My Wife Hates our Smart House

In all honesty, having an ultimate tech house is pretty nice. However there's one aspect of my home that has been left, well, in the dark. So in today's video, with the help of Homey, we switched over my light switches to Innovelli. And I think it's time to see things in a new light.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:39 What we are trying to solve
3:45 Where Inovelli and Homey come in
6:45 Let's start setting up the rooms
9:00 In theory...
9:56 The sensors
11:04 Is it on?
12:19 Windows
13:42 Getting into the flow
14:30 Triggering
17:48 Sneaky Linus
18:53 That was pretty painless
20:28 Outro

[homey]

Who would've thought a smart home platform could be this powerful and this simple? Huge thanks to Linus, Jake, and the entire LTT team for showing how Homey can take your smart home game to a higher level (pun intended)! 🚀
Working with you guys was an absolute blast.
To help everyone reach Linus' level, we're giving the LTT audience exclusive early access to our Black Friday deals! Use the code *LEVELUPLINUS* via the link in the video description for €/$/£ 50 off Homey Pro and 12.5% off everything else.

With love,
Your Homeys at Homey ❤

[nate]

I have normal light switches. They work well when turning on, and also off my lights. Highly recommend.

[ItsBBP]

All of the trouble Linus has had with "smart home" stuff is the best advertisement to tell people not to use it.

[selim_ct]

0:54 all I see is that Linus is too short for the motion sensors to detect him

[NCISCherno]

While I never felt the desire to use any smart home technology, these videos absolutely ensure I never will. Every benefit of these is easy to argue against, especially at the cost of the pain involved.

[SirWaddlesworth]

I have Home Assistant running on a Raspberry Pi 5. I can see why a consumer type out of the box solution would be ideal for a lot of people, but I love how configurable Home Assistant is, where I can just SSH into it and do whatever I want.

[KingLo]

For the record, 80% of your problems could be solved by tying motion sensors into a smart light switch instead of trying to combine the functions. You can then control what happens when the motion is sensed instead of hoping the light switch company does it for you. I have lights that only turn on with motion during certain hours of the day.

[michaelbenham]

After getting my own home and trying all kinds of smart devices, hours figuring out compatibility, working out bugs, much money spent, I came to the conclusion that they mostly create more problems than they actually solve. 2 things I can think of that are actually useful is a programmable thermostat and lights that dim and change colour temperature.

[pascalm]

I'm just glad that they figured out that you can also just push a button to turn it on or off. It made my life so much easier, I go in to a room and turn it on and when I leave I can just turn it off. I just love it.

[emweissman]

Lutron smart switches have been the best smart home products I’ve ever bought. They are rock solid, and work with everything, I love them.

[saba]

Honestly, I kinda appreciate videos like these because it's something he lived through,

8:45 50W for that little light? Is that bulb from the last war?

[jajssblue]

The Smart Home Saga Continues! Always nice to see father - son bonding again. Haven't seen enough Jake recently.

[ericbonanno]

So, I'm guessing that the motion won't turn the lights back on after manually turning them off is most likely a feature and not a bug. If you think about it, they say the sensor is able to detect people breathing. If you would put one of those switches in a bedroom, you wouldn't want the lights to turn back on while you're trying to sleep. Which is probably why you have to leave the room for a minute to reset.

[Armetron]

As someone who uses zwave I've always found it better to use normal zwave switches and add a separate motion sensor wherever I want.
Having a dual integrated device makes it more complicated since you'll never know exactly what the cause is when it starts to fail.

Regarding millimeter wave technology there are some zwave detectors that you can buy

What I would love to see you integrate one day is using a zwave Arduino to control something unique that there isn't a "made for that" device

[johneisele]

I can't tell you how much I appreciate these videos, as a guy trying to make my own smart house work, seeing the items you pick along with the follow up videos and the trouble you've had with a few of them is so helpful. I'm sorry it's been shitty but it's been one hell of a learning experience.

[shaymic]

As a commercial electrician who has installed similar systems it probably would have been a whole lot cheaper and easier to to just have seperate ceiling mounted occ/photo sensors and cat 6a wire them to a modual. they work great!

[JosephAlukka]

The first mistake you made was trying to make it high tech by buying smart switches with motion detection. All you needed were regular smart switches and standalone mmwave motion detectors in the first place, that way the delay, timing, conditional switching can all be programmed in nodeRED or HA automation based on the location it is installed and you can place the detector where you want and upgrade it quickly as new tech comes in. Now you have to rip out the switches everytime to upgrade and the manufacturer of the switches decide when to turn it on and off. Also, try zigbee, you have a lot more options and if you run in band 11, you will have no issues.

[todorow]

I worked at a big facility that had motion sensor lights in all the washrooms, but the washrooms were large public style. Working on a weekend when no one is around I went into a stall. 2 min later all lights off, pitch black. The sensor was around a corner by the door. That was a fun experience. Thank god for phone flashlights

[JerzyLasica]

This smart home stuff is solving problems that don't exist. It's interesting how no tech youtuber says that. I guess there would be no affiliate money nor "content" that way.