8 Must-Have Smart Home Devices (for your Garage, Shop & Home)

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[djAnakin]

Booo on not including Home Assistant which is much better. I only use the Alexa for the voice stuff but it sends it all to HA to actually execute.

[wilberthilhorst]

Very strange that you have said nothing about Home assistant, makes me think this is just an amazon add

[DozIT]

Eufy is not great, major privacy concerns, they have a history of mishandling data (lying about how it’s stored and used, and not encrypting live feeds of video). If you can, avoid it!

[MCsCreations]

Pretty interesting stuff, Johnny! 😃
I think about putting some of those things here at home as well!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[gdworkshop]

Great video. You have a lot of tech in your workshop. Great channel.

[ryankennard]

We use ecobee thermostat with room sensors and smart ceiling fans. When a specific room gets warm, the fan can speed can be increased automatically to keep temperature balanced or can be controlled by the motion center in each ecobee room sensor. This means that the ceiling fans can be controlled by one thermostat profile.
We have the ecobee to balance temperature in rooms with people in them during the day and monitor the bedroom thermostat sensors (only) and adjust ceiling fans and AC/heat at night.

[matthewderezinski]

Very helpful video and a nice break!!!

[afranze]

Can you make a video of what kind of stuff you make in your shop? What keeps it open!? I've been curious

[donbels]

Why not Home Assistant? one ring to rule them all ;)

[GeorgeMinton-jbky]

I use Amazon Alexas in each room to control lighting. I can even control down to the individual light using unique names for each light. No switches. It is all done on my home computer network with a Philips Hue bridge ($50 TO $70) dollars each needs only one for 50 devices. I have set up zones, floors, rooms. You name it you can do it. I also set up automations for light groups to turn on and off at various times. It took a while to get it set up but persistence paid off. I use all Philips Hue bulbs and only do lights and Alexas for the switches. One in each room. I am looking to do HVAC thermostats next.

[Reducer]

I don't know how common this is with other environments, but at least most of my Zigbee stuff that uses mains power (lights, power plugs etc) act as routers on their own, since they always have power. So that reduces the need for extra hubs, I only have one single USB stick I use as a hub and then let the devices figure out the mesh routing on their own.

[simonmetz]

Also Leviton has great smart plugs and switches, they also have great customer service

[mrlifguard]

Using smart switches for exterior lights and setting a schedule to turn them on just before sunset is something I highly recommend.

[scottmartin]

Make a video when you get the smart plug, dehumidifier, sensor set up.

[puloyblu]

can you pls help what do i need to make a battery powered AA micro speaker with 3.5 mm jack wired? i want to diy to make a speaker grip to my gameboy micro

[jjpracticingaloha]

Update on your Mr Cool? Bought a multi one myself for our home currently being renovated

[StopaskingformynameYouTube]

There's only two thing that matters for smart home and iot-devices, and that's:
#1 establishing a VLAN intended only for IoT devices like termostats, lamps ect. with it's own wifi connections.
This will ensure that your devices don't talk on the same network, causing "congestion" remember, every device waits for the last speaker to finish talking, and these talk all the time.
#2 making sure your devices are up to date at regular intervals.
If you do these things properly, you are as safe as you can be from hackers and bot-nets that scan the internet for open ports to these devices for a shortcut into your network.

I'll add one more thing, don't buy ali-express or banggood android TV-boxes, they are rooted and many come with back doors and malware preapplied.
This is confirmed.

[JohnnyBalonney]

I would steer away from EUFY for ANYTHING that is connected to the network as their parent company (Anker) is straight up lying about what they do with your personnal data.

[robertpayne]

Another benefit of the Amazon system is the ability to use it as a intercom to other alexa devices, to video call (Echo Show series) and chat with other devices or people who have alexa devices or the app. Additionally the Echo show series cameras allow drop in capability so one can use them as additional monitoring points for one's spaces.

[bunnysparklzbunnytime]

Something about having access to home or business through the internet irks me. I'd rather a key and an actual garage door opener. I can understand ease of access and letting people in and what not but not my cup of tea. Smart plugs/bulbs/switches is nice makes my life easier.