Our Massive Tech Unboxing!



We get so much tech and smart home gadgets in the mail that it’s overwhelming at times. I’m always trying to bring you only what you’ll be excited about and want to see, but that means I don’t show you just how crazy things get sometimes. That’s why I’m going to do a massive tech unboxing regularly on the channel and let you, our audience, drive the choices we make on Automate Your Life!

So please comment LOTS and tell me what you like, don’t like, and what you’d like to see.

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Timecodes:
00:00 – Tech Unboxing Begins
0:32 – A Homebridge For Apple HomeKit
1:42 – Crazy power bars and patio lights
5:13 – Our Merch
6:08 – A Privacy First Smart Camera?
8:07 – Sonoffa Light Switch
9:18 – The New Reality of Sensors
12:10 – See Brian Get Angry!
14:23 – Why Did We Get This?

Tech Unboxing in today’s video:
ThirdReality Motion Sensor – https://geni.us/3rdRealityMotion (Amazon Affiliate Link)
ThirdReality Contact Sensor – https://geni.us/3rdRealityContact (Amazon Affiliate Link)
ThirdReality Leak Sensor – https://geni.us/3rdRealityLeak (Amazon Affiliate Link)
ThirdReality Smart Switch – https://geni.us/3rdRealitySmartSwitch (Amazon Affiliate Link)
Anker Work B600 Video Bar – https://geni.us/AnkerWorkB600 (Amazon Affiliate Link)
Hoobs Homebridge – https://hoobs.com/
Jasco Enbrighten WiFi Lineup – https://enbrightenme.com/products/wi-fi (watch out, Amazon has lots of non-smart Enbrighten products)
Aqara G2H Pro – https://geni.us/AqaraG2HPro (Amazon Affiliate Link)
Sonoff NSPanel – https://sonoff.tech/product/smart-wall-swtich/nspanel/

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This Post Has 38 Comments

  1. Mallory Zirpel

    I would love to see a review of those Jasco patio lights and the new Aqara hub! I enjoyed this video format.

  2. Aaron Woody

    I really enjoyed this! You always produce such fun and practical videos. This was a nice blend of letting us see a random selection of products and sparking some interesting ideas.

    I never would have thought about a smart power bar to stick in the yard. This was awesome!

  3. Speed Racer

    I really hope you do a zwave surge protector, WiFi congestion is real when you have a smarthome

  4. Lawrence Kibler

    I have GE Z-wave products that are 22 years old now and still going. IF their wifi stuff gets Matter updates it might be worth checking out.

  5. Lawrence Kibler

    I LOVE third reality's zigbee switches. bit loud but work great for lights around my apartment that are on switches.

  6. Joe Large

    I like it, maybe have 2-3 items and take them all the way through to implementation and your critique.

  7. Lawrence Kibler

    I don't want to see it, but a good video would be using that HOOBS to join everything in the box to homekit.

  8. Brad Clarke

    Curious about those ThirdReality sensors.
    I wonder if they would work with ST Edge drivers.
    Nice to see more sensors that don't use CR2032 batteries.

  9. Make It Work

    Jasco patio lights review would be cool!!
    I like these unboxings! And the shirt – just ordered one!

  10. BeardedTinker

    Great video!!! Echo as Hub for Zigbee devices/Thrdreality – that's what I would like to see!!

  11. Gareth Jones

    I like this format, feels unguarded & it’s fun to see your reaction to products you receive

  12. Albert Robbins

    Great stuff, Brian. More please. I have a Third Reality Smart Switch that controls a toggle switch for a garage light that was getting left on all night. It's controlled by a motion detector that turns it on and off using an Alexa routine. Easy to mount and completely reliable so far. The mounting is more secure than it looks incidentally. Also controllable with a finger push for those, like my wife, who are not, um…, impressed with most automations.

  13. Carl Dalton

    those string lights look cool – would be nice to know the cable run from the socket to the first bulb (cant find this anywhere!)

  14. Tiraz7

    I always watch you videos and I liked the unboxing and your reaction to the devices. I am in a Google infrastructure I wish there could be so more videos that "work with Google" Lol!

  15. Derek Walls

    I’ve got a ton of Jasco Z-wave switches but as I add the rest they are going Zigbee.

  16. Michael Mickey

    I got one of the Smart Stakes this Christmas for lights. Worked really well. I just wish it wasn't Wifi 😕

  17. Jay Nunes

    OK, throwing the stuff off to the side of the camera was worth watching the entire video! Thanks for sharing Brian it was fun to catch up on all your new contraptions.

  18. Collette Cain

    I love your channel but I wish you would do a series on the best diy camera with doorbell that won't break the bank. BTW I have Alexa

  19. Always Right

    Same old stuff, nothing new, still waiting for smart window winders…

  20. Gabriel Vargas

    Hey , do you know if the Thirdreality sensors work local in smartthings?? I love the possibilities to work with aaa battery's

  21. Philippe Rostin

    Lets automate that web cam ! Via a phone + bixby or ifttt or tasker or via stick, cast, etc…

  22. Grace Suarez

    I want to see that Anker camera! And yes, I love the Christmas Day gift opening format. Good work.

  23. Leon Bosset

    Brian, not about these products, but are you aware of any video chat cameras (other than Facebook Portal) that connect to modern TV's so you can use your TV with say, Zoom or other apps?

    I find it Bazaar that TV makes aren't including this equipment in today's TV's.

  24. Danny Nesbitt

    This was a good video. I liked seeing your raw reactions to these products as you unboxed them!
    As far as ones I would love to see further in depth reviews of. 1. ThirdReality Zigby Smart Switch and 2. Jasco Patio Lights

  25. Bruce Weese

    I like to watch unboxing videos. I would be a hypocrite if I said I do not given what I do. I really like to see what comes to you and in this case the web cam. As a videographer like you this is very relevant to me. I would love to see a review of these items comparisons too. People are used to seeing videos on your channel they can’t relate to. A google home doesn’t care about an Amazon home or an Apple home kit either and vice versa. So currently only one video in three is relevant to your viewers but you have viewers like me that watch every video just because we like you and you’re format. And we can learn something in the process relevant or not.

  26. Hugh Dinwiddie

    Nice job, Brian. I like the sort of oddball products as you never know what might be useful/interesting to your viewers. Along that line I bought a $50 Zigbee Hub that bridges to Homekit called a "Zemismart Zigbee Hub" that could be interesting for those who also have an interest in Homekit. I'm not a Homekit fan even though I have tons of Apple products, but am curious enough about it to give this a try. If they offer you one, jump on it to give it a try.

  27. Brandon Sartin

    I enjoyed looking at the unboxing of random items. I am always looking for ideas and seeing some unique items can really spark an interest. I would like to see that web camera set-up and used 🙂 Thanks again for your awesome content!!

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