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
How smart is your home contest rules and regulations
Table of Contents
I like the idea of the digital doorbell
i liked the idea of the digital doorbell . Thanks for the chance
Our house is slow we could use some help,
Our house is Slow and we could use some help
I would like a security camera!
According to the scale, my home is SLOW!
I would like to add this product to my home in the next year: Netgear Arlo Q WiFi Indoor 1080p IP Camera- white
My house is slow.
I would like to get the Phillips Hue A19 multi color starter kit to amp things up in my smart home and start creating more recipes!
My house is clever
I am reading up on the Ecobee thermostat. I would love to have one in my home.
My house is also slow.
I would like a Ring Video Doorbell added to my home soon.
My home is SLOW 🙁
Would love to add the Ring Home Security Kit with HD Video Doorbell & 2 Wire Free Stickup Cameras!
My house is very slow, an so am I. There are many things I need to do to bring it into the 21st century! The video doorbell system would be a godsend as we spend our evenings in the basement and have to run upstairs when someone comes to the door.
My home IQ is slow. Would love to add a smart home security system in. Also love their video doorbells!
My house is average, I would like to add a NEST thermostat next.
I would like to add a Nest Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat 3rd Generation.
Our home is average right now.
We would like to add the Swann Video Doorbell
We are average
Clever
Love to have a water sensor!
My house may be pretty clever…but I would love to take it to Genius!!
My house is Clever…
I would love to get the Nest Thermostat. Hopefully it would help to regulate the temperature in our house and over time, save us money!
I would like to add the Ideal Security Wireless Water and Flood Sensor with Telephone Dialer to my home.
My home is just average.
the doorbell camera would be useful!
my house is definitely slow!
My home’s IQ is slow. Need to upgrade it to a genius.
The digital door viewer door bell looks great
We need improvement our house is slow
Could really use the D-LINK DCH-S160 WI-FI WATER SENSOR. Coming home once to a burst water line is one time too many.
If smart means internet connected, then my house is downright dumb. If you include standalone programable devices, then it edges up towards the middle.
I would like the Ring Home Security Kit with HD Video Doorbell & 2 Wire Free Stickup Cameras for my house
My house is Slow
My house IQ is slow.
My house is clever but I’d love to add a nest security camera
My homes IQ is slow.We do have the Temperature and Environment control by Nest though.
Sometime in the near future I would love to get August Smart Lock 2 – Silver – HomeKit edition
at BestBuy.That would seriously give me a sense of security!!
mines not very smart
Have an “intelligent thermostat,” commercial alarm (new), great locks with cameras plus Ring Doorbell next on the list.
I would love to add the August Smart Lock HomeKit to my house
My house is SLOW
I have been looking at August Smart Lock 2 – Silver – HomeKit edition at BestBuy and hands down that is something that I need the most. I hate waiting for deliveries (stucked hours at home) but with Aufust Smar Lock, I can remotely unlock the door so that my package can be dropped off, that is amazing
My home’s IQ is slow. Need to upgrade it to a genius.
i want
Nanoleaf Aurora Smart LED Light Panel – 9 Pack
My house is slow.
The smart home products that I need is a garage door opener and a Temperature and environment control
I would like a doorbell camera.
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