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You deserve much more subs
Great video as usual Bob. I like the honest approach to review videos. Also,don’t be afraid to get more in depth with these in the future. Keep up the the good work sir!
Great idea for a segment and like the product as well, might be worth approaching Little Bits there stuff is right up your alley as well.
It’s unfortunate that Ubiquiti couldn’t make their miFi system as nice SmartThing’s UI/UX this given the huge differences in price points.
Great review Bob.
I have the Ismart alarm system, very similar !
Luv the review Bob, thanks 🙂
That is a useful device. Its amazing what they come up with these days. I appreciate the information. Thanks for the video.
Do you know if it works with the Amazon Echo
#vivint
Hey Bob, are you still using the smartthings? Thinking about buying and wanted to see if you would still recommend. Thanks!
Hey, I wonder if you know anything about the danger of wi-fi (especially on young children)
Did you know that in many European countries, schools have banned wi-fi.
Still waiting for that shield video : /
+I Like To Make Stuff why is there a annoying sound in the background’?
The background music was really distracting — there’s no need for that at all.
google home…
Nice review I like reviews like these because I would have never known about this product with out it. Sounds like a cool system just have to think up of all kinds of cool ways to incorporate it.
Thanks for the heads up on this product.. was not aware of it.. Assuming its wireless “IoT” eg. 6LoWPAN. Any idea on the range of these thing? Did you see how it was affected by the number of walls between the hub and the end-device?
Thanks,
– Rich
Cool wood love to hook one up to a heat lamp that only needs to be on at curtain times, but it also needs one on colder day this might be a good solution to that. Thanks Bob
Money. But really nice toys!
Che figata
The biggest problem with SmartThings is the availability of their cloud service (though it’s been slowly improving in the last six month). And because all the smarts are happening in the cloud, everything stops working if there’s an outage. So, it’s a great toy and does provide some convenience, but don’t use it for anything mission critical. For example, as tempting as that might be, don’t automatically open your garage door on presence detection. You might end up with an open garage in the middle of the night. And of course it’s a poor security system without a lot of extra gear (secondary power, secondary network connection, etc.)
Can you please make another longboard except this time make it one of the squared ones
I like it tho! Can i get it to?
Interesting review. I’m most concerned about the security of the system. MOST of the home automation items are easily hackable which means security sucks.
samsung -1
I’d be interested in seeing if you could duplicate the functionality of some of their modules via the arduino shield. I bet the cost could be defrayed by a little sweat equity and brain power.
I like the fact that SmartThings is an open source program and different devices are added often. When I was choosing my home auto hub I went with Wink, though. The price was right and it worked with my Schlage touchpad lock.
One draw back I heard about the SmartThings hub is that it is dependent upon an Internet connection. No internet, no automation. But that is probably true for most hubs.
Smart things can connect to Nest through IFTTT
I have Smartthings and Nest too, so it would be nice if they worked together
+I Like To Make Stuff nice job on the review! Looks like an alright product… Really interesting for the maker part of it. Do you know if it’s an extra shield or is it just some api call via the arduino?
What an interesting product. Nice review and good addition. I just started to use an open source software called OpenHab. It was designed as a vendor neutral solution and works great since I have Insteon ($$) and onewire things.
I was thinking $50 maybe $100 and you smacked me with $300 lol
I’d rather spend my money on a nice thick belt.
For the kids, next time I hear splashing. Or anyone else who I don’t want in my home.
Someone should come up with an outlet receptacle that contains the plug-in. I would rather dig into drywall than have an external port my toddler is going to rip out of the wall. It could even have a bypass for a fail safe!
I have been using these guys for over two years now. The automation controls are really in depth.
http://www.nexiahome.com
Great, nice video man keep it up
Nice review thanks
Can you make a shop safety video
Seems like a pretty cool system. Thanks for the review.
Can’t wait for the arduino video. Maybe next time use the device in the video a bit more or do a follow up video 🙂
Just found your channel. I like it, I’m gonna try and make that planter sand box but just as a veg/herb planter (no sand) for my girlfriend
You could also try and develop your own sensors for this system
http://www.smartthings.com/developers/
Good review! One question… I’m interested in buying something by Smartthings but I want to know if it will be compatible with HomeKit and Siri! 🙂
Thanks!
Could you do a more in-depth review on the X-Carve?
Seriously, what can it do that a few Raspberry Pi’s and a few sensors can’t do?
I really enjoy my Smart things system, but really looking forward to next generation that will be released soon which should be more reliable. Cheers