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True...I'm an example of the strangeness of these non-standard devices. At one point I got some Aqara contacts and buttons, but they failed so repeatedly on my hub (C7) that I gave away the Aqara devices. However, in the last year or so I have found success w/Aqara somehow on both my C7 and C8, but I still have no idea why Aqara stuff started working for me.
If I was going to start over w/one of the Chinese/Ali Express brands I'd lean towards Tuya, as @kkossev has made some very nice drivers for many of their devices, and provides info to help users navigate through the many different versions of Tuya devices that are offered from different vendors. Tuya is really more of a label under which many vendors create/sell their own versions of "Tuya" devices that can vary widely in terms of HW and FW used. W/Kkossev's guidance and drivers, some Tuya devices can now be solid players on Hubitat.
