A few years back, apparently we were bored, or possibly smoking crack, and we bought an old farmhouse that needed lots of work. We spend as much time as we can there, as we re-do pretty much everything in the place. It’s about 90 minutes from our home, so while we’re there, frequently no one is home to keep an eye on things, and vice-versa when we’re at home. Usually all is well, but after one trip to the farm, we came home to find our water heater had sprung a leak, and we had a very wet floor. This is just what the engineers at Zircon had in mind when they came up with the Zircon Leak Alert WiFi; they floated one our way to evaluate. Read More
Smart Home
Protect Your Nest with the Nest Protect
Nest is a company that set out to identify devices around the home that could benefit from creative thinking and smart home technology. Their initial focus, the Nest Thermostat, introduced stylish, intelligent and eco-friendly innovation to a space that until then often still relied on technology that existed back in the 1940’s. Nest also has a line of security cameras that seek to provide a better, more user-friendly experience for spying on your dog while at work, or watching helplessly as that package thief steals your latest treasure from Amazon. In this review, we evaluate the Nest Protect, a smart smoke and carbon monoxide detector that doesn’t just make your life easier – it can save it too. Read More
