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
3 I got a 3…hmmmm…
would love to get Rachio 8-Zone Smart Sprinkler Controller (8ZULW-B-CAN) for our home
slow
Our home is slow 🙁
Within the next year I want to get one of these: Ring WiFi 720p Video Doorbell (http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/ring-ring-wifi-720p-video-doorbell-satin-nickel-88rg000fc200/10389743.aspx?path=0b1f5a2263e3f3d5afad6833999eb289en02).
Id like to install the nest thermostat
I think my home is clever…would like it to be a genius!
My home is a zero. Honestly, if the scale went lower that is what it would be. We don’t even have a working doorbell.
I have a smart thermostat wifi enabled. It would be nice to have security also.
Nest Thermostat
one of the smart home product i found at Best Buy that you i would like to add to your home in the next year, is Smart Nursery.
I would be interested in the Belkin WeMo Wi-Fi Light Switch
My home would likely be rated a slow
My home is slow… womp womp!
Our home is rated as slow but I would love for it to become genius
I would love to get a few Securifi Peanut Wireless Smart Plugs
my home is slow using the scale above. thanks for the chance to make my home smart.
I’d like the Philips HUE A19 Smart LED Starter Kit- that would be a great start.
My home is slow, but hoping to scale up
I dont have much, i’d give it a score of 1 but looking to increase
This would be very nice to keep my family safe and secure in our home!
I’d like the new lighting
home is slow
I’d like to add a new lock
slow home
Yale lock and smart security cameras
Slow…
I would most love to win the Nest Thermostat for my home!
I’m sorry to say that my home is very SLOW!!!
I would like to add these:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/arlo-netgear-arlo-wireless-security-system-with-4-wire-free-720p-cameras-white-vms3430-100nas/10425892.aspx?path=6db7db5c780d293b091fbe584a020b01en02
to my house.
a Security camera
I would give our hose a 7
I got a zero so my house is dead slow. 🙂
I would like to get the LUTRON CASETA WRLSS SMART LIGHTING KIT. Instead of leaving lights on 24/7 when we are away I would prefer the option of programming them to come on or off at specific times during the day or night.
It’s average, we’re working on it though!
My house is about as slow as it can get. We’re a zero.
As for my favorite smart home product available from best buy, I’m really digging the Ring Video Doorbell
Ashamed to say, my home is still average 🙁 As someone who loves gadgets, this is the last area I haven’t upgraded.
We would love to have ARLO SMART HOME 2 HD CAMERA SECURITY SYS
We just bought our first home and cannot afford to make it “genious.” Ours is currently slow and we would love to make it genious with ARLO SMART HOME 2 HD CAMERA SECURITY SYS
I would like to add a Nest Cam security camera & system to myhouse
I really like the Nest thermostats that are sold at Best Buy.
My home is a 3 – Only AVERAGE.
My home is just Average.
Wow! Great products available. But, a Wake-Up call for us. We score only a 2 out of 10. I think the SKYLINK SKBB-2S Security Kit would help us so much. Thanks for raising our awareness level.
I ranked clever – I saw the Ring Wi-Fi Video Doorbell Pro on Best Buy.
I ranked clever – I saw the Nest Cam Wi-Fi Outdoor 1080p IP Camera on Best Buy
I’d like to add a smart TV, about 50″.
My home is slow.
My home is slow
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