Create A Better Home With These Smarter Home Gifts
If you’re looking to help your loved ones make their home life better, we’ve got a few suggestions for you. Give them the gift of clean floors, clean air, more food storage or perhaps a visual smart home device. Here are the best gifts for a smarter home.
Roomba i7+ Robot Vacuum with Clean Base™ Automatic Dirt Disposal
Once you set up this tech savvy vacuum, you’ll never have to worry about who’s doing the vacuuming again! You can use Google Assistant or Alexa to operate the Roomba i7+ or use the app on your mobile phone. This cleaning genius actually gets to know your individual rooms with Imprint™ Smart Mapping technology, so you can use it to clean a specific room, or your whole house! And you an even program it to avoid certain spaces! There’s also no need to worry about emptying daily as it automatically empties into an AllergenLock™ bag that holds 60 days of debris and traps 99% of pollen, mold and dust mites. Buy at Amazon.ca, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Canadian Tire, Hudson’s Bay, Walmart and multiple other major retailers across Canada. Roomba i7+ with Clean Base™ Automatic Dirt Disposal – $1,349.99 CAD/Roomba i7 – $999.99 CAD/Clean Base™ Automatic Dirt Disposal sold separately – $399.99 CAD
Galanz Retro Mini Refrigerator (3.5 cu. ft.)
The Galanz Retro Mini Refrigerator offers a cool retro chrome design complete with the technology of a modern-day appliance! Perfect for a second fridge in the basement with plenty of room for your snacks beer, as it has a capacity of 3.5 cubic feet! The Retro Mini Refrigerator features adjustable thermostat control and includes one full non-spill sliding glass shelf, and a produce crisper with glass shelf. This mini fridge is ideal for someone who is constantly looking for style, compactibility, and convenience – or maybe all three. Even better – the Galanz Retro Mini Fridge is available at your local Home Depot or Canadian Tire or via the online stores as well. $299
Lenovo Smart Display
The Lenovo Smart Display brings you the best of the Google Assistant with an enhanced visual experience. When you can see what you need, life gets a little easier! You can do more, like tackle a new recipe, watch YouTube videos, check the weather, or pull up your agenda. Just say “Hey Google” and you’ll see! Bonus, when it’s resting it can scroll through your google photos for a look back at what you’ve been up to; I love this feature. It’s the way to go for a smarter home. $224 Best Buy.
Airthings: Wave Plus
This is the first battery-operated smart indoor air quality monitor with Radon detection, including sensors for temperature, air pressure, humidity, TVOCs, and CO2. Get detailed insights into the air you’re breathing with the mobile app and it integrates with it’s own dashboard that provides interpretation of the data and has alerts an danalytics! If you find your air needs purifying, the next item is for you. $249 Best Buy.
Philips Series 1000 Air Purifier AC1213/40
For those who are sensitive to allergens and bothered by dust mites, this purifier is the ticket to cleaner breathing. The Philips Air Purifier Series 1000 automatically monitors and purifies the air. Ideal for bedrooms, with quiet night sense auto-mode! This device reduces allergens, gases and odor and captures 99.97% of particles. It’s ideal for Ideal for small to medium rooms. $379.99 Canadian Tire.
LectroFan Micro2
You’ll want to take this all-in-one sleep sound machine and portable Bluetooth speaker with you everywhere you go, it’s the perfect sleep companion. LectroFan Micro2 has 11 built-in sounds to help you get better sleep and it pairs with your smart phone for streaming audio and making calls with the built-in microphone. In sleep sound mode there’s a choice of five digital fan sounds, four variations of white, pink and brown noise, and two ocean surf sounds. It’s powered by a built-in battery that lasts for up to 40 hours playing sleep sounds, or 20 hours playing Bluetooth audio between charges. $49.99 Walmart.
