Agree and good point. My typical changes of plug location have been to move between spots in the same room when it appears the plug is more useful in a slightly different location, as opposed to across the house. That ability has been useful.
One other note, I've never had a Zigbee outlet, but the Z-Wave outlets I have (GE) rarely or never repeat for other devices even when they are in what seems like an ideal location...I think that's why I didn't consider Zigbee outlets for repeaters. I'm interested to hear if others have had success w/Zigbee outlets as repeaters.
Do you mean in-wall Zigbee outlets? I've no experience with those. I'm using three IKEA Trådfri plug-in outlets and they're fine. Have never needed that many because my house is small. The other repeaters I have are an XBee 3.0 deivce which works great for my devices in the backyard thanks to it's long range and antenna. I'm also using one of @iharyadi 's early Temp/Humidity/Pressure/Luminance sensors. I have a couple of device that really favor that as a repeater.
Hmm not sure if they are seem to work fine though as far as I can tell.
Yep I would think not. After looking to see if they still are. should I not use the driver? anything else that does the same thing and works with Xbee3?
O.K. guys it's 2022, 1 1/2 year later. I need window and door contact sensors. Who's hot in 2022. I almost purchased Aqara on a YouTube recommendation until I started searching in the forums.
Search for Xfinity XHS2-UE on eBay... They're zigbee contact sensors.
You should be able to find a pretty screaming deal on packs of 5, 10, etc.
I was skeptical when folks here started lauding these things (since they were so cheap), but I ended up getting some too, and I'm really pleased with them so far...
Paired easy, fast response time, forgiving gap tolerance, and battery life is great so far.
Yep, that sounds about right! I had reservations about the price being so low, but these lil guys have all been great so far.
ETA -- there are some threads about them in the community here (just use the same search term) if you want to read other folks' experiences before pulling the trigger.
ETA2 -- like all battery things, these will need a healthy (existing) mesh to work within -- most folks' issues with pairing these devices, keeping them online etc all stem from having a weak zigbee mesh to begin with. Make sure your zigbee mesh is robust & healthy first, and these will work fine.
That ability has been useful.
