I used the Wink app controlled devices from Dec 2013 to Feb 2019, and Wink hub connected devices from June 2014 to Feb 2019.
Hubitat is not as easy to setup as Wink was.
If you choose to go down this route, the end result exceeds what Wink could achieve by way of sophistication by many orders of magnitude. The transition will not be easy, but it will be rewarding. If you stick with it, in the end you'll wonder why you used Wink in the first place (I did).
Your Osram bulbs, Ring door bell, Kwikset locks and Dome sensors can be made to work with Hubitat - either using built-in drivers, or via community integrations, or as alluded to by @ogiewon (for the Ring door bell).
The Egg Minder is locked to Wink's cloud. I don't know if there is any community integration for Arlo cameras.
I switched from Wink to Hubitat when they made the announcement on March 6 about the subscription model. The interface is not as "fancy" as Wink's was, but the amount of features I gained was massive.
In terms of interacting, you will need to build a dashboard. This is where you can lay out all your buttons for devices. I found myself spending the most time here to get things just right. It's not difficult, but the lack of a drag/drop made it a bit tedious. I recommend planning it out on something like Excel first, then building it in the dashboard.
In terms of adding devices, it's straight forward. Hubitat works with Z-wave, Zigbee, and LAN devices, so you will need to do the initial setup of installing the corresponding app(s). Literally just clicking a few buttons. After that you go to your devices, select the type you want to add, then start inclusion. Go to your device and trigger it and it'll pair. Hubitat has a great document about resetting and including devices if you don't have the old hub available.
I've been on the fence with Wink for a while now, and am glad they gave me the final straw to push me over. I've never been happier with my current setup. The local controlling makes devices respond a lot faster than it did on Wink.
The only thing is for some devices you may need to use alternative tools. I also have a Ring doorbell, and that's not supported in Hubitat at the time of this post. I was however able to use IFTTT to trigger some routines and achieve the same functionality I did in Wink.
Honestly, just do it. Once you get past the fancy specs and indepth it can do (which is not needed for basic usage), you'll see how intuitive it is and user friendly it all is. You'll also gain a lot more insight into your devices as Hubitat gives you more information than you'll most likely ever use while Wink didn't.
Even with Wink, you had to view the video in the Ring app. It would connect Ring, but it would give you a button to open the Ring app to view everything.
But the beauty of it is you are not limited to what your layout, icons, colors, or most anything else looks like, unlike Wink. It is nearly infinitely configurable.
I have gone through a few dashboard setups, I tried at first to duplicate Wink and have everything on one dash. Then I wised up, and did it by room, which is much better for me.
As a former Wink user, I do sometimes miss the clean look of Wink. But the power of Hubitat more than makes up for it.
I'm jumping for the same reason. Already got the new Hubitat hub. I only have like 7 things at home, and Hubitat doesn't specifically name ANY of them in their supported devices list. So that sux. Man I miss X-10, it just WORKED for over 30 years for me, until I moved into a more modern home, with GFCI all over the place, blocking the signals. Didn't have a bunch of different technologies like zigbee and z-wave. le sigh
Yea, Hubitat is a much more advanced system. It's starting level, ground floor, so to speak, is far above Wink's ground floor.. like they were on a hill, Hubitat is further up the hill, better views.
Thanks @kamhobbs. I tried to integrate the IFTTT but failed. I linked the account but none of my devices show up on HE. I was going to try and figure it out but I decided i would just pick up different plug-ins and try to get away from any cloud services. Wink left a bad taste for me in cloud dependency!
I'm sure i'll try and research more later this week to link the IFTTT for the Blink Cameras. I'm not too worried as this community seems to have a ton of support!
Did you go into the Hubitat app, and select which devices you want to use with IFTTT? Linking alone doesn't do anything. You have to do this second step.
Devices you have showing up in IFTTT, will not appear in Hubitat.
If you want to control those non-Hubitat devices via IFTTT, youād need to create a virtual switch in Hubitat, then share that with IFTTT. Then use it to trigger IFTTT to turn on and off your WiFi/Cloud devices.
Yep.... i misunderstood the directions. I retried it and realized i thought my IFTTT devices would show up in HE. I'm good to go with the IFTTT! Just put a couple of applets together to try and they work like they should! I'll be tinkering with this more tomorrow to fine tune. However, i'm still replacing the outlets, it gives me an excuse to buy more! Who wouldn't want more!!?
