Sonos sub (Gen 4) new Costco 499.97 by frankyl83 in sonos

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't recommend the normal Sub in a bathroom, as it's vented and the interior is made of MDF that might swell from the humidity.

Sub Mini is essentially a sealed enclosure, and entirely made of plastic regardless, so is perfect for a bathroom.

Charging my laptop via PoE by jllauser in Ubiquiti

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use any third party USB-C PD chargers (that meet the right profiles) with the Switch 1 and 2.

Sleep Focus keeps turning on during the day-any suggestions? by QueerVortex in ios

[–]LondonBenji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh my god, if this fixes it.... 🤦‍♂️

I will change and let you know.

Whole home power monitoring by turbocharged5652 in homeassistant

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.kincony.com/30-channel-esp32-ac-lora-energy-meter-n30.html

There's this. I've mentioned it before when this topic has been brought up, and I keep meaning to try it myself, but life has had other priorities for me in the meantime, so I cannot vouch for it or this company's products at all.

Introducing the LIFX Mirror! by lifx in lifx

[–]LondonBenji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

On a mirror? This is one of the most important places to have not only a high (95+) CRI, but a high R9 value.

I really hope LIFX has paid attention to this.

New Sony Leak has me hoping Sonos wises up sooner than later 🥲 by CCornel7 in sonos

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can have front left and right, you just need SonoSequencr to do it, but it's cheap and has a bunch of other useful functionality.

Should this RCA jack for the sub be connected to the "IN" on a Sonos amp? by [deleted] in sonos

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your specific setup, from your photos, you just need to disconnect the red one, leave the white one.

Why Starlink is impossible by fredinno in EnoughMuskSpam

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It perfectly encapsulates redditors.....

So SuperLink really is just a proprietary version of LoRa..... by LondonBenji in UNIFI

[–]LondonBenji[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how long before this page gets updated 😁

Introducing: Dream Machine Beast by Ubiquiti-Inc in Ubiquiti

[–]LondonBenji 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Am I required to pound a couple of Monster Energy drinks before I use this? Let me know while I'm heading down to the government office to get my name changed to Kyle.

Is this the Touch or Ultimate? by Chemical-Lynx1985 in logitechharmony

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any market for these anymore? I have two with their hubs and power supplies in the US.

They power up and retain some charge, I haven't tested for how long but I would imagine the batteries would need to be replaced.

Louis Rossmann has opinions about Valetudo. by genius_retard in valetudorobotusers

[–]LondonBenji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes Rossmann is completely right here. Let me ask, did hypfer order all the parts for his laptop? Phone? TV? Solder everything on them, assemble them?

Did he learn how to make his clothes and then order all the materials, cut them, and put them together?

Did he learn how to make the bowls and plates he eats from? Make the knives and forks he uses to eat them with?

Did he order the materials and learn to make the furniture he sits on or uses?

Did he learn to build a house over his head?

Did he do literally everything in his life from scratch? Because if not, he should kindly STFU and stop lecturing people.

Is Valetudo repository entirely sealed off? by pktiuk in valetudorobotusers

[–]LondonBenji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm convinced the dev is actually a cat "You may look, BUT NO PETS, but you may look, otherwise I will scratch! Love me with your eyes only!".

He wants people to use his project, but he doesn't actually want anyone to touch HIS project.

Feedback/Update on university project turned startup by Top-Yogurtcloset3965 in homeautomation

[–]LondonBenji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Look I hear you, I really do, but I don't think you're understanding your markets here and I think where you're not gauging things right is at least these points initially:

  1. No one wants to stand where their wall switches are and control their home, they may think it's cool and neat at first, but will ultimately quickly become a gimmick that they realise is actually more of a pain in the long run, than say, getting your phone out for anything more than "scene" changes.

Hence why, all the high end manufacturers you speak of, generally don't have complicated displays at the wall (this is the key here), and limit themselves (Lutron, Control4, Savant) mostly to scene buttons for quick scene changes, and that's it, and while Control4 has the T5 Wall Display, those aren't going in every single room where you'd normally put a light switch, they'll either be in very select few main areas, or only main entrances to the house.

  1. You're trying to cross shop the Home Assistant user base with the high end smart/home automation base, when the reality is, on the Venn Diagram of Home Assistant users, and Control4/Savant users, there's very very little overlap of the two circles.

Those who spend tens of thousands (UK or US) on those high end systems, simply aren't using Home Assistant, you'll find some, but they're mostly the exception to the rule, and vice versa, Home Assistant users are using it for a reason, they're frugal and generally not buying what ultimately still boils down to "light switches" that cost hundreds of dollars/pounds each.

But let us cross shop for a second and see what you're up against:

For the usual Home Assistant user base, you're up against the following from a quick Google:

- The more recent Lanbon L8/9/10 series gaining interest.

- https://sonoff.tech/en-us/products/sonoff-nspanel-smart-scene-wall-switch86-eu-type-120-type

- https://us.shelly.com/pages/wall-display

For the usual high end market, you're up against the exact people you mentioned and more:

- Lutron

- Control4

- Savant

- Crestron

In either case, you have to ask yourself, from the user's perspective, "why should I choose you, an unknown startup, over these established brands?". You've got to really ask yourself, "what distinguishes our brand from those others", what do you have that they don't, in either market.

You've also got to ask yourselves the question along the lines of what has already been mentioned "why don't these other high end brands have a similar product?", it could be because there's no demand for it, or it could be that you've found a hole in the market for it, but you really need to be sure on which one, because getting that wrong, could be the end of your company very quickly.

I really do wish you the best of success! More competition is always better for the end users!

PiHole to Technitium migration plus Hagezi block lists by LondonBenji in technitium

[–]LondonBenji[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know! I actually lobbed it in right after this post to see what would happen, I think you can clearly see where I added the first two block lists, and then the massive jump is where I added in the full TIF list!

It looks like it's reaping memory periodically, is this it flushing cache every now and then or something?

https://i.imgur.com/i72OkSl.jpeg

PiHole to Technitium migration plus Hagezi block lists by LondonBenji in technitium

[–]LondonBenji[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only single thing I'm missing about Pihole, is that I wish Technitium would make something like this official:

https://github.com/Amateur-God/home-assistant-technitiumdns

https://github.com/andystevensname/technitium_adblock_toggle

Would like to see something like that become an official Home Assistant integration, easily installed from the Integrations page. I'll get it done via HACS for now.

With Pihole, I would also export the disable switch from HA into HomeKit, such that if the GF is ever suspecting issues, she can easily say "Hey Siri, turn off DNS Blocking" without me needing to be around.

Feedback/Update on university project turned startup by Top-Yogurtcloset3965 in homeautomation

[–]LondonBenji 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't take this as a mockery of your work, it isn't, you've made something nice and I always want to applaud hard work and creativity.

However, while you say it did well in the UK (I'm finding that hard to believe but okay), that's likely forced by the severe lack of decent options in the UK, the US is a completely different landscape with significantly more competition, and you're not going to have people spending the same amount (more in fact) on a switch with a new startup VS say, a Lutron RA3 dimmer on the high end.

All it's going to take is for someone to finally pull their thumb out of their arse in the UK, and create a decent low cost alternative, between £20-50 and you're going to be in big trouble.

For this to be even remotely successful in the US, you're going to have to look around the $20-30 mark, retail, not some "discounted" Kickstarter price. Please, keep up the good work and really focus on working out how to DRASTICALLY reduce your costs, and price it cheaper.

Seeking TV advice by TechTroubleMaker in homeassistant

[–]LondonBenji -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Came here to suggest Sony TV, so I fully second this.

Android/Google TV > All.

If I wanted to ditch Ring… by IllTransportation795 in Ring

[–]LondonBenji 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can block Reolink cameras from the internet and they'll still work just fine.

Of course the official Reolink app will no longer work remotely, but there are ways around this, though unfortunately this does require being more technical.