The what smart thing did you get for Christmas thread.

wexfordman2

Well,

As it says in the tin, what did smart Santa bring.

No posting till the 25th now :-)

Davy

Does buying for yourself count? :pac:

Nelbert

Davy wrote: »

Does buying for yourself count? :pac:

Has it ever not counted?!?!?

wexfordman2

Well, I just unwrapped a hue go lamp, as did the misses. Needless to say we we're both surprised and delighted :-)

Stoner

I got none. Got some books, even though I read them on my phone.

The high horse brigade

Got a Google home mini (which I ordered myself but it was quickly wrapped before I got my hands on it). I've moved my full size Google home to the kitchen and now have the mini in the sitting room. With my Christmas bonus I also bought myself a Tepron Move blind motor, 3x b22 white hue bulbs, 2x hue dimmer switch and a hue motion sensor which are due in a few days.

This means I'll have now added blind control to the sitting room and have also added smart lighting to the downstairs hall and kitchen giving me smart lighting everywhere except bedrooms (already have colour hue lights in sitting room and motion sensor and white hue bulb on landing).

fergiesfolly

Loads. Google home, smart things hub and a couple of hue bulbs.
Google home is just the most bonkers yoke ever.

donspeekinglesh

A Ring doorbell. Hopefully I'll be able to wire it in tomorrow and not rely on the battery.

lordgoat

A couple of Wyze cams and a couple of sonos, will report back when I have them set up.

quadrifoglio verde

Bought Google home for my Dad. He's in his 60s but has always been a techie
Sadly he's dying of manflu so when his iPhone x wouldn't connect to it this morning he got in a Huff and gave it back to me.
Been playing around with it all evening and it's great altogether.
Telling it I am your father and asking what noise does a donkey make drew a brilliant response. Turning off the tv in the sitting room didn't. However the mother liked that feature and her favourite piece of technology is still the pen and paper :pac:
I can see him taking it back in a few days time now that it's set up and his manflu will be gone.

acalmenvoy

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

A Ring doorbell. Hopefully I'll be able to wire it in tomorrow and not rely on the battery.

Same here, let me know how you get on. Would like to attempt this too.

Stoner

It's extremely simple if you have a working doorbell already

acalmenvoy

Stoner wrote: »

It's extremely simple if you have a working doorbell already

I have but the transformer is 12v, and I saw somewhere that a resistor is needed.

donspeekinglesh

It was very easy, only awkward part was I didn't have a trip switch marked for the doorbell so I had to knock off all the power. Only took about 20 minutes in total.

It includes a diode for electronic doorbells, which I didn't need.

banie01

I picked up some cheap as chips (£36 for 3) wifi sockets that integrate with google home/Assistant.
I have 2 setup in my Mancave now to control the heating and the AV setup....
Being able to switch on the hearing before heading out to watch the footy by telling my phone to "Ready the cave" has made me happier than it had any right to!



I just need to set up "Make it so" as my start everything command when google home finally introduces routines!:pac::pac:

Stoner

acalmenvoy wrote:

I have but the transformer is 12v, and I saw somewhere that a resistor is needed.

Do you have the regular Ring.

I have that for ages now, bought it in from them directly , it's fine on my regular 12 V traffo

acalmenvoy

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

It was very easy, only awkward part was I didn't have a trip switch marked for the doorbell so I had to knock off all the power. Only took about 20 minutes in total.

It includes a diode for electronic doorbells, which I didn't need.

Did you need to fit a resistor, have you a 12v or a 24v transformer?

Stoner wrote: »

Do you have the regular Ring.

I have that for ages now, bought it in from them directly , it's fine on my regular 12 V traffo

Its the ring 2.

bk

Here is my haul since the Black Friday Sales started (not necessarily what I got for Christmas as such):

- Logitech Circle 2 Camera (Amazon Warehouse deal, perfect condition
- Samsung SmartThings starter kit
- Google Home Mini
- Xiaomi Smart Home Hub and various sensors
- 2 x Ikea GU10 €7 bulbs
- Hue Dimmer Switch
- 2 x Hue Motion Sensors

I'm thinking abou pulling the trigger on that Nest deal of a free GH Mini with a Nest Protect.

wait4me

bk wrote: »

- 2 x Ikea GU10 €7 bulbs

What bulbs may I ask? My edit: Sorry - is it the Tradfri and can you control them with a google home??

donspeekinglesh

acalmenvoy wrote: »

Did you need to fit a resistor, have you a 12v or a 24v transformer?

Nope, just wired it straight on. It's 8v, which is the minimum the device works with.

Stoner

wait4me wrote:

What bulbs may I ask? My edit: Sorry - is it the Tradfri and can you control them with a google home??

Yes full control

I added 10 of them. See the instructions on the hue thread