Echo Dot 3rd Gen Review

When you go home after a long day, you need to get something to eat, you want to catch up on the news, hear some music to help relax you and turn on the heat or air depending on what your weather is like.

You’ll make a ton of little decisions all in the space of fifteen minutes or less. What you need is an assistant that can help make your day winding down effortless so that you save time.

You can set devices on timers such as your lights or stereo and you can schedule your thermostat. Or, you can get a smart speaker that can do all that – plus save you even more time.

The Echo Dot 3rd Gen Smart Speaker is like having an assistant who’ll take care of all the things you take care of instead of getting to relax. It’s a small, lightweight speaker that can fit anywhere you put it.

The device has great quality that delivers a rich stereo sound. You can use it with Alexa for streaming your favorite music playlist or, you can ask it to play what’s popular. You can also choose music at random.

It works with Spotify, Amazon Music, SiriusXM, Apple Music and more. If you want to relax and play a game, you can do that through Alexa. The device has the ability to answer questions you ask.

But it can also tell you the news. Or if you need it to, it’ll let you know what the weather is like. If you need to use it to set an alarm, you can do that. It can also let you know what the time is.

When you need help keeping an eye on something that’s cooking, you can use it in the kitchen to set as a timer. It’s an all over home assistant. The speaker has the ability to work with most smart enabled devices.

So if you have smart light switches, all you have to do is tell the speaker to turn on or off the lights. It can also control your thermostat. You can turn the air on or off and the same with the heat.

You’ll be able to unlock or lock doors and do other tasks with a simple voice command.

If you need to make a phone call, the speaker can do that hands-free, too. It can connect you with other rooms in your home as long as you have a device that works with the Echo. So you can have music everywhere in your home if you choose to. With the Echo, you can enjoy hands-free music, talking and more. Let it do the simple tasks that take up your time so that your days and nights are spent enjoying your hours.

Ultraloq UL3 BT Review

Security is extremely important for many people today. Cheap locks simply don’t cut it anymore, given that lockpicking is easy for a thief to do. It can also just be inconvenient to fumble around with your keys trying to open your door, especially if you’re holding things like groceries in your arms.

By getting yourself a high quality smart lock like those from Ultraloq, you’ll be able to make your house more secure and add a lot of convenience to your everyday life. The Ultraloq UL3 BT smart lock features five different methods of opening up your door, depending on what you’d prefer.

The first method would be the simple fingerprint scan. You can add many different people to the fingerprint scanner when you first set it up, and nobody can add one unless you allow it.

It works quickly and only requires a scan, removing the need to fumble with your keys at the front door. This is also useful if you have multiple family members, but not enough house keys to go around.

You can also use a simple password on the touch keypad. Instead of a traditional physical keypad, these touch sensitive buttons allow you to type your password without wearing out the keys, which is something that thieves commonly use to figure out passcodes on other locks.

You can even type in as many numbers as you’d like, but as long as you have the true code hidden in that combination, it’ll still open, so nobody can watch you type the numbers to open it up.

One of the most fascinating aspects of this lock is the paired smartphone integration that it allows you to use. By simply checking an app, you can check and see the status of the lock and whether it’s locked or unlocked.

You can also change that with the press of a button from anywhere, making it very convenient. If you went off to work and didn’t remember if you relocked it or not, you could check the app.

If it showed unlocked, you could instantly lock it remotely right then and there. The final method of opening the lock depends on the type of smartphone you have. If you have an iPhone, you can simply knock on the phone four times to open it up. If you have an android, you can turn it on and shake it. This unique and convenient feature can be disabled if you’d like, but it also makes a very easy way for you to open up your door.

Kwikset Smartcode 888 Review

As technology advances, people are trying to use it in as many useful ways as possible. One of the greatest modern concerns is security, especially that of physical property like the things you own at home.

Kwikset has developed a lock that uses smart technology in order to provide a great deal of safety as well as convenience. This lock has plenty of features that will help you keep your house safe and secure.

The Kwikset Smartcode 888 smart lock offers multiple ways for you to open your door, and each one is secure so that you’ll be able to have a choice without having to sacrifice security. These options allow you to share access to your house with people that you want to have it, such as houseguests, without having to go and make copies of your keys.

Additionally, it has added security measures to make your life that much more convenient and your house that much safer. This lock offers three main methods of access.

First, there’s the traditional key and keyhole method. Kwikset makes reliable locks that aren’t easy to pick, so this method alone is fairly secure. However, it can be a bit inconvenient at times, especially if you don’t have your keys on you.

Luckily, it provides a few others. The secondary method that you can use is the keypad. You can program your own codes that you’ll be sure to remember into the lock, so that you’ll be able to open it with or without keys as long as you know the code.

You can actually program up to 30 different codes, which can be shared with other people as needed. Finally, you can use the smartphone app to wirelessly lock and unlock your door.

This comes in very handy if you’ve forgotten the code and don’t have your keys, or if it just seems more convenient for you. Without having to fumble with keys, this is a great option for those who are carrying in groceries or other items frequently. One security option that it features is auto-locking. You can set it in such a way that if the door is left unlocked for a certain amount of time, it’ll automatically relock itself. This is very helpful if you have kids who might forget to relock the door on the way in, or if you just happen to forget to do so every now and then.

Yale YRD226-ZW2-619 Z-Wave Plus Review

Many people are curious about smart technology, but are afraid of diving right into it. This is especially true when it comes to home security. Those who still have their doubts about smart devices are hesitant to go all in on a device that holds the last real barrier between them and the outside world – the only thing keeping criminals from stealing their possessions.

For those who want just a taste of the smart device world, the Yale YRD226-ZW2-619 touchscreen deadbolt is right for you. This device is easily installed over any existing deadbolt hole, meaning that the entire installation only requires a simple screwdriver.

The instructions are easy to follow, and it even has a little speaker that walks you through what you need to do if you’re unsure. Once it’s on, it operates just as any normal deadbolt would, but it has just a few smart features that make it more convenient.

It’s less intimidating to those who are concerned about smart technology. The main smart method of opening the lock is through the touchscreen keypad. This keypad allows you to set your own PIN when it’s first being set up, and then secures that once it’s installed.

For an intruder to reset the PIN, they’d have to access it from the inside and disassemble it. The screen is backlit so that you don’t have to worry about wear and tear on physical buttons, something that can clue intruders into what numbers the code uses.

You can also use the simple smartphone app in order to lock or unlock it remotely. This feature is tied directly with your account, so not just anyone can access it. This can be done remotely for you to check and see if you remembered to lock the door or if you need to quickly unlock it for someone else to let them in.

This means of opening it is optional, and you can stick with the standard deadbolt if that’s what you feel comfortable with. One convenience feature that this lock provides is the ability to set an auto-lock timer.

This will automatically lock up the door if it’s left unlocked for more than a certain amount of time, meaning that you’ll never have to worry again about whether or not you locked the door behind you if you’re out at work. A little bit of added security is never a bad thing.

Schlage Z-wave Connect Camelot Touchscreen Deadbolt Review

Keeping a good, solid lock on your door is extremely important if you want to protect your valuables. However, with added security, you’re usually sacrificing convenience and user-friendliness.

These locks often have big keys that are unwieldy. With the new Schlage touchscreen smart lock, those problems disappear, because it combines high-level security with a variety of modern features for convenience.

The main way this lock advertises that it can be opened is through the keypad. When first setting up the lock, you can set your own code, as well as multiple others to give to family members or close friends that you want to have access.

By making multiple codes, you can keep track of who’s entering the house and when, giving you better information on when people are coming over. This lock can also be opened using your smartphone, eliminating the need to carry around housekeys as long as you have your phone on you, which most people do most of the time.

A common issue with touchscreens is that they leave fingerprint smudges. This helps thieves enter by looking at the commonly pressed digits, and trying combinations based on that, which significantly lowers the amount of time it takes for them to crack the code.

Schlage’s lock has a fingerprint-resistant screen, so it’ll be impossible for criminals to simply guess the right digits they need for the code. People are often worried that by buying a smart lock, they’re sacrificing security in the actual manual lock, leaving a spot that can still be picked and compromised.

This lock has a great manual lock as well, being given a grade 1 ANSI rating, the highest that a residential lock can receive. This means that it is incredibly difficult to pick this lock if they try that method over the touchscreen.

Another layer of security that this lock provides is the built in alarm. With many locks, you just have to rely on other systems to trip an alarm if someone manages to make their way through it. However, with this lock, you have 3 different levels of alarms. There’s the one for activity, which gets triggered by someone interacting with the handle or door. There’s the tamper alarm, which gets triggered by someone trying to pick the lock or crack the code. Finally, there’s a forced entry alarm, which sounds after someone has opened the door through an illegitimate method.

August Smart Lock Pro ASL-03 AC-R1 Review

Security is extremely important as a homeowner. You need to protect your property from thieves, who are always looking for new ways to bypass locks in order to steal your valuables or harm your family.

In order to give yourself an extra layer of security, you should look into getting a smart lock. For a premium quality smart lock, the August Smart Lock Pro ASL-03 AC-R1 is a great option due to its variety of features and safety measures.

This lock is incredibly easy to install. It’s often a hassle to get some smart locks working, because you need to disassemble your old lock setup and get new keys for it, but that’s not the case with this lock.

Instead, all you need to do is install it over a deadbolt that you probably already have installed. It doesn’t require any modifications to your original lock, and it can be installed from inside, so you don’t even have to do any work on the outside.

This actually increases security quite a bit, because nobody will have any way of telling that you have a smart lock, and they’ll just assume you have a regular run-of-the-mill deadbolt.

Because it’s a smart lock, you can control this device primarily with your phone. With the app, you’ll be able to lock and unlock it from anywhere, meaning that if a friend needs to drop something off, you can simply unlock the door remotely instead of having to drive all the way home to meet them there.

Another feature the app has is an activity tracker. This shows you when, how, and who unlocked and locked your door. With multiple people tied to the same lock, you can see if someone in your family unlocked the door at a certain time, and it will also show you when the door is unlocked manually or when it was unlocked with the app itself.

This can help alert you to any unwanted intrusions, because you’ll be alerted if someone managed to manually enter the house. If you happen to forget to lock the door yourself, no worries. This door automatically locks itself once it detects that you’ve left, meaning you’ll never again have to deal with worrying about your lock back at home. If you really wanted to make sure, though, you could always check the app for the status of the lock, and lock it at will if it’s somehow still unlocked.

Bio Bidet Ultimate BB-600 Review

When you have a regular toilet seat, it not only results in you spending more money on hygiene, but it also contributes to your discomfort and exposure to more germs and bacteria.

Using a regular toilet seat means that you spend a lot of money on toilet paper. You can wipe repeatedly and never truly get or feel clean. But all that extra tissue causes problems.

Toilet paper clogs are one of the leading causes of water overflow in the bathroom. It’s also a leading cause of plumbing pipes getting clogged. When you have an accidental overflow, it spreads those germs and bacteria all over the toilet base and onto your floor.

If you can’t unclog the pipe yourself, then you have to call out a plumber, which costs you in both time and money. You could try cleaning the toilet repeatedly throughout the day to prevent as many germs and bacteria as possible from accumulating.

You could also try using one ply toilet paper and limiting the sheets used to save money and keep clogs from happening. Or, you can get a smart toilet seat. The Bio Bidet Smart Toilet Seat means you get to use less toilet paper, so right away, you save money.

You also stay more hygienic. The bidet uses a dual nozzle that can wash both the front and back of the private area. It’s kid friendly, too – which means it can help cut down on or even eliminate contamination from bowel movements.

The seat’s controls are located within easy reach on the side. The seat is designed for comfort. One of the great features with this product is that it’s heated. So if you get up to use the bathroom in the middle of a chilly night, you won’t be jolted wideawake by a freezing toilet seat.

The water is also warm, which makes it more comfortable when washing. The gadget has a slow closing lid, which is a plus for several reasons. One, because it can keep animals from drinking from the toilet.

Secondly, it can keep children out of the toilet. Third, it keeps germs in the toilet when the toilet is flushed rather than sending droplets out into the air like manually closing seats do.

The seat has an energy saving mode, so you save on electricity. It also has a massage feature. This can be used to help encourage regular bowel movements. It also has a bubble infusion feature.

This creates air pockets that cushion the spray of water to make it a gentle, pleasant experience. The seat has wide clean for your convenience and switches from front to back cleaning. It also has a self clean function. There’s no need to waste your money on excessive toilet paper, or having to worry about clogs or not getting as clean as you’d like to be – not when the easy to install Bio Bidet is available for use in your home!

Smart Vanity Bathroom Mirror Review

If you’re like most people, you get ready for your day in front of the bathroom mirror- putting on makeup, fixing your hair – or, if you’re a man, you might shave first thing. You also wind down your day in the bathroom taking a bath or shower, brushing your teeth, putting on lotion and doing other beauty and skincare habits.

When there’s not enough light for your bathroom vanity, you can end up poking yourself in the eye with a makeup pencil, putting on your makeup with a heavier hand, missing makeup lines, missing spots of hair when shaving and more.

Then while you’re in the middle of doing your routine, the mirror fogs so you have to pause and wipe it down so you can see again. It’s all very inconvenient. There are some ways that you could solve this problem.

You could have better lighting installed in your bathroom. You could switch to using another room in the house to accomplish your routines. Or, you could get a bathroom mirror that gives you the right amount of light and doesn’t fog up on you.

The Smart Vanity Mirror is perfect for your bathroom. It uses an LED light, which gives you just the right amount of lighting. It has a Smart Touch Switch that allows you to use that feature.

This same switch will also give you the ability to defog the mirror, so you won’t have trouble seeing and you won’t have to wipe it down. On top of those handy features, the device also gives you the outdoor weather forecast.

The will show you if the weather is cloudy, sunny, raining, snowing, sleeting and more. This information can be useful to help guide you in knowing how to dress for the day.

Knowing the outside temperature can also help you at night so you know what temperature to set your home thermostat on.

No more having to track down the temperature or nights spent being too hot or too cold. But it also has both an indoor and outdoor humidity reading. The calendar function shows the day of the week as well as the month and date.

The mirror also has a date and time as well as an alarm clock feature. While the mirror’s light is great to use for putting on makeup and other beauty care habits, it has a sleep mode. This way, when it’s time for the bed, the mirror’s light won’t be so bright that it keeps you awake. You can stop the frustration of not being able to see well enough in a bathroom mirror to do what you need to do by choosing an option that meets your need. The Smart Mirror can save you time as well as help keep you comfortable day and night thanks to all of its features.

Derpras Luxury Shower System Review

Taking a shower should be simple, easy and convenient for you. But you can run into problems where the water temperature doesn’t meet your expectations and some styles of showerheads don’t let the water spray evenly or without enough of a gentle force.

And if you have a fixed showerhead, you have to angle your body as you shower, which can lead to contorting, slipping and splashing water in places you don’t want it to go – like over the top of the shower door and onto the floor.

What you can do to fix that is try getting a handheld shower head. You can also try to get your fixed showerhead moved up. Or, you could get a shower system that makes showering easier and convenient.

The Derpras Luxury Smart Shower System makes showering convenient and easy but it also makes it a luxurious experience. The height of the rain showerhead with this system is adjustable.

So if you need it to higher, you just move it. Same thing if you want it lowered. It’s designed to work for your personalized comfort, not some standard mode. The 8 inch square showerhead can also rotate, s you can swing it from one side to the next.

But because the makers understood the need for having a showerhead that can angle, they gave this one the ability to tilt as you need it. If you’ve never used a rain showerhead, you’re in for a treat.

It can be as powerful or as gentle as you like and gives you a soothing experience. It has an LED display so when you take a shower, it’ll give you a reading for what the water temperature is.

This will help you find the temperature that you like the best. It’ll also tell you how long the shower was on. This display controls the rain showerhead, the handheld showerhead and the tub spout.

Choosing the function that works best for you can save water, which in turn saves money. A great feature with this device is that it isn’t powered by electricity or battery. Instead, it uses the flow of water to power it up.

As soon as you turn on the water, the display will come on, which makes this another money saving feature with this system. A shower should be something that you look forward to relaxing in. It should be a luxurious experience. You shouldn’t have to contort your body or waste money or water every time you shower. You deserve a system that gives you the spray force and the water temperature that you want. Forget the standard, one size fits all shower system and make your shower your choice.