Smart Home Deals & Offers

None in Cumbria

Probably wild goose chase... But great deal if you can get it. FYI this can be used with most combi boilers... It just wires up differently to the 'heating-only' option but there's diagrams online. We have this version controlling our Worcester Greenstar. The hot water control does nothing.

None near me or withinn 80 miles. Release the geese.

Glad I can help (y)

I was about to buy one from Amazon this morning. Thanks to this post, I managed to grab the last one from local Maplin. Cheers @zeekillah

You don't wire it to a old thermostat you need to replace your thermostat, which mean you would wire it up to your boiler.

Can You wire this to an old thermostat which is probably 20 years old

That's very promising indeed. I appreciate your reply.

Read this link matey, looks and sounds promising! https://www.reddit.com/r/tradfri/comments/6vcnzv/hue_bulbs_can_now_also_be_paired_with_ikea/

I’m not sure buddy, I could do with borrowing a bulb from someone to test the theory! Might order one from Amazon and send it back if it doesn’t work.

Hi, do you know if Philips hue bulbs are compatible with the IKEA hub? I just purchased the IKEA hub recently with some GU10 bulbs. Now IKEA are not selling E14 bulbs which I need desperately so am thinking about trying a Philips hue E14 instead. Thanks, Steve

If you don't mind me asking, do you know if Philips hue bulbs work with IKEA tradfri gateway/hub? FYI I called IKEA today to ask about the E14 bulb and the fact that no IKEA has stock of said bulb and they told me that the E14 bulb was recalled due to safety concerns.

Poor deal. Better deals have been available recently on the Echo for instance. Ditto Philips Hue starter kits. Wish there was a standard that forced all hubs to interoperate as daft having Nest, Hue, Osram, Samsung, etc. I prefer TP-Link that does not need a hub

Great post @khakhad (highfive)

It is a smart speaker with a screen, designed primarily as a bedside clock although mine is in the lounge. The beauty of it being that you get visual as well as auditory responses which is very nice indeed. Songs have scrolling lyrics, weather reports are backed up with graphical representations etc etc. I personally much prefer it to just a speaker but it is a personal preference not necessarily shared by all I'm sure :-)

yeah the title needs work, as to get the Hue starter and the Echo for this price is pretty good

Isn’t the spot a smart speaker you can talk to? Genuine question! I just assumed it was like an echo dot with a small screen. Or were you implying “of a decent sound quality”?

Good price if that's what you want but can't see the point to the Echo Spot myself. Either get a smart speaker you can talk to, or use your smartphone which doesn't have the world's smallest screen.

Great, thanks for posting 8)

Fantastic price. Been watching these for ages. Cheapest I’ve ever seen them. Grabbed 4. Thanks OP

Darn wanted to use my £5 off for Amazon assistant but getting one anyway as I've got credit. Thanks! Hot! Edit: Got one. Just noticed same Maplin price on eBay too.

Yeah it does....

"That's all that matters" - because the world revolves around you, in your own little world at least.

I think I'm funny, that's all that matters really. You have your little rant though if it makes you feel good

Do you know that smart alecs aren't as smart (or funny) as they think they are? thegamekinginfo's suggestion isn't that obvious to most people and is helpful to them - doesn't really merit taking the mick, especially since you're not even being funny!

Did you know the Beatles have split up? (lol) (lol)

For £99 more you can have 4K 55 inch Toshiba! This is cold, not worth more than £80.

(cheeky)

I purchased it a week ago Model numbers are similar So hence the question

Did I have the link for the Currys TV? I could not find it

Currys is £69 cheaper?

Used to be available for £89.99 but £99 seems the norm now.

Cold, maplin sells it for £87.20, on eBay 20% sale this detector was sold for £83.20

Thanks I got some

you can say that again

£99 on Amazon as well and has been for a while. This isn't a deal.

It's xiaomi blinds.

Hi Steve, how do you plan on closing the blinds? I've looked at little motors that operate the chain/drawstring. But they are either in the USA or are no longer in business. Are you buying a full new electric blind? Any help her would be much appreciated as it's about the only thing I've not been able to get a solution for. Cheers

For the motion sensor it's 2 minutes to 30 minutes when motion is detected for how long the light will stay switched on for. So in my living room, I've automated that if it detects motion then switch on Yeelight. If no motion detected for 2 minutes then switch off. I've set that for hours between 6pm and 6am though will adjust that due to summer time starting.

Custom DH - yes. I had to press it a couple of times to connect but it didn’t take long and never disconnected since

I've got that set up. Quite a few options. You mean in terms of colours for the yeelights or or the options for the motion sensor?

Was looking at Arlo for a long time but the battery situation put me off. I just bought a Blink XT one camera system for £119 from blinkforhome. I tried to post deal but mods deleted it was from a new seller or something. Back up to £149 now.

I'm halfway to your setup, I have Aqara sensors and ST, (although I also have Ring integrated too), I definitely want to achieve what you've got. However having had a quick scoot around the ST forums, there are a lot of advocates of Blink over Arlo. Specifically looking at this thread i'll have to do lots more reading on the pros and cons of both systems, one thing that annoys me though is that there are never any Blinks on Amazon warehouse!

Broadly: Armed Away puts alerts on all cameras and sensors, including internal movement ones, triggering pop-up and text message alerts. It's designed to make sure I see/respond to the alert. Armed Home sets notifications on for outdoor cameras, front/french doors, all windows, and garage sensor. It has just a pop-up as we tend to trigger it accidentally. (That said, to protect our bikes, the garage sensor will always send text alerts 12pm-6am) Home still tends to have cameras set to record when triggered, but with no notifications. I have a Smarthings shortcut to 'Cameras On' and 'Cameras Off' for when we are spending a lot of time in the garden and immediately outside the house. I'm still fine tuning it, but nothing can really come near, let alone in, the house without me being aware. Ours is Arlo which is fine for our usage (we are in a very safe area) but I can't comment on the others - like you say, they all have pros and cons. Smartthings is working great for me though with lots of Aqara sensors, but it does take basic tech skills and patience to do all the integrations.

Interesting about the Smartthings integration. Out of interest what are the differences in the recordings between Armed Home vs Armed Away? I'm sold on a home camera system of some sort, and am torn between Arlo, Arlo Pro, a custom "MotionEyeOS" setup and a Hikvision IP + NVR solution, all have pros and cons

Shame the original arlo can't do local recording. Thats the one feature that pushes me towards the pro.