Smart Home Reviews

Keeping a pool clean is one of those jobs that sounds simple until it's time to do it. Leaves find their way into the water overnight, dirt settles on the floor, and the waterline develops that familiar ring that seems to appear no matter how often the pool gets used....

Pool ownership has a funny way of turning weekends into maintenance schedules. One windy Ohio afternoon in mid-May can leave the water looking like a salad bowl filled with leaves, pollen, bugs, and whatever else the yard decided to donate overnight. Traditional robotic cleaners help, but most still focus almost...

The Narwal Flow 2 arrives at a time when robot vacuums have started feeling a bit like modern kitchen appliances. Every year brings more suction, more sensors, and more acronyms, but not always meaningful improvements in how clean the floors actually look afterward. Narwal’s latest flagship attempts to move the...

Robot vacuums have spent the last few years chasing bigger numbers. More suction, larger docks, smarter mapping. It has all been useful, but also a bit predictable. For the most part you can largely guess the next generation's features based on the current one. The Roborock Saros 20 feels like...

Over the last several weeks, the Yeedi M16 Infinity has been quietly working its way through my house. For context, I live in a two-level home with a mix of tile, low-pile rugs, and a couple of thicker area rugs that love to trap pet hair or debris. There is...

After a few weeks with the Eufy Robot Vacuum Omni C28 quietly roaming my main floor, I have a pretty clear sense of where it fits. My home is a mix of hardwood, low to medium pile area rugs, and a tiled kitchen that seems to collect crumbs no matter...

The GoveeLife Smart Nugget Ice Maker Pro is a remarkable advancement in countertop ice production technology. Priced at $499, this appliance seamlessly merges rapid ice-making efficiency with smart home connectivity, providing you with high-quality nugget ice right in your kitchen. Performance That Delivers The standout feature of this ice maker...

Let’s be honest: nobody actually enjoys vacuuming, and even fewer people enjoy the sight of a massive, monolithic robot base station taking up half their hallway. Enter the eufy Omni C20, a robot vacuum that seems to have heard our collective cries for a cleaning solution that is both powerful...

The market for home cleaning tech moves fast, and every new generation seems to promise that one thing we all want more of: time. I’ve used my fair share of robot vacuums, wet/dry combos, and so-called "smart" cleaners over the years, and most of them follow a similar pattern. They’re...