>Or you could press a button on your way out of the house, and not have to have an array of finicky sensors and interacting components make these decisions for you.
To clarify: I wouldn't be using the security sensors (PIR or whatnot) to control HVAC - I'd like to have the security system send a simple "system armed" message to the smarthome controller.
>Seriously, how big is your house that this isn't just a two-minute thing you do to go and close the blinds? Alternately, how lazy do you have to be for this to be something you'd invest thousands of dollars into?
Two minutes a day over the course of a year is ~12 hours of your life wasted. Not big, but annoying enough that I'd like to automate it.
>Or you could just turn on a light when you need it. Is the wall such a long walk away? Seriously. You'd invest hundreds into each lightswitch so you can control it from your phone, only for it to not work the moment you want to show it off to someone
Again, none of this is neccesary. It's purely a convenience thing. It would be nice to e.g. turn off my room light from bed without getting up to do so. That said, while it's certainly not cheap home automation with Z-wave or isteon is getting more affordable as time goes by, and you don't have to upgrade your entire house in one pass.
>Imagine missing the point of gardening to the extent that you automate the whole thing instead of actually taking the time to do it, and reaping the psychological benefits of doing so.
I'm not talking about fully automating the weeding etc., but being able to go away for a couple of weeks and know that the garden is watering itself is good for peace of mind. I don't garden for relaxation, I'm more concerned about making sure my lawn and trees don't die.
My current lawn watering setup involves a bunch of manual intervention to move drip hoses around and such, and in the Australian summer you often have to water the garden every day or two to prevent damage. Plus there are some awkward spots where I have to bucket water and have been meaning to put in a proper irrigation system.
>It honestly doesn't sound like your life started "harder" if this is the kind of thing you think makes it easier.
This is fair and I freely admit this is all about convenience, not neccesity.
To clarify: I wouldn't be using the security sensors (PIR or whatnot) to control HVAC - I'd like to have the security system send a simple "system armed" message to the smarthome controller.
>Seriously, how big is your house that this isn't just a two-minute thing you do to go and close the blinds? Alternately, how lazy do you have to be for this to be something you'd invest thousands of dollars into?
Two minutes a day over the course of a year is ~12 hours of your life wasted. Not big, but annoying enough that I'd like to automate it.
>Or you could just turn on a light when you need it. Is the wall such a long walk away? Seriously. You'd invest hundreds into each lightswitch so you can control it from your phone, only for it to not work the moment you want to show it off to someone
Again, none of this is neccesary. It's purely a convenience thing. It would be nice to e.g. turn off my room light from bed without getting up to do so. That said, while it's certainly not cheap home automation with Z-wave or isteon is getting more affordable as time goes by, and you don't have to upgrade your entire house in one pass.
>Imagine missing the point of gardening to the extent that you automate the whole thing instead of actually taking the time to do it, and reaping the psychological benefits of doing so.
I'm not talking about fully automating the weeding etc., but being able to go away for a couple of weeks and know that the garden is watering itself is good for peace of mind. I don't garden for relaxation, I'm more concerned about making sure my lawn and trees don't die.
My current lawn watering setup involves a bunch of manual intervention to move drip hoses around and such, and in the Australian summer you often have to water the garden every day or two to prevent damage. Plus there are some awkward spots where I have to bucket water and have been meaning to put in a proper irrigation system.
>It honestly doesn't sound like your life started "harder" if this is the kind of thing you think makes it easier.
This is fair and I freely admit this is all about convenience, not neccesity.