HomeControl/Wattle
Selected products from this vendor are presented on this page, with my assessments where I have personal experiences to share. The links are primarily directed to the vendor’s own pages, in English; for local pages/prices you will have to conduct your own search.
About the vendor and its products
HomeControl (opens in a new window) is a Norwegian company that has been developing and delivering smart home solutions since 2003. Like many other vendors, HomeControl not only provides individual components, but its own ecosystem built around a base station. In Norway, the products are marketed under the brand name of HomeControl, but elsewhere the name Wattle (which has later been renamed to Heimgard (opens in a new window)) is used and this is also where the products are presented. Some relevant products are:
- Base stations in different versions; Premium Gateway, Multigateway, and kits including a gateway and select other components
- Smart power outlets, in the form of a more traditional smart plug, a smart power cable, and even a smart outlet to replace the in-wall outlet
- Several types of sensors, including motion, door/window, humidity, and flood
- Home security components; smoke alarm, siren, and doorlock
The HomeControl/Wattle products are controlled using a dedicated Heimgard app (opens in a new window). HomeControl supports a wide range of brands/protocols, like Phillips Hue, Osram Lightify and Sonos, as well as standards like Zigbee, Z-Wave, WMBus, BLE, and WiFi.
Our experiences
I have no personal experiences with any of these products, but I am especially fascinated by the in-wall outlets, allowing replacing traditional outlets with smart versions.