Shades

[dakotagilbert4647]

I would like to replace my existing shades with motorized shades. What is a good reliable shade that works with Hubitat.

[sburke781]

Others are likely to be more versed on this than me, but I expect some determining factors are likely:

• Price
• Location of the Shades relative to the HE hub (some protocols are better than others)
• Options for power supply to the Shades vs Battery options
• Types of Shades Involved
• Other options you may want including alternatives like remotes, additional apps, etc

Personally, I have ~10 internal roller blinds and 1 external blind with Somfy motors, all linked to a Bond bridge which has recently been integrated into the HE platform. Somfy is not for everyone, it's not cheap, but my setup has been rock-solid from day one, providing me with options for control, from the original remotes that came with the motors, plus the Bond app, plus the integrations in HE.

[terminal3]

I use Leviosa shades and have been pretty happy with them. They are RF controlled but with the bond integration everything works locally.

These shades are battery powered using 6 D batteries. For us the batteries have lasted at least a year, longer on some of the shades that don’t get opened and closed as often.

[stevenkandres]

We have something from Maxxmar. We have been happy with them. Their is an app to integrate with Hubitat. The version we have has commands for open, closed, favorite 1 and favorite 2, which is sufficient for our purposes. They were quite affordable.

[jnosa899]

I have the Ikea shade, switchbot 2 motor curtains, and Third Reality shade. The Third Reality is my favorite by far.

[Sebastien]

I’ve been very happy with my Zemismart roller shade motor. I think this is the latest update to the driver, though I have not switched to it myself.

[RELEASE] Zemismart Zigbee Blind Driver

Releasing Zemismart Zigbee Blind Driver. This is a version adapted from mark.cockcroft's driver with additional support for mode and speed which is available in the AM43-0.45/40-ES-EZ model. The same message patterns are used as previous ZemiSmart Zigbee Blind drivers, so it should also work with other Zemismart Zigbee Blind drivers though I haven't tested it. Prerequisites You should follow the instructions that came with your device to set the open and close limits. Some models set the limit…

[dnickel]

Quite the mix.
I have IBlinds on the 2" slat blinds in my rec room. They are Z-wave so pretty straight forward.
I have old v2 ones but v3.1 is much smarter. I'll get those next and the solar panels so no more charging the internal batteries.

[rlithgow1]

We bought a roman shade for our kitchen for blinds.com and use an AM43 motor with it. That way I wasn't limited to anything specific and we got exactly what we wanted for less than half the price.