Vesternet Monday's FINAL Summer Blowout
This year has been our biggest sales event ever - but its not quite over yet! Next Monday 15h August we have one final Spectacular One-day Only sale event of the year. This is the biggest and the best...
View ArticleUPDATE: Final Summer Sale Stock & Ordering
Wow - what a day! Firstly a massive thanks to everyone who bought yesterday - in that 24 hour period we sold way more than our previous biggest day last summer. Shows how big home automation has come...
View ArticleUsing Philips Hue with Z-Wave
Last week we launched a new series of guides aimed at integrating different technologies together. This time we're focusing on the fantastic range of devices from Philips Hue - you'll recall that...
View ArticleCompatibility done right... This Changes Everything!
Its been almost six months since we last posted about website changes happening behind the scenes. In March it was changes to the navigation, but today I'm pleased to announce the launch of a...
View ArticleFancy a Free Controller?
Calling all experienced smart home techies... We have an exciting new (invite only) initiative launching, and YOU could be part of it. Would you like a FREE home automation controller (7 different...
View ArticleHoneywell evohome long term review
If you're a regular reader of our blog then you'll know how much Vesternet love the Honeywell evohome system - so much so that we all use it in our own homes. It's been around a year or so since we...
View ArticleSmart home testing update
Quick update following our recent request for smart home testers. The response has just been overwhelming - way over 10x the number of controllers we have available - and we just need to read through...
View ArticleAeon Labs Smart Switch 6 - Gen5 - UK: FINALLY IN STOCK
Quick update that the extremely popular Aeon Labs Smart Switch 6 - Gen5 - UK socket is now finally back in stock. We received a new batch this week and still have about half those left and ready to...
View ArticleZ-Wave Sensor Review - Why should Beauty be in the eye of the beholder?
Find me some beautiful sensors! In this article, our guest writer Paul Ockenden is going to compare some Z-Wave door and window sensors - but from a slightly unusual angle! Over to Paul then, where it...
View ArticleCheap International Shipping
As a big thanks to all the support from our growing international base of customers, we've worked really hard over the past month to launch a long awaited cheap & effective shipping service to...
View ArticleSmart Home Blinds Automation
Quite some time ago we wrote a guide covering various ways to achieve automation of Blinds and having just installed a sixth Blind in my own home I thought it was time to revisit that article and...
View ArticleVesternet UK Exclusive - Nubo Cam from Panasonic
We first saw Nubo Cam at last years smart home show in London - there was quite a buzz around it... Since then we've been in close discussions and are today pleased to announce that Panasonic have...
View ArticleRobomow RX20u First Look - The robots are coming!!
Smart Gadget ENVY - you know, when your friends get the latest Tech and you're left feeling that you're missing out ....... I'm usually pretty lucky with this job as I get to play with and review a...
View ArticleYale Conexis L1 Smart Lock REVIEW
You'll know from our previous post that we're big fans of the Yale connected locks and we're not the only ones. One niggle with the previous multi-point lock was that it was very expensive due to...
View ArticleEaster Egg Hunt - Find a DISCOUNT Weekend...
Happy Easter Everyone! Ready for a game....? We're sure you won't need anymore chocolate this weekend, so instead we've setup a golden egg hunt with a difference. We've applied some tasty offers to...
View ArticleSurvey Competition Winners
A few weeks ago we sent out a series of surveys to both existing and non-customers - asking a series of questions about what you want from a smart home, and us as a company moving ahead. As in our...
View ArticleEasy-Peasy EZVIZ - Finally a Smart, Connected, IFTTT enabled Security System!
Over the years we've reviewed a whole host of supposedly "Smart" Security Systems but have nearly always found them lacking in key features. A while ago one of our suppliers contacted us to say that...
View ArticleCase Studies Updated - Real World ideas for your Smart Home!
Our Customer Case Studies section has always been popular and has recently been expanded with some new stories! Case Studies are a great way of seeing how other people have used Home Automation to...
View ArticlePanasonic Nubo Cam REVIEW - Go Anywhere Video Monitoring!
Hoooooooooooooow much?!?!? We can't remember the last time that we reacted so incredulously to the price of a device but with the new Panasonic Nubo Cam we were genuinely shocked! Once our blood...
View ArticleWiring Diagrams for Fibaro, Qubino, Aeotec, MCO and LightwaveRF
A common problem with Home Automation devices is working out how to connect them up when matching your existing wiring configuration. While the product manuals will almost always offer some simple...
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