10 Most Unwanted Smart Home IoT Devices

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You may already be aware that IoT devices have earned great value across the world. These devices gained high fame as they offer excellent comfort in your daily life. Moreover, IoT makes a lot of things more useful and practical for your ease.

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Several reputed companies invested in IoT projects in recent times. Hence, various interesting IoT devices are available in the market at an affordable price. At the same time, some unwanted IoT devices are also available in the market that absolutely unworthy to buy.

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The list below includes 10 most unwanted Internet of Things devices 

Smarter iKettle

smarter ikettle iot devices

It is a good concept, but you can’t control this IoT device from your smartphone. Further, it requires your presence at the time of water filling.

Ring Smart Doorbell

smart door bell

Smart doorbell from the brand Ring works just fine, but with one major setback. It it leaves your wi-fi network wide open, thereby making the security of your home more vulnerable to hack since

Smart refrigerator

smart refrigerator

Makes refrigerators in your home more exposable to hacking. Smart refrigerators offer many features such as reminders and calendars. However, a very common electronic device, these smart refrigerators can make your home more prone to hacking.

Prepd Smart Lunch Box

Prepd Smart Lunch Box

The box comes with magnetic containers arrangeable in several different ways. Unfortunately, it offers nothing more for you.

Juicero

juicero

This juicer uses sachets of prepared flavours for making juices. As a result, it generates extra wastage for your home that cannot be recycled.

Toasteroid Smart Toaster

smart home toaster IoT devices

Mark drawings and messages on the bread with a burn that gets printed on the toast. Thus, it is one of the craziest Internet of Things examples.

Bowflex ST560 Smart Dumbbells

smart iot devices

Bowflex is one of the most expensive gym machines ever made. Instead, you can access gym membership and get benefited with more equipment

Mark One Pryme Vessyl Smart Cup

IoT devices smart cup

Track your water intake on the go with a smart cup. But, today it is an outdated idea as it does not track water content in food. Moreover, it can’t identify the difference between water and other liquids.

LVL Hydration Monitor

IoT devices Hydration Monitor

You can measure the hydration level in your body with an actual water monitor. But as you can easily identify the hydration level of your body through thirst, this IoT device is rather unnecessary.


The above unwanted IoT devices simply make you waste your money. Above all, these give rise to problems related to privacy and security that cannot be easily ignored.

Best IoT devices examples 

Now, here is a more useful list of a few examples of IoT devices. These are worth a buy for your smart home. Above all, these IoT concepts show you why the Internet of Things is so successful across the world. 

Nest Smart Home

home automation IoT devices

Get some assistance in monitoring every IoT device in your home

Kisi Smart Lock

smart-locks IoT devices

You can get a smartphone door lock that allows locking and unlocking of your home’s main door from a remote place.

Canary Smart Security System

Save the recording of CCTV footage in and around your home on the mobile, and view it remotely or as required.


What is Internet of Things?

Through the internet network, the Internet of Things connects several electrical devices within your home. Further, this link allows real-time data sharing between various systems. Moreover, few important decisions will be made on the basis of this data.

What is IoT platform?

The IoT platform connects various hardware in your home via the internet network. It further allows the managing of several connected devices within an IoT system.