Where to buy devices such as XBee

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I'm looking to use a few XBee modules to extend the ZigBee mesh in my home and analyze network connectivity. Some posts I saw from early 2018 seem to indicate that it costs around $7-8/ea (I can't post links yet, but I've seen £11 for 2 and ~$30 for 4), but what I can find now are all around $30 for XB3-24Z8PT and $20+ for XBee S2C. Maybe I'm not in the circle long enough, but where do you guys typically buy these kinds of devices from?

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I'd suggest digikey:
https://www.digikey.com/products/en/rf-if-and-rfid/rf-transceiver-modules/872?k=Xbee&opti=1

They probably have an Xbee page as well.

S.

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If you're locted in th US, I'd suggest Arrow. I've bought from them multiple times and they are FAST.

http://www.arrow.com/en/products/xb3-24z8pt-j/digi-international

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Thanks for both replies. It looks like that XBee is indeed a lot more expensive now. Both places are $20--30 depending on the model. This makes it quite costly to get a few of these devices to extend ZigBee mesh.

I checked Arrow, GearBest, BangGood, AliExpress, FastTech, DigiKey, Mouser, SparkFun, AdaFruit, DX, Mountain Electronics..

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I find their properties to extend your zigbee mesh dubious at best. Buy a peanut plug. They're only $10.

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May I ask what makes you say so? Is it real life performance observation or some intrinsic limitations of XBee? I have four of Peanut plugs, but they don't play well with Xiaomi Aqara sensors. And I live too far from an IKEA to get their Tradfri plugs..

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Because I have been upable to keep an Xbee paired to the hub through a power cycle. And i'm not the only one that has had this problem

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