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Nest-x-Yale review

Nest X Yale Lock review

Three years in the making, the Nest X Yale lock is stylish and beautiful, but offers surprisingly little substance. We were surprised by how difficult it was to install due to faulty parts. But newly-announced Google Assistant integration offers some promise.
GE JES1097SMSS review

GE JES1097SMSS microwave review

The GE Smart Countertop Microwave can be controlled by Amazon’s Alexa, but it also uses scan-to-cook technology via its app for packaged and frozen food. The list of items is robust, but we’d like to see the app incorporate more fresh food options to really make this connected microwave smart.
DeLonghi BC0430 review

DeLonghi BC0430 review

DeLonghi brings you the best of both worlds with its combo coffee machine and espresso maker. Some days you want straight coffee, while other days you need a stronger kick in the you-know what. But who has both a coffee and an espresso machine? With the DeLonghi BC0430 coffee maker, you don’t have to choose between machines.
Philips Hue White and Color Ambience Starter Kit Review

Philips Hue White and Color Ambience Starter Kit

While cheaper smart lighting options abound, few competitors can match Philips Hue’s blend of style, sophistication and simplicity that makes it easy to create the perfect ambience for your home. The White and Color Ambience Kit isn’t new, but with other lighting kits flooding the market, we figured it was a good idea to take a fresh look to see if it still holds up.
Ooma Butterfleye review

Ooma Butterfleye review

Ooma Butterfleye’s high quality, auto-adaptive imaging, wire-free operation, and free cloud storage delights, but with smart features tucked behind a paywall and no night vision support available, the camera overall disappoints performance-wise.
Samsung DW80M9 Chef Collection dishwasher

Samsung DW80M9 Chef Collection dishwasher review

What happens when you combine innovative design elements with the cleaning power of Samsung’s latest rendition of its WaterWall cleaning technology? A dishwasher that’s as powerful and stylish as it is quiet. Read our review and find out why this unit is one of our favorites.
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Traeger Timberline 850 review

Renowned for its line of wood pellet grills, Traeger has taken its game to the next level with the Timberline 850 Wi-Fi-controlled grill. With its companion app, this grill promises a grilling experience that’s all but effortless. Just how smart is this smoker? Read our review.

Ezviz ez360 Pano review

Ezviz ez360’s wide field of vision and extensive monitoring features are a step up from most consumer smart cams, but this camera isn’t the simplest to work with. We’re also unsure how, exactly, the device works with Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa. Read our review to find out more.
Philips Hue Calla

Philips Hue Calla Outdoor Pathway Light & Extension Kit Review

Installing outdoor LED lighting has been too difficult for too long. Philips Hue has made it easy by making outdoor lighting that’s gorgeous and exciting to use. A combination of style, sophistication and, best of all, simplicity makes Philips Hue Calla an easy pick. Here’s how testing went.
iLife A7 Vacuum Robot

iLife A7 Robot Vacuum review

iLife recently released the A7 robot vacuum. The A7 has a variety of cool features you want to see in a robot vac like multiple cleaning modes, different cleaning brushes, and WiFi connectivity. We decided to test out the iLife A7 and see how it compares to other robot vacuums.
Sun Basket Meal Kit

Sun Basket meal kits make sophisticated food simple

In our quest to find the perfect meal kit, we tested out Sun Basket, which boasts interesting flavor profiles and simple-to-follow instructions. SoCal Fish Tacos with Avocado, Cabbage Slaw, and Lime Yogurt anyone? Here’s how it stacked up against other Meal Kits we’ve tried. Get cooking!
Ring Spotlight Solar review

Ring Spotlight Cam Solar review

If you’re like us, you like the idea of wireless home security cameras, but dread the low-battery warning that inevitably comes with them. We tested the Ring Spotlight Cam Solar to see if it was the answer to our dead-battery prayers. Read our review to find out how it went.
Momentum Cori HD

Momentum Cori HD review

Ecovacs Deebot 901 review

Ecovacs Deebot 901 robotic vacuum review

The Ecovacs Deebot 901 Floor Cleaning Robot offers a fabulous blend of usability and advanced features at a great value. A $349 cleaning robot with room mapping, great cleaning performance and smart assistant integration? It’s time to put your cleaner on notice.
August Smart Lock Third Generation review bike

August Smart Lock (3rd gen) review

In our August Smart Lock Third Generation review we discover a lock that’s sleek, secure and simple to use.
Amazon Echo Look review

Amazon Echo Look Review

The Amazon Echo Look is a combination of a virtual assistant and a style assistant. It gives you style advice, organizes your closet, shows you how you look from all angles, and provides feedback on what types of clothes fit your style. We got a chance to test out the device to see if it really helped our fashion game.
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Wisenet SmartCam D1 video doorbell review

Pitched at the top of the video doorbell market, the Wisenet SmartCam D1 Video Doorbell has some great features, but can’t quite deliver the performance required to chase Nest and Ring away from your porch. Read our review to get more details.
eufy RoboVac 11S review

Eufy Robovac 11S (BoostIQ) review

Affordable and simple, the Eufy Robovac 11S isn’t going to wow you with smart home compatibility or a fancy app. It instead relies on simple, effective cleaning and a low price. Is that enough to compete against other robot vacuums with a long list of standard features?
Electrolux Pure i9 review

Electrolux Pure i9 review

Robot vacuums are often more for maintenance than for deep cleaning, but we were excited to try the Electrolux Pure i9. Electrolux is known for its vacuums, after all. The bot definitely got our floors clean, but there were a few drawbacks, like a 40-minute battery life, that were hard to get over.
gourmia gpc400 pressure cooker

Gourmia GPC400 Smart Pot Pressure Cooker review

When you’ve had a long day, a pressure cooker can be a huge help because you can just chuck a few ingredients in the machine and have dinner ready a little while later. In this Gourmia GPC400 review, we test a pressure cooker that could be the next Instant Pot.
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Ecobee Switch+ review

Now you can ask Alexa to play music, on your wall switch. The Ecobee Switch+ controls not just your lights, but also your home, packing everything into a single device.
Electrolux EI24ID81SS review

Electrolux EI24ID81SS review

We really wanted to like the Electrolux EI24ID81SS dishwasher. It has a sleek, basic design and lots of promise. But some things were missing that prevented us from giving it a great score. Read our review to find out more.
Canary View review

Canary View review

The $99 Canary View is an impressive smart home camera with fantastic imaging and an attractive design. But it’s let down by motion detection issues and ongoing subscription fees required to unlock its full potential. Are those problems enough to detract from the camera's affordable price?
Philips Hue White Ambiance Starter Kit review

Philips Hue White Ambiance Starter Kit review

Philips Hue has been around for awhile, and are the gold standard for smart lighting. We decided to take a fresh look at a Philips Hue starter kit to see if they're still the best, comparing them to the new contenders in smart home lighting. As it turns out, the Philips Hue still competes.
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Buzzfeed Tasty One Top review

The Buzzfeed Tasty One Top is a smart induction cooktop that works with the Tasty app. Using sensors, including a probe, it’s supposed to precisely control the temperature of your food, from the mundane, like flank steak, to the weird, like strawberry lemonade pancakes.
Nest Cam IQ Indoor review

Nest Cam IQ Indoor review

There are few smarter or more sophisticated cameras than Nest Cam IQ Indoor, which looks impressive and delivers all the features you could want. It's also expensive, though, and with other more affordable options out there, you might want to shop around.
Delta Wi-Fi Leak Detector review

Delta Wi-Fi Leak Detector review

Update: Delta has discontinued the Wi-Fi Leak Detector and is issuing refunds to owners. Click here to get more information on how to collect your refund.
Shark Ion Robot 750 review

Shark Ion Robot 750 review

There are more refined robovacs out there that provide extensive mapping abilities and better suction, but the Shark Ion 750 offers combines good performance and easy management with smart control to deliver great value for money. Just keep your cat and your furniture out of the way.
Wyze Cam Pan Review

Wyze Cam Pan review

While lacking refinement in some areas, there’s little doubt that the $30 Wyze Cam Pan delivers unparalleled value, with 360-degree pan/tilt support and imaging that outperforms many of its peers. We can’t believe Wyze has built a quality camera at such a low price point.
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Nest Cam IQ Outdoor review

Nest is among the best. With excellent image quality and intelligent zoom, tracking, and facial recognition, the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor is one of the smartest cameras on the market right now. Here’s why.
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Arbor Video Doorbell Review

The video doorbell industry is exploding, even though it remains dominated by smart home giants Ring and Nest. Can a new startup called Arbor, with its first crowdfunded product, even hope to compete? The answer is yes, thanks to free video recording and a fully wireless install.
Moen Essie Pull-Down touchless faucet

The Moen Essie Pull-Down Touchless Faucet brings sense and style to your kitchen

Moen’sEssie MotionSense kitchen faucet is a solid showcase of style and tech with an automatic faucet helps keep you, your faucet, and sink clean by making sure you never have to touch it. This kitchen upgrade is a straight-forward installation project for an average diyer with an hour or so to spare.
Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition review

Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition review

Alexa, how many planets are there? Alexa, tell me a story. The Echo Dot Kids Edition promises to be great tool for helping children learn, while also giving parents the tools to control and monitor their daily media intake. We kid- and parent-tested the device to see if it lives up to its promise.
VTech HD Pan & Tilt review

VTech HD Pan & Tilt (VC931) review

While remote pan and tilt controls plus responsive motion detection are great with the VTech HD Pan & Tilt Camera, the features aren’t enough to overcome a bad setup experience and low-quality imaging. This camera's somewhat affordable price isn't nearly enough to excuse the long list of problems we ran into.