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Apple Home Must Haves!
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items Essential items to build and upgrade your Apple Homekit ecosystem!
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Lighting
Plugs and Dimmers
Misc
Motion/Climate sensors
Security
Lighting
Our go-to lighting solutions that work seamlessly with Apple Homekit
We use these meross LED strips for under-cabinet lighting in the bathroom and kitchen. So many color options, and dimmable! It really ups the look of your lighting in the kitchen, and can make for a nice night light in the bathroom so you (or the kid...
Meross LED Strip
These Linkind bulbs are my staple! They get super bright, and work fantastic with siri on homepods, my mac, or our iphones! We havent touched a lightswitch in years! It's really a game changer, and a great way to dip your foot into the smart home rea...
Linkind Smart Bulbs
These Christmas lights from Nanoleaf are truly just absolutely amazing. Easy to set up, LED bulbs, and they look absolutely incredible. I've received so many compliments about them that I can't recommend them enough!
Nanoleaf Homekit Christmas Lights
Plugs and Dimmers
Another staple in our smart home, the Meross smart plug mini. They live up to the name, and don't take up very much space. The possibilities are endless with smart-ifying appliances like the coffee maker, fireplace, fans, tv's, grow lights for housep...
Meross Homekit Plug Mini
These Leviton dimmer plugs are great for your dimming lamps, and super easy to use with siri! Just tell siri “turn living room lamp to 50%” and viola! They also work fantastically with my reptile tanks that require dimming bulbs. Well worth the buy i...
Leviton Smart Dimmer Plug
This homekit power strip from Meross is super nice to use around high-plug areas that you still want smart plugs on, like your entertainment center, or for kitchen appliances. Each plug itself is configurable as a separate plug on homekit, so still s...
Meross Smart Power Strip
Misc
I'll be honest right off the bat - this one can be kind of tricky on initial setup. But with patience, you get one remote for every device in your home. Add in scenes from homekit to turn on movie mode in the family room with the touch of just one bu...
SwitchBot Universal Remote Control with Hub
Not only does the Apple TV serve as a home hub for your devices (as does the homepod if you go that route) but it also makes for a fantastic streaming box. Seamless airplay to make playing your favorite shows or movies super easy, and every streaming...
Apple TV 4K
Motion/Climate sensors
These motion sensors are perfect for making automations like lights coming on automatically when you enter a room! These make the smart home experience even better! Available in multiple bundle sizes
Eve Motion Sensor
Now, before you think this is in the wrong category - theres a lot more to these than just a speaker! Not only do they provide great sound, but each one has built in climate sensors for temperature and humidity. We have one in every singe room of the...
Apple - HomePod mini
Security
These Eufy indoor security cameras have been great at giving us peace of mind when leaving the home unattended. They have great video quality, as well as a built in battery backup, so if the power goes out, you've still got an eye on what's going on!...
Dufy Security Indoor Cam C120