So i just (like 10 minuets ago) ordered the Hubitat. Im really excited to see what i can achive with it and the ways i can make my life just that much easier. I am however, finding it hard to shuffle through the good form the bad, and i mean products.
Im looking to purchase some buttons to place in my room for my light switch to change between modes and next to my bed. I saw the Lowes Iris, however you know that story, Seems like the cheap $15 USD smartthings buttons arnt avaliable in Australia and the others are all either Wifi or some other protcol.
If you could suggest some cheap buttons i can get here in Australia that you have experice with then that would be great thanks!
Iv already got a Lifx bulb, im just looking for a button i can use to chanage between modes. For exmaple i could press it at night and then go into night mode and then press it again and go into day mode.
I'm also building a Product Catalogue that will give some good options.
LIFX has a community driver but not a native one. If you're going to use mostly smart bulbs, then Hue and Sengled are two of the most compatible here in Aus.
Have you looked at the Xiaomi/Aqara devices.
Buttons/Motion sensors/Humidity/Temp/Switches etc.
The price point (in the UK anyway) is good.
The sensors are small and for me they work very well and stay connected.
Might be worth a look.
Apart from that, welcome and have fun getting and using your gizmo's.
TP-Link Outlets have a community driver for them, the WIFI based ones aren't natively supported, but you can go down the firmware flashing route on a few of them if you're game. Otherwise look for the Z-Wave Outlets.
I’m fairly new to this and can say the tp-link outlets with community drivers have been really good. the Samsung smart things buttons worked easily as well.
Decent controller, especially for the price.
