Needles & Grooves

Should add that nearly every box on the shelf had been opened. So again... WHAT COULD GO WRONG

Pro tip : any “smart” device for your home , make sure to setup a guest network on your router so the traffic is separated should any device take and attack of sorts and or spy

It's just Bluetooth and it connects to nothing but my phone. So I think it's pretty secure, it's not on my wifi but that's really good advice thanks man!

Also the range is so colossally shitty that the hacker would literally have to be sitting on my back deck in order to connect.

Right. The opportunity presented itself for me to get it out my brain.

TRUST me I totally understand that need

I’m curious, is it quicker to get your phone out, open the app, turn the light on or just use the damn switch?!

The garage is in the back yard, and the light switch is inside it, but the lights are exterior patio lights. So in this case, the phone is much easier than putting my shoes on, going outside, unlocking the garage door, and turning the lights on.

You win this time modernity but us old farts will get our own back someday I tells ya.

We got some Amazon Echos around Black Friday and love the automation. We have a few smart plugs and a smart light bulb in the bedroom (that helps my wife wake up by gradually increasing the brightness in her lamp). No light switches yet though I don't know if I'd really need that or not.

I don't have any smart stuff in the house, don't want it. But this switch is about the dumbest smart thing ever. Barely works, but if it means I cab let the dog out back with some lights without putting my jacket and shoes on and trudging out in the snow at midnight then I'm good with it.

I didn't think we'd ever want it either but it definitely comes in handy. We have a few routines set... Saying "good night" turns off any lights in the apartment that might still be on... "Bedtime" turns off my wife's lamp in the bedroom (if it's even on) and turns on the fan we use when we sleep ... "good morning" turns on the kitchen light so we can feed the cat

Beware the smart household. I was making a steak today when a voice in the ceiling started repeatedly telling me “thesre is smoke in the kitchen” (d’uh I’m making a steak) while my lights were flashing on and off...

Yeah I have zero interest in a smart house. Was it really saying "theses smoke"?

No... I’m on my iPad and incapable of typing on this device without making regular typos!