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I’ve been eagerly awaiting this device for weeks now. Delivered by DHTL, somehow they delivered it to a local store and neglected to tell me about it. Spanish couriers aren’t the best, to put it mildly.

In at the deep end – no AI in this blog, just good old me writing the hard way – the product on the other hand…. read on…

On this particular device, the op...


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I finally have a few moments alone and some electricity to write a short review! And here it is, the Aqara Presence Multi Sensor FP300. This is Aqara’s latest feature thread and Zigbee compatibility, at which point it refers to a hub required and bui...


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Still in the process of getting things up and running in our new home and still without electricity – so apologies to various tech companies waiting for unbiassed reviews, meanwhile a quick cautionary tale for anyone thinking of buying a generator when moving home…

Utterly oblivious to the complexities of off-grid power, back in February 2026 when we moved into our ...


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I’m sitting here, early morning in the UK, devoid of my normal IOT devices and with reviews waiting for me.. but all of that will have to wait for our return to Spain at the end of the month and after getting our new house in order. Meanwhile I’m getting a chance to do some reading (release notes) and minor updating of my UK Home Assistant setup.


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With humble apologies to those of you who use TASMOTA all the time…. TASMOTA is a piece of firmware for IoT devices running on ESP8266 and ESP32 that has been around for a long, long time. It runs entirely locally on your network, there are no adverts, there is no gimmickry, it is a great example of open-source freeware. Many people have contributed to this software, which is...


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