If you unlock the door to your cottage, cabin or vacation home and get hit with a stale, “old basement” odour, you’re not alone. A musty smell is one of the most common complaints from vacation-home owners — especially when the place sits closed up for weeks at a time.
Remote temperature monitoring used to sound like something only large corporations or techy folks with satellite dishes could afford. Today, reliable, always-on monitoring has become a realistic, budget-friendly option for nearly any Canadian property owner. Still, five stubborn myths keep circulating online and around the campfire. Let’s lay them
Worried about a power outage at your cottage, shop, barn or any other remote building without WiFi or internet? Traditional smart home solutions won't work when you're out of WiFi range - but cellular connected all-in-one monitors stay connected and on the job 24/7. Here&
It’s a beautiful spring day at the cabin – but are ticks waking up too? Before you step into the woods or let the dog roam free, there’s a handy, free tool to tell if ticks are active near your cabin. Meet eTick.ca, a free interactive tick tracker
Canadian winters can swing from a mild chinook to –35 °C overnight. If a heater fails in that window - or power goes down, animals in a closed barn can slip into cold-stress in minutes. Cellular temperature and power-loss alerts give you the heads-up to fix the problem. Here’s
When the temperature inside a cottage or cabin dips below freezing, pipes can burst in minutes - leaving you with a flooded property and an insurance claim that averages around $16,000 in repairs. A single January cold snap in Western Canada caused $180 million in insured damage, most of
WiFi fails during power outages, leaving WiFi thermostats in the dark. Cellular monitors like CabinPulse stay running throughout—ensuring comfort, protection, and peace of mind. Many cabin and cottage owners install WiFi thermostats for cabins thinking they’ve solved the problem of keeping their property safe in the winter. After
Cellular power outage monitoring devices (like CabinPulse) are the best way to monitor power outages remotely, as they don't rely on WiFi that can fail when the power is out. Power outages happen. Sometimes during a blizzard, sometimes in the middle of a sunny long weekend, and more
Canadian winters can be harsh and unforgiving. An unattended home in freezing temperatures is at risk for serious damage if its heating system fails. In a deep cold snap, it doesn’t take long for a vacant house to cool down. Imagine a scenario: a realtor has a beautiful listing
Monitoring indoor conditions like temperature and humidity matters—especially when you're not around to keep an eye on things. But what happens when the place you need to monitor doesn't have WiFi? Whether it’s a cabin deep in the woods, a rural vacation home, or
It's a Sunday afternoon in November, and you're heading back to the city. You lock up your cabin, double-checking the deadbolts and setting your fancy alarm system, convinced that burglars are the biggest threat while you’re away. Cabin owners often fixate on break-ins – after all,
Vacation home ownership comes with wonderful getaways – and a unique set of worries when you’re not on-site. If a deep freeze hits or a storm knocks out power, how will you know? Many cabin owners have horror stories of arriving at their retreat to find burst pipes or other