Ok so I'm a total newb to all this.
I recently bought a bunch of iris 3320L door sensors and are bout to deploy them around the house. I will be putting some in a couple of places that are a bit far from the hub. Does anyone know if these sensors have the capability to be a repeater?
I'm just jumping ahead of myself because I don't know if the ones I'm setting far from the hub are going to be out of range or not but just wanted to know in case i do run into the problem later.
Battery powered devices are never repeaters, as that task would drain the battery very quickly. You’ll want to add some plug-in Zigbee outlets to help build a strong Zigbee mesh network.
You can still get 10 Iris 3210-L2 outlets for $75 at IRIS Products - Test Equipment and Machinery International Inc
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Makes sense. I will look into those you sent me.
Thank you.
Wow. That’s an awesome price.
I wish I needed them. Pains me to not get them at that price, but I just have no need. Already have several sprinkled around the house, and have two backups that I will deploy after an upcoming remodel. But it still kills me to let that deal go... 
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Question.
What about the Home Depot ecosmart zigbee floodlights? Do they have repeater capability?
Looked but nowhere it mentions this.
EcoSmart 65-Watt Equivalent BR30 Dimmable Smart Wireless LED Light
I have 15 of the A19 bulb versions throughout house and they repeat. My Zigbee mesh is very stable so I haven't noticed issues described by others with other brands of Zigbee bulbs.
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I just added 6 of those to the perimeter of the house a few days ago. Have 6 more for the front of the house and getting the A19 for other areas so then i guess i will be ok. They are a lot cheaper than the plugs that's for sure.
I know!! I don’t need them either. I just started with zigbee plug-ins this year after buying my Hampton bay fan controllers and realizing I needed repeaters.
I bought three ST plugs (big ugly things) at $45 CDN each and then I bought six of the sonoff in-line switches for about $20 each and I know have 6-8 of the sonoff basic zigbee. They are now $22 CDN on amazon.
$7.50 US each almost sounds like a scam!! Lol.
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As a follow up, here is my Zigbee Routing table and all of the highlighted devices are those EcoSmart Zigbee bulbs. When I bought them at Home Depot, they were $8.88 for 2 and incl a 4-button remote that only worked with ST hub so I installed the remotes only on my ST hub then linked using HubConnect. I have since replaced them with Picos on my HE and ST is completely retired.
