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Sinopé Wireless Programmable Thermostat for Baseboard Heaters Review
If you have electric baseboard heating you’re probably feeling left out of the smart thermostat revolution. Popular models like the Nest Thermostat and Ecobee aren’t focused on customers like me with baseboard heaters, so I jumped at the chance to review this – it’s the Sinope 3000W Wireless Smart Thermostat starter kit. Read on to see it installed and learn how it works.
8 Ideas for Renewing Your Earth Day Vows
In its 45-year existence, Earth Day has evolved from a grassroots North American campaign to a global concern with nearly 200 countries committing every year to continued environmental awareness. Getting into the spirit of Earth Day doesn’t always mean hitting the streets with a protest placard. You can do it from your home with a few simple lifestyle choices.
Should I add a smart thermostat to my home?
The physiological need for shelter nowadays extends to the idea of the roof over our heads that keeps us safe and comfortable. In Canada, from coast to coast, those needs swing wildly between regions and seasons; the one thing that keeps us comfortable are the heating and air conditioning systems installed in our homes. Controlling these systems used to be a dance of setting the right temperature. That changed with programmable thermostats, and then again with the invention of the Smart Thermostat. It’s a revolution in home control and it’s my opinion that, barring a few cases, almost everyone should have one. Want to know why? Read on.
Review: The Weiser Kevo Deadbolt System
Since we originally visited the Weiser Kevo last fall, it has made its way to store shelves and online at BestBuy.ca, and it’s time to take a little more of an in-depth look at this imaginative device, allowing you to enter your house with just the touch of a finger and the magic of Bluetooth technology. Is it easy to install? Easy to program? How is a home handyman novice like me going to fare with replacing a major lock in the house? Click on to find out.
Smart Home System Series: Conserving Energy and saving on your bills
2016 has been a great year of progress for Home Automation and an unfortunate year for our hydro and gas prices. With the rising costs of both, this edition of the Smart Home Series takes a look at how you can take some of those systems Steven Hill has been blogging about to apply them to conserving energy and shaving dollars and cents off those bills.
Linksys’ debuts Velop mesh Wi-Fi network at CES 2017
Linksys has entered the burgeoning networking sub-category of mesh Wi-Fi with the Velop, a router that will come as a single unit, or in a pack of two or three to cover your home with a solid connection.
TP-Link Deco M5 review
Slow Internet connections and unreliable Wi-Fi is exactly what TP-Link designed its Deco M5 system to fix. How well does it do it though?
CES 2018: Nest and Yale Team Up for New Smart Lock...
Nest and Yale are tag teaming on a new smart lock collaboration called the Nest x Yale Lock—an innovation that's sure to help us all sleep better at night.
Nest Hello Doorbell Camera and Nest X Yale Door Lock Review
I just installed the Nest Hello Doorbell Camera and the Nest x Yale Door Lock, and these two smart devices really take the anxiety out of securing my home.