What’s One Homey Feature You Use Every Day?

Questions & Help
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Hey everyone,

I’ve been exploring more of what Homey can do, and it made me curious about the features and automations that people actually use on a daily basis.

Is there a particular flow, device, or setup that has made a noticeable difference in your home? Maybe something that saves time, makes life easier, or just works so well that you barely think about it anymore.

I always enjoy hearing how others are using Homey because there’s usually a great idea or two that I haven’t considered before. What’s your go-to Homey setup these days?

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My “man down” set of flows, that I use to keep an eye on my mother.

Dont want to use camera’s (too much of privacy break). But motion sensors work perfect.

3

Bathroom lights :wink:
Scene: automatically switching lights on, but the lights set depends of time. During day there are brighter lights, during night the dimmed lights. Also there is a red “On Air” light on door :wink:

Also, as here in forum multiple users/times discussed - notification about “Washing machine is finished”

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I have a bunch of Flows that really make life easier and would be hard to replicate on simpler Smart Home systems:

  1. Mailbox Alert

    A battery powered motion detector from IKEA placed inside the mailbox, so I get a push message when the postman opens the lid to drop off mail. The flow is combined with a door sensor on my house door, so whenever I open the door, the flow is disabled for 2 minutes to not trigger the alarm when I fetch the mail myself.

  2. Washing Machine and Dishwasher

    A smart power plug per device monitoring power usage with some very precise timing/limits to and a bunch of flows. My doorbell chimes with a specific signal when the machine is done, and if I don’t turn it off within 8 minutes, it rings again and this time I also get a push message as reminder.

  3. Whirlpool

    I have a small indoor whirlpool, that has it’s own fuse/safety builtin. When power gets interrupted, the pool will switch off and stay off, even if power comes back. I have to press a button manually to reset it. This state is noticeable with a smart power plug, so I get a warning if the pool stays in that mode for longer than 15 minutes. Without that power reset, the water in the pool will go bad after some time (no heat, no movement).

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I have a lot of flows. When I’m home and the trash needs to be taken out, it tells me the evening before.

Lights in the bedroom change in brightness depending on the alarm scene. Bright during the day, dimmed at night.

Everything turns on and off automatically depending on if someone’s home.

if it’s getting hot and nobody’s home, the blinds go down. If someone’s home the ac also turns on.

When we leave the house in the morning the vacuum starts running.

And lots more!