Casey Liss

All right.

Yolink alternatives.

Joe writes, you were talking about Yolink sensors, I guess it was last episode, whatever it was, 16 weeks ago when I last spoke to you too.

And Joe continues, and I wanted to share that Ikea has come out with some new matter over thread devices that are mind-bogglingly cheap.

They have a leak sensor for about $8, a scene controller for about $6, and a motion sensor for about $8.

I think they have a contact sensor as well as some light bulbs, but I haven't bought any of those, says Joe.

So far, I've had these for about two months, and they rock solid.

I especially like that these are all integrated with HomeKit, so I just need to go to one place to look at the status or inspect alerts, which, by the way, these three products, and I cannot speak Swedish, are called ClipBock, Bilressa, and Migspray, which I did literal translations of the three of them, and allegedly, as per Google Translate, they are called Scrapbook, Car Trip, and Mosquito Spray.

Something may have been lost in translation there, but then maybe not.

Anyways, but that is good to know.

I have heard through some acquaintances that these are, at least at first glance, pretty good to corroborate what Joe has said.

I personally haven't used any of these, but it is very interesting and worth checking out.

All right.

With regard to we talked, I think it was last episode as well about home batteries and generators and things like that.

And Russell Prowse writes, I enjoyed listening to your conversation about battery backups and solar.

One thing you didn't mention is vehicle to home or V2H.

This allows your EV to act as your backup battery as long as it's connected to a home charger that supports bidirectional charging.

A few EVs already support it, including the BMW iX3 and the upcoming i3, nudge, nudge, Marco, and more on the way.

Also, it's worth noting, and I think, John, you've put this in the show notes for us to talk about, there's vehicle to load as well.

John, what's the difference between V2H and V2L?