You probably added many devices to your list of indispensable household devices. While every family is different, a lot of devices like vacuum sealers, desktop fans and tankless water heaters weren’t a must 10 years ago have become so.
Smart Home Automation
Smart home automation offers a variety of benefits that can improve the quality of life and make life easier. Smart home automation can provide convenience, security, energy efficiency, and cost savings.
Convenience
Smart home automation can make daily tasks easier by automating things like lighting, climate control, and locks. With the right setup, you can also access your home remotely, which can be especially useful when you’re away.
Security
Smart home automation can help secure your home by allowing you to monitor what’s going on in your home from anywhere with a mobile device. You can also set up automated alerts when certain triggers are activated, such as motion sensors or doorbell cameras.
Energy Efficiency
Smart home automation can help you save energy by allowing you to control lighting and climate control remotely. You can also set up automated schedules to turn lights and appliances on and off at certain times.
Cost Savings
Smart home automation can help you save money on your energy bill by allowing you to manage energy use more efficiently. Smart thermostats can also help you save money by learning your usage patterns and automatically adjusting the temperature to save energy.
Air Purifiers, a Scam?
There is a growing popularity of air purifiers with Wi-Fi capabilities among consumers. This can be ascertained to the extra level of convenience provided when using a smartphone to control the various functions of an air purifier and also view the properties of air. I should also mention that air purifiers efficiency have been questioned by one of the renowned blogs in product reviewing as they taken down a video about air purifiers for the reason that air purifiers can’t really do a lot of what it claims to do, like HEPA filters don’t capture airborne viruses.
The quality of indoor air can be often significantly worse than outdoor air quality. This is attributed to the fact that the outdoors environment is continuously being purified by plants, the wind and the sun’s UV rays. On the other hand, the indoors environment remains stationary and polluted especially in spaces that are well insulated and less ventilated.
The air inside an enclosed environment may contain various allergens and contaminants. An air purifier, as a household technology, is designed to filter out the toxicity in the air reducing the risks to your health and well-being. The Wi-Fi capability allows for automatic control of the device and checking for filters replacement.
Vacuum sealers
Another household technology is Vacuum sealers. These devices use manual or automatic operations to extract air from packaged food prior to sealing. Vacuum sealing slows down the deterioration process caused by aerobic bacterial growth, thus extends the shelf life of food items.
Vacuum sealer can also be used for several cooking applications such as flash pickling and sous vide. There are three main types of vacuum sealers: handheld valve sealers, external vacuum sealers, and chamber vacuum sealers.
The Handheld vacuum sealer sucks out air through a valve on special zip-top bags. The external vacuum sealer uses vacuum pump to suck out air directly out of the opening of a bag with its lip placed into a narrow chamber over the seal bar. The chamber vacuum sealer also uses vacuum pump to suck the air out of the chamber that houses a bag with its lip positioned over the seal bar.
Another household technology is the Cooling fan, which is often used as an alternative to an air conditioner in terms of costs, space and energy efficiency. These circulating fans include ceiling fans, floor fans, table fans, and fans mounted to poles or walls. Even in the presence of natural ventilation or air conditioning, the wind chill effect they create can improve the thermal comfort of a house.
When purchasing a cooling fan, you need to take into consideration its portability, sturdiness, the size of the room it will be used and the quietness of operation. Ceiling fans are considered to be the most effective cooling fans as they are able to circulate the air in a room to create a draft throughout the room. Window fans are the second option and are best used in windows facing away from the prevailing wind and exhausting hot air from your home.
I’m Kamar, a blogger with a passion for all things related to food, housekeeping tips, and DIY projects. From cooking up new recipes in the kitchen to finding creative solutions for organization and cleaning, I love exploring ways to make daily life more enjoyable and efficient. When I’m not busy in the kitchen or working on a new home project, you can find me sharing my latest discoveries on my blog and connecting.