expiredbonkman posted Mar 19, 2024 12:15 AM
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expiredbonkman posted Mar 19, 2024 12:15 AM
The Smartest House Home Automation Spring Sale: Zooz 800 Z-Wave Remote Switch
& Many More + Free S/H on $99+$18
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I'll let you in on a little secret, companies that offer free shipping just build it into the price of the product.
I've got zigbee, zwave, wifi and matter devices. No issues with any of them.
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I have both 700 and 800 series switches. Generally couldn't tell the difference between the two but 700 seems mushier while being less wobbly side to side.
Is there any reason I would need a new hub (like their Z-Box Hub) to connect to these Z-wave products? I'm looking to install the garage opener kit, smart plug, and switches.
Is there any reason I would need a new hub (like their Z-Box Hub) to connect to these Z-wave products? I'm looking to install the garage opener kit, smart plug, and switches.
I have V2 works just fine but you need to install the drivers. I won't be good at explaining it or finding the site to do it off the top of my head but I'm sure others can help.
Agreed.... bought the Zen32 on the last sale. It has made it SOOOO much easier for my partner (who just moved in) to control all the various scenes in the kitchen/dining area, that she now wants one in every major room to control all the lights.
It's true, Z-Wave is getting killed by the dominant platforms, gotta accept that. The old-timers will keep resisting SmartThings and Matter until...well...ya know.
Smarthings supports z-wave.
Matter is still a mess, and support is slow.
I don't think smartthings is expanding. Samsung even got rid of it.
Too bad it's hard to integrate it into the same faceplate with the rest of the switches.
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Smarthings supports z-wave.
Matter is still a mess, and support is slow.
I don't think smartthings is expanding. Samsung even got rid of it.
Most SmartThings hubs manufactured in the past year and going forward, remove Z-Wave, plain and simple.
I'm not a fan of Matter as it meddles in the congested Wi-Fi router space and is less resilient. SmartThings almost dominates the entire HA space and old-timey hobbyists are in denial about it, because they like to tinker with old tech. Samsung is actually doubling down on SmartThings, it's just that they're moving out of the hardware space. All Samsung products boast about SmartThings integration.
Smarthings supports z-wave.
Matter is still a mess, and support is slow.
I don't think smartthings is expanding. Samsung even got rid of it.
Samsung is only supporting the software side of things… which, if Matter ever actually works, will make their life "easier" as there'll actually be a standard for the absolute mess of WiFi devices.
Either way… WiFi sucks and shouldn't be used for smart devices, dedicated networks like zwave and Zigbee should, that's specifically what they were designed for. It's a shame Zigbee had such a garbage spec that wasn't enforced in the slightest… the shear number of jumps Zigbee is capable of is fantastic, zwave is 4, maybe 5 if you're lucky.
Most SmartThings hubs manufactured in the past year and going forward, remove Z-Wave, plain and simple.
I'm not a fan of Matter as it meddles in the congested Wi-Fi router space and is less resilient. SmartThings almost dominates the entire HA space and old-timey hobbyists are in denial about it, because they like to tinker with old tech. Samsung is actually doubling down on SmartThings, it's just that they're moving out of the hardware space. All Samsung products boast about SmartThings integration.
But Samsung has always just "did shit" in the home automation area… so who knows what they'll do next.
But Samsung has always just "did shit" in the home automation area… so who knows what they'll do next.
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It's true, Z-Wave is getting killed by the dominant platforms, gotta accept that. The old-timers will keep resisting SmartThings and Matter until...well...ya know.
Getting killed doesn't mean inferior product. 4K blurays are getting killed by streaming yet are a far superior A/V experience. Many people don't know any better and set up Google Home or Alexa because they're easy and ubiquitous....much like a Netflix account. But your last sentence doesn't even make sense. SmartThings and Matter aren't competitors to Z-Wave. Z-Wave is a radio technology. SmartThings is an automation hub. And Matter is a "unifying" protocol. It's like saying "these old-timers who keep insisting on watching free OTA TV are being killed by HDMI and OLED."
Z-Wave devices have many advantages for home automation purposes over WiFi. SmartThings was a popular hub but many (superior) alternatives have sprung up in the past decade...and those are superior to Google Home and Alexa. And Matter is...well, a thing that attempts to solve a problem that Z-wave with a good hub doesn't have. Matter's basically engineers throwing in the towel and trying their best to make people who don't know what they're doing and just buy a bunch of random devices happy.
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