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Considered Gear

Your house. Your hardware. Your rules.

Plain-English reviews and buying guides for running your own technology at home — local AI you own, the maker workshop, and home automation that answers to you, not the cloud.

What AI can my computer run?Explore Local AI

Browse the free local AI planning tools

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Local AI

Run real AI on a box in your own house — no monthly bill, no company reading your chats. What it costs, what it can do, and what to buy.

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Compare local-AI hardware

Four local-AI hardware approaches, with configuration, software and complete-cost checks to make before buying.

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Maker

3D printers, small electronics, single-board computers, the tools on the bench. The stuff that turns an idea into a thing you can hold.

Explore Maker 04

Home Automation

Lights, sensors, locks and voice that keep working when the internet does not — because the brains live in your house.

Explore Home Automation

The current pick

Best local thermostat for Home Assistant: T6 Pro Z-Wave, Venstar or ecobee?

Choose a Home Assistant thermostat without accidentally buying a cloud dependency or the wrong HVAC hardware. Compare Resideo T6 Pro Z-Wave, Venstar ColorTouch and ecobee.

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How much VRAM do you need for local LLMs

Work out whether a local LLM fits an 8GB, 12GB, 16GB or 24GB GPU. Real model sizes, context-memory math and an Ollama check before you buy.

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