Gadgetory

you know we installed a lot of connected devices here at the scene at smart Holiday and it's great to have a place to put them but that creates its own set of problems problems we're going to deal with today having a place to put all of our smart gadgets is great but now we have to worry about someone breaking in and stealing them so of course we're gonna install a security system in this house but like all things in the scene that smart home our decision isn't an easy one here's their biggest problem the house itself sorry let me explain we have six exterior doors and at least twice as many windows not to mention a three-car garage and that doesn't even include the walkout basement if this were a small apartment with one main door to watch we've probably dropped down a single security camera like this Piper Envy pointed at the door and call it a day but with the house this size we need something a little more robust after a lot of consideration we decided to test out to DIY systems simply safe and smart things smart things because we already have the hub installed at the CNET smart home and simply safe because it won our Editors Choice Award two years ago we were looking for a system that offered a variety of sensors not just a single camera we wanted reliable and simple performance and the ability to integrate third-party devices notifications and alerts are also a must and we also wanted an intuitive app after an entire week of installing and testing these two systems neither one of them really met our requests let's look at how they stacked up this is not a promising result but as you can see smartthings has more of our wants than simply say even though smartthings isn't perfect namely that terrible app it has more potential to deliver the features we want it does a better job of fitting in with our plans for this house not just as a security system but also as a way to connect the entire house and make it truly market you don't have to do it yourself though there are professional options out there and of course we'll be testing them out but you'll have to check back to see that thanks for watching we'll see you next time you