If you’ve ever spent the winter months wondering whether your cabin’s power is still on, the furnace is running or the pipes have frozen, there’s a new made-in-Canada gadget designed to take that anxiety off your plate.
CabinPulse is a small cellular-connected device that helps you keep tabs on your remote property. It monitors temperature, power outages, air quality and more, sending updates directly to your phone in real time. If the power cuts out or the temperature drops dangerously low, it sends you and up to 12 of your closest friends alerts immediately. Want to just check in? Tap a button on the app and you’ll get an instant update with current temperature, power status and more. Forget about pointless drives just to check on the property!
Built by a Canadian team who know a thing or two about cold-weather living, the device is designed for cabins, cottages, and other rural retreats. It works anywhere there’s even a single bar of cell coverage, plugs into a standard outlet, and “installs” in seconds.
No drilling, no fiddling with hubs or routers. Just plug it in and go.
What makes it stand out is the simplicity.
CabinPulse skips the clutter of a smart home ecosystem and focuses on doing one job extremely well: making sure your cottage is okay when you’re not there. It doesn’t try to control your thermostat or flood your phone with alerts. It tells you what you need to know, lets you check in and gets out of the way. And above all – it does so reliably.
The onboard sensors track temperature, humidity, air quality and power outages and the system logs all data to a web dashboard. If you have a family cottage, lake house, or Airbnb property, this is the kind of tool that helps you sleep better from the city.
CabinPulse isn’t just used by cottage owners; there are dozens of deployments used in industry to keep remote sites in check – meaning reliability is a priority. The device has robust fallbacks and the CabinPulse server will even send you a notification if yours stops reporting for any reason.
Connectivity & Savings
The last thing you want is to buy a device, haul it up to your vacation home and have it fail to connect! Fortunately, CabinPulse works on both LTE and 3G, and connects to all major networks across North America – that’s AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Rogers, Bell, Telus and SaskTel. It automatically selects the best nearby tower – regardless of carrier – and starts streaming data as soon as it’s plugged in.
If you already have a WiFi smart thermostat with year-round WiFi internet up at the cottage – it might be time to rethink that!
WiFi stops working during power outages – which is when you’d need to know what’s going on most. There’s also a cost argument to consider; why are you paying $100/mo for internet when you’re not even there to use it?
CabinPulse actually works reliably through power outages (with a backup battery lasting up to 3 days) and can save you a pretty significant chunk of change by letting you pause or cancel your internet while you’re away.
Availability & Pricing
CabinPulse is currently available in Canada and the US, and ships with everything you need to get started. It runs on a subscription that includes all connectivity (no separate data plan required) — starting at $10CAD per month — and the device goes for around $199 CAD.
Hundreds of early adopters are already using it across North America, with raving reviews.
CabinPulse is truly a standalone solution – It doesn’t care if there’s no WiFi or tech infrastructure nearby. As long as there’s power and a bit of cell service, you’re set. And that’s the whole point.
The Verdict
There’s something appealing about a device that disappears into the background — especially when it’s quietly watching the temperature and power for you. If you’ve ever worried about driving six hours to your cottage just to find the fridge dead and pipes burst, CabinPulse might just be your new best friend.
You can get CabinPulse for $199 CAD with subscriptions starting at $10 CAD/mo at CabinPulse.com or on Amazon.ca.
