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.

Zigbee Vs Z-wave (What is Better For Your Smart Home?)

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Are Reolink NVRs Worth The Price? (And How Reolink compared to Amcrest NVRs)

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Best Managed Switch in 2022 (And Do You Really Need It)

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A managed switch is a network switch that contains software and hardware to supercharge the way you run your network. Additional functionality like SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network) and so on gives you more control and improve your network performance. This article gives you all the main points to understand …

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Best 10 Port Ethernet Switch: BV-Tech PoE-SW811 (3 reasons why we think so)

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Amcrest NVRs: Ultimate In-Depth Review of 8 Channel Amcrest CCTV NVR systems

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Do You Need Smart Blinds (And 4 Best Motorized Blinds)

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Best PTZ Outdoor Cameras 2019

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