BEST Smart Home Tech WHILE RENTING

These are some of my FAVORITE smart home products that are easy to install and work great if you are renting and can't install more permanent tech like thermostats or in-wall switches.

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00:00 Intro
01:00 Smart Speakers
03:01 Smart Plugs
04:48 Smart Lighting
09:23 Sensors
12:44 Security

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[tombe]

This is a very interesting and useful video. I am currently living in a rental apartment and am submerged in the Apple/HomeKit ecosystem. I can do almost everything smart home wise. As you said: if I move to my own property later, I can still (re)use everything. I really hope this video helps others to get started with HomeKit. Nice work, Eric. Keep feeding it to us!

[Wolfsbane]

One thing you forgot to mention is HomeKit locks. When renting you can use something like the August lock or Level lock. I used the August lock back when I rented an apartment.

The August lock, you only need to replace the inside component (save it to put back when you move). It does not alter the actual lock, so the landlord/maintenance will not get annoyed with you and still be able to use the same key.

Level lock is more hidden and still uses the original lock. It’s just a little more difficult installing than the August lock.

[morells]

7:00 that is a toggle switch, not a paddle switch. Lutron sells a different version that can replace a paddle switch which is bit more expensive and you have to actually do some electrical work to cap off the wiring in order to keep the circuit closed behind the remote switch.

[catdy]

For future changes bottom up (like building an own house) is it more useful to start with buying light bulbs or to use the smart outlets (or how they‘re called) instead? Assumed that I don‘ want to dim…

[BrianKotoka]

Awesome video I’m sending this to my sister.

Question: Do you have a recommendation for space heater? (She also is a HomeKit user)

[morells]

8:37 I’m not aware of any option to screw the Hue Dimmer Switch, I only to use the adhesive that comes on the back of the switch. Pro tip is to actually remove the dumb light switch entirely and cap the wires behind it, and just put the Hue Dimmer over top of the switch box in the wall and you not only clean it up, but eliminate the risk of someone else using the dumb switch to take your smart bulbs offline.

[garanceadrosehn]

This isn't quite on topic, but: I have a "reading light floor lamp", which is a pole with two separate light bulbs on it. Are you aware of any versions of that which would present this light as two separate lights to homekit, so you could control each of the two (or three) lamps separately? All the ones I own have a single "four-way switch", where those settings are (1) both lights off, (2) bottom light on, (3) top light on, (4) both lights on — and you *must* cycle between the four settings to get to the setting you want. That's not the kind of control I want!