Is there a waitlist or anything for the new version? I'm new to the community and literally waiting to install my devices until I have a hub (which will be the elevation). I just don't want to miss it and end up waiting months or going with something else (inferior!) In the meantime.
Just send an email and they will let you know once the C7 is in stock. Also welcome to the HE community.
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Agreed, micro-B is the worst connector ever designed and probably the main reason why Apple created their own lighting connector for the iPhone
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Nah, Apple has always had an “our way, no other way” attitude. Before the lightning was the 32 pin connecter that was for their devices only. They don’t play well with others.
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Nah, FireWire mini 4-pin is definitely the worst. Looks like it's already broken when new, then breaks easily, falls out, with added bonus that a powered disconnect could send 12V straight through your equipment, destroying the IC. Now that's a classy connector. 
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lol, I never had any issues with FireWire.
@tja If a hub is good for USA market you may rest assured it's good for you in EU. This 5V device will not burn your house. The power supply you got with your hub converting 230V AC to 5V DC is CE marked.
Have you ever noticed how many times you try and put USB-A in the wrong way around ? For me it’s 80% - not 50/50 ..obviously the buttered toast effect
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They will be available on hubitat.com and eBay.co.uk/eBay.de (just search eBay) delivered from EU with no extra tax/duty when bought on eBay to your country in 4-5 working days.
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When did they get an EU/UK distributor?
Aye, customs ain't going to see it that way though. Not that they'll usually notice.
The C-4 likely had CE marking because, to the best of my knowledge, the hardware was a repurposed media box manufactured for other purposes, re-cased and re-badged and running Hubitat's code. A very clever way of getting a device to market in my opinion.
Or was that the C-3? One or both, I guess.
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One further point about the new hub, that I hope will materialize.
The following is from a much quoted document on making up a good zwave mesh:
3. Place the hub in a central location
Putting the hub in a corner of the basement might be convenient, but its a terrible idea for Z-Wave. The hub is the most important node in the network and should have the best location possible. While Z-Wave is a mesh network and can route or hop thru other nodes in the mesh, each hop is a significant delay and chokes up the network with more traffic. Ideally the hub should reach 90% of the nodes in your Smart Home without relying on routing. If the hub has Wifi then putting it in a central location is easy, you just need a wall outlet to plug it in. I have my hub hung off the back of a TV cabinet in roughly the middle of the first floor of my home.
(bolding - mine)
If the new hub will have a much improved range, then hopefully it will reach much more of your mesh - without changing it's placement in the home.
That would be nice. My hub reaches less than 10%. 
Your house is too big 
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Anyone heard any news?
Thought there would be an update by now.
I just got an email back from asking to be informed of the C7 release, and they suggested next week. Just my .02
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Although a requirement, CE marking does not indicate that a product has actually been approved as safe by the EU or by any other testing or certification authority. It just means that the manufacturer claims that it meets the requirements - even though it may not. On many products made in China, the CE mark means "China Export" and actually has nothing to do with the CE mark of the EU.
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I'm more worried about the power supply. If at all possible I get one with UL approval.
CE = China Export .... ? Reminds me of the town of USA in Japan some years ago.
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