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Just use ZigBee or Z-wave devices and then use a bridge to connect to HA. Anything else is just WiFi and vendor lockdown
by tetris11 2y ago
Just use ZigBee or Z-wave devices and then use a bridge to connect to HA.
Anything else is just WiFi and vendor lockdown
- cassianoleal 2y agoThe WiFi and BLU Shelly devices are pretty rock solid, and couldn't be more compatible with HA.
- mgrandl 2y agoSome of the best home automation stuff is cloud-less wifi. For example Shelly switches with Tasmota are awesome and I much prefer those over zigbee bulbs.
- Fabricio20 2y agoPersonal anecdote but at least for me WiFi devices are significantly more reliable and there exists good brands that don't have any vendor lockdown, such as Shelly or Sonoff. Others can do Tasmota. So you shouldn't go around discarding it just because it's wifi. I live in a concrete and metal house. My WiFi coverage is spotless with several APs around the house. Can't really do that with ZigBee. Almost all of my zigbee devices just fail to connect every other day. Z-wave offers that mesh network promise but man is it out of reach in the price range. WiFi is everywhere/in every house, I seriously think more vendors should offer devices that just integrate into it instead of trying to build this bespoke network on the same band. Specially since 2.4GHz is going into disuse more and more as people switch to 5GHz for phones/pcs/etc..
- tetris11 2y agoI'm just worried about OTA updates. Shelly and Sonoff are playing nice now. They might not always. Plus, unless you fence off your wifi device from the router, it might be phoning home on you. At least a module without a WiFi stack can't do that