Hopping is widely advertised, but in practice is not really used as much as you might think. With external antennas most of your devices (unless you have a rea

Hopping is widely advertised, but in practice is not really used as much as you might think. With external antennas most of your devices (unless you have a really large home) will connect directly to the hub. And even the ones that hop will go through walls better with the Z-wave frequency - this especially helps if you have lath and plaster in your home, or metal electrical boxes for the switches/outlets. The z-wave frequency in other countries is basically the same - they are all in the upper 800's, lower 900's MHz. https://www.silabs.com/wireless/z-wave/global-regions https://www.silabs.com/wireless/z-wave/global-regions