expiredeagleknightsky posted Nov 24, 2021 04:46 AM
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Hubitat Elevation C-7 Home Automation Hub (US Model)
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Hubitat has Hubitat Elevation C-7 Home Automation Hub (US Model) on sale for $99.95. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member eagleknightsky for finding this deal
Note, this hub is valid for shipment within 48 states mainland US only
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Thanks to community member eagleknightsky for finding this deal
Note, this hub is valid for shipment within 48 states mainland US only
Includes
- Hubitat Elevation Home Automation Hub (C-7)
- Internal Radios for both Zigbee and US frequency Z-Wave (908.4MHz)
- 120V Power Supply (US)
- Ethernet Cable
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Written by Discombobulated | Staff- Purchase this device today and save $50 Off (33.34% Savings) from the original price of $149.95. We have seen this unit go for roughly ~$115 when on sale, so this is the lowest available price
- Be sure to select the US model version only
- Offer valid through November 30, 2021 or while promotion/supplies last
- Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated
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Hubitat has Hubitat Elevation C-7 Home Automation Hub (US Model) on sale for $99.95. Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member eagleknightsky for finding this deal
Note, this hub is valid for shipment within 48 states mainland US only
Includes
Thanks to community member eagleknightsky for finding this deal
Note, this hub is valid for shipment within 48 states mainland US only
Includes
- Hubitat Elevation Home Automation Hub (C-7)
- Internal Radios for both Zigbee and US frequency Z-Wave (908.4MHz)
- 120V Power Supply (US)
- Ethernet Cable
Editor's Notes
Written by Discombobulated | Staff- Purchase this device today and save $50 Off (33.34% Savings) from the original price of $149.95. We have seen this unit go for roughly ~$115 when on sale, so this is the lowest available price
- Be sure to select the US model version only
- Offer valid through November 30, 2021 or while promotion/supplies last
- Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated
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I've had both, SmartThings UI is certainly prettier looking and rules and automation are a little bit simpler to setup. The best thing in my opinion is that Hubitat works perfectly well using a web browser. SmartThings doesn't work on a computer. Hubitat commands are faster and will still work even if I have an internet outage.
FWIW, I switched from SmartThings to Hubitat last year around this time and have been REALLY happy with the decision. Works great with a wide range of Z-Wave and Zigbee equipment and integrates seamlessly with our Google and Alexa devices. Picked up the second one I mentioned to extend automation to my shop. It'll be great to monitor and control things out there without having to actually go out there. Highly recommended!
And if our Internet connection goes down, it's nice that we can still control our home automation locally via the mobile app. The iOS and Android Hubitat mobile apps really just encapsulate the web UI for your Hubitat hub (such as the custom dashboards you create to control and monitor your devices), although they recently added a "Devices" tab, which allows you to view/control the state of all your devices. The mobile app also adds geolocation functionality, although I've never been able to get it to reliably track my location. What has been 100% reliable is the Life360 Connector app (built-in app). My family already uses Life360, so it just made sense to connect this to Hubitat.
I actually bought a second Hubitat hub (on sale) just to segregate my many smart bulbs (mostly Sylvania/Lightify) on their own ZigBee network. Many smart bulbs try to act as ZigBee repeaters, but they usually only repeat bulb commands and drop everything else, so they make lousy repeaters for other ZigBee devices and can create network performance issues. So, it's best to keep them on their own mesh. One notable exception are the Seng-led ZigBee bulbs, which apparently do not serve as ZigBee repeaters, they only pass commands to other Seng-led bulbs, thus it should be fine to have them in a mixed ZigBee mesh. If you do have two Hubitat hubs, be sure to use different channels for their ZigBee and Z-Wave radios, to help avoid interference. I logically connected the "bulb hub" to my "master hub" via the built-in apps called 'Hub Link' and 'Link to Hub', respectively. This allows me to control the smart bulbs from the "master" hub, even though they were added to the "bulb" hub.
I also use the built-in app called Rule Machine to set up my automations. Yes, it's not as straightforward or intuitive as creating automatons in SmartThings, but the learning curve is relatively small. I spent about 30-60 minutes reading and comprehending the official documentation (Hubitat has excellent online documentation) on Rule Machine before writing my own rules. Hubitat gives you more latitude in creating rules than does SmartThings, which has a rather simplistic rule set.
I also like how I can create local backups of my Hubitat hubs' configurations. Although SmartThings saves your settings in their Cloud (in theory), on more than one occasion I've had all of my SmartThings settings lost due to a forced firmware update or Cloud migration (e.g., moving "Classic" accounts to Samsung). Again, with Hubitat, everything is controlled locally.
Having said that, even though Hubitat is locally controlled and commands are processed 100% locally on the hub, they still offer an optional cloud service, if you'd like to access your dashboards while away from the house. The mobile app will seamlessly switch between cloud and local dashboards, depending if you're on your home WiFi or not. You also have the option of not making your dashboards accessible via their cloud, and just using your home VPN instead. Again, the decision is up to you, not some provider (e.g., Samsung).
Overall, I'm very pleased with Hubitat. I don't see myself ever going back to SmartThings. Sure, there's more of a learning curve, but it's well worth it in my opinion to gain local control and added functionality.
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Anyone prefer a different local non cloud control?
I've heard this one now has an optional monthly fee for remote access control but is still possible to use a vpn method instead correct?
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Edit: I stand corrected, apologies. Both ST and Hubitat will require the purchase of a separate hub for Lutron devices. Wink (yuck, subscription fees) is the only hub that has built in Lutron radios.
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FWIW, I switched from SmartThings to Hubitat last year around this time and have been REALLY happy with the decision. Works great with a wide range of Z-Wave and Zigbee equipment and integrates seamlessly with our Google and Alexa devices. Picked up the second one I mentioned to extend automation to my shop. It'll be great to monitor and control things out there without having to actually go out there. Highly recommended!
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Anyone prefer a different local non cloud control?
I've heard this one now has an optional monthly fee for remote access control but is still possible to use a vpn method instead correct?
At this point I can't wait to see what Matter will bring to the table, I have automations spread across Google Home, Alexa, SmartThings, and Home Assistant to get everything to play nicely.
I've had both, SmartThings UI is certainly prettier looking and rules and automation are a little bit simpler to setup. The best thing in my opinion is that Hubitat works perfectly well using a web browser. SmartThings doesn't work on a computer. Hubitat commands are faster and will still work even if I have an internet outage.
Anyone prefer a different local non cloud control?
I've heard this one now has an optional monthly fee for remote access control but is still possible to use a vpn method instead correct?
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