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How to Mount an Echo Dot Around the Home or Office

An Echo Dot is made to sit on a table or shelf. Just like the one seen in the photo. Or maybe there are other options for an Echo Dot? Let’s take a look at some options and why you might prefer to put this elsewhere. There are a lot of places to put an Echo Dot. Have seen some fairly creative places including a guy who replaced one of his recessed light fixtures with an Echo Dot. That’s pretty clever as it keep it out of the way. If you have a way to power it from the recessed … Read more

Cool Things to Do with Echo Dot

Seems like every technology site has an article about cool things to do with Echo Dot so why not join the crowd. After living with a bunch of these for several years, we’ve learned of some useful skills and smart home automation. Today, we share some cool things to do with Echo dot. Entertainment Coupled with one of the mounts described in our article about mounting the Echo Dot around the home or office, turn the device into a built-in speaker. There are a lot of skills that allow playing your favorite radio station. We’re in New Jersey so have … Read more

Netgear VueZone Home Security Camera Mounts

VueZone is a home security camera line marketed by Netgear. The Netgear VueZone was released several years ago and has since been replaced by a series of Arlo cameras. If you haven’t purchased your security camera system yet, consider the Arlo instead of the older generation VueZone. The VueZone comes with one or more dome-shaped magnetic mounts in the box. This camera has a curved recess on the back which fits onto the dome. The back of the dome mount has an adhesive disk and it sticks pretty darn good to almost any clean smooth surface. You can optionally use screws on … Read more

Nest Cam and DropCam Mounts for Home Security

The Nest Cam and DropCam Pro are great cameras. Excellent video and audio quality with real useful apps for checking in remotely. The mount out of the box is fine for tabletop use but what if you wanted to mount it anywhere else? That’s the purpose of this article. We look at some alternative DropCam Pro and Nest Cam mounts. The nice part about these smaller cameras is they can be mounted in some fairly innovative locations. Most owners of a DropCam Pro or Nest Cam use these for surveillance. The cameras are made to use indoors only as the casing … Read more

Outdoor Home Security Camera Mounts

Several well known security camera manufacturers have recently introduced models that are made to work outdoors. An excellent example is the Arlo Smart Home Security Camera. Like most outdoor cameras, these are waterproof and made to withstand typical weather elements such as snow, ice and rain. Today we discuss outdoor home security camera mounts. Outdoor home security camera mounts are not all created equal. I have seen some inexpensive imports made of plastic that aren’t likely to hold up to a decent wind storm. Don’t make the mistake of saving a few dollars for a mount as breakage will result … Read more

Outdoor Mounts for a FLIR FX HD Home Security Camera

The FLIR FX Home Security Camera is a well made, feature rich portable camera. Similar to the very popular Nest Cam, the FLIR FX has features that are somewhat unique. One of those great features is portability. Thanks to an internal battery and a wide variety of mounting options, these cameras can go anywhere. So what makes the FLIR FX somewhat special in our eyes, is that the company had the foresight to also make a line of mounts for their cameras. Finally, a manufacturer of home security cameras that saw an opportunity to make some additional sales by offering … Read more