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Tech here. Lots of smart home crap. All zigbee on Home Assistant
For real! HA* & Zigbee or I seriously doubt the credibility of any „I work in IT“-claim.
*one of OSS contenders is fine.
So pissed ikea moved to matter. They were a great source of cheapie sensors.
I'm using Matter with HA, works just fine. For cheap sensors you can look at Frient or Shelly.
Its not a question of compatability, matter has some inherent security flaws i'm not trucking with
IKEA is not bad but I actually prefer (whitelabel) Tuya as long as those run on AA(A).
They might even be cheaper outside the US right now. Ironically thanks to their tariffs.
I've got a few of the zigbee temp/ humidity sensors, definitely better than the ikea variant. And the ikea sockets are stupidly sized and completely cockblock a standard gpo, hate that.
Still hunting a decent AQI, will probably have to get off my arse and build one
when was the last update :p
Last night.
Why?
Zwave is also great, but typically more expensive.
Harder to get too, sadly.