Hi, I recently made the switch to Lemmy from Reddit. But r/homekit is one of the communities I miss the most.
What can I do to help build this community up? I’m happy to make posts, comment, and upvote. Is trying to poach people from r/homekit a bad idea?
I would love to get to know everyone better. Here’s some info about my smart home.
- I’m using Apple Home, and my primary hub is a 4K Apple TV 4K Ethernet, which I chose for the Thread radio.
- I’m almost exclusively using Thread devices, and most of those are Matter over Thread.
- Most of my lights are Nanoleaf Essentials (Matter over Thread), and despite people hating Nanoleaf, they have been much better lately.
- For more advanced lighting, I’m using WLED, which is a DIY project for controlling addressable light strips.
- My WLED lights are bridged into HomeKit via Homebridge, though I’ve considered switching to Home Assistant.
- I’m using a Deco mesh router with two nodes, and it’s been amazing for the relatively low cost.
- Outside of Apple Home, I use Ring, which I’ve bridged into Apple via Homebridge. I hate the Ring subscription, but their hardware is solid.
Excited to get to know everyone!
I think presence sensors are very cool but if I don’t trust the brand I’m out. If Apple or Eve ever releases one I’m buying that. I also think that regular motion sensors are pretty much useless for light automation.
Thermostats for radiators can just be screwed off and on, there is nothing to worry about damaging anything and it doesn’t take any extra skills. I’m renting too. It’s just a device that pushes a pin in and out. If you want to try something kinda smart without spending too much, get a digital thermostat. They cost about 10-15 Euros and can do schedules. If you don’t have a radiator then that’s a different topic.
Yeah, I don’t have radiators. I think my thermostat might actually be busted - first winter in this apartment - but I might ask the landlord for a digital one. They have been pretty good with maintenance. A smart one would be cooler, but realistically, idk if I can get them to do that, and I’m not sure they would let me choose my own.