Product News

Home safety should be the top priority for homeowners and new code changes need to be considered.  Traditionally, smoke detectors have been the focus, but they've also evolved to include carbon monoxide detection, smart alarms and strobes.  Today's best smoke detectors offer...

Since the announcement that NEST Protect smoke detectors are no longer being manufacturered, and the First Alert SC5 is the suggested replacement, we've been crushed by demand!   We know it's hard to be patient when an expired device is beeping or at end of life.

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Aartech Canada has brought the Insteon Trade-Up Program to Canada!  Recently Insteon USA announced a trade-up program for USA customers but it wasn't logistically feasible to run it cross border.  As a long time Insteon distributor and reseller, we wanted to make sure Canadians...

We're thrilled to announce that we are now a full line distributor for Zooz ZWave smart home devices.  Zooz offers a leading edge selection of ZWave enabled sensors, switches, dimmers, relays and more.  Their ZWave line is based primarily on ZWave 800 and ZWave 700 series chips,...

In today's ever-evolving world, the need to stay future-proof is becoming more and more critical as the years go by. As time passes, we're seeing more hybrid and fully electric vehicles hitting the roads. The electric vehicle trend has been growing and evolving over many years,...

We've been having trouble keeping Insteon in stock as demand was outpacing our stocking orders.  As of writing all the key items are back in stock. The original Insteon dimmers, switches and keypads have been the most popular sellers.  Insteon makes some of the best scene...

Insteon is arguably one of the best, fastest, most reliable smart home technologies available.  Now under new ownership since last summer, the new Insteon team is doing an impressive job of communicating their vision, making stock available, improving existing products and even announcing...