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 homeโs 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 โDomestic IQโ he would probably begin byย 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 donโt 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?ย Enter this contest and with over $5000 in prizesย your home will be well on its way to becoming really smartย if you win.
HOW TO ENTER:
You can submit a maximum of 2 entries for this contest.ย 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.ย 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
YALEย 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.ย Be sure to tell your friends and family so they too have a chance to raise the Domestic IQ of their homes.
Good Luck
Maybe a 1 or 2, with basic locks.
Nest Thermostat…
Sadly our home is AVERAGE…but these products make me want to smarten up!
Skylink Flood Sensor
No IoT problem here: zero.
I would like to add a home security cameras to the house as I have had my car broken into twice this year. Any of them would do but if I had a choice I’d pick the Q-See 1080p 8-Channel 1TB IP Security Surveillance System with 4 Bullet Cameras (QT868-4BC-1).
Our house is pretty slow right now…we need to ‘smarten’ it up!!
One smart home product found at Best Buy that I would add to my home would be NETGEAR Arlo Security System with 4 Wire-Free 720p Cameras & 2 Q 1080p Cameras
My home scores only a four on the scale but I would love to add the D-LINK DCH-S160 WI-FI WATER SENSOR for peace of mind.
My home is a 2 at most: slow
I’d like to get the Nest thermostat this year. We have the Nest smoke detectors and they are great.
My home is very slow… no points :(. Would love an upgrade!! ๐ Thanks for the great contest Best Buy!!!
Sadly our home is VERY slow!!
My house is average!
nest thermostat
Average
Ilike the looks of the phillips hue lighting system.
My home is very slow zero.
It would be great to have the Ideal Security Wireless Security System Phone Dialer
LOVIN Ring Video Doorbell
I got a slow 0! It would be great to win this prize and move up on the scale.
i think my home is AVERAGE?
I would like to have the NETGEAR Arlo Wireless Indoor/Outdoor Security System with 4 720p Cameras
I would say average
I would want the Ring WiFi 720p Video Doorbell, that is so cool
The Honeywell Lyric 2 Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat HomeKit-Enabled is what I want and need!
I would really like to add a Nest Thermostat to my home.
We are average
0 or slow my home is slow ๐
Unfortunately my house is a zero/slow ๐
I’d say slow. ๐
I like the garage door controller. http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/chamberlain-chamberlain-myq-garage-door-controller-myq-garage/10276367.aspx?path=4d04cd34c89f00e40e34817659df1ea9en02
My home is average. Sheesh I thought it was smarter.
We would really like to get security cameras in the next year!
I got slow 0! oh dear ๐
Interested in the ARLO SMART HOME 4 HD CAMERA SECURITY SYS
I am trying to post my answer but it doesn’t appear to be working for me my house is a zero
My home is slow.
I would add a August Smart Lock 2 โ Silver โ HomeKit edition.
As a big fan of gadgets, I’ve tried to keep up with the latest in technology – but this contest makes me realize I’m woefully behind the times !
my house is a zero really interested in a security camera system
I’d like the night owl wired camera with DVR. My house is pretty slow on the smart scale
How embarrassing – my home is a 4.
I got 2 points. ๐ Thanks for the giveaway tho!
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Would like to add this to my home – Chamberlain MyQ Garage Door Controller
I’d say my house is AVERAGE – have some smart products but could definitely use some more!!
I scored a zero
my house is an idiot, really interested in security camera system
We want the smanos Plug and Play Wi-Fi Alarm System Kit (W100), please
Our house is slower than slow in this area
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