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Posted on23/06/202426/01/2025Reviews

Review: SwitchBot S10 – the most autonomic robot vacuum and mop on the market

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It’s finally here, the most advanced robot vacuum up to date, the SwitchBot S10! At least that what they say on the paper.. it’s time…

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Posted on14/06/202414/06/2024Guide

Guide: Flashing Sonoff ZigBee USB 3.0 ZBDongle-E to use Ember firmware with Z2M

by Toni6 Comments on Guide: Flashing Sonoff ZigBee USB 3.0 ZBDongle-E to use Ember firmware with Z2M

I’ve used the original EZNet 6.10.3 firmware with the Sonoff ZBDongle-E since taking the coordinator in use. Recently I found Frient ZigBee air quality sensor…

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Posted on25/04/202426/01/2025Home Assistant

Matter with SwitchBot Hub 2 and Home Assistant

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The shipping of the new cutting edge SwitchBot S10 robot vacuum is just around the corner and it will support matter through a compatible SwitchBot…

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Posted on09/03/202418/01/2025General

Powering Philips HUE hub with PoE

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I hate extra cables! Philips hue can’t be powered with PoE by default and the hub requires two cables: one for ethernet connection and one…

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Posted on25/02/202423/01/2025Home Upgrades

Moving from Deconz to Zigbee2MQTT

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I’ve had Deconz (using Conbee II) as Zigbee coordinator for years now, but now it’s time to see if the grass is more green on…

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Posted on03/02/202403/02/2024General

What to keep an eye on when shopping for a new smart device?

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Most of us have made mistakes when shopping for a new device. Whether it’s a missing or bad features, bad quality or totally poor user…

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Posted on12/01/202412/01/2024General

Looking back to year 2023

by Toni2 Comments on Looking back to year 2023

The year 2023 is now wrapped up, so it’s time to look once again back in last year. Last year I set the targets for…

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Posted on28/12/202329/01/2024Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Maintenance reminders using NFC tags

by Toni4 Comments on Home Assistant: Maintenance reminders using NFC tags

There are places where NFC tags can be very useful and one of those is possibly a cleanup reminder! I have Mitsubishi Heat pump which…

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Posted on12/11/202303/12/2023Home Assistant

Home Assistant: Advanced Nord Pool Cheapest Hours automation (non-sequential)

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I guess there are people that have been waiting for this extension of cheapest hours automation for a while now and it’s finally here: non-sequential…

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Posted on10/11/202312/10/2024Reviews

Review: SwitchBot K10+ – a little help for daily cleaning

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While waiting for the fully automated SwitchBot S10+ robot vacuum/mop to launch (available for pre-order at Kickstarter), I got a change to try out its…

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