Home Climate

Honeywell has several smart thermostats that can connect to your Wi-Fi network and two of them are the Honeywell Smart Thermostat RTH9580WF and the Honeywell Smart Thermostat TH9320WF5003. First Up: Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat RTH9580WF Honeywell created the Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat RTH9580WF to compete with Nest Learning Thermostat.  We think that it is a very competent … [Read more...] about Comparing the Honeywell RTH9580WF vs RTH9320WF5003

Google’s Nest thermostat, launched in 2011 and now on its third generation, sees more competitors being released to compete against, and challenge it, on a regular basis. One of the latest is the Zen, which arrived on the scene in late 2015. The Zen started life out as a crowdfunded project, trying to push and evolve the design of a thermostat even further than Nest,  which … [Read more...] about Comparing the Nest vs Zen Smart Thermostat

Traditional, non-smart thermostats act as a switch that turns your heat or air-conditioning on or off. It doesn’t need a steady power source. Today's wifi thermostats, on the other hand, need electricity to power the unit’s backlit display and other functions and features. A C-wire, put simply, supplies constant power to your connected thermostat. If you want a smart wifi … [Read more...] about Top WiFi Thermostats That Don’t Need a C-Wire [2022 Reviews]

Just how much smarter can a smart home thermostat get? The original generations, just two or three years old, managed the program and adjusted it to your whereabouts. Since then, similar devices have been made by growing numbers of companies, but there’s a finite limit to where the technology can go: geofencing, connectivity and additional HVAC support are about as good as … [Read more...] about Reviewing the Lyric T5 Smart Thermostat – The Best One Yet?

If you are looking to find the absolute best deal on Nest Thermostats, you've come to the right place! Best Deal Today: Amazon has the Nest 3 available for 12% off today at this listing. Building out your smart home can be an expensive process. It pays to find the right deals. I created this resource to solve my own frustration with the lack of curated deals out there. I … [Read more...] about The Best Nest Thermostat Deals

Much of the modern home is already smart-enabled, from heating to lighting, and with many gadgets in each room. Yet the humble ceiling fan doesn’t seem to have had much of look in. Perhaps because most models have a speed control at the wall or via a remote, and what else is there to do? Haiku don’t think that’s quite enough, and it has a range of fans that can be located … [Read more...] about Haiku Fan Review: Indoor/Outdoor Wi-Fi Enabled Ceiling Fan (Worth the Money?)

Introduction Hot on the heels of the Foobot review comes another air quality sensor to measure just how good or bad the air quality is in your home. Elgato’s Eve Room device comes equipped with an array of sensors to test the indoor air quality, temperature, and humidity. With many people increasingly concerned about water, air, and other environmental readings, the Elgato … [Read more...] about The Elgato Eve Room Sensor Review – Could This Be a Key Part of Your Home?

The smart thermostat market is starting to follow the smart home camera and hub markets, that is we see product lines widening, with new entrants coming down in price. Helping to lower the barrier to entry for a smart thermostat is the new Ecobee 3 Lite Thermostat. (check this listing for the latest live prices). That’s a hefty reduction in the prices of the Ecobee 3 full … [Read more...] about The Ecobee 3 Lite Thermostat Review – Will it Bring Down Costs?

Even the ancient art of Feng Shui recognizes the benefit of good fresh air flowing around a home, so in the smart home era, surely everyone should know just how good their air quality is. Enter the Foobot indoor air quality monitor. This white, vented, box is plugged in somewhere around the home and left to monitor the air quality. With people around the world worried … [Read more...] about The Foobot Air Quality Monitor Review – How Good is Your Air Quality?

In the race to sell us “healthy” smart home features, air sensors seem to be one of the fastest growing products. Measuring the basic environmental air and sniffing out nasty chemicals, they claim to be able to make our lives better. But can they really? We try one of the latest dedicated models the Awair (aware - get it?), a unit dedicated to tracking the air we breathe and … [Read more...] about Awair Air Quality System Review – Will this Air Sensor Really Make Your Life Better?