I guess I am considering dumping them. After switching to Caseta switches I am re-invigorated on the HE front... and think possibly life can actually be better with Home Automation -- a position I held early on and quickly dumped as stuff stopped working reliably.
Getting rid of the smart things buttons and moving to Caseta Pico's has cured most of my irritants... but I do think my mesh has issues from time to time and perhaps it is this Peanut allergy....
So... for nothing more than getting this out of my head and onto "paper"-- the things I have done so far to make Hubitat much more reliable for me are:
1). Stop updating HE. (sorry... it's just what I chose to do in pursuit of reliability)
2). Move everything possible off of Rule Machine. (sorry... I'll go back at some point)
3). Nightly reboot.
4). Dump as many battery powered zigbee devices as possible (like Smart things buttons)
5). Switch to Lutron Caseta for anything possible
Perhaps if I dumped the peanuts as step (1) none of the other step's would have been necessary.
Most likely. I have SmartThings buttons scattered around the house, even in a couple refrigerators, and have had zero problems with them over the past 2 years.
Having to reboot your hub nightly, which I had to do as well when I had Peanuts, means that the mesh is never completely stabilized and running at top speed.
When I updated to the latest firmware, I was finally able to delete my scheduled reboots that were twice weekly.
I think Peanut Plugs are definitely one of those "your experience may vary" devices though. I have over a dozen of them scattered all over the house and do not run into any apparent trouble with them. Definitely do not need to reboot the hub they are attached to, nor do I have any problems with them working when I tell them to.
They have been reliable and are pretty convenient with their size and price.
I have 6 of them around the house. 1 Near the hub in the basement. One almost directly overhead in a hallway on the 1st floor and then one in the hallway on the second floor. The others are in rooms where I need a controllable plug for like the scented wax melter, Christmas lights, my cycling "pain cave". I have had them running for 2 years now and no issues except once where I had the wrong driver associated with the device.
I've got 3 of the Securfi Peanut Zigbee Outlets in my house (connected to three Wyze Cameras) and they've been working fine with no issues. The only negative I see is their size (a little bit chunky).
I have a few and have never had issues. Lots of other people report the same. But then some folks can document that their zigbee network behaves much better just by getting rid of them. Makes me wonder if there's a firmware difference between some of the devices?
I have 2 Peanuts paired to an Almond 3. Same firmware, purchased at the same time. One of them is incredibly chatty - based on Almond logs. The other is well behaved.
They both have the same electrical load on them.
So I think the variation comes from anomalies during manufacturing.
Well I just ordered 20 Iris plugs to replace my Peanuts... too bad... I rather liked the Peanuts. I am hoping things get even more reliable once they are gone. If anyone wants to buy 22 Peanuts... hit me up!
I haven't seen any amazing deals on Iris v2 motion sensors. The same ebay seller still has v3 Iris motion sensors available, as well as contact sensors (no magnets), and Iris v2 leak sensors.
I got my new IRIS plugs... 20 of them... to replace 22 Peanuts... so the math doesn't quite work out.
But... is there an easy way to go about this... replacing one device with another?
It seems like I am going to be doing A LOT of clicking .... is there a way to have a new device sort of "take the place" of the old device in all the automations? I am thinking not... but thought I'd ask!
I was going to say “Yes, with a lot of clicking “, but decided against that. That is the answer though. I always add a few new devices, then change the rules prior to removing the old devices to avoid errors when opening effected rules.
