Smart homes are so called because they make life easier, safer, and more fun. Over the past few years more and more people have been making their homes incrementally smarter by adding one device at a time. This contest is your chance to give your home’s IQ a major boost. We are giving away over $5000 in prizes!
We are familiar with other forms of intelligence; mental IQ and Emotional Intelligence, EQ, are based on the work of Frenchman Alfred Binet who was tasked with creating a way to assess which children needed educational assistance. If Binet could time travel to 2016 to create a method of estimating “Domestic IQ” he would probably begin by looking at how smart the average home is in each area of Canada, then look at the smartest homes and the things that make them smart and arrive at some sort of scale to meaningfully bridge the gap.
Domestic IQ
We don’t have the benefit of the expert Binet to create a Domestic IQ scale so I will have to propose one. We know that millions of Canadians already have at least one smart home device, though many homes are still without any, so that must be the lower extreme; many other people have their homes loaded with smart lights, locks, cameras, sensors etc. Your home is probably somewhere between the two extremes. I listed 6 basic types of smart home categories and some examples of products in each.
- Give yourself a point up to a maximum of 2 per category for each device in your home,
- add them up and
- look at the scale to determine how smart your home is:
Lights and switches
e.g., Philips Hue, Lutron Caseta |
Locks and doorbells
e.g., August locks, Ring Doorbell, Yale Locks and Door Viewers |
Security Cameras
e.g., Nest Cam, Arlo Cameras, Logi Circle |
Temperature and environment control
e.g., Nest thermostats and smoke detectors, Ecobee thermostats, Netatmo |
Security alarms and Sensors
e.g., Skylink, iSmart Alarms, D-Link Water Sensor |
Other
e.g., Circle with Disney,Chamberlain Garage Door Openers, Rachio Sprinklers |
Is your house a GENIUS? Enter this contest and with over $5000 in prizes your home will be well on its way to becoming really smart if you win.
HOW TO ENTER:
You can submit a maximum of 2 entries for this contest. In a comment at the bottom of this blog article, tell us how smart your house is using the scale above: is it slow, average, clever, smart, or a GENIUS. In a separate comment, tell us one smart home product found at Best Buy that you would like to add to your home in the next year.
WHAT YOU CAN WIN:
We will randomly draw 10 winners. One person will win the Grand prize, one person will win the second prize and 8 people will each win one of the 8 individual prizes. The Prizes are shown here and also in the Rules and Regulations posted below.
Grand Prize | Second Prize |
ARLO SMART HOME 2 HD CAMERA SECURITY SYS August Smart Lock 2 – Silver – HomeKit edition August Doorbell Cam – Dark Gray AUGUST CONNECT 2 EN August Keypad – Dark Gray – EN LUTRON CASETA WRLSS SMART LIGHTING KIT ECOBEE3 HMK ENABLE SMRT THRMSTAT W/RS ECOBEE3 EB-RSE3PK2C-01 REMOTE SNSR 2 PK Circle with Disney Dog & Bone LockSmart Silver Keyless BT D-LINK DCH-S160 WI-FI WATER SENSOR |
ARLO SMART HOME 4 HD CAMERA SECURITY SYS Ring Video Doorbell Pro YALE KY FREE LCK PSH BTTN SATIN NCKL Circle with Disney |
Individual Prizes
Ring of Security Kit- Satin Nickel
Nest Cam Outdoor Security Camera
Circle with Disney
YALE LOOK DIGITAL DOOR VIEWER WIFI
YALE VDF KY FREE LCK PSH BTTN BRONZE
LOGI CIRCLE PORTABLE HOME CAMERA BLK
D-Link DCS-5010L Pan/Tilt Camera
SKYLINK SKBB-2S SECURITY KIT
The contest runs from October 21st until November 3rd.
Remember you can enter twice, in separate comments below this blog article. Be sure to tell your friends and family so they too have a chance to raise the Domestic IQ of their homes.
Good Luck
I would like to add in the nest cam
My home is average
The first thing I would add is the ARLO 2HD security camera system. It would be a big relief to be able to have peace of mind when I am not home.
Our home is only a 2! Thanks for the eye opener!
We’d like to check out some lighting options like the Phillips Hue Lighting System. The LED starter kit would be great!
I’d love to have the nest thermostat
We’re just at average right now, some things to look at I guess!
Slower than slow
Found the NETGEAR Arlo Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Security System with 2 720p Cameras in white on bestbuy.ca!
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/arlo-netgear-arlo-wireless-indoor-outdoor-security-system-with-2-720p-cameras-white-vms3230-100pas/10381649.aspx?path=7f62fd1629e8428f7fab860810b5c54den02
my home is slow!
I am interested in trying the Philips Hue system. It sounds fascinating.
I’m afraid that my home is rated as Slow.
I would love the nest thermometer from
Bestbuy to start making my house smart.
My house is between (slow & average), but with your help my home will be well on its way to becoming really smart if i win. Best Buy is the Bestest!! xo
My home is rated clever
D-LINK DCH-S160 WI-FI WATER SENSOR is available
Would love to get the Nest thermostat to help me save on our home energy cost
My house got an IQ of 1
I am slightly above average
I would like to add something like the August smart lock
nest thermostat
My house is close to the zero end of that scale. There is almost always a human or android at home, which makes up for a lot of it – but some of those items would be quite handy.
My house is slow
The ARLO SMART HOME 2 HD CAMERA SECURITY SYSTEM can be found at Best Buy
I got a score of a lonely 1 — 🙁
Ops, here is my second entry!
I would love the August Smart Lock HomeKit-Enabled in Silver
Mine is not very smart…maybe a 2. I would love a August Smart Lock HomeKit-Enabled in Silver. Thank you.
Would love the ecobee3 HomeKit-Enabled Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat (EB-STATe3c-02)
House is slow
I’d like to add a Ring doorbell.
My home is average smartness.
The Nest Smart Thermostat looks really cool.
Slow. : (
A smart thermostat would be awesome!
NETGEAR Arlo Wireless Security System with 4 Wire-Free 720p Cameras – White Looks really interesting
My house is slow
I’m going to buy a Ring Wi-Fi Video Doorbell Pro as soon as I update my house
Slow!
im interested in adding an nest outdoor camera
my house is clever.
My house was ranked… clever. Need to add more hehehe
Not bad… my house is clever. I want to bring up my score!
I’m interested in the Philips HUE A19 Smart LED Starter Kit
nest thermostat
My home is literally the lowest possible haha, I’m hoping to win this to make my home a GENIUS. I think the nest thermostat would be a good start to make my home smart
My home is slow.
I ranked clever, half way there but still a ways to go. Would love to add a Ring Video Doorbell Pro sold at Best Buy to help make my house Genius!
My home is rated at about 6 which is smart, but I would like for it to be genius!!
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/nest-nest-protect-wi-fi-smoke-carbon-monoxide-alarm-battery-s3000bwef-s3000bwef/10374123.aspx?path=408ae5272ed8464cb67a713c935a3b19en02
This is on my wish list!!
As for entry #2, hmm, I’m going to go with the Chamberlain MyQ Garage Door Sensor.
I got a very slow zero 🙁
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