25 Home Automation Ideas: Ultimate Smart Home Tour!
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Make your house smarter with these home automation ideas! Follow me on my smart home tour through a typical day filled with automation. I use Alexa and SmartThings for most of these ideas, so you can easily copy them for your own house.
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Alexa, slow me my electric bill.
Alexa, please stop sending all my voice recordings to amazon.
I'm afraid I can't let you do that Reed
Lol...for real!
Yoooo lmao I don’t think it could be that high
Thanks for your comment. I actually go over my electric bill in my latest video, which you can watch here: ua-cam.com/video/hidplm_N880/v-deo.html
You do realize that LED lights are very efficient and barely make a difference on your electric bill, right? Especially since most of these smart lights have automations that turn off when you're not in the room so you're actually *saving* money in the long run. The sensors run off of battery too.
This is how the 1960s imagined us living in the 21st century
Nah in the 1960's people reckon we'd be living as the Jetsons did...
I doubt we'll ever get to flying cars, power shuts off then it plummets down... I don't think so. It's not like a plane where there are two pilots, and wings to glide. Cars would just drop like a rock.
@ian flying cars will never be a thing, there is no technology that could make it quiet enough for your neighbour to leave for work at 2am and you not getting angry at the loud noise
@@codeyh1996 Ion propulsion exists in prototype form
@@codeyh1996 have u not seen what Uber Air is doing with VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) electric plane?
@@codeyh1996 www.uber.com/us/en/elevate/uberair/
When the robots turn on us this guy is gonna be the first to go
This made me LOL
Agree!
Not necessarily. Maybe he's seen as their first ally by them.
I, for one, would like to welcome our new robot overlords. 😁😁😂🤣
Typical boomer response
He's gotta be constantly changing something, charging something, or re-syncing something
If you moved him into a simple home with no automations, he would have more time on his hands and less to worry about. Kinda ironic
@@cristianenache8715 I would absolutely hate living in this house.
His parents must hate him. Poor old folks just trying to turn on the TV and the garage door closes.
I mean, yeah. I would think he doesn’t live with his parents.
You owe me a new keyboard! I just sprayed coffee everywhere! LMAO!
@11 11 Guess I should look into getting one for next time huh ;)
@11 11 I guess I assume his parents visit him and their grandchildren every once in a while.
😂😂😂
Why does this feel like he’s living in a minecraft redstone house?
because of the way he walks
Because he's wearing a blue t shirt like Steve
You had to comment this
Probably because both are smart
It’s like Minecraft + Computercraft and using a TTS speaker, lol.
Kept thinking " Oh that would be cool! " throughout the video. At the end "man... I don't need ANY of this!"
That bathroom idea where the light changes colors depending on if someone is in the bathroom is genius, it would be really useful for a college dorm, considering they only have locks on the outside of the bathroom
were is that video please ?
Great job and fun ideas!
You one morning: Ah I just want to sleep in
Alexa: You can't sleep in. You have to work to obtain currency to purchase more products through Amazon and allow us to collect more data on you.
You: What
Alexa: ...
You: Alexa, what did you say?
Alexa: Good morning
You: Oh, okay
Lol
Stop whining and get up you lazy bastard!!!
A suggestion to Amazon: let users set Alexa to start buying random products in case the user don't wake up. I'd wake up in no time
@@JBFan1ist that, could actually be the best method to wake up.
This is golden
Imagine trying to sneak out of this house
If you're a parent that alone might make it worth it.
Sounds like a challenge
@@KORUPTable Good luck to my kids because the router is in my room lol
Just turn the wifi off.
Surprise mada faka
One day the internet shut down and your bathroom door doesn't open.
He could open it manually ^^
Most of these DIY home automation people use "home automation" software that is free and runs on a local PC or raspberry pi on a local network that doesn't need internet and isn't open to the internet expect the "home automation" software for remote controlling from a remote location if you wish to have that feature. The firmware is open sourced on a lot of these smart switches and if you understand the code you can easily see it isn't spying on you.
@@MacherTV he wont remember how
Dcool Alexa does
@@JuKoHD Alexa is for beginners there is open source voice recognition or you can use the GUI from your phone or PC. I use most of my voice commands from my smart watch. If the internet goes down no biggie if I'm near my house my phone connects to local lan WiFi and works just fine. I have gsm (cell tower) bonded for back up for my security alarm alerts etc. That is the only thing I pay extra for but it's like $10 for Peace of mind.
📣UPDATE: Watch volume 2 with 25 more ideas in our updated video here: ua-cam.com/video/jDaRPsvvcz4/v-deo.html
Which home automations are your favorite? Make sure to check out the article that goes over how to set up these automations smarthomesolver.com/reviews/smart-home-automation-ideas/
Have you try HASSIO? I Once smartthing user but once I learn HASSIO, it was a game changer. It's pretty much limitless on what you can do. And the best part, it's free. And the sensors are cheap and can integrate to all kinds of brands and DIY. Just a suggestion.
@@AnoNymous-lp5tb thanks for the suggestion. Yes I installed Home Assistant and have it running on a raspberry pi. I like how limitless it is and how it's not cloud based. The only reason I don't use it more is the rabbit holes of tinkering I go down with things like it. After a day of full stack development I usually don't feel like debugging my smart home. I do think HASSIO is awesome and is probably the best option for those who want to learn it.
@@SmartHomeSolver Is there a smart outlet that I can use Hubitat with for dim my lights when my cinema projector is on?
I was interested in the Wyze camera after watching your video however, I decided not to invest in the camera after reading the reviews and concerns on Amazon; specifically the China IP address and the terms agreements.
@@JoseSanchez-lc8qh you can set them up so they don't connect to the internet and do RTSP to a Nas. They are still a good cheap alternative
Our mailbox is at the end of the driveway. Instead of wondering when to check tie mail I put a sensor in it and I get a notification when it is opened.
I'd love to do this but I get some pretty nasty cold weather which would probably destroy a battery in the winter. lol
I’m stealing this idea!
What sensor do you use?
I tried this with two sensors and it was just too far away even with a light switch acting as a repeater. Perhaps the metal box is blocking some of the signal?
@@bob218 Yes the mailbox would act as a semi faraday cage of sorts.
Just to clarify some basic thermodynamics: air is not getting colder because of a ceiling fan being on. Fans just accelerate air convection and the air just *feels* colder. The sensor doesn't feel it.
And to be exact, that ceiling fan is actually heating the air (a bit) because it is a machine that is on (it uses power and power heats). Another point: hotter air is in the ceiling and colder on the floor so actually ceiling fans are circulating the upper hotter air down to the floor making temperature censors go up a bit.
Joni Marmo i actually want to use it in the winter to fan the warm heated air down. It's just getting wasted at the top of our two story room. Haha one day... our fan's motor is also broken, so have to replace it first.
Proud to be an Engineer.
Not an expert on thermodynamics, but I do understand words. My air conditioner, which "uses power and heats", has me convinced it cools the air inside my house. PFM.
@@tigra770 An air conditioner is different though. It has to be connected to the outside so it can move the heat from your room to the outside. A fan can do no such thing and will therefore only heat your room.
The air is cooler than our body temperature, so we cool down as our bodies slowly reach thermal equilibrium with the air around us. With no airflow, we have a "layer" of air around our bodies which effectively slows the transfer of body heat into the air around us. A fan creates flow, so this 'layer' is prevented from building up. If the air was hotter than our bodies the fan would increase the rate of transfer of heat our bodies from the surrounding environment.
For anyone interested, an air conditioner is more complex. It does actually lower the air temperature by pumping warm air out of your house.
Excellent ideas! I need to step up my automation game.
Thanks Brett!
@@SmartHomeSolver okay I was going to be a new subscriber but no videos in a year I don't want to be if you're not making videos
@@diamondKingnow what does it matter? It’s not like it costs you anything. At least you ‘ll get notified when there is a new video. Also there are plenty of videos in the past year so I don’t know what you are talking about.
This was a great compilation of ideas. Thanks for the reddit link, too!
I appreciate that!
I can’t find the reddit link. Can you post in comments?
@@loandbehold5178 This one: www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/9xfccf/mega_getting_started_thread/
How do I automatically like this video?
respinoza89 I read this comment and automatically liked it
Isn’t the door the indicator that the bathroom is occupied
No if you don't like to air your bathroom smells into the rest of the house instead of having vent do it's job. My bathroom door is always closed. But then his way of busy indicator lamp doesn't work either. Maybe with motion sensor it would be better.
Heaven forbid he should have to actually speak to a family member to find out if they’re in the bathroom
just buy a bathroom door with a frosted window and you'll know exactly when the bathroom is occupied
@Jonathan NgAnd see exactly what they are doing
@@MGL83 "bathroom smells"
If your bathroom stinks so bad you cant leave the door open you've got some problems. It is not normal. I suggest eating less junk and more vegetables in your family diet.
For every time I can think of these kinds of automation as being useful, I can think of a time when they would annoy the heck out of me. I just don't do the same things enough to ever want them to always work in any particular way. As an example, for every time I want all the lights off in the house there is a time when my wife is in the other room and would want those lights on. So much easier for me to just deal with them separately. I like making them hands free, just not tying them all to triggers.
The motion sensor turning on the ceiling fan is a great idea! I'm going to have to implement that. Thanks!
I liked your video because you bleeped out Alexa. Thanks!
same here... well, then i was browsing comments for this :D
THANK YOU!!!
I don't get why he was
Nada Luqman so it doesn’t trigger everyone else’s Alexa in their house loo
Nada Luqman trust me if you had an Alexa and you watched other people’s videos that didn’t silence her name you would quickly exit the video. Nothing more annoying then hearing her go off every second he mentions Alexa lol
Really great video, thanks for the overview for things to setup!
OMG, you are my hero! Love the tech, you are such a geek, which is a good thing.
You have some good tips here. I had never heard of that dryer thing and might give it a try. To make your house a bit smarter take the moisture sensor idea and instead of just notify you, get a Zwave valve operator, to close the water valve to your house when it detects moisture and then notify you. If you don't have a cutoff in the garage or someplace convenient, talk to a plumber to see if it's feasible. You can use a lot of other ways to shut off the water valve such as a WiFi plug to power and close a normally open solenoid valve. Also, I've not found determining presence by mobile phone to be always reliable. I use it for non-critical functions but quit for my garage after having more than one issue with it opening it when it shouldn't. Keep the ideas coming. I really enjoy your channel.
Thanks Hugh! I agree adding a water shut off valve would take it up a notch. I have seen them at CES and it would be pretty awesome to have. I don't have a cutoff valve in a convenient place but I will have to look into your suggestion about it. I appreciate you sharing that. I also agree that phones can be not the most reliable for presence sensors. I'm going to be looking at some more options to make it more reliable. Thanks for the support!
A great start for Home Automation ideas!
Thanks!
something you may want to consider, I have some lights turn on when I return home as well, but the outside ones don't turn on unless it is after sunset. I like the thought about turning certain things on if you return alone vs you return and your wife and kid are home.
love a few and simple things... simple life much comfort brings.
I mainly use my home automation for the garage doors, and all the external lights. One of the ones that made my life a lot easier was the smart switches and outlet I use for Christmas lights. Typically wrap over 50 trees in the front yard, so it was a lot of timers and extension cords that needed plugging in before I automated it.
An architect I work with always has me call out soffit receptacles on an astronomic time switch for Christmas lights.
Some good ideas. Some, I'm already using. I like the bedroom door closing running your 'goodnight' routine. I never thought about it but the door is always open otherwise.
Christopher Clark maybe you can set it so the sensor only activates after like 9pm ?
Yes, but not practical if you have a partner and don't go to bed at the same time!
Dude Reed, I am not sure if you ''reed'' all these comments but your videos are seriously awesome. I mean it! Keep up the amazing work man!
Thanks! That means a lot to hear that.
Awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time to make this video!
Almost every "complicated" automation I've tried to set up around the house has been defeated by my wife's randomness. I've cut back to Porch Lights on/off and motion activated garage lights.
Do you have any examples ? I love this kind of stories
Travis Halfman what did she do that made you not use them?
I do that to our smart lights. I don't always want to yell at the Google speaker or go get my phone so I'll just use the light switch. After doing that enough times apparently it resets the system for that bulb.
I think the most common mistake is that most people (self included) start off with smart bulbs. While they do serve a purpose they are easily defeated by turning off a "dumb" switch. Instead of buying a smart bulb, buy a smart switch. This way you have the ability to manually turn on/off while being able to make it smart.
@@ynotcam24 Or get a smart bulb that turns off and don't touch the switch? What a weird complaint.
The “future” (in all the 80’s movies I’ve watched) is finally here.
Great video and I appreciated the chuckles you added. Nice job!
Loved them!
We use motion/light sensing nightlights around the house. It's great for when you have to use the w/r or get a glass of water in the middle of the night and you can buy them cheap from amazon
Great video, your dad jokes are right up my alley.
Love the dryer thing and the setup for the garage door
Man, this was really neat. Thanks for sharing!
Really cool video. I have been slowly doing a lot of these ideas in my house. The problem I find is that even with way less devices than you have, I feel like I am constantly changing batteries, or having to micromanage the system. Overall except for a few things, I am not sure its making my life really any easier. It can be fun to play around with though.
Reed: Alexa open the door! Alexaaa? - Door doesn't open -
Neighborhood: Main power grid shutdown...
Awesome recommendations!
I install smart homes in los angeles and gotta tell you i love your videos. Its nice getting extra ideas to share with my clients. I recently made a clients waterfall smart so he can control it via voice commands. came out super cool. Keep up the good work :)
Hey Vick. Thanks I appreciate that! If you are ever interested in working together hit me up on my email reed@smarthomesolver.com and it could be cool to feature a house you set up.
I heard Mesa when Alexa was waking you up and I live in Mesa,Az then I heard “heat warning” and I knew probably the same city as me lmao
This is the best smart home video ever! Thanks for always giving us relevant and interesting information, Reed! You make me feel almost as smart as my home! 🙃
Thanks Wade! This might be the nicest comment ever!
I’m remodeling and building an office and your videos are helping me out. Thanks!
Awesome setup !!!
Sir You dont have a smart house. You have The Star Ship Enterprise lol
Great grad bag of home automation ideas! I especially like the countdown for departure and unoccupied bathroom indicator. Using a metered smart plug voltage increase as a trigger is really clever. The video doorbell and robot vacuum automations are invaluable. I use a vibration sensor on my washer and dryer for notifications
Awesome!!! Great video!
This is the BEST video I have seen on Home Automation, thanks!
*turns off internet for homework*
Well I guess I can't do my homework now.
my ruter, can automaticly block Games, and un Authorized sites, so, if the kids need to do homework thay still have acsess to there school page and other Learning websites, but if thay try to play games its blocked, and i get a notfification, (same goes fro porn tho thats blocked all the time)
@@TheModernVIkingNor Wait till they find out about vpn
A fellow Mr.Robot Fan I see
Can’t wait for the last season! It’s one of my favorite shows.
Next episode: hacking my smart home like Eliot would do.
Mr.Robot sucks
Great ideias, thanks mate!
Very cool video, looking forward to detailed videos on how to setup all this.
After a few months, his house becomes self aware and decides it doesn't need him any more.
Lol.
i just watched 30 seconds and there is 0 privacy in this house.
Ya, went with the least privacy respecting options there are for sure. More people need to be made aware of home assistant.
some people dont value privacy above convenience
@@snatale4571That's why I refuse to get a nest or ecobee. Basically the same as Ring. But I think the OP means privacy to neighbors because the lights tell everyone what he's doing (Isn't that everyone automated or not?.
Great stuff my friend!
Great video !!
I know what my lazy friend would say.... Who would do so much hard work for this automation?? 🤣
Haha that's next level lazy!
2:50 LG Appliances app also allows remote use and alerts
Lots of great reads. Thanks.
This is pretty cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.
Alexa: tells you to take out the trash.
Me: 😶
Probably WIFES idea 😲
Alexa show me how much i spent in all of this things.
Wow! Great job
Love every one of these :D
This man is living in 2070
Really? Most of it is just Light turning on and off and door locking.
@@starkness65 which many people don't have in their home in 2020...
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@@mezawockee5050 wait...they have to actually press buttons?! And using keys??
OH THE HUMANITY.
Hey Smart Home Solver, thanks for the great ideas! I'm curious as to how much bandwith you require to run this much. Did you have to build a separate network or server, etc. ?
Thanks! I have been using the Gryphon router which has pretty good specs. So far I haven’t hit any limitations and I have everything on the same network. A while ago when I was using a crappy router it would need rebooting about every 2 weeks because I was over loading it with smart home devices.
Thanks a lot! Your house really looks like the house of the "current day". Well done! 😊
Really inspiring!
😁Like, OMG!!! You have the very best channel when it comes to home automation, detail, setup, ideas & you keep it super fun & interesting!!!👍🏾
Thanks!
One thing that is hardly ever mentioned when talking about home automation is security. I'd be a bit afraid to rely this much on Zigbee/Z-Wave, which are all wireless protocols, as well as the SmartThings hub which is Wi-Fi/cloud based. What if someone comes to your home with a radio jammer, those things are only like 30 bucks. Then neither your camera, automatic garage door, nor door locks will work. Or am I missing something obvious here?
I think if locks get disconnected they automatically close
Your automations are exactly the way I wanted them and I've been searching for some time, 10+ tanks for sharing
This is useful. Thank you!
this guy almost made jarvis
Punav Mirlekar this guy has nothing on me in comparison, my home is Jarvis! Haha
Punav Mirlekar not even close
Damn the fbi must love you.
This one wins
Beautiful!
Thanks for the list.
Out of curiosity... How much have you spent on home automation?
300k
Scott Cress the sensor just so he can be lazy about the clothes dryer is $50. Gives you an idea.
I don't have an exact total for you, but I do go over my complete set up and how much everything costs in this article: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/complete-smart-home-setup/
@@SmartHomeSolver I just have a routine on Lady A to announce Transfer clothes from washer to dryer and one light upstairs and one light downstairs to flash on and off
About 3.50
Even a ghost would be scared to come to your house.
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This was interesting, thanks!
"oh it turns out to be someone whos exactly like me... What a disappointment!" 😂😂😂 You just gained another subscriber because that was funny
Please note that you don't have to put yourself down in order to be funny. I'm sure, because you proved to me, that you're an awesome person 😊
Thanks for subscribing and for the nice comment!
This guy be living in 2050 while we still live in 2012
Awesome 👏🏽
FANTASTIC video. Im going to start with a smart light bulb and see where it goes!
That's a great thing to start with. Once you have that light turn on automatically and you never come home to a dark house is life changing.
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I'm an IT guy/professional & love all this automation...this stuff is very cool!! However, at the same time, I'd love to go back to the 1970s or 80s when life seemed much simpler...
Mark Cossman but your job wouldn't exist
Very smart use of sensors
My house will be quiet smart as yours! Thx for many nice ideas!
Clever adaptations! But WAY to many live microphones for my taste. And I prefer smart devices that don’t require an active internet connection - more reliable and resilient.
Same! also i dont dig the automated door locks. I wouldn't feel safe
@@TheFourWindBadger Automated door locks would be much safer since anyone with a 20$ lock picking set and 45mins of learning how on UA-cam could get through almost any door lock out there.
Oh look a conspiracy theorist
@@ethanmyers6406 well with automated door locks all you need is a phone and some small cabel and a piece of software.
AND CAMERAS... IMAGINE THE DATA BEING COLLECTED AND STORES BY BEZOS.
Asks: How much automation do you want.
Answer: Yes.
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Some great ideas. I did under the bed as well and used 2 strips so one is for me and one for the wife.
Wow a lot of ideas there. Thanks.
thief **sobs in a corner**
I've noticed EVERY single smart home channel comes up with a ton of dad puns & jokes
Liked the ideas especially the motion lights.
Awesome 🔥
You should build an automatic scorpion killer device
I should!