After a beautiful morning drive in the Dandenong Ranges, with our last stop at John’s…

…Hill Reserve Lookout, we decided to head for home, about 20 minutes away. It was 6°C outside but warm and toasty in the Tesla.

Our house was going to be cold 🥶. If only there was a way to heat it up remotely, before we got home, like we can with the Tesla 🤔.

Fortunately, there is! We bought a Sensibo remote control. It communicates with the air conditioner via infrared, and communicates with our phones via the Internet. It even works with our ten year old Panasonic air con. So, we can be in bed, or many kilometres away and say “Siri, turn on the air conditioner”, to have a warm lounge room waiting for us. We can also control the temperature, fan speed, schedule and so on. We could even set it up to turn on the air conditioner automatically when we’re within 20km from home, via geofencing.

Nice 😊

We opted for the “Air Pro” version, which also monitors air quality. I’ve noticed that it sometimes shows a spike in airborne particulates, which I suspect is when neighbours fire up their fireplaces and the smoke fills the area.