Home securitySecurity Cameras
Cameras and doorbells I use around our house, with a focus on local recording, PoE, Frigate and Home Assistant.
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Stuff I actually use
Recommended Products
The technology, tools, smart-home gear and everyday stuff I actually use, like and would recommend.
No giant list of random products pulled from the internet. Just things that have earned a place around our house, in the homelab or in one of my many projects.
Apparently buying something once makes me qualified to have an opinion about it.
Things I'd buy again.
I've bought an unreasonable amount of technology, tools, smart-home gear and random things for the house over the years. This is the good stuff — organized into ten considerably easier places to browse.
Prime Day & Big Deal Days
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The deals I'd actually look at.
When Amazon runs one of its big sale events, I'll collect the worthwhile stuff here instead of pretending everything with a red discount badge is suddenly a bargain.
Pick a product rabbit hole.
Ten groups of things I use, have tested or have spent enough time researching that I'd recommend them to somebody else.
Home security
Home networkNetworking
The switches, access points and networking gear keeping our increasingly ridiculous home network running.
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Tiny computersRaspberry Pi
Tiny, low-power computers I use for Pi-hole, DNS and other little jobs that are far more important than they look.
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Self-hostingUnRaid & Home Lab Gear
Hard drives, SSDs, networking, backup gear and other hardware powering my self-hosted Canadian home cloud.
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Tools & repairsHome Maintenance
Tools and supplies I've actually used while fixing, maintaining and occasionally taking apart our house.
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OutsidePool & Backyard Gear
Pool maintenance, outdoor equipment and backyard stuff that makes looking after everything outside a little easier.
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Around the houseKitchen & Everyday Stuff
Useful things around the house that don't need an IP address, Docker container or firmware update.
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Home AssistantSmart Home
Lights, switches, sensors and other devices I've connected to Home Assistant in my never-ending quest to automate the house.
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Home airRadon
The monitors, testing equipment and mitigation supplies I've used to understand and reduce radon levels in our home.
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On the roadTravel
Bags, chargers, organizers, outdoor gear and other things we've found useful on family trips and adventures.
See my picksEverything in one place
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Want the whole store?
If you'd rather wander through everything I've collected instead of picking a category, the full Amazon Canada storefront is over here.
A Canadian note: I'm in Canada, so whenever possible these links point to products available from Amazon Canada. A maple leaf on the box still isn't enough to make something good.