30 Cool Smart Home Devices You’ll Actually Want!
These smart home devices are worth it! Let me show you why.
See this article for a full list of links: https://smarthomesolver.com/reviews/30-smart-home-devices-worth-buying/
Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra on sale 11/21-12/2 for 39% off, a $700 discount @roborockglobal
Amazon link: https://bit.ly/41gF1PZ
Direct link: https://bit.ly/3Vqu7n1
Roborock Qrevo Curv on sale 11/21-12/2 for 19% off, a $300 discount
Amazon link: https://bit.ly/3Ojk9j7
Direct link: https://bit.ly/4hXtc74
UPDATE: I made a video about the Sofabaton remote! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/V_fqDbmP_bQ?si=JOX6PM9sPx3NeCWA
*Links in chronological order (affiliate)*
Sofa Baton Universal Remote: https://amzn.to/3V1uWSQ
Apollo Ultimate Plant sensor: https://apolloautomation.com/yhmquj
Sonos speaker in my bathroom: https://amzn.to/3ZeDo3G
Eye Detekt fire detection: https://flamedetector.com/product/flame-detector/
Hue dimmer switch: https://amzn.to/4hU5s3A
Affordable fingerprint door lock: https://amzn.to/4eEvFjW
Aqara U300 office lock: https://amzn.to/3YXS7yB
Small electric screw driver: https://amzn.to/3V5Sq9j
Motion sensor night light: https://amzn.to/4i0gjsW
Home Assistant Green: https://amzn.to/4fXXxR4
Outdoor Novostella lights: https://amzn.to/4fYkyTP
Aranet 4 Air Quality monitor: https://amzn.to/3AXYJoz
Teyleten ESP32: https://amzn.to/3Z0lqkg
3D printed case: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5171826
Very small ESP32 with case: https://shop.m5stack.com/products/atom-lite-esp32-development-kit
Pixel Tablet: https://amzn.to/40q1OIF
BOND bridge: https://amzn.to/3YZDVVT
Kasa smart power strip: https://amzn.to/40ZEgKU
Bird Buddy bird feeder: https://amzn.to/4fRx33I
Outdoor speaker: https://amzn.to/40ZEpxW
RATGDO garage door: https://paulwieland.github.io/ratgdo/
Meross garage door: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084Z5QZR2?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.29E876PGN2PH8&linkCode=tr1&tag=dihoau-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.29E876PGN2PH8_1738942561506
Lenovo Tab M9 tablet: https://howl.link/7m3fio0kwtdl1
Tablet desk mount: https://amzn.to/3ZiiwbS
LIFX candle bulb: https://amzn.to/3OHs4qV
BTF Lighting COB strips: https://amzn.to/3AVeYTq
DIY light strips video: https://youtu.be/pDdNZ-sPZ7k?si=jeNhijzMmI9bPfmq
TrampleTek Blue pressure mat: https://asc.com/?aff=3
Philips Hue motion sensor: https://amzn.to/3OHs9ed
Dumb Lutron motion switches: https://amzn.to/3CDO7M5
Gaming controller for your phone: https://amzn.to/4eZEYv7
Lockly Visage Zeno: https://shrsl.com/4tjh4
Rachio sprinkler controller: https://amzn.to/3Zkd5sS
Kindle Scribe: https://amzn.to/3ZjMhsH
Philips Hue smart bulbs: https://amzn.to/4eEt21y
Mini multi tool: https://amzn.to/3ZjXaed
DIY light strips video: https://youtu.be/pDdNZ-sPZ7k?si=jeNhijzMmI9bPfmq
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0:00 Intro
0:16 Sofa Baton Universal Remote
0:47 Plant sensor
1:30 Sonos Bathroom speaker
2:09 Eye Detekt fire detection
2:53 Hue dimmer switch
3:27 Aqara U300
4:15 Small electric screw driver
4:35 Motion sensor night light
5:01 Home Assistant Green
5:33 Outdoor Novostella lights
6:07 Aranet 4 Air Quality monitor
6:34 ESP32
7:05 Pixel Tablet
7:33 BOND bridge
8:06 Roborock
9:09 Kasa smart power strip
9:47 Bird feeder
10:14 Outdoor speaker
10:39 Garage door controllers
11:07 Lenovo Tab M9 tablet
11:34 LIFX candle bulb
11:58 BTF Lighting COB strips
12:31 TrampleTek Blue pressure mat
13:08 Philips Hue motion sensor
13:39 Dumb Lutron motion switches
14:12 Gaming controller for your phone
14:35 Lockly Visage Zeno
15:07 Rachio sprinkler controller
15:32 Kindle Scribe
16:01 Philips Hue smart bulbs
16:27 Mini multi tool
16:56 Shopping loophole
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MUSIC
Digifunk by DivKid
All of the music throughout is by Nihilore.
Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7LVYQYkdLFkkpJiGdkzX9K
Ending song is The End by EVA.
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we are in the process of building our home. is a 200amp service enough for a smart home?
Do you prefer your RATGDO or Meross garage door opener? Which is your favorite and why? Thank you for your videos!
Can you do a video on more plant sensors? I have a bunch of house plants & live in AZ where the needs fluctuate wildly. I need something small that blends in with the soil, is rechargeable and sends updates to my phone. Your option is not practical with needing an external cord and/or battery
All this guy’s animations make him very ambitious and lazy at the same time
Would love a video for the universal remote. Quick question in the meantime – can it work without its hub via home assistant with zigbee, etc? The standalone remote is about half the price as with the hub on Amazon
Amazing summary, but the most interesting things of that list are expensive AF.
Sonos is much beter but cost sh.t loot
$700 bro? Really?
With so many advances in ai I really wonder how long until something like sarah from eureka or Pat from Disney’s smart house is going to become a whole package normal people can buy for their homes. Alexa is getting there but compared to the aforementioned ai’s it’s still pretty limited.
I need a kit to light up my upper kitchen cabinets top and bottom
Cool video with some amazing gadgets I didn’t even know existed. The humor is a bit cheesy, but I suppose it grows on you.
Struggling with finding content on how to power the smart drivers for cabinet and baseboard lighting. Is there some type of transformer that can be used as power hub using low volt wire like thermostat wire?
Instead of a red laser you could just use a tennis ball and some rope 😀
Reed! I have a question on the bond. So I am looking for a device that can control RF fans for the whole house. First thought was the bond. I remember a coworker telling me about it a few years ago. But, the Aqara M3 hub also came up when I did a quick search. However, I can’t find definitive information that it can control RF fans in the same fashion that the Bond can. Would you happen to know? 7:59
I’m in smart home Hell right now. I love the idea and the uses behind a smart home, but I think I made poor choice Starting to build off a smart home and it gets expensive redoing everything. Right now my issue is trying to find a hub that has compatibility with all my stuff. I do have an instance of Home Assistant running on
Proxmox vm- and just recently purchased a Homey pro hub. My main smart home is Google as I have lots of Google devices Google cameras, and they had lots of compatibility when I first started. So far Google or home assistance have been my best for adding the most devices, but Google is dumb and home assistance is taking too much of my time. Would it be better just to sell off most of my stuff and stuff from Ground Zero or keep waiting for people to develop better support for all my devices
That remote- thought it would he perfect…. Has no microphone for apple tv.
Too important to do it without. I have a brand new one for sale.
How do you get 2-3 years of battery life out of your Hues motion sensors? I’ve changed mine in one twice this year alone.
Electricity sockets in bathrooms… mental 🤯
How are you recording audio?
My daughter loves those Amazon boxes
Here is one of my favorites:
Color filament bulbs from WiZ. They are WiFi but afaik they are the only filament bulbs that can do cool white to warm white as well as color
oww man… I’ve been wanting to switch to a home wifi mesh but right now I have automations on which wifi repeater I’m connected to but having the Teyleten ESP32 as a "presense sensor" with bluetooth connection to my phone / watch…. that’s a brilliant idea! Thanks for the idea!
Cool way to throw in 30 sponsors in one video
That smart bird buddy, you didn’t feed any animal yet, did you ? 😀 Since you used pikatchu instead of showing us real animal footage. What a joke 😀
my Lutron Caseta never fails.
I love the tablet as a home app but what is the software you have installed for controlling the home. I use Google home for my home
Make a video like this for people who don’t have home assitant
You must pay so much in electricity bills..
Great Video. I’m actually very interested in that TrampleTek Blue pressure mat. I already have a Bed Occupancy sensor I made with a random mat off of Amazon and a ESP32, but because it’ll false trigger all the time, I had to build in like a 3 second delay to avoid false triggers, like when rolling around on the bed.
So my question is, does the blue pressure mat you showed have a built in delay or is it pretty instantaneous? Should I expect rolling around on bed will give false triggers?
I should not of watched this with the Amazon shopping app open at the same time..
I see what hue did there.
Yes would like to know more about sofa baton,if you made this already I’ll try to find it,we have original Logitech controller and it’s ok and all but lacking for support for speakers etc
Hmmm. Was hoping to find more. My security system Integrates basically everything on here. Smart watering system is nice tho.
My hue lights have worked forever and my govee twnd to stop working/wifi issues after a year or two
2025 and you have no flying car yet but instead you have to plug your plant…
Plugs for speakers in the shower. So jealous of this.
Does anyone know if it’s possible to somehow buy that lifx candle color bulb in Europe?
I’ve used smart bulbs from 5 different manufacturers and the most reliable one that wasn’t constantly forcing me to reauth with Samsung Smart Things (to connect to HA) is Philips. They are expensive for the RGB version, but very much worth it.
you switched your homepod mini for a sonos 100 and it sounds better? really? the sonos speaker is about tripple the price of a homepod mini, come on man
Everything linked here: https://smarthomesolver.com/reviews/30-smart-home-devices-worth-buying/
UPDATE: I made a video about the Sofabaton remote! Watch it here: https://youtu.be/V_fqDbmP_bQ?si=jFz2qEoIYfRj8kj6
Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra on sale 11/21-12/2 for 39% off, a $700 discount
Amazon link: https://bit.ly/41gF1PZ
Direct link: https://bit.ly/3Vqu7n1
Roborock Qrevo Curv on sale 11/21-12/2 for 19% off, a $300 discount
Amazon link: https://bit.ly/3Ojk9j7
Direct link: https://bit.ly/4hXtc74
Pretty much these are all useless, unless you love adding pointless things to Home Assistant for hours.
In years bro? Really?
Don’t you know Homey? I think you kickout Home Assistant 😜
I would definitely love a sofabaton video. I know it wasn’t considered that great a few years back so would love to see how far its come. I’m still using my Harmony Hubs, but the physical remotes are starting to fully wear out and I need a replacement.
Wow, there are some many items that I added to my wishlist. Starting with the lockly ..
Great list! It would be great to know which items work with Apple Homekit.
Made it through about half the video before concluding I don’t need or want any of this tiresome shit in my life. Good luck with all your future updates, battery replacements, connectivity failures and my personal favorite, your device is no longer supported. Wow, I had no idea people are into this so deep.
How much of all this still works if your internet connect go down.
1. Do you lose any thing that goes to cloud.
2. Do you lose network things because of no dns, or do you need a dns server on your network
looking to find out be for I install a system
So, what I’ve learned is that I have to have at least one child to get a well-founded excuse for the amount of amazon boxes….
Nice video BTW.