Govee Permanent Outdoor Lights RGBIC 100ft
Permanent eave lighting that does Halloween orange, Christmas red-and-green, and everyday warm white from an app, so you never hang a strand again—100 feet of 72 RGBIC LEDs, 75 scene modes, and IP67 weatherproofing rated to live on the roofline year-round. It takes Alexa and Google. The honest part: the VHB adhesive and clip install means clean removal or repositioning later is genuinely hard.
Living / Lawn & Garden
Rachio 3 Smart Sprinkler Controller
A sprinkler controller that waters on the weather, not a dumb timer — it pulls local forecasts and skips cycles before rain, which is where the water-bill savings (and utility rebates) come from. A DIY swap for most existing systems in under an hour, and the app is the best in the category. It wants the separate enclosure outdoors; 8 zones covers most homes, 16-zone for bigger yards.
Living / Lawn & Garden
WORX Landroid M 20V Robotic Lawn Mower
A robot that mows the lawn so you stop spending Saturdays on it—autonomous on up to a quarter acre, app-scheduled over Wi-Fi, with an AIA algorithm that cuts right to the edge and a rain sensor that sends it home. An optional GPS module guards against theft. The one real chore: a multi-hour, one-time setup laying a perimeter boundary wire around the yard.
Living / Lawn & Garden
Orbit B-hyve Smart Hose Watering Timer
A faucet timer that waters the garden on a schedule and skips the day it's about to rain—WeatherSense pulls the local forecast and adjusts automatically, all controlled from the app through the included Wi-Fi hub, and it's EPA WaterSense certified. It works with Alexa. The thing to plan around: the bundled hub has to stay in range indoors, so a far-flung yard can hit a connectivity gap.
Living / Lawn & Garden
Birdbuddy PRO Solar Smart Bird Feeder with Camera
A bird feeder that introduces you to the birds visiting it—5MP photos and 2K live video, on-device AI that names the species and alerts your phone, and a solar roof that trickle-charges the battery so you rarely climb up to it. It's a small daily delight that mostly tends itself. The catch: some of the fancier AI and collection features sit behind a paid subscription tier.