Reviews

First hand reviews of renewable and sustainable technologies like smart home devices, solar panels, batteries, electric lawn mowers and more.

What Is Mesh Wifi? Smart Home Must Have

If you’re anything like me, then you probably have dozens of things like phones, tablets, laptops, game consoles, media streaming boxes, and smart home devices all vying for a solid WiFi connection. A mesh wifi network may be the answer.

Apple Siri Shortcuts - Why They Matter

Apple Siri Shortcuts and iOS 12 immediately broke away many of the constraints that were holding Siri back. Hardcore iOS users jumped in right away, but there’s still a lot of people who aren’t familiar with what it does, or why it’s so important to the future of iOS and Apple. Or how Shortcuts and

My Smart Home 2019

Here's my smart home 2019 tour. I’ve touched on aspects of my smart home setup during my reviews of products like the Sonos One, Logitech Harmony Elite, and Ring Video Doorbell, but I thought it was time to take you through my full smart home setup. See what systems I’m using, how I have them integr

Best Wireless Phone Charger For Tesla Model 3

What's the best wireless phone charger for Tesla Model 3? A new version of the Jeda Wireless Charger was just released, so here's my updated review. With some strong competition from chargers like the Nomad Tesla Model 3 charger, Jeda made some significant changes to their charger. Let’s run through

Tesla App Review - Stats

There are a lot of third party Tesla apps to choose from, but many of them just duplicate the official Tesla app’s basic functionality and aren’t worth installing. The only apps that really warrant checking out are those that give you functionality or analysis that you can’t get from Tesla directly.

Solar Panels For Home

Will the savings you gain from solar panels really pay for the cost of installing the system in the first place? And even more secondary questions come up like, are solar panels difficult or expensive to maintain? How long do solar panels last? Will solar panels work where I live? Those are all ques

Internet Privacy - Bill of Rights

Our internet privacy in the age of the cloud computing and the internet of things is under seige. We need to push companies and our governments to enact laws to protect or right to remain private and the right to be forgotten. Let’s take a look at the current state of internet privacy in 2019.

Apple Homepod Update - Success or Flop?

Here’s an Apple Homepod update for 2019. Was it a success or a flop? Is it still worth consideration in 2019? HomePod may have landed with a collective shoulder shrug last year, but a lot has changed which makes it worthy of another look.

Favorite Tech of 2018

Here's my 5 pieces of favorite tech of 2018. It’s been a really good year for smart home tech, gadgets, and sustainable technology like EVs. This isn't a definitive list, but it's what struck a chord with me this year.

Logitech Harmony Elite Review - The Ultimate Smart Remote

Logitech Harmony Elite review and breakdown. The Logitech Harmony Hub based remotes offer a significant improvement in reliability and the ability to control your smart home devices like Philips Hue, August Smart Locks. Top that off with integrations with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant and you’ve