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Good ROI Suggestions? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 years ago by AnneKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Hi! I'm new to home assistant and I'm wondering what would be worth the cost. A lot of the "smart" appliances seem overly expensive and automating them would only save me a handful of minutes each day. I live in canada where power is cheap, so things that save power aren't particulary useful. A way to open/close the windows and doors sounds useful and would save me the most time, but costs thousands. A way to keep track of what is in the fridge and propose recipes to avoid food waste would be nice but I'm not entirely sure how I would setup such a system.

Does anyone have ideas of worthwhile things I could setup that would be worth the cost?

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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I bought a 5 pack of xiaomi temp sensors from Ali express... They were like $5 each? They're Bluetooth but you can bridge to HA using an esp32 with esphome. Really cheap way to get some resolution on how and where and when the house is heating/cooling.

I was surprised at how poorly I understood how to manage the temp of my home. Knowing really is half the battle.