NEST Protect Review
When we installed the Loxone system in the house the Loxone Air range was pretty small, and we ended up with a normal hard-wired heat / smoke detector. Our old unit had a CO monitor […]
Year: 2015
IOT & Smart Home Frustrations….
This month i’ve broken my “Only buy devices which have the ability to talk to the mini-server” again. The first time I bought the Netatmo weather station, which I fell in love with predominantly because of […]
Whats In My Bag CES 2016!
Well the new year is almost upon us, and its not long until i’ll be flying out to Vegas for CES, i thought i’d document what i’m taking with me in my bag this year […]
Synology & Netgear Bonded Network Connections
My home network has had some pretty major upgrades this year, I’ve moved away from having a Windows server running 7×24 to a Synology DS1815 NAS, which is probably one of the most full featured […]
Not Long Till CES
Its not long now until CES 2016 begins, and I will be there! [wpdevart_countdown text_for_day=”Days” text_for_hour=”Hours” text_for_minut=”Minutes” text_for_second=”Seconds” start_time=”1449162417″ end_time=”33,6,51″ action_end_time=”hide” content_position=”center” top_ditance=”10″ bottom_distance=”10″ ][/wpdevart_countdown]
EE 4G Service
I recently took a business trip to a client whose office is in Manchester airport, sadly for them their internet connection is probably the lowest speed I have seen recently, and its getting worse, last […]
Apple Macbook : Finally Used In Anger
My main laptop for day to day usage is an 2012 Apple Macbook Pro which I love, its been a great machine whilst i’ve had it. The only real issue i’ve had was 6 months […]
Loxone Air Valve – A Few Weeks On…
They were the product i’d been waiting on for months to finish up setup (as far as the word finish can be used in any home automation project) and to be honest its been a […]
Mini-Review : Flexson Wall Mount for Play:3
I’ve loved the Sonos kit for several years now, but was starting to think perhaps the sound quality wasn’t as good as I really wanted, so have been looking for a replacement of late. Until […]
Out With The Old… In With The New.
The time has finally come, its here, the new Loxone Valve Actuator Air, nifty name, just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? I shall just refer to them as the Air TRV’s for this post. […]