Starting A Smart Home | ULTIMATE GUIDE

An unbiased look at the most future proofed solutions in the Smart Home market today, and what to buy on a budget!

This video is sponsored by Locket, all opinions are my own.

From Smart plug sockets, to smart light switches, from Zigbee to Wifi it's STILL confusing as hell to build a smart home in 2022. Adding automations to your home is a daunting task when there is so much to choose from and so many different ways to achieve the ultimate smart home on a budget.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below I will earn commission at no extra cost to you :)

BUY AMAZON ECHO:

BUY IKEA BULBS:

BUY YEELIGHT LIGHTING

BUY SHELLY LIGHTING

BUY ZEMISMART ZIGBEE BULBS AND ZIGBEE SENSORS (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY ZEMISMART MOTION SENSOR (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY ZEMISMART DOOR SENSOR (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY ZEMISMART ZIGBEE LIGHT SWITCHES AND OTHER ZIGBEE DEVICES

BUY BG ELECTRICAL SMART HOME WIFI SOCKETS:
US: N/A

BUY ZIGBEE PLUG SOCKETS (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY THE BROADLINK RM4 PRO TO CONTROL YOUR TV WITH ALEXA

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BUY ME A BEER
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OTHER SMART HOME DEVICES I RECOMMEND
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below I will earn commission at no extra cost to you :)

CONBEE STICK (ENABLES ZIGBEE DEVICES TO CONNECT TO HOME ASSISTANT):

OUTDOOR LED STRIP (REQUIRES TUYA ZIGBEE HUB OR CONBEE STICK AND PI)

TUYA ZIGBEE CURTAIN TRACK MOTOR:

TUYA BLIND MOTORS

FLIC BUTTONS (SMART BLUETOOTH BUTTONS):

BUY A RASPBERRY PI HERE (TO HOST HOME ASSISTANT):

REMOTE CONTROL CANDLES

DECORATIVE BULBS FROM SHELLY

ZIGBEE SPOTLIGHTS & RGB REMOTE

ROBOROCK ROBOVAC

MOON LAMP (TUYA SMART LIFE WIFI - NO HUB REQUIRED)
US: Unavailable :(

SOMA SMART BLIND MOTOR:

4K HORIZON PRO PROJECTOR

0:00 - Intro
0:16 - Video Summary
2:09 - Which Smart Home Speaker?
6:04 - Which Smart bulbs?
8:41 - Which Motion Sensors And Door Sensors?
9:44 - Do I need a Zigbee hub?
12:07 - Smart Home Plug Sockets
13:41 - Controlling Your TV With Alexa

[paulhibbert]

Happy Saturday everyone! Links are below if you want any of the smart home gear featured today 😁 Also, a massive thanks to Locket for sponsoring again, they're proper awesome and well worth checking out:


As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below I will earn commission at no extra cost to you :)

BUY AMAZON ECHO:

BUY IKEA BULBS:

BUY YEELIGHT LIGHTING

BUY SHELLY LIGHTING

BUY ZEMISMART ZIGBEE BULBS AND ZIGBEE SENSORS (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY ZEMISMART MOTION SENSOR (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY ZEMISMART DOOR SENSOR (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY ZEMISMART ZIGBEE LIGHT SWITCHES AND OTHER ZIGBEE DEVICES

BUY BG ELECTRICAL SMART HOME WIFI SOCKETS:
US: N/A

BUY ZIGBEE PLUG SOCKETS (WORKS WITH AMAZON ECHO AND ZEMISMART ZIGBEE HUB)

BUY THE BROADLINK RM4 PRO TO CONTROL YOUR TV WITH ALEXA

[Yama_]

People who haven’t watched you before think there is something wrong with you, and those of us who have been watching you for a while know there is something wrong with you. In fact the progression is perfectly linear and takes exactly 5 videos. <3

[ingejones]

I had subtitles on, and when Paul was doing his "Home Assistant" pumping sketch thing, the caption was going "Oh my sister!" instead of "home assistant". Good thing I could hear the actual words ok :D

[seanirl]

Based on your previous recommendation Paul, I bought 6 TRÅDFRI bulbs and a remote to mount on the kitchen wall beside the socket. It's works perfectly, cool white during the day, to not make my kitchen look so shaded, then warm white at night. It's great to keep these bulbs off the wifi, and fully local also . Would recommend 👍

[ecospider]

I have over 100 WiFi devices in my house. It’s really good thing that I went with ubiquity networks Dream Machine for my router and WiFi a couple years ago. Back then I was questioning using a small business solution for my house. But it looks like it was the right choice for me since I went WiFi bulb crazy.

[craigiedema]

The Tradfri Sensors and switches can be used in Home Assistant to start Automations

[Rich]

Ive managed to completely remove Amazon/Alexa from my home automations through smarter automations in Home Assistant and a few well placed NFC tags. The wife and I noticed that conversations we had around the home quickly turned into ads on Facebook and other platforms. Plus the fact that after our fiber lines were cut in our new construction neighborhood a couple times, were grew tired of not being able to use some automations while we waited a week for internet to be restored. Only my garage door automations require internet now. My Q. Ill be fixing that soon also. I use Google Chromecast devices and cheap powered speakers for TTS announcements. Really dont miss Alexa at all. Other than the cool factor when showing friends/relatives.
Thanks for the good videos.

[DIYtechie]

Really good advice to buy something that can work with Alexa and locally with Home Assistant. And great to get specific recommendations 👍🏻

[TheMycroft]

Thanks for reviewing this. The camera hub has great features and a lot to recommend it, but I'm left with two questions: (1) What do I do for additional cameras? I probably won't need three hubs. (2) What to do for an outdoor camera that is fully exposed to the weather? Until those two issues are resolved, this seems mostly targeted to apartment dwellers who want a security system inside their entry door.

[thecyberhobbit]

As someone who is now fully invest in Google Home over Alexa (simply because Spotify sent me my first Smart GH speaker 4 years ago)... one thing I really like about Alexa over GH is the ability to change the "activation" word. I hate that the only 2 ways to get GH going are "Ok, Google" or "Hey, Google". I want to change it to "Jarvis" or "Friday" and if I would have gone with Alexa I could have done that.

[AbulHaj]

Great Video! Just an FYI Amazon is not available across the globe like Google, some countries don't have amazon and therefore they actually don't buy it's products, your video would be greatly appreciated if you use google or other international hubs that are available world wide. again love your videos! and thanks for making them.

[biggusdickkus]

I dunno if anyone else has mentioned this but the Zigbee hub is only in the round echoes from 4th gen, its not in the 1st 2nd, or 3rd, nor the echo shoss 1st and 2nd gen.. Also the echo dot 4th gen is on sale at argos for £29.99..at the time of this comment.

[dewster]

Ok so watching your videos, the comedy puts you far above the other smart home based channels I watch. I can find the information I need anywhere but your format will keep me coming back

[magicalmancave]

I only recently realised my full sized Amazon echo 4 also has a temperature and humidity sensor built in. Great for controlling the mancave

[JB-fhbb]

I thought this video was going to be 20 seconds: “DON’T YET. THREAD/MATTER ARE COMING!”
But I stayed and cannot deny the entertainment value 🍻

[DizzleTheDad]

I love how Paul’s channel takes on serious tech help and Info, but he makes it funny. This channel rocks!

[jaysnipes]

🤣🤣🤣 mate I absolutely love your channel. Your little skips crack me up all the time 🤣🤣 plus great advice as always. Keep up the good work pal 😎👍🏾

[KordTaylor]

Love the humor. Great video and very needed. Thank you!😂

[InmortalMe]

3 videos deep and I haven’t stopped laughing yet! Love it

[johnelliott]

wrt wifi I recommend getting a mesh network, deco m9+ scales out nicely