Home Automation Deals - Echo 120 Dot 40 Netatmo 99 Harmony Elite 130, etc.

bk

Lots of great deals for Home Automation tech on Amazon today:

BTW for anyone interested in HA tech should check out the new Home Automation forum here on boards:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1777

And FAQ's on a lot of this technology here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057674494

Amazon Echo £120
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GAGVIE4/ref=gw_AUCC_dopl_BF16?pf_rd_r=MHGZMGFYGB5W1H1R7TZN&pf_rd_p=dd1fadb6-7e9c-48c4-a9fc-b6721107b7ce

Amazon Echo Dot £40
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01DFKBL68/ref=fs_bis

Netatmo Thermostat £99
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netatmo-NTH01-EN-EU-Thermostat-for-Smartphone/dp/B00GWKW8SY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1480065951&sr=8-2&keywords=netatmo

Netatmo Thermostat + Echo Dot Bundle £125
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01LW958A0/ref=gw_AUCC_bisc_BF16

Logitech Harmony Elite Remote and Hub £130
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Harmony-Elite-Remote-Control/dp/B014GXQOJ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480065996&sr=8-1&keywords=harmony+elite

Philips Hue Light Strip £42
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Personal-Wireless-Lightstrip-Lighstrip/dp/B0148NMVQA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480033298&sr=8-1&keywords=hue

Nest £159
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nest-Learning-Thermostat-3rd-Generation/dp/B016PW3JSG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480066048&sr=8-1&keywords=nest

Ring Doorbell £129
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Wi-Fi-Enabled-Video-Doorbell/dp/B00N2ZDXW2/ref=sr_1_1

Philips Hue Personal Lighting Wireless Dimming Kit £21
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Personal-Lighting-Wireless-Dimming/dp/B0148NMVRE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480177995&sr=8-1&keywords=hue+dimmer+kit

Piper NV, Nightvision Security Camera/Alarm with Z-Wave controller £185 (£45 off)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Piper-Security-Camera-Monitoring-including/dp/B00V0D0UM4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480073428&sr=8-4&keywords=Piper+NV

Samsung SmartThings Starter Kit (SmartThings hub, a multi-sensor, a motion sensor, a presence sensor and a power outlet) £139 (£60 off)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SAMSUNG-SmartThings-Works-Amazon-Alexa/dp/B01GJZKRFM/

Philips Hue Colour Ambiance Wireless E27 LED Starter Kit €122
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=4971128&authToken=

Withings Home IP Camera and Baby Monitor €99
http://www.withings.com/eu/en/products/home

Netatmo Home Welcome Camera £119
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netatmo-NSC01-UK-Welcome-Camera-Recognition/dp/B01DM0JW62/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

Philips Hue Wireless Lighting Dimmer Switch £17
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Wireless-Lighting-Dimmer-Switch/dp/B0148NMVX8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480174852&sr=8-1&keywords=hue+switch

pm1977x

Big reductions on Hive Thermostat and Hive Multizone too!

edit: from the Hive thread

Graham wrote: »

Hive active heating on offer at Amazon right now.

£125 without installation for the heat or heat/water controller.
£85 for the multizone controller

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hive-Active-Heating-without-installation/dp/B011B3J6B8/ref=sr_1_1?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1480037321&sr=1-1&th=1

givecredit

Philips Hue Personal Lighting Wireless Dimming Kit £21

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Personal-Lighting-Wireless-Dimming/dp/B0148NMVRE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1480067914&sr=8-5&keywords=hue

bk

Ring Doorbell £129
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Wi-Fi-Enabled-Video-Doorbell/dp/B00N2ZDXW2/ref=sr_1_1

Shefwedfan

I was actually going to buy the Dot and then look at one of the thermostats. But on reading the reviews they say the Dot is very poor due to lack of apps. If that is case in UK I would say there is no apps available for Ireland

bk

Shefwedfan wrote: »

I was actually going to buy the Dot and then look at one of the thermostats. But on reading the reviews they say the Dot is very poor due to lack of apps. If that is case in UK I would say there is no apps available for Ireland

To be honest for 40 (or 25 with a Netatmo Thermostat) it is pretty much a no brainer. Specially if you have Spotify Premium and some Home Automation Tech.

There are loads of apps that work in the UK and Ireland. Not as many as the US, but still more then enough to justify it at these low prices and of course more will come, they only launched in the UK two months ago.

See the Amazon Echo FAQ here for lots more info:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057668556

davo2001

Hue B22 bulbs, reduced to €30.

https://www.amazon.es/Philips-8718696593073-iluminaci%C3%B3n-inteligente/dp/B01LVUZQNX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480068642&sr=8-1&keywords=Philips+8718696593073

Nidom

Is the echo worth it over the echo dot?

Davy

Nidom wrote: »

Is the echo worth it over the echo dot?

If you want the better speaker without connecting it to something else then yes.

If you only want the Iot side of things the dot does the same job

The Sparrow

How does the echo handle Irish accents?

And what is the Tunein app capability like with Irish stations. Does it understand when you ask it to play RTE Radio 1 or 2FM or Newstalk and other Irish stations?

bk

The Sparrow wrote: »

How does the echo handle Irish accents?

And what is the Tunein app capability like with Irish stations. Does it understand when you ask it to play RTE Radio 1 or 2FM or Newstalk and other Irish stations?

Irish accents in general fine. Answers to your tunein questions and lots of others here on the Amazon Echo FAQ:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057668556

The Sparrow

Thanks. Sounds like Irish radio stations are a bit of a disaster so I will give it a miss. Shame.

J.pilkington

The Sparrow wrote: »

Thanks. Sounds like Irish radio stations are a bit of a disaster so I will give it a miss. Shame.

No they are not, you can listen to Irish stations with TuneIn as per bks post

Shefwedfan

I have a Climote which I took from last house and haven't installed yet. The house is just standard 2 zone(water & heat).

Any of the above better than the other?

The Sparrow

J.pilkington wrote: »

No they are not, you can listen to Irish stations with TuneIn as per bks post

From bk's FAQ:

Irish radio stations are extremely buggy and mostly don't work by voice control. It is extremely hard to get it to play the usual Irish radio stations.

That sounds like the experience with Irish stations is pretty bad. Would love to hear if it has got better.

I know you can use their app to play them but if voice control doesnt work for Irish stations well then it seems the echo is not much better than a bluetooth speaker. Would love to be wrong though.

J.pilkington

The Sparrow wrote: »

From bk's FAQ:



That sounds like the experience with Irish stations is pretty bad. Would love to hear if it has got better.

I know you can use their app to play them but if voice control doesnt work for Irish stations well then it seems the echo is not much better than a bluetooth speaker. Would love to be wrong though.

Appologies I misread bks post, i purchased my echo in the hope I can use TuneIn so will just have to hope it improves

bk

J.pilkington wrote: »

Appologies I misread bks post, i purchased my echo in the hope I can use TuneIn so will just have to hope it improves

I'm sure it will.

Google Home handles Irish radios stations much better. Not available in Ireland yet officially, but rumour has it that it will be coming in the next month or two.

goalposts

Shefwedfan wrote: »

I have a Climote which I took from last house and haven't installed yet. The house is just standard 2 zone(water & heat).

Any of the above better than the other?

Without talking about the other systems, you can still manage to use Google Assistant with your climote in a roundabout way. I have rooted my Nexus 6 and altered properties to get Google Assistant on it, but I bet Google Now would do the same.

Using IFTTT, I set up a Google Assistant trigger to send a web request to the 'Join' web server (search for joaoapps join). This pushes a join notification to my phone which is then set to start a tasker task. The tasker task is a series of waits, app loads and input taps. Only the input taps require root, but I bet that Autoinput from joaoapps would do it without root.

Of course I could have simplified the tasker task by just sending an SMS, but it's neat to see the phone in action!

bidiots

bk wrote: »

Ring Doorbell £129
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Wi-Fi-Enabled-Video-Doorbell/dp/B00N2ZDXW2/ref=sr_1_1

This wont deliver to PM, any ideas? Won't accept Parcel Wizard either, have tried two different accounts. Are Amazon no sending to Antrim now?

bk

bidiots wrote: »

This wont deliver to PM, any ideas? Won't accept Parcel Wizard either, have tried two different accounts. Are Amazon no sending to Antrim now?

Try AddressPal so.

bk

Just added some more nice deals:

Philips Hue Personal Lighting Wireless Dimming Kit £21
https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B01LZ8QYPI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1AT7YVPFBWXBL

Piper NV, Nightvision Security Camera/Alarm with Z-Wave controller £185 (£45 off)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Piper-Security-Camera-Monitoring-including/dp/B00V0D0UM4/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1480073428&sr=8-4&keywords=Piper+NV

Samsung SmartThings Starter Kit (SmartThings hub, a multi-sensor, a motion sensor, a presence sensor and a power outlet) £139 (£60 off)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SAMSUNG-SmartThings-Works-Amazon-Alexa/dp/B01GJZKRFM/

Philips Hue Colour Ambiance Wireless E27 LED Starter Kit €122
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=4971128&authToken=

BTW Thanks to every one over on the Home Automation forum who are adding these deals to the thread over there as they find them.

dan786

Should I buy the Echo? Vey confused. Will I be able to get my money back by selling on Adverts if I don like it?

JoeCole26

bk wrote: »

Try AddressPal so.

Ive got my confirmation email for 2 Amazon Echos from Amazon alright (delivery to Parcel Motel) but account hasn't been debited yet, Should i be worried they wont process order?

Thanks

dan786

JoeCole26 wrote: »

Ive got my confirmation email for 2 Amazon Echos from Amazon alright (delivery to Parcel Motel) but account hasn't been debited yet, Should i be worried they wont process order?

Thanks

They take money when it goes to preparing for dispatch.

bk

dan786 wrote: »

Should I buy the Echo? Vey confused. Will I be able to get my money back by selling on Adverts if I don like it?

JoeCole26 wrote: »

Ive got my confirmation email for 2 Amazon Echos from Amazon alright (delivery to Parcel Motel) but account hasn't been debited yet, Should i be worried they wont process order?

bidiots was saying that the Ring Doorbell wouldn't ship to Ireland, either south or North, AdressPal might work as they operate in mainland UK.

Amazon Echo and Dot will ship to Ireland via ParcelMotel or ParcelWizard no bother at all, I've got both myself this way and so have loads of other folks over on the HA forum.

bidiots

Just to update, I got it through AddressPal

I tired the Dot thru PM but they wouldn't ship there either, even though I ordered the Hive thru PM this morning...weird

bk

Withings Home IP Camera €99
http://www.withings.com/eu/en/products/home

eddiem74

http://www.vesternet.com/smart-home/black-friday

bk

Netatmo Home Welcome Camera £119
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netatmo-NSC01-UK-Welcome-Camera-Recognition/dp/B01DM0JW62

SachaJ

davo2001 wrote: »

Hue B22 bulbs, reduced to €30.

https://www.amazon.es/Philips-8718696593073-iluminaci%C3%B3n-inteligente/dp/B01LVUZQNX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480068642&sr=8-1&keywords=Philips+8718696593073

Hedging my bets that they might be reduced on the UK site over the weekend. The B22 was £25 on Amazon UK earlier in the week but I missed out.

randombar

Missed out on the lighting strip for the hue and camel camel doesnt seem to be working for it.

mik_da_man

Anyone having difficulty reserving the hue bulbs on Argos?
Stock Check ain't working for me either...

AndyBoBandy

mik_da_man wrote: »

Anyone having difficulty reserving the hue bulbs on Argos?
Stock Check ain't working for me either...

They will very rarely have Hue in stock,

I was able to pre order a light strip for collection next week in Swords/OMNI

blastman

bidiots wrote: »

Just to update, I got it through AddressPal

I tired the Dot thru PM but they wouldn't ship there either, even though I ordered the Hive thru PM this morning...weird

FYI, I ordered a Dot a few minutes ago using PM with no issues (order was accepted, hopefully no issue when it comes to dispatch!)

SachaJ

blastman wrote: »

FYI, I ordered a Dot a few minutes ago using PM with no issues (order was accepted, hopefully no issue when it comes to dispatch!)

Same here. No problem posting to PM. I have both my shipping and billing address set to PM so maybe that's it.

bidiots

Was a weird one, i ordered the Hive earlier in the morning but couldn't use pm after that

eddiem74

http://fibaro-shop.co.uk/

25% off, however worth checking Vesternet also as often cheaper.

Shefwedfan

I have a couple of Fire Stick around the house, does the Dot communicate with them at all?

fleet

SachaJ wrote: »

Hedging my bets that they might be reduced on the UK site over the weekend. The B22 was £25 on Amazon UK earlier in the week but I missed out.

Just change your fittings to screw. Takes all of 5 minutes each.

degsie

Shefwedfan wrote: »

I have a couple of Fire Stick around the house, does the Dot communicate with them at all?

http://www.aftvnews.com/controlling-the-amazon-fire-tv-with-the-amazon-echo/

No IFTTT support in the UK as yet.

dmcg90

Any news on cheap Hue starter kits?

I tried Argos but they are out of stock everywhere and on the UK site too.

bk

Philips Hue Wireless Lighting Dimmer Switch £17
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Wireless-Lighting-Dimmer-Switch/dp/B0148NMVX8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480174852&sr=8-1&keywords=hue+switch

donegal.

i now need a bridge to work the lightstrips i bought yesterday , also need a screw in bulb.

https://www.luzerntech.com/default/black-friday-deals/philips-hue-lux-9w-es-connected-bulb-starter-pack-white.html#yt_tab_products3

worth getting ? dodgy?

gen 1 hub so no apple homekit but still ok for echo?

bk

donegal. wrote: »

i now need a bridge to work the lightstrips i bought yesterday , also need a screw in bulb.

https://www.luzerntech.com/default/black-friday-deals/philips-hue-lux-9w-es-connected-bulb-starter-pack-white.html#yt_tab_products3

worth getting ? dodgy?

Old stock.

It has the old v1.0 bridge, it will work, but it lacks support for Apple Homekit/Siri that the v2.0 bridge added and also a little better speed and reliability.

Also the bulbs themselves are the very old version, the new bulbs are a lot brighter and support a much greater range of whites.

But having said all that, great price and it will get you started. You can always upgrade in future.

wandererz

If you have a delivery address in London or some other parts of the UK (NI excluded) then the Dot works out to 30 pounds with code NOWTEN on amazon now with 2-4hr delivery.

fleet

wandererz wrote: »

If you have a delivery address in London or some other parts of the UK (NI excluded) then the Dot works out to 30 pounds with code NOWTEN on amazon now with 2-4hr delivery.

If you have Prime

wandererz

fleet wrote: »

If you have Prime

Correct, need prime for it to work.
I purchased prime because it works out cheaper when purchasing gifts for family/kids in the US and UK every year for xmas, birthdays etc. Everything else is a benefit after a few deliveries.

randombar

fleet wrote: »

Just change your fittings to screw. Takes all of 5 minutes each.

Where do you get your fittings?

fleet

GaryCocs wrote: »

Where do you get your fittings?

Any electrical wholesaler, or even the likes of Woodies should sell them.

E27 light holders/sockets.

You can either have them mounted to the ceiling (so open terminals on the ceiling side), or sealed for hanging down on a cable.

SachaJ

Hue B22 showing 25% off on Amazon.fr. Might be on offer on the UK site later tonight/tomorrow.

https://www.amazon.fr/Philips-Hue-connect%C3%A9e-Pilotable-smartphone/dp/B0152WXCYG/ref=gbps_img_m-5_bf2f_2f344ce7?smid=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_p=c75fb316-3ccd-4cc4-8b6f-dfc0db86bf2f&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=2402513031&pf_rd_m=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&pf_rd_r=AZ6ETVYEAAABY55PYSBN

jefferson73

Philips Hue | Hue Iris is EUR 49,99 on Amazon.fr


not bad considering its £73.98 on .co.uk