What is a good starter setup for ZigBee?

3 years ago by Rumblestiltskin to c/homeassistant

I am looking for a setup that does not need to phone home to the vendors servers. Is the Philips Hue Bridge a good hub? Can you work with most of the Philips Hue stuff without phoning home?

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jgkawell 8 points 3 years ago

Do you already have a Home Assistant server set up? If so, I'd suggest getting a USB Zigbee Dongle like this one.

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MorganCS 3 points 3 years ago

I'd also recommend Tubeszb Zigbee controllers. They are fantastically reliable, and there is a large group of users on the Home Assistant community forum. I've been running mine for well over a year. I've had one issue that I caused, and he replaced it next day. Since then 0 issues with over 50 zigbee devices in a very congested wireless area.

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DarkInspiration 1 point 3 years ago

Any reason for picking the Sonoff instead of the Conbee II? (genuinly curious)

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MorganCS 6 points 3 years ago

Conbee2 is of a previous generation and cannot handle the number of zigbee devices that newer ones can. I had a Conbee2 and I vastly prefer the newer ones like the sonoff and the tubeszb controllers.

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jgkawell 1 point 3 years ago

Honestly, just brand recognition for me. I have other Sonoff products that seem to work well. Never tried the Conbee II before.

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