Tyler Morgan

I tested the top smart light bulbs for home use over the past three months, swapping eight different bulbs through table lamps, ceiling fixtures, and bedside reading lights to see which ones actually hold up day after day. Our team focused on the things that matter most: how reliably a bulb reconnects after a Wi-Fi … Read more

After three months of testing 12 humidifiers in real homes, I can tell you that finding the best humidifiers for large rooms is not about picking the biggest tank. It is about matching mist height, coverage area, and noise to your actual space. Our team measured humidity with calibrated hygrometers in rooms ranging from 400 … Read more

Choosing the best server CPUs for virtualization in is harder than it looks. Every CPU on the market supports basic VT-x or AMD-V extensions, but the differences in core count, memory channels, PCIe lanes, and ECC reliability decide whether your VMs run smoothly or fight for resources. Our team spent the last three months testing … Read more

I built my first Plex server in 2014 on a recycled Dell tower with 8GB of RAM, and it died within a year from heat and a spinning disk that never rested. After running Plex continuously for over a decade across NAS units, mini PCs, and a custom Unraid build, I can tell you exactly … Read more

Picking the best servers for Proxmox in is harder than it looks. After three months of running VMs and LXC containers on a stack of mini PCs, refurbished towers, and one too-curious Dell PowerEdge, our team settled on eight machines that earn a spot in a real home lab, not just a spec sheet. Proxmox … Read more

A tower server is one of the smartest investments a home user can make in if you want enterprise-grade stability without renting cloud space. We have spent the last few months testing seven tower servers for home use across Proxmox clusters, TrueNAS pools, Plex transcoding, and dedicated game servers. Our team put each candidate through … Read more

I have spent the last decade running everything from a Dell R720 in a closet to a current rack with three R730xds humming in my basement, and the single best decision any homelab builder can make in is buying used enterprise gear. A few hundred dollars gets you dual Xeons, hundreds of gigabytes of ECC … Read more

If your board game collection has outgrown the kitchen table and your video games are piling up on the floor, you need a proper storage cabinet. I’ve spent the last two months testing and comparing media cabinets, shelving units, and storage towers to find the best storage cabinets for game collections that actually work for … Read more

Mounting a TV in the corner of your living room or bedroom changes the whole feel of the space. We pulled together the best corner TV wall mounts after weeks of hands-on testing, cross-checking spec sheets against real owner reviews, and tapping into what the r/hometheater community actually installs in 2026. A corner TV wall … Read more

My neck hurt after six months of watching our 65-inch TV mounted two feet above the fireplace mantel. The picture was fine, the room looked clean, but every evening ended with a dull ache across my shoulders. That experience sent me down a rabbit hole, testing pull-down TV mounts, motorized mounts, and counterbalance brackets to … Read more