I never thought I’d be the kind of person who bought a Peloton. Even before the infamous commercial from the 2019 holiday season, I thought that Pelotons were stupid and over-priced. My first memory of hearing someone talk about their Peloton was during a Backroads cycling trip to France in…

We made it to Las Vegas for our first in-person Consumer Electronics Show since 2020. We’ve been attending CES pretty regularly since 2015, and it remains the best place to see all the latest technology products — things that are here now and ready to buy as well as others…

Our series on DIY home security systems we’ve tested in our own home Part 3: Protect the Perimeter Now that you’ve learned a bit more about DIY smart home security in parts one and two of our series, let’s get started by learning how you can protect the perimeter of your home. Start with the Front Door We think the…

Our series on DIY home security systems we’ve tested in our own home Part 2: Protecting what’s Important We started our DIY smart home journey by adding technology for convenience before we started thinking about securing our home. …

Our series on DIY home security systems we’ve tested in our own home. Part 1: Introduction Security is very personal, it can have a lot to do with your upbringing, where you live, and how safe you feel in general. I grew up in a small city, it wasn’t completely crime-free but I…

We got our first Amazon Echo in late 2015. By that time, we’d already been buying smart devices and blogging about them for a few years, but everything we used was controlled by an app, or through our smart home hub with automations we configured. Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains…

We test the Zynect temperature sensor and soil moisture meter at home and with a family-owned winery. As technology geeks, we’ve always been fascinated with sensors and actionable data. We bought some of the first Fitbits and when we got into cycling, we got Garmin bike computers so we could…

Water leak detection is an industry with millions of dollars at stake. …

When we first started our DIY automation journey back in 2013, we started replacing a lot of things in our home with Wi-Fi gadgets with companion smartphone apps. Affiliate Disclosure: This page contains links that may earn us a commission from Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We received the Brilliant…