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In the past year I have probably spent no more than a couple of minutes thinking about my light bulbs, my smoke alarms, my door locks, etc. They just work. It
by twblalock 7y ago
In the past year I have probably spent no more than a couple of minutes thinking about my light bulbs, my smoke alarms, my door locks, etc. They just work.
It seems like home automation has a lot of advantages but it would also require me to spend time on it (which products to buy, how to secure them, dealing with malfunctions, upgrades, batteries...), which probably amounts to an overall net loss of quality of life.
- hnuser123456 7y agoI live in an apartment, so I can't install ceiling lights. I'd have to hit ~8 switches on walls and lamps to fully illuminate my place. If I had smart bulbs, I could use one switch, or a voice command. I guess this isn't a problem if you already have a house and are free to wire it up intelligently to begin with.
- fbernier 7y agoPrecisely. I recently stripped out my apartment (that I own) completely and redoing the electrical wiring and I have zero interest in installing smart stuff. I just have 4 dimming switches all next to each other that control all the zones, at both ends of the apartment. I can't understand how home automation would improve my quality of life if you factor in the added complexity.
- rhinoceraptor 7y agoIt's nice to have an automation to turn off all the lights for bedtime when you live with people who routinely leave the basement lights on, for example.
- Wheaties466 7y agoOne of the nice things I have done, is I have the porch lights come on at sunset. If I let my dog out I generally have to walk all the way to the other end of the house to turn this light on then walk back to let him out. Then before I go to bed I turn it off. After I installed a smart light switch, It comes on automatically and all the lights in my house turn off with a simple voice command.