Most Popular Shade Controllers in 2023

📰 News and Updates Year in Review 2023
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If you'd like to nominate a specific shade controller that works with Hubitat Elevation, and exceeded your expectations this year, in terms of reliability and ease of use (it doesn't have to be released in 2023), please drop a comment below* with the make and model of your favorite device.

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Iblinds v3

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Zemismart tuya zigbee

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Smartwings. Indoor and outdoor. Internal rechargeable batteries. Solar panel option. Both zigbee and z-wave.

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Third Reality shades have been flawless for almost a year now. One out of 11 needed a battery change a month ago the rest likely have a few months left. That's over a year on AA batteries. I will caveat that by saying I have taken my shades off of their automation due to some embarrassing after shower mishaps, so battery mileage may vary.

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I really want some of those but they are so bloody expensive

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I've got 7 of the Hiladuo shades from Amazon and they look great and work well. They are custom built to fit your exact measurements and they have a very high quality appearance. AMZN had a coupon avail when I bought them a year ago and they cost ~$80/window on average. Coupon is no longer available so they are closer to $110 now (shrinkflation!).

I charge them approximately every four months. They stay connected well to the hubitat. Only issue I've had is they sometimes don't receive the command from the hubitat -- I've overcome that in my automations and button controllers by creating a loop that checks up to 10 times to ensure they've really closed (or opened) and resends the command if needed. Now they are bulletproof functional. mazon.com/HILADUO-Motorized-Customized-Aluminum-Rechargeable/dp/B0CV5TFVK4