How to control Smart Home devices ‘smartly’ with F5 IR Controller

Product Review – F5 IR Remote for Smart Home

As we usher into the new year 2021, we take a lot of learnings from 2020. The bygone year has made us work ‘smartly’. Also we have become accustomed to the use of WFH essentials aligned with the new technology which is now part and parcel of everyday work life. We often don’t keep our things in their place and when we actually need them it is way too difficult for us to search for them. The usage is utterly simple, extremely convenient – just image “touch screen” switches instead of the conventional ones. Especially for the elderly and patients, it can be a great aide. Imagine a situation one is resting inside the coziness of a blanket in freezing winter and don’t feel to move out to switch off a table lamp near to you or if one wants to make sure the geyser is switched off before going to sleep, in such situations, one can easily or remotely control the switch in the fingertips. F5 IR  is a US company that manufactures Home Automation solutions. F5 IR Controller lets you take full-fledged control of power sockets in your house, or office, right from your smartphone.

Advantages of having a Smart Home

1. Easy Handling all your house devices from a single area. Having the ability to maintain all the technologies in your house connected via a single port is a huge step forward for engineering and house administration. All you are going to need to do is to install one single

2. Flexibility becomes the most effective point here. When you can easily monitor your house at your fingertips, you are able to switch on and off your appliances like televisions, Air Conditioners, WiFi routers, and more. Which in fact, keeps your mind tension-free.

3. Maximizing home safety. If you integrate surveillance and security features on your smart home system, your house security may skyrocket. As an instance, house automation systems may join movement sensors, surveillance cameras, automatic door locks, as well as other concrete security measures across your house so you are able to trigger them out of one cell device before going to bed.

4. Higher energy efficiency. Based on the way you utilize your smart-home technologies, it is possible to create your area more energy-efficient. By way of instance, you may have more exact control over the heating and cooling system of your house with a cushioned smart thermostat that adjusts your program and temperature tastes, then indicates the ideal energy-efficient configurations through the day. Lights and motorized colors could be programmed to change to a night manner since the sun sets lights or lighting may switch on and off according to one’s need.

5. Improved appliance operation, linking your appliances and other methods with automation technologies will enhance your appliance efficacy and totally make your house life much simpler and enjoyable!

F5  IR Remote Controller

Today, we have one such product in the house that will take your smart home experience even far better and convenient. This comes from a brand  F5. This product allows you to control all your AC/ TV/ Set Top Box/ DVD and Home theater speakers with one controller. Surprisingly, this just works with one app on your smartphone and you can also pair this with smart-AI-based speakers, for example, Amazon’s Alexa and G- Home speaker voice control (voice control supported). One can control all basic to advanced level functions, like time scheduling, and control from multiple cellphones. This shall allow us to replace all your remotes with our smartphone, which I believe is good, you don’t have to figure out for different remotes to control each appliance. Fortunately, this supports 5000 + Infra-Red (IR ) controlled devices out of the box. Automatic Codes update from Cloud, automatic device matching without learning. Bring ease in operating your TV, AC, DVD, etc by just speaking.

Technical Specifications – 

Price – ₹ 1,299.00

Available on leading e-commerce platforms like Amazon.in, Flipkart 

Conclusion

The Smart F5 IR Remote Controller is 50 x 50 x 19mm in dimensions which is quite sturdy and compact especially when we compare it with other products in the market. It weighs just  28 g but packs a ton of cool features. If you are looking for a smart home product to buy in 2021, you can consider this product. While testing the product performed very well sometimes even better than our expectations. Coming to the pricing and availability, the product is priced at ₹ 1,299.00 and is available on both Flipkart and Amazon. Product ships with a 1-year warranty.

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