Buying Format: Buying Guide

Compare the best motion sensors for Zigbee, Hue, Tapo, Ring Alarm, and Z-Wave setups, with honest hub, placement, battery, and compatibility tradeoffs.

Compare the best security cameras for renters and homeowners, including wire-free battery, budget wired, solar, cloud-first, and PoE local-storage picks.

Compare the best smart plugs for Matter, energy monitoring, privacy, and local control. We explain the tradeoffs among Kasa KP125M, Tapo P125M, Eve Energy, and Onvis S4—and the appliance safety limits that matter.