Alex Brice

Alex Brice is an expert smart home enthusiast who has been using, reviewing and testing home automation products for over 10 years. His articles were referenced by major smart home media like TechCrunch, Cnet, Home Assistant Blog. His approach to testing and product review is to combine deep technical knowledge with consumer angle and practicality of home automation feature. You can engage with Alex by visiting his twitter account where he has a strong opinion and point of view on the smart home news.

Reviewed: Lorex vs Night Owl (Top Outdoor Bullet CCTV Camera)

Night Owl and Lorex are one of the main mid-range brands for CCTV surveillance systems. We focused on outdoor bullet cameras for this review but the majority of findings are relevant for other types of cameras from Lorex or Night Owl Overall, works great for personal use, while is better for commercial or business use …

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Dahua vs Hikvision: The battle of Best PoE Bullet Cameras

Dahua and Hikvision are one of the most popular security cameras brands When looking for the best 4MP PoE bullet security camera and are usually the two models to choose from The main differences are around low light performance (Hikvision performs better), WDR (true WDR For Dahua vs digital WDR for Hikvision), installation (Dahua will …

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Guide to Commercial Video Surveillance (And 3 Best Business NVRs and Cameras Systems)

Video surveillance systems for small businesses are critical not to lose money to robbery or employee fraud Unlike cloud storage, the business surveillance systems do not require a monthly storage fee and more secure We tested and reviewed over 23 commercial NVRs to identify the best business NVR surveillance systems We also explore where you …

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How To Configure Your NVR (And 5 Tips How to Set Up and Secure Network Video Recorders)

Do you have your IP cameras?  Check! The NVR? Check! The next step involves configuring the setup. This is the exciting, yet frustrating part for most people. Well, you might try to read the manual. Unfortunately, the user manuals that come with most recorders tend to be vague, which makes the whole process complicated. But, …

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How do NVRs record video feeds (And Best HDDs for NVRs and NAS)

Most people put great emphasis on getting the best cameras with the highest resolution in the market when building a video surveillance system While being a sound approach, having an equally good Hard Drives for your NVR to store your feeds would be equally important HDD designed for NVR and NAS ensure low failure rate …

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Controlling Lights – Best Bulbs and Switches for Home Assistant

Once you got a server and equipped it with environment awareness through the sensors you can think about the best hardware recommendation for Home Assistant to control lights and outputs. This article continues to look at the Home Assistant hardware recommendations now focusing on best devices to control lights in Home Assistant My review is …

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Smart Dimmer Guide (And Best Zigbee Dimmers you can buy)

We recently reviewed what is Zigbee and compared Z-wave vs Zigbee. In comments, many were interested in specific recommendations of best Zigbee devices. We kicked off the testing and reviewing process to address this. This article specifically looks at Zigbee smart dimmers, as one of the most requested reviews. This is mainly to the practicality …

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