Home Security
The Odds a Smart Lock Actually Beats a Traditional One
A locksmith friend of mine, someone who has picked more locks professionally than he can count, still runs a traditional...
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Every guide we have published, newest first. Setup notes, honest reviews, and the occasional argument with advice that ignores what actually breaks once a device has been running for a year.
Home Security
A locksmith friend of mine, someone who has picked more locks professionally than he can count, still runs a traditional...
Automation and Routines
My thermostat automation quietly stopped working for three weeks last winter, and I did not notice until a genuinely cold...
Automation and Routines
Our regular game night runs long enough that the house itself needs to quietly adjust around it, lighting that shifts as the...
Voice Assistants
A group of friends who gather weekly for game night at my place spent years arguing about scorekeeping, someone's phone notes...
Buying Guides
I started actually reading privacy policies for smart home devices after discovering, almost by accident, that a security...
Buying Guides
I have returned more smart home devices than I care to admit, not because they were broken, but because the actual improvement...