I had solar installed on my house and immediately hacked the crap out of it. If you're wondering if solar panels are worth it in the UK, then we're going to bloody well find out! I'm tackling battery storage and export tariffs to see how long it will truly take to pay this back. And thanks to Home Assistant, I can track the costs and savings and have a little fun with dashboards and software. This video is sponsored by Heatable, all opinions are my own. This is a Sigenergy install of 7 solar panels, with 3.39kWp total rated capacity, 2 × Sigenergy SigenStor BAT 10.0 battery modules, and a Sigenergy SigenStor EC 5.0 SP energy controller. I used Home Assistant to create a dashboard that should never have existed, but more importantly, I am now measuring the savings to find out how long it's going to take to pay back the initial spend. ***UPDATE*** Heatable have responded to my concerns about my power not being automatically failed over to the battery properly on our first night to say "we’ve spoken to the installer about it and they’ve done a lot of these systems, it was simply missed as they were going through set up. Due to this though we’ve gone through some recent jobs and done detailed quality checks on them to ensure all the right settings are on." ============================= ☀️ CHECK OUT HEATABLE I may earn commission on any purchases from the below link at no additional cost to you 🙂 Discount Code: HIBBERT200 https://heatable.co.uk/solar/quote?pid=a3ab5308-363e-4c74-a3c22332f1cfdf5e&utm_source=Hibbert_Home_Tech&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Hibbert_Solar ============================= 🍻 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ☕ Buy Me a Beer: http://paypal.me/PaulHibbert 🎭 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/paulhibbert ============================= ⏳ CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:41 Can solar panels save you money in the UK? 4:52 How to save money using solar, export tariffs & battery storage 7:23 Home Assistant, OpenCode and ChatGPT 8:07 Solar dashboard in Home Assistant 13:28 What's wrong with it? A review of Heatable & Sigenergy ============================= 📢 TAGS #SolarPanels #SolarEnergy #BatteryStorage #Sigenergy #SigenStor #Heatable #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HibbertHomeTech
I Hacked My Solar using AI… This Is Officially Nuts
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Shelly's new LOQED Touch is utterly mental. This video review of the Shelly LOQED Touch is sponsored by Shelly, all opinions are my own. The best smart lock of 2026 is here… The Shelly LOQED Touch Smart Lock offers keyless entry, Bluetooth unlocking, PIN code access, auto unlock and remote door control. But its cleverest trick is knowing whether your phone is inside or outside the door. In this smart lock review, I cover installation, calibration, touch-to-open access, guest keys, the rechargeable battery Power Kit and the 9V emergency battery backup. I also explain the difference between the LOQED Touch and the faster LOQED Touch 2S, and how the lock connects to Shelly Smart Control. For Home Assistant users, things get even more interesting. Local smart lock control and automations based on who unlocked the door let you create a personalised welcome-home announcement with an Amazon Alexa speaker. Think bin-day reminders, calendar appointments and a smart home that responds differently depending on who just arrived. If you're comparing smart door locks from Shelly, Nuki, SwitchBot, Aqara or Yale, this is my experience of living with LOQED: the clever features, the installation headaches and the things you need to know before replacing your keys. ============================= ***BEFORE YOU BUY!*** I have since come across one other issue... This might not matter to most people because you probably aren't in a situation where you were going to and from an outdoor building. You would probably have the Shelly Lock on your house, and it's probably not a problem for most people, but it wouldn't be right not to mention it now I've discovered it: Auto unlock is SUPPOSED to only unlock the door when you APPROACH. This lock considers me on my toilet in a separate building seven metres away to be 'on approach', and so for a full day my door was unlocked without me realising because it never sent me a notification that it had chosen to unlock the door whilst I sat on the pot after a brief drive out. First of all I don't know why I wasn't notified like I was supposed to be, and second of all in my opinion it shouldn't consider me close enough to unlock the door at that range. Shelly assure me this only happens from outside the door and that it wouldn't do this if you were inside the house. Either way I've turned auto-unlock off and can't use it for my circumstances. 🛒 BUY THE SHELLY LOQED TOUCH BELOW As a Shelly Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below, you'll support the channel at no extra cost to you 🙂 SHELLY STORE: https://www.shelly.com/discount/PAUL10?redirect=%2Fproducts%2Floqed-touch-smart-lock-2s-black&utm_campaign=always_on&utm_medium=influencer&utm_source=affiliate As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below, you'll support the channel at no extra cost to you 🙂 🛒 UK: https://link.amazon/B0bD3nNP6 🛒 US: N/A ============================= 🍻 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ☕ Buy Me a Beer: http://paypal.me/PaulHibbert 🎭 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/paulhibbert ============================= ⏳ CHAPTERS 0:00 Smart Home Automations for door locks 1:54 Shelly Loqed Touch Overview 4:35 Shelly Loqed Touch in-depth testing 6:26 Shelly Loqed Touch How is it even doing that!? 8:26 Shelly Loqed Touch key setup 9:44 Why is this the best smart lock of 2026 11:18 Shelly Loqed Touch Installation 12:20 Shelly Loqed Touch auto unlock 13:38 What's wrong with it and install trouble 20:57 Shelly Loqed Touch dead battery recovery process 21:32 Summary ============================= 📢 TAGS #Shelly #LOQED #LOQEDTouch #SmartLock #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #KeylessEntry #SmartDoorLock #HibbertHomeTech
How is it Even Doing That?!
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You can now buy Home Assistant with a full AI Chatbot built in to do all the work for you, it will literally build automations, fix anything that's broken, and set up a dashboards in Home Assistant just by you asking it. You no longer need any knowledge at all to get started with Home Assistant. This video review of LinknLink home claw Max is sponsored by LinknLink, all opinions are my own. There's no longer any need for a beginners guide to Home Assistant because somebody did it all for you. It has the most popular Home Assistant add-ons built in, it creates backups of your Home Assistant for you, and despite being in a docker container you can still get the latest version of Home Assistant at the press of a button. You can add a Zigbee dongle to its USB port and control Zigbee devices from the likes of Aqara, Philips Hue and others, and connect those devices to Alexa for free without needing Nabu Casa. Any problems just ask the AI assistant in either Openclaw, Hermes, or Opencode. 🛒 BUY THE LINKNLINK HOME CLAW SMART HOME BOX HERE as an affiliate I will earn commission at no extra cost to you https://www.linknlink.com/products/linknlink-homeclaw-max-ai-smart-home-gateway-with-home-assistant-openclaw-and-hermes-agent This is PRE-SALE and will be shipped in mid of November The discount code for you is: PAULHOMECLAWMAX ** 15%OFF will be applied with the discount code. The discount code will be valid for 3 weeks (till Nov 14th - the stock availability date) ============================= 🍻 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ☕ Buy Me a Beer: http://paypal.me/PaulHibbert 🎭 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/paulhibbert ============================= ⏳ CHAPTERS 0:00 - Home Assistant Setup 3:27 - Home Assistant Opencode 6:04 - What is Home Assistant? 7:48 - LinknLink Homeclaw Overview 10:17 - What's wrong with it? 16:19 - Zigbee in Home Assistant 16:50 - Home Assistant Green vs LinknLink Home Claw 19:16 - Summary ============================= #HomeAssistant #OpenCode #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MCP #Automation #SelfHosted #TechReview
Ready Built Home Assistant with 'ChatGPT' built in!!
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What you are about to watch is NOT footage captured by my professional studio camera... It came from a Reolink X16 security camera. This Reolink X16 video review is sponsored by Reolink, all opinions are my own This is the best security camera of 2026. It is a triple lens 4K, POE 24/7 IP camera with support for Alexa, Google Home and most importantly Home Assistant. Two major Security Camera game-changers just got quietly released and no one noticed. This is a HUGE jump in Smart Home technology. I’ve been sent for review the Reolink x16 and the results are insane. From unboxing to Home Assistant integration, I’m diving into the high-quality imagery and functionality these cameras offer. this is how the Reolink cameras stack up in terms of quality and performance, and how well they integrate with my Home Assistant setup. If you're into smart home setups, security systems, or just love Star Trek, this will blow your mind. 🛒 BUY THE REOLINK X16 SECURITY CAMERA BELOW As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Using these links earns me a commission at no additional cost to you. OMVI Series Product Links Global Website: https://reolink.com/lp/reolink-omvi-series/?aff=77 UK Amazon: https://link.amazon/B0cyvv8n9 (X16 COMING NOV 24TH!!) US Amazon: https://amzn.to/4yS8MV9 (X16 COMING SOON!!) Exclusive Reolink OMVI Series Discounts (x16 only) UK: Use code PAULUK for 10% off. Valid from 24–30 November. US: Use code PAULUS for 10% off. Valid from 3–11 November. ============================= 🍻 Support the Channel! ☕ Buy Me a Beer: http://paypal.me/PaulHibbert 🎭 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/paulhibbert ============================= ⏳ Chapters ⏰ 0:00 – Intro and Reolink x16 image quality demo ⏰ 0:28 - Reolink x16 Features overview ⏰ 3:00 - Reolink x16 Optical Zoom ⏰ 4:23 - Reolink x16 Storage, 2-way talk, Spotlight, Sirens ⏰ 6:26 - Reolink x16 Notification speed ⏰ 7:47 - Reolink x16 Frigate and Home Assistant ⏰ 12:52 - Reolink x16 Alexa functionality and Feed load speed ⏰ 14:42 - What's wrong with it? ⏰ 17:34 - Reolink x16 Summary #ReolinkX16 #Reolink #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #SecurityCamera #HomeSecurity
They Actually Did It… This is NOT what you think!
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How it actually goes down if you put pure evil in front of the DJI Romo P2 instead of just pretend in a thumbnail. This video review of the DJI Romo P2 is sponsored by DJI, all opinions are my own With this things massive mop pad reach and flawless millimetre precision AI obstacle avoidance this is the best robot vacuum I've tested in 2026. This is also the first Matter enabled Robot vacuum I;ve tested, and it works locally with Home Assistant as well as working through Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Apple Homekit. 🛒 BUY THE DJI ROMO P2 ROBOT VACUUM UK: coming soon! US: N/A ============================= 🍻 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ☕ Buy Me a Beer: http://paypal.me/PaulHibbert 🎭 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/paulhibbert ============================= ⏳ CHAPTERS 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - DJI Romo P2 Unboxing, Spec & Overview 3:14 - DJI Romo P2 The Setup 6:57 - DJI Romo P2 anti-tangle brush test 7:26 - DJI Romo P2 obstacle avoidance test 9:38 - DJI Romo P2 loudness 10:22 - DJI Romo P2 Mopping test 15:02 - DJI Romo P2 Maintenance 15:48 - DJI Romo P2 Results 17:00 - DJI Romo P2 Privacy, Matter & Scheduling 19:37 What's wrong with it? ============================= #DJIROMOP2 #RobotVacuum #BestRobotVacuum2026 #DJIP2 #SmartHome
Sorry DJI
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Of all the things I shouldn't have asked her to do, this is the thing I shouldn't have asked her to do the most. I gave my wife a 15-year-old laptop and told her to install Home Assistant on it and walked away. This is the result. This video is sponsored by Roborock, all opinions are my own If you've ever thought about installing Home Assistant and wanted to know the easiest way of doing it, this video provides an overview of how to install Home Assistant on a mini PC, what to expect, and some tips on how to get started with Home Assistant once it's installed. Lesson learned: If you want to install Home Assistant on a laptop make sure the laptop has UEFI support first! BUY ROBOROCK Qrevo Edge 3 Pro Amazon: https://roborock.sale/3V01YFX Official Store: https://roborock.sale/4xl5D90 Qrevo 2 Pro Amazon: https://roborock.sale/4xCThPe Official Store: https://roborock.sale/4hs5Yqm Fall Prime Day Deal Page Amazon Deal Page: https://roborock.sale/4AIQI6N Official Deal Page: https://roborock.sale/47bJCEB BUY THE MINI PC I USE FOR HOME ASSISTANT As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below I will earn commission at no extra cost to you 🙂 UK: https://amzn.to/4xBoFhe US: https://amzn.to/4rlKxeR ============================= BUY ME A BEER 🍺 Donate to the channel: http://paypal.me/PaulHibbert 🎥 Become a monthly contributor on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/paulhibbert ============================== ⏳ 0:00 - The challenge ⏳ 2:57 - Installing Home Assistant in 2026 ⏳ 5:22 - Adding devices to Home Assistant ⏳ 11:21 - Adding Zigbee devices to Home Assistant ⏳ 12:53 - Adding Opencode to Home Assistant ⏳ 13:48 - Installing HACS & Creating Automations ⏳ 17:08 - Creating custom dashboards in Home Assistant ⏳ 19:06 - @roborockglobal #homeassistant #roborock #roborockpartner #RockingLifeWithYou #Qrevo2Pro #robotvacuum #vacuum #vacuumcleaner #robotvacuums #vacuuming #mopping #OpenCode #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MCP #Automation #SelfHosted #TechReview
I Probably Shouldn't Have Asked Her To Do This
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I did every test a person can throw at an air purifier so you don’t have to—including the one question we all need answered: does an air purifier react to farts? We’ll find out today. I fill an entire room with fog, test vape aerosol, investigate PM2.5 and pollen, examine the filter, check the official AHAM performance figures and connect the DREO 530S to Home Assistant. I’ll also show you DREO’s 720S whole-room heater and silent 711S convection heater. This DREO 530S Smart Air Purifier video review is sponsored by DREO, all opinions are my own. Discover the DREO Whole-Room Heater 720S & Convection Heater 711S: https://bit.ly/3V3Nm8v Use code PAULH18 for 18% off from Sep 23 - Oct 4. Use code PAULH15 for 15% off from Oct 5 - Oct 29. #Heater #DREOHeater #SpaceHeater As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below I will earn commission at no extra cost to you 🙂 ============================= 🍻 SUPPORT THE CHANNEL ☕ Buy Me a Beer: http://paypal.me/PaulHibbert 🎭 Become a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/paulhibbert ============================= ⏳ CHAPTERS 00:00 – For Science ============================= #DREO #AirPurifier #SmartAirPurifier #DREOHeater #SpaceHeater #PaulHibbert #HibbertHomeTech
…For Science
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The Gamers Nexus LG feud is weird. Privacy is important when it comes to technology, and especially your TV, but I think Gamers Nexus has gotten a little bit carried away. Am I wrong?
I Don't Give A Toss If LG Is Watching Me Through My TV
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I did NOT expect some of the things I saw at IFA 2026 😂 Enjoy a fairly bizarre round up of everything from Smart home tech to... ermm... Robots. IFA this year was packed with insane tech launches you need to see. This IFA 2026 video review is sponsored by the following awesome brands. All opinions are my own... Switchbot: https://eu.switch-bot.com/pages/events Shelly: https://www.shelly.com/fr/blogs/media-kit/product-news-ifa-2026?srsltid=AfmBOop-Ugyd5pk_C0VvS1DE3wk6BLxo3JLM5KcmZRKoeHoUoIN_UFbz DREO: https://bit.ly/3NhZSgx https://bit.ly/4r0w9Zu Discover the new DREO Air Purifier 530S: https://bit.ly/4iX1pq2 Code: PAUL18 — 18% off, valid until September 30th Reolink: Global: https://Reolink.com/?aff=77 UK: https://amzn.to/4ii9jds US: https://amzn.to/4dsdrnR Aqara: https://www.amazon.co.uk/aqara?maas=maas_adg_CD588FF817C8B4CC068A16FF43CA61A1_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas UGREEN HomeAgent, smart home devices, and UGREEN HomeAgent HA100 Reserve UGREEN HomeAgent for $50 and save 50%!! https://ai.us.ugreen.com/RSp6Iz AWOL/Valerion:Link: https://awolvision.de/pages/ifa?srsltid=AfmBOorx3jpowRJGfbgpuU6PVjbthF1U8mQrPUNGNm0iUqE9GxkKefG- Homey: https://homey.app/en-us/news/introducing-homey-portal/?utm_source=im&utm_medium=paul Mammotion https://geni.us/Mammotion-LUBA-4-AWD. Shokz Open-ear headphones and Clip-on Earbuds https://uk.shokz.com/pages/chloe-kelly-opendots-2 #IFA #smarthome #DREO #DREOIFA2026 #AirMastered #DREOAirPurifier #SmartHome #IFA2026 #UGREENHomeAgent #UGREEN #SmartHome #Clip-onEarbuds, #OpenEar, #Shokz, #OpenDots2, #OpenDotsAir
The Filthiest Robots at IFA 2026
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