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I have reviewed most if not all the new Reolink cameras this year, and the new WiFi RLC-523WA is one of the more interesting (though the 8MP POE RLC-823A is more my cup of tea). This crams in all the tech we have seen from Reolink in the past year, including object detection and spotlights…
Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2021 Discounts Many of the brands I have discussed below have some excellent Black Friday or Cyber Monday discounts. These include: All the Yale Linus range have 25% off taking them down to the lowest price ever on Amazon according to Keepa. This includes: Yale Linus is reduced from around…
Reolink Black Friday Deals – Reolink Go PT, Argus 2 and POE cameras get big discounts I have been a fan of Reolink in the past couple of years. I have reviewed most of the new products they have launched and I can’t think of any that I have disliked. Generally, they all offer excellent…
Black Friday 2021 Deals Both Eufy and Blink have some excellent Black Friday deals, making it the perfect time to buy either system. The eufyCam 2C is reduced from £230 down to £140 which appears to be the lowest price ever on Amazon. There is the eufyCam 2C Pro which increases the camera resolution to…
Black Friday 2021 Deals It is that time of year again. Most companies are offering some big discounts and this could likely swing your opinion for one of the below systems I have compared. Yale Black Friday All the Yale Sync systems on Amazon currently have a discount. The Yale IA-320 Sync Smart Home Alarm…
Today, Aqara have added another Zigbee hub to their product lineup with availability on the Amazon US, Canada and France. It should come to the UK in the next few weeks. Buy from Amazon: The new camera is a 2K, pan-and-tilt camera with the local facial and gesture recognition features, and it integrates a built-in…
We have thankfully had a mild start to the winter, but with the recent rise in gas prices and no sign of it getting cheaper, many of us are looking for ways to reduce bills by improving home heating efficiency. In general, there is not a great deal you can do to improve the overall…
[Updated November 2021] I have updated this post with Black Friday deals and new cameras. I am a big fan of home surveillance cameras, I feel like they are one of the best burglar deterrents and with all the wireless options out there it has never been easier to have some surveillance around your home….
I have already reviewed all the recently launched Reolink POE cameras. This time I have been checking out the new Reolink Argus PT Pro. Reolink Argus PT Pro vs Reolink Argus PT Looking at the specification, the main differences between the Pro model and the existing Reolink Argus PT are: Increased resolution, now 2560 x…
Ember has been around for a few years now, being the worlds first and only temperature control mug. I have always read good things about them, but the relatively high price has always made me reluctant to commit. I am a bit of a coffee addict, consuming far too much, but with work being crazy…
I don’t really follow the tech trends for Christmas lighting, but it turns out Twinkly the Philips Hue of Christmas tree lights. The Twinkly range of lighting provides full smart control of your lighting and unlimited design options mapped to how you have placed your own lights. Twinkly has been expanding into more mainstream smart…
This week, Aqara announced their latest Hub E1 and is the most affordable hub they have launched on Amazon to date. Currently, this would make it the firth hub they have on Amazon but they have around eight different hubs in total, which seems a little excessive. The new Smart Hub E1 is priced at…
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