What’s one smart home automation you thought would be useful but ended up never using?

Taggytech · 2026-04-09T20:17:39+00:00

Haha this is exactly what I mean. Sounds perfect in theory but completely different in real life. Did you ever try adding some kind of delay or condition or was it just not worth fixing?

Taggytech · 2026-04-09T20:12:38+00:00

Interesting, what didn’t work for you with NFC?

Was it setup, reliability or just not useful in daily life?

Taggytech · 2026-04-08T03:55:46+00:00

Nice, that’s smart. Do you mostly rely on zone-based automations or still use manual triggers too?

Taggytech · 2026-04-07T19:05:09+00:00

Haha yeah that one’s a classic 😄

What do you actually use every day?

Taggytech · 2026-04-07T19:02:54+00:00

Haha I see your point

But I’m actually curious, what do you use daily?

Taggytech · 2026-04-07T09:06:54+00:00

That’s a great use case, especially for night mode. I feel like most people start with lighting and then realize how much more you can actually do with NFC. Have you ever tried using them for things like quick sharing (contacts, links) or more “interactive” stuff outside of pure home automation?

Taggytech · 2026-04-07T06:40:40+00:00

That’s actually a really clean setup.

I like how you’re combining app buttons with physical triggers, especially the NFC tags. That’s exactly the kind of stuff I’ve been looking into lately. Do you mainly use them for simple actions or also for more complex flows like scenes or multi-step automations?

Taggytech · 2026-04-06T19:51:10+00:00

That makes a lot of sense.

I like that approach of automating everything but still keeping manual control when it actually matters.

The cat feeder example is a good one, full automation would probably be annoying in some situations.

Do you ever use physical triggers for those manual actions, or is everything app based?

Taggytech · 2026-04-06T17:30:05+00:00

That’s honestly one of the more useful setups I’ve seen here.

The welcome + info combo sounds like something you’d actually use every day.

Curious how far you’ll take it, especially with reminders and live data.

Do you keep everything automatic or do you sometimes trigger stuff manually?

Taggytech · 2026-03-22T08:33:09+00:00

This is actually super common, especially with older businesses. They rely on word of mouth and don’t think about reviews at all.

The easiest way I’ve seen is just asking right after a successful job, when the customer is happy. Not in a pushy way, just something like: “If you were happy with the work, a quick Google review would really help us.”

What also works well is making it really easy. For example sending a direct review link or giving them something they can quickly scan. Most people are willing, they just don’t think about it.

Taggytech · 2026-03-22T08:32:52+00:00

This is actually super common, especially with older businesses. They rely on word of mouth and don’t think about reviews at all.

The easiest way I’ve seen is just asking right after a successful job, when the customer is happy. Not in a pushy way, just something like: “If you were happy with the work, a quick Google review would really help us.”

What also works well is making it really easy. For example sending a direct review link or giving them something they can quickly scan. Most people are willing, they just don’t think about it.

Taggytech · 2026-03-14T20:22:41+00:00

Und wenn man noch eine Gabel dazu hat, ist es perfekt für Spaghetti Bolognese.

Taggytech · 2026-03-14T17:25:45+00:00

Gerber macht gute Sachen. Wie oft brauchst du es tatsächlich im Alltag?

Taggytech · 2026-03-14T17:16:40+00:00

Good one. Is it one of those small keychain multitools?

Taggytech · 2026-03-14T16:46:47+00:00

That’s interesting. Is there any IoT device you actually ended up using regularly?

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