Category: Reviews

The Shark ION Robot 750 is a robotic WiFi vacuum cleaner that doesn’t break the bank. It has most of the advanced features you’d expect in a Roomba including self-charging,

The Litter-Robot III Open Air is one of the most popular and highest rated litter boxes for cats. It is self-cleaning, meaning you don’t have to do any scooping. It

The uber-simple Housmile robotic vacuum performs surprisingly well for its $100 price tag. No, you can’t program it to clean while you’re gone, you can’t control it using your phone or a

The Eufy RoboVac 11c Pet Edition (with Boost IQ) is one of the least expensive WiFi robotic vacuum cleaners you can buy. But unlike our other favorite budget vacuum, the Housemile,

Overall Impression Amazon Echo (2nd Generation) and its smaller sibling, the Echo Dot, are the best-selling smart speakers today – by a long shot.  Compared with the first generation Echo, the Echo

In this in-depth review, we’ll see how Honeywell‘s top-of-the-line home thermostat, the 1005/W1, compares with its main competitors, Nest and Ecobee. Honeywell thermostats are popular with homeowners and homebuilders, today. That’s probably because the company has been

Do you have an Amazon Echo at home? Well, Amazon has something even better for you: the Amazon Echo Show. The Echo Show is basically an Amazon Echo smart speaker

NOTE:  The Ecobee3 has been replaced by the Ecobee4; as of November 13, 2017, the Ecobee3 will not longer be available.  See our review of the Ecobee4 to learn more.

The basic premise of WiFi thermostats – and what differentiates them from traditional ones – is the ability to connect them to the internet and program them remotely. Leading WiFi

For the budget thermostat category, we picked the Honeywell Lyric T5 as our top choice. Costing less than $150, the price is far lower than that of Ecobee or Nest.

Most smart thermostats, including the Ecobee 3, can only connect to external smart assistant through other devices like Apple’s HomeKit and the Amazon Echo. The Ecobee4 is different: it’s the first

One customer’s comment on Amazon sums up the Sensi WiFi thermostat for us: “It does not have the fluff of some of the more expensive ones, but it does the

Nest has always led the way when it comes to smart climate control at home. Nest’s series of smart learning thermostats, first introduced in 2011, have set the standard for

One of the things we love about Honeywell smart thermostats is their affordability. Most are well below the $200 mark. Honeywell thermostats may not have the bells and whistles of

The Eufy RoboVac 11 is one of the latest low-cost robot vacuums to hit the market. It’s also an excellent single-room cleaner, as long as you don’t have stairs or

The ECOVACS DEEBOT N79 is, one of the least expensive WiFi-connected robotic vacuum cleaners you can buy today. You can control it using the ECOVACS app from anywhere, or the included

The ILIFE A4s Robot Vacuum Cleaner is an inexpensive but highly capable robot vacuum cleaner. It intelligently navigates the floor using a brush and powerful suction to pick up dirt

The Roomba 690 is one of the cheapest robot vacuums from iRobot. It is a nice, long-overdue upgrade from its proven Roomba 650 single-room cleaner, with several features added including Alexa

Introducing the Nest Thermostat E programmable WiFi thermostat. They say the “E” is for everyone. Well, if price is the consideration, then the Nest Thermostat E is definitely a lot more

The Neato XV is a quiet device that features a combo brush that was especially designed to help pick up pet hair. The patented navigational technology will scan a room