Kaiweets KM601 Digital Smart Multimeter Review
Multimeters are an important part of a DIY smart home toolkit. I have one that has come in handy testing and troubleshooting LED lights, my car battery, regular batteries around the house, …
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The Best LED Strips and Strings
LED strips and strings are beautiful around the house during the holidays. They add a great ambiance. They are also wonderful year-round because they can be themed in different colors. I have …
TerraMaster F5-221: The Best Budget NAS?
Although I was happy with my home lab rebuild, it still left a glaring hole around storage management. I have internal and external hard drives spread across multiple machines to serve all …
The Best Choices For Home Assistant Hardware
I’m a big fan of Home Assistant. There are many reasons it is the perfect smart home hub for me, among many smart home hub choices. If you are reading this article, …
The Best Chromebooks You Can Buy Now (2021)
Chromebooks have risen quite a bit in popularity over the years and for good reason. They started off as low-powered glorified web browsing machines. Now they run all kinds of web apps, Linux …
11 Great Choices for pfSense Hardware (Updated for 2022)
If you have read a few of my articles, you know I think running pfSense router software is a great idea. I rebuilt my home lab and bought new hardware to run …
BroadLink RM4 Mini: Smart Home Infrared Control
It’s great to have devices in your smart home that you can control over your network or with a smart home/IoT-designed protocol like MQTT, Z-Wave, or Zigbee. But what about the devices …