Product comparisons and buying guides to help you choose the right smart home and technology products.
Smart sump monitors can warn you about high water, pump trouble, leaks, and power loss, but the right model depends on your existing pump and backup setup. These documentation-based picks cover broad retrofits, backup systems, local monitoring, and dedicated water-level alarms.
A practical guide to 10GbE and multi-gig switches for faster NAS transfers, wired workstations, multi-gig internet, and high-end Wi-Fi 7 access points.
The right backyard mosquito system depends on whether you want immediate patio-area protection or gradual population reduction. This guide compares the smart Thermacell LIV 2.0 with two automated mosquito traps and explains what to avoid.
The best smart ovens for remote monitoring and safety alerts do more than connect to Wi-Fi. These picks offer useful cooking-status updates, completion notifications, maintenance alerts, and—in select models—live interior camera views.
A travel router can turn hotel, café, and temporary-office internet into one private network for your work devices. These are the best options for VPN support, captive portals, phone tethering, and reliable remote-work setups.
Portable power stations can give renters practical short-outage backup for networking, phones, lighting, fans, and select essential devices. Here’s how to size one safely, what cooling loads are realistic, and which 1-kWh models to consider.
A practical guide to indoor PM2.5 monitors for wildfire season, including PurpleAir, IQAir, Airthings, and AirGradient picks for different homes and priorities.
MoCA adapters can turn existing coax outlets into dependable wired network connections. These MoCA 2.5 and gigabit picks help you choose the right setup for Wi-Fi backhaul, gaming, streaming, and multi-gig devices.
A smart home hub uses little power, but it can still go offline when an outage takes down its router, modem, or PoE equipment. These compact UPS picks can help keep critical smart home devices running.
A practical guide to robot vacuums with pet-waste and cable avoidance, including what object recognition can and cannot prevent in homes with pets, kids, and clutter.