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Technology-oriented, personable and honest UA-cam videos
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11 Smart Switches to light up your home
We will look at 11 smart home light switches, assess their specs, and offer a point of view. Whether you are starting your smart home today or have been building it for a while - this video is the one you were looking for!
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00:00 Intro
00:10 Aqara (Zigbee)
00:30 Moes (Zigbee or Wi-Fi)
00:50 SONOFF (Zigbee/Matter)
01:10 Enerj (Wi-Fi)
01:30 Lightwave
01:50 Candeo (Zigbee or Wi-Fi)
02:10 Yagusmart (Wi-Fi)
02:30 Tapo (Zigbee)
02:50 Eve (Thread/Bluetooth)
03:10 Brilliant (Wi-Fi)
03:30 Lutron
03:50 Outro
Links:
Aqara - www.aqara.com/eu/product/smart-wall-switch-h1-eu-no-neutral/
Candeo - candeo.io/store/zigbee-smart-dimmer-switch-1-gang-kit/ | candeo.io/store/wifi-smart-dimmer-switch-1-gang-kit/
Tapo - www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/smart-switch/tapo-s210/
Lightwave - shop.lightwaverf.com/collections/lighting?srsltid=AfmBOopCXOLOTFPztVvbU2OgaVoxiPGjEhNIH6ah6o4hKFc9pFlDHEWm
MOES - moeshouse.com/collections/smart-switch?srsltid=AfmBOoqSUVyEoMzH7zBa1O5j4hHgWer9BCwmeSlzsiajPuLn7DFDSKZL
Yagusmart - www.amazon.co.uk/Yagusmart-Required-Neutral-Compatible-Function/dp/B07ZSQ2V3V/ref=sr_1_13?crid=35NEVK3QGPLBA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FHrbLrO23wESSqTBja5DMQW8OClsUSlByX0WLfyHP4lg-mt7oSlYo98lSZptJysLM6Ma67qKv5m8ZkXz9jvHEvjGEaSYvD8ZkbI0Nw0rbxB_4_Z4T0fU81VJbHl6tX-VWg9FImp9loiZ8etP_bGe_vtEJihN24zDGEGSS772cA0D86g7gMyjbhHkuYPAJF5TYEMPxD-IAsKFD0MrtkVxzWGyp6CA54fIjbeD2W91kz87Q5YuvMHPRsh82TKWZa-fRKEAg6wwLbTiIgErXqLWym0krS8QEM9cz2fbrBwfg54.PAcf74KxTuHE2rEYPHQFA4A90snOKrhujtHfC3ZGCmE&dib_tag=se&keywords=yagusmart&qid=1722257289&s=lighting&sprefix=yagusmart%2Clighting%2C104&sr=1-13-catcorr
SONOFF - sonoff.tech/product/smart-wall-switches/m5-matter/
Lutron - www.casetawireless.com/us/en/products/smart-kits
Brilliant - www.brilliant.tech/home?srsltid=AfmBOoqW2zmggLSIDCgEN_WWbL7LWr3GIvVw7RyHbypmWSaCmQycB9MX&tab=system
Enerj - www.ener-j.co.uk/products/view/independent-wifi-iot-solutions/smart-wifi-touch-switch--1-gang-no-neutral-needed/99337
EVE - www.evehome.com/en/eve-light-switch
#smarthome
#switch
#tech
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00:00 Intro
00:10 Aqara (Zigbee)
00:30 Moes (Zigbee or Wi-Fi)
00:50 SONOFF (Zigbee/Matter)
01:10 Enerj (Wi-Fi)
01:30 Lightwave
01:50 Candeo (Zigbee or Wi-Fi)
02:10 Yagusmart (Wi-Fi)
02:30 Tapo (Zigbee)
02:50 Eve (Thread/Bluetooth)
03:10 Brilliant (Wi-Fi)
03:30 Lutron
03:50 Outro
Links:
Aqara - www.aqara.com/eu/product/smart-wall-switch-h1-eu-no-neutral/
Candeo - candeo.io/store/zigbee-smart-dimmer-switch-1-gang-kit/ | candeo.io/store/wifi-smart-dimmer-switch-1-gang-kit/
Tapo - www.tp-link.com/uk/home-networking/smart-switch/tapo-s210/
Lightwave - shop.lightwaverf.com/collections/lighting?srsltid=AfmBOopCXOLOTFPztVvbU2OgaVoxiPGjEhNIH6ah6o4hKFc9pFlDHEWm
MOES - moeshouse.com/collections/smart-switch?srsltid=AfmBOoqSUVyEoMzH7zBa1O5j4hHgWer9BCwmeSlzsiajPuLn7DFDSKZL
Yagusmart - www.amazon.co.uk/Yagusmart-Required-Neutral-Compatible-Function/dp/B07ZSQ2V3V/ref=sr_1_13?crid=35NEVK3QGPLBA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FHrbLrO23wESSqTBja5DMQW8OClsUSlByX0WLfyHP4lg-mt7oSlYo98lSZptJysLM6Ma67qKv5m8ZkXz9jvHEvjGEaSYvD8ZkbI0Nw0rbxB_4_Z4T0fU81VJbHl6tX-VWg9FImp9loiZ8etP_bGe_vtEJihN24zDGEGSS772cA0D86g7gMyjbhHkuYPAJF5TYEMPxD-IAsKFD0MrtkVxzWGyp6CA54fIjbeD2W91kz87Q5YuvMHPRsh82TKWZa-fRKEAg6wwLbTiIgErXqLWym0krS8QEM9cz2fbrBwfg54.PAcf74KxTuHE2rEYPHQFA4A90snOKrhujtHfC3ZGCmE&dib_tag=se&keywords=yagusmart&qid=1722257289&s=lighting&sprefix=yagusmart%2Clighting%2C104&sr=1-13-catcorr
SONOFF - sonoff.tech/product/smart-wall-switches/m5-matter/
Lutron - www.casetawireless.com/us/en/products/smart-kits
Brilliant - www.brilliant.tech/home?srsltid=AfmBOoqW2zmggLSIDCgEN_WWbL7LWr3GIvVw7RyHbypmWSaCmQycB9MX&tab=system
Enerj - www.ener-j.co.uk/products/view/independent-wifi-iot-solutions/smart-wifi-touch-switch--1-gang-no-neutral-needed/99337
EVE - www.evehome.com/en/eve-light-switch
#smarthome
#switch
#tech
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10 Smart Leak Sensors to protect your house
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We will look at 10 popular smart home leak sensors, assess their specs, and offer a point of view. Whether you are starting your smart home today or have been building it for a while - this video is the one you were looking for! SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 Intro 00:10 Aqara (Zigbee) 00:30 Meross (Zigbee...
8 SOLID Smart Temperature and Humidity sensors for your smart home
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15 Smart Contact Sensors: Which ones to choose?
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I always wanted to have many devices of the same type compared in one video instead of running around websites - well, this is what this video is about. We will look at 15 popular smart home contact sensors (aka door/window sensors aka open/close sensors), assess their specs, and offer a point of view. Whether you are starting your smart home today or have been building it for a while - this vi...
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Amateur review of Insta360 GO 3S + unboxing & comparison with GO 2
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5 MUST-HAVE Home Assistant Blueprints
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In today's video we will talk about speeding up our automation and script writing for Home Assistant using community blueprints. We will review the the top of them and integrate into our install. SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - What is a home assistant blueprint 00:30 - Where to find bluepri...
How to plan your smart Home Office
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Ranking all major smart home ecosystems with ChatGPT... Who got it right and won?
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ChatGPT can program your smart home - Home Assistant Dashboards & Automations coding
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ChatGPT designed this Home Assistant smart home dashboard
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Looking for inspiration for your Home Assistant dashboard? ChatGPT can be an endless source of creativity. In this video we will prompt it to design a dashboard for us and build it together. SUBSCRIBE and check your good deeds box for today! www.youtube.com/@brenvelm?view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 #homeassistant #smarthomedashboard #smarthome
Lost iOS passwords? Here is one reason why - iCloud Keychain family sharing
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Keeping Home Assistant organised - naming
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2-3-4-way light switches with smart home and without extra wires
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Very Nice guide Thanks 👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
Hey, great video and great design you did! What is the app that you've used to make these floorplans and cabinets?
Thank you! it’s web app - floorplanner dot com. You can have 1 project free though if you want to do exporting in high res (2D & 3D) you will need to pay “premium project” fee I believe
I think these kitchen automation ideas are more like retrofit than applicable for modern appliances. As far as I know smart fridges or Bosch dishwashers send notifications when the door has been open too long or when programme is finished. Otherwise great video! 😍 I have a Bosch dishwascher and could not recommend it enough, I can also recommend Siemens oven or coffee maker (studioline). For Home Connect users - in HA use Home Connect Alt from HACS, not the official integration.
Thank you and 100% with you on the retrofit - but with the price of smart fridges vs regular ones it does make sense to save. I think for most people (including myself) it’s just an easier solution. Will look into the Siemens oven - thanks for the tip!
great video, but lose the music
Thank you! Any music recommendations or drop it altogether?
@@brenvelm No need for any music IMO
Question i added the low battery blueprint, I made my changes and click Save. Once I exit and get back into the blueprint none of my settings were saved. Any ideas why its not saving?
Usually when you save it a new automation appears in your list of automations - check if you got it. If you do - all good, all worked as expected since blueprint is a “setup” of sorts which results in new automation
Great Video, thank you. I am using the cards specified. Where are you finding the configurator to use. I am programming myself in YAML.
Some of the configs available on pages of course, but I also sometimes use ChatGPT or, if have enough time, just tinkering away myself
What do you ask ChatGPT? Do you ask it to make you a blueprint? Can you give me an example of what you would ask it I would really appreciate it.
Sorry. I see you have a whole video on it. I'll look there first.
whats the music?
Ice & Fire - King Canyon
No link to them?
good call, added now
@@brenvelm thanks 👍
Wth? You’re not ONCE saying what the fourth one DOES??
in a nutshell, an overengineered binary sensor trigger automation
It does so much. There is no single function really.
Instructions are impossible to follow as the demonstration and the talking are far too fast to follow, and then the flashing lights started... Lets do it again but more methodically if the clip is to be of benefit to the majority
Thank you for your feedback, will slow down. Just wanted to keep length of video shorter
@@brenvelm This is a very good approach. People can slow it down individually by reducing playback speed.
@@chrschra I wasn’t aware of that… Will it still make sense?
@@ucdailoi what do you mean?
Thank you for shearing
My pleasure
My understanding, could be wrong, is that the latest updates allow for OpenAI to create automations for you inside of HA
I need to get round to testing this
Nice video @Brenvelm, is also great for checking configuration.yaml files
Fantastic add!
Hi, can I also add to this that if you have door and windows in the room with sensors on them that you would send an actionable notification with the option to turn off the heating if a door or window is open for longer than a set time
Great addition, thank you!
Have a look at openai extended conversation. It can create an automation from a voice command, even a really vague one. Saves a lot of copying and pasting.
Use a horizontal stack card if you want more columns. Very handy for placing a row of scene buttons above the light controls 👍
Good call. Somehow I never got into adopting scenes despite multiple attempts
I have a similar system at the moment. I use the labels for the type of device or sensor it is then I assign the name with what device its controlling i.e ZSwitch01 - Nuc Monitor (this tells me ita a generic zigbee smart plug, I use OZ for those from OZSmartThings and TSwtich for Tuya based ones) and have that first part of the name written on the device itself so that I know where it is when I need to find it when its not a light switch that is always going to be in the same location at all times then its just tied to the area its in for scene control. I also keep that naming convetion using the first part of the device name in the app if it comes with one it needs to setup like in the case of the Tuya wifi plugs so its all consistent and then I just use the device its controlling as the label when its added as a button on my streamdeck xl or I leave it as say TSwtich01 for those tuya ones for generic use. It's then nice and simple to make the automations organised with the devices as I set them up and I use similar naming conventions and labels i.e Motion Sensor: Bedroom Lights for the automation name then its Motion Sensor for the label etc For helpers I have the devices its going to be assigned to as the name with button if its to be used with a button action or toggle so I know this will toggle an automation it will be linked as i.e Alarm Toggle for the input boolean or Bedside Lamps Button for a control input to toggle two hue bulbs at the same time and I use the bedside lamps label with that button helper to put it into the automation that I need it in via call service actions. Overall HA is a very versitile system when you get setup right especially since they add/ed more options to organise things for what you want to control in and around the home.
Great idea to add the “origination” app - may simplify troubleshooting a lot!
First
Great idea
Great
100% agree with all of this. I made the mistake of buying them to fit out my house after a (rather large home automation) youtuber made them out to be the most amazing thing ever - they are a nightmare, switches often dont work (even in dumb mode) software is crap and no (easy) HA integration :( avoid at all costs!
Indeed, luckily there are many more good options these days!
Wait
Agree
Aqara temperature also tends to disconnect once the battery is low without the battery indicator showing a low battery... so your heater might just stay stuck ON. Maybe it's best to leave the heater limit on.
I run an automation that tells me when battery goes under 10% to avoid something like this from happening. There was a blueprint published for it and covers all battery operated devices
Hey! Just discovered your channel. I have attached a vibration sensor to my coffee machine to detect when it was running (I use this to decrement the counter of my coffee capsules and if it goes beyond a certain threshold, I put coffee capsules on the shopping list automatically). Wouldn’t that be more precise than the button press? What if you forget to push the button? If you have multiple persons in the household using the coffee maker, you could use presence detection to check who is currently close to the coffee maker and if the rare case that two persons are in proximity of the coffee maker occurs, you could send an actionable notification to both asking whether they just drank a coffee and only if they answer „yes“ increment their counter…
Those are certainly both great options! I did try vibration sensors before in various scenarios and for me those only worked flawlessly with doors. In most other scenarios (e.g. washing machine) I was getting a bunch of false positives. Again, everyone “mileage” may vary. Presence sensors is something I am considering, but the need to have them wired puts me off for now. But certainly both great additions - thank you!
Matter smart devices save Apple HomeKit 💯
Yes, Matter pushed Apple HomeKit to the top of convenience scale
Is there like a button that can be customised to toggle on/off everything in a room?
Yes, there are a few ways to achieve this. The simplest is probably to write a Script. Then you can just add a chip to the dashboard and assign Script Toggle to it
Nice. Would love if you acutally share the code for the dashboard you are showing! Thanks!
I have now added the link to Google Docs with the code - thank you!
@@brenvelm It would be nice with the whole code, just like the video please.
I've published all 24 pages of code - entirety of that dashboard including all the sub-pages - or would you prefer just the main dashboard element?
@@brenvelm Still the same code as before? Sure you linked to the right code?
I have just re-uploaded to the same link - this is the correct code
Nice video, keep up the good work!
Thank you!
Is the code posted anywhere to look at?
I've just added a link to Google Docs with the code into the video description. Thank you
Hi, can you please share this automation yaml?
Unfortunately UA-cam won't allow me to copy paste as it prohibits certain symbols in comments
Its a bit to slow explained and very nice music.
Thank you for your feedback!
Thanks for the video! How updated is this info? Would love to create an automation to flash some lights if my team scores. Is that possible?
In my experience it’s pretty much instant. And I am sure you can use it automation the way you want - will try myself actually - great shout!
Also interested in the light show. As far as the attributes go what displays when the team scores? Or what would you use to trigger the automation to flash the lights?
@@kylegurney8610 I’d say you should either use TeamScore or OpponentScore attribute. Or both actually. You can set each of them as separate triggers and then assign actions accordingly (flash red for opponent, flash whatever for your team)
Got it, has there been any breaking changes to this? It keeps asking me to add a 2-character language code to use for the API call. Or is that only for leagues not native to the integration?
Probably... have you tried to enter EN for the language code?
I would have loved to watch this, it's very concise and seems intuitive and simple. But seriously, this music in the background. Why? And so loud even.
Thank you for your feedback - will improve in the next video!
I’ve never heard it called Zwav. As far as I know it is pronounced as it is spelled. Z-Wave.
You are absolutely right, I guess I just don’t like the concept of Z-Wave enough to subconsciously destroy the spelling
How to do 3 ways? Can they be connected to two lights at the same time?
The only way to do 3-way switch is to combine with Aqara wireless switches. Even two-way works a little iffy so it’s best to combine wired & wireless and use automations to achieve the same. 2-gang switch can control 2 lights yes