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Smart Home Maker is been created to be an easy to understand, and budget friendly take on the Smart Home universe. The aim of this blog is to help newbies see what can be achievable with a smart home and how it can be easy to make. what you are able to achieve with a smart home is really only limited by your imagination.

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The Sonoff Zigbee Curtain Motor is the newest installment of Sonoff products and the company's first venture into curtain motors.
At first look, I'm impressed with the overall. Look and feel of the product and Sonoff havent been scared to reach out a

Time for an upgrade to the Creality Ender 3 V2. I switched out the glass bed with a sprung steel one and added a filiment run out sensor. I also added some custom lighting using a Sonoff SV WiFi relay board and some LEDs I had laying around. Now as p

I 3d printed a few Christmas presents this year. This one is a accessory holder for a Dyson AirWrap. 35 hours print time! Primed and painted after this too. The Creality Ender 3 V2 took it in its stride and performed perfectly. I wonder what will get

Modern problems require modern solutions!
I wanted a way to trigger a automation so that when I receive a call through MS Teams or Zoom my music would pause and my lighting would get brighter as well as turing on another LED strip on the office door

When the girlfriend looses her car keys fix the problem with tech! The Eufy Security Tag steps up to save the day!
Then the tag is in Bluetooth range it will sound a chirp to let you locate it. It will also show you the last known location in the euf

Time to see what the new Sonoff NSpanel Pro can do. Unlike the original NSpanel this one is more of a control panel than a smart light switch so should be interesting to put it through its paces and see what it can do. Sonoff have also released a tim

Go and check out the review of the new Sonoff Zigbee Hub that's just gone live on smarthomemaker.co.uk
Link in my bio.
Spoiler alert! This little hub is great!

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The review of the Evvr Smart Relay and Smart Switch Sub-Assembly is now live on smarthomemaker.co.uk

This product is great to help with automating lighting in your smart home. Evvr's unique 2 unit design means that there is much less to squeeze behi

Here's the new boy on the block! The Sonoff CamSlim indoor WiFi camera looks great! A refreshing change from the box-y looking indoor cams from the past (you know who you are wyze!)
The design of the Sonoff CamSlim is very neat and versatile. The bas

Here we have the new Zigbee Hub Pro from Sonoff along with a zigbee contact sensor, motion sensor and temperature and humidity sensor. I have been using these sensors for a week now and I'm very impressed so far. The sensors are so small and but pac

The Hero labs Sonic smart leak sensor and shut off valve is a great addition to your smart home. Ever worried about water leaks or pipes bursting while you are away on vacation? Well this device can help. Once fitted the device monitors your water us

One of the most simple ways to start making your home smart is by using lighting. Smart bulbs and LED strips are one of the most affordable devices and are readily available from many suppliers like Amazon, Sonoff, Shelly, and Philips hue (although t

The review and blog post is up for the Sonoff Switch Man M5. Go check it out at the link in my stories or go to the blog section of Smarthomemaker.co.uk
The blog also includes a short walk-through of how to swith on devices that are not physically co

@abode_home_security_uk have kindly sent me their new Abode Cam2 to review. This tiny cam can be used indoors and out and connects into their abode alarm system with ease. Literally less than 2 minutes to set this up in the app. I will have a full wo

I've been running the Abode alarm system for 2 months now and in that time the system has continued to impress me with its sleek design, stable and rely able app and firmware and intigration capabilities that are second to none.
The setup process was

Sonoff's new Switch Man M5 is the newest edition to the sonoff wall switch.
This new range of wall switches match the style of the new NSpanel. This works really well when pairing normal light switches with the NSpanel within the same room.
This wal

Sonoff sent me their new M5 WiFi wall switch. First impressions are really good. Build quality feels good and love the matalic dark grey colour. Having a physical button should be more responsive to previous models which had a touch sensitive surface

This little device is Amazon's new smart air quality monitor. This links directly into Alexa to give you air quality readings and guidance.
The output from the monitor can be seen in the Alexa app or if you ask an Echo device with a screen, it will s

Here's one of the most anticipated products of 2021. The Sonoff NSpanel.

The NSpanel is a touchscreen control panel with a physical dual gang switch. The touchacreen allows for control of Sonoff devices or devices linked to your eWeLink account and