# LG A2 OLED Review — 6 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer The **LG A2 OLED** is the budget entry point for anyone who wants local control without paying a premium for Sony’s QD-OLED panel technology or […]
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# First Alert Z-Wave Smoke Detector Review — 180 Days in a Portland Proxmox Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After running **First Alert Z-Wave Smoke Detectors** alongside my Zigbee2MQTT stack for six months on the second floor of our Portland craftsman
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# Hunter Pro-C with WiFi Module Review — 6 Months on a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After running the **Hunter Pro-C with WiFi Module** alongside my Rachio 3 and Bhyve Smart Hose Faucet Timer for over six months in
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# Craftsman Smart Garage Door Opener Review — 180 Days in the Portland Basement Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After running three cycles of testing on my four-node Proxmox cluster with a Sonoff ZBDongle-E and Zigbee2MQTT version 1.37.4, the Craftsman Smart Garage
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# Home Assistant Green vs Yellow Hub Comparison — 6 Months in a Portland Proxmox Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer The **Home Assistant Green** is the pragmatic choice for most users running local automation on Linux, offering Zigbee and Z-Wave support at
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# Cisco SG250-26HP Switch Review — 4 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer The **Cisco SG250-26HP** is an excellent unmanaged-to-managed tier switch for mid-size networks that need PoE without the complexity of running a full Unifi controller stack.
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# Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra Review vs QNAP TS-264: 180 Days in the Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After 180 days of live testing alongside a Synology DS923 Plus and four-node Proxmox cluster, the **Western Digital My Cloud
# Aqara M3 Hub Review — 6 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After running the base station through three distinct winter seasons on my four-node Proxmox cluster and a single-threaded MQTT broker instance, I’ve found that local
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# Smart Thermostat for Mini Split AC Review — 6 Months in a Portland Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer After six months of daily use monitoring my four-node Proxmox cluster and testing over two hundred devices in the basement, I have
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# August Smart Lock 4th Gen Review — Six Months in a Portland Proxmox Home Lab *By Marcus Webb — 8 years enterprise network engineering, 6-year Portland home lab* ## The Short Answer In my testing over the last six months within a dense 2.4 GHz apartment environment, the **August Smart Lock 4th Gen** proved
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