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Find a product for your home, then compare what is good, what is frustrating and whether it is worth buying.

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White round Philips Hue 6-inch Slim Downlight with a pink-lit center

Philips Hue Slim Downlight 6 inch

Canless recessed color light for a 6-inch ceiling opening

Hue's 6-inch Slim Downlight is worth buying for a new canless ceiling where color scenes or its very wide white range will earn the price, and it is rated for a bathroom.

Thread$76.99
Needs a Thread border router
White Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow with its dock, a roller-mop illustration and phone and watch app screens

Roborock Qrevo Curv 2 Flow

Robot vacuum with a continuously rinsed roller mop and carpet shield

Flow is an appealing Roborock for regular hard-floor mopping: its roller is rinsed as it works, with a shield for carpet.

Wi-Fi€699
No brand hub or Thread router required
Dark Roborock Saros 20 and dock with illustrative phone and watch app screens

Roborock Saros 20

Slim robot vacuum with spinning mops and advanced threshold lifting

Saros 20 is worth considering when low furniture and tall doorway tracks defeat cheaper robots.

Wi-Fi€1,099
No brand hub or Thread router required
Black Roborock Saros 20 Sonic and dock with illustrative phone and watch app screens

Roborock Saros 20 Sonic

Slim robot vacuum with an extending vibrating mop and automatic pad removal

At €999 in Germany, Sonic is a reasonable premium choice for low furniture, difficult transitions and mostly vacuuming with routine mopping.

Wi-Fi€999
No brand hub or Thread router required
White Shelly EM Gen4 energy meter with grey terminals and one separate white current clamp

Shelly EM Gen4

Two-channel clamp energy meter with contactor control

Shelly EM Gen4 is a useful €66.90 choice for monitoring one or two circuits on the same phase, especially when local history and data export matter more than a smart-home dashboard.

Wi-Fi€66.90
No brand hub or Thread router required
Underside of Shelly Flood S Gen4 showing three pairs of stainless-steel water-sensing pads

Shelly Flood S Gen4

Compact water-leak sensor with a built-in alarm

Shelly Flood S Gen4 is a sensible €18.90 buy for one sink cabinet, appliance tray or other spot where water is likely to collect.

Wi-Fi€18.90
No brand hub or Thread router required
White Shelly Presence Gen4 radar sensor on its weighted desk stand

Shelly Presence Gen4 (S4SN-0U61X)

USB-powered multi-zone mmWave presence sensor

A good buy for a home without Thread that wants one sensor to split an open-plan room into separate Matter zones.

Wi-Fi$84.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
Shelly Pro 3EM meter mounted on a DIN rail with an Ethernet cable and three separate white current clamps

Shelly Pro 3EM 120A v2

Three-phase DIN rail energy meter with Ethernet and three 120 A clamps

Shelly Pro 3EM 120A v2 is a good choice for a planned three-phase monitoring project, with three clamps, Ethernet and useful local records.

Wi-Fi€157.90
No brand hub or Thread router required
SwitchBot RGBICWW Ceiling Light 12 inch

SwitchBot RGBICWW Ceiling Light 12-inch

Compact flush ceiling light with tunable white and color

A reasonably priced compact ceiling fixture for tunable white and occasional color.

Wi-Fi$49.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
SwitchBot RGBICWW Ceiling Light 15 inch

SwitchBot RGBICWW Ceiling Light 15-inch

Larger flush ceiling light with tunable white and color

The size to consider when the smaller SwitchBot fitting would leave too little lighting capacity.

Wi-Fi$79.99
No brand hub or Thread router required
White ThirdReality Smart Night Light-T with a motion sensor, glowing RGB light, and phone controls

ThirdReality Smart Night Light-T

Matter-over-Thread RGB Night Light and Sensors

Night Light-T is a useful hallway light for a home that already has Thread.

Thread$29.99
Needs a Thread border router
Black ULTRALOQ Bolt Mission keypad with its illuminated UWB ring and physical keyway

ULTRALOQ Bolt Mission (UUL-BOLT-M-NK)

UWB smart deadbolt with keypad and physical key

Bolt Mission is worth considering when UWB approach unlocking on a supported iPhone is the whole point and you do not want to buy a separate hub for it.

Thread$299.99
Needs a Thread border router