2015-10-10

The folks from Best Buy sent my some nifty products to try out. I am sharing my experience with you as I have experienced it. For more information on the disclosure policy of this site, please scroll down.



Have you ever reserved a piece of cake to eat when you are ready to eat it?

You know, that dinner that filled you up so much that you couldn’t eat the dessert that came in limited quantities. In order to ensure that you got your fair share of that dessert you set it aside for later. We’ve all done it. You should see what happened to my dessert.

How I Nabbed a Cake Thief!

Here is what I did to make sure that cake was there for me.

I set up a Canary Indoor Wireless High-Definition All-In-One Home Security System in my kitchen!


The Canary Indoor Wireless High-Definition All-In-One Home Security System was so easy to set up.

All I had to do was download the app and let it guide me through the steps. I chose to set the High-Definition All-In-One Home Security System up in my kitchen to monitor what is going on in there. Setting up the High-Definition All-In-One Home Security System up in my kitchen turned out to be a good idea.



Best Buy’s Connected Home strategy Canary Indoor Wireless High-Definition All-In-One Home Security System 1s part of a Connected Home Story.

These products enable you to keep your home safe and sound with motion detection notifications, HomeHealth Technology and a 90+ dB siren. This system came to me with a nifty Netgear Router (Nighthawk® DST—AC1900 DST Router & DST Adapter)+ Geek Squad Protection to enable this product ‘to bet set up and function in my home. We were thrilled when this ‘ever-so-easy-to-set-up’ router scored a speed that we have never experienced before, and for a house full of streamers, computers, tablets and more, this is a nice thing.

After I set my cake aside I went into the living room. I heard a noise coming from my kitchen just as I sat down to read the newspaper.

So I grabbed my phone and clicked on the app to see some movement in my kitchen right by my stashed piece of cake. I clicked on the alarm button in my app and I heard a bunch of scurrying going on.  Luckily, my cake was safe!

The Canary Indoor Wireless High-Definition All-In-One Home Security device helps keep your home safe and sound with motion detection notifications, a 90+ dB siren and HomeHealth Technology. It learns the cadence of your home so it can send you accurate notifications with fewer false alarms triggered by pets or other regular activity in your house.

· Easy to set up: just place the Canary in a central location, plug it in and connect to your Wi-Fi

· Stream live video from your home anytime: Canary’s free mobile app let you see what’s happening from anywhere with your iPhone® or Android smartphone

· Capture everything: vivid HD 1080p resolution allows you to see small details on your screen, the 147° field of view which lets see more with minimal blind spots, and infrared night vision lets you see in the dark – you can keep an eye up to 20′ away when there’s little to no light

· The device is a great way to check in on kids or caregivers. If the device is set to “Arm,” you’ll receive a notification when someone arrives in your home. Use the “Watch Live” feature to check on everything from homework being done to house rules are being followed

· Gives you a complete picture of what’s going on at home, it puts you in control of how to react when something goes wrong.

o Canary is the only solution with a 90+ decibel siren and a localized emergency call feature, which lets you contact authorities close to home from anywhere in the world

o Notifications keep you informed: receive movement-detection notifications that contain recorded footage and give you the options to watch live or sound the 90+ dB siren

o Since the March 2015 launch, nearly 75 known burglaries, home invasions, caretaker abuse and other emergency situations have been captured by Canary, resulting in multiple arrests

· Canary’s HomeHealth feature lets you know if the temperature and air quality of the home is safe and comfortable – you can monitor the air quality, temperature and humidity in your home from almost anywhere

Netgear® Nighthawk™ DST Router and DST Adapter with Geek Squad included – new and exclusively at Best Buy

This is a brand new router that was exclusively developed between Netgear, an industry leader in the networking world, and Best Buy, to help provide consumers with an easy, all-in-one solution to support their home’s connected devices. As the number of Wi-Fi dependent products increase in a home – the average US household has 7 “connected devices” – from smart phones (often several in a home), to tablets, to laptops, to computers, and Wi-Fi printers, this puts a strain on the home’s network, especially the router. With the interest in online gaming and 4k TVs, connected devices such as smart thermostats, plus the need to stream shows from Netflix or hulu, it places even more demands on the network. Many households may experience slow Wi-Fi, dropped calls, or experience “dead zones” – which could be improved upon with an “AC” router, Wi-Fi extenders and expert help.

· The AC1900 comes with one DST, or “Dead Spot Terminator,” adapter – to eliminate your Wi-Fi dead zones; place it in an area where you get little/no reception, to improve Wi-Fi access. Additional adapters can be purchased for other dead zones.

· This high-performance router was built to support 10+ connected devices – you can also prioritize devices for streaming videos or music, and included advanced features for lag-free gaming

· See additional fact sheets for both the Router and DST adapter

· Best Buy makes it easy with this new high performance Wi-Fi router, which includes a Wi-Fi extender and Geek Squad Set Up and Support via phone & web, for one full year.

· The Geek Squad service via phone & web allows customers to call or get help 24/7 whenever they want, vs. the need to schedule an appointment.

So, right about now you are probably wondering who the possible cake thief was.

I’m not spreading rumors or anything but, it may have been one or more of these suspects…

The paw prints have been sent to the crime lab.

Convenience. Security. Savings. The Best Buy Connected Home Starts Here.

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