I have 25 Bali blinds installed, the first in Sept. 2023, and the most recent in June 2025. Five with product code RSZ1, and 20 with code CRZB. All but one are hardwired, the other has the lithium battery.
The quality control has not been good on the blinds I received; two RSZ1 blinds failed with surface mount components that literally fell out of the blind when I opened the box (they weren’t soldered on), and multiple blinds had their cords pinched internally - the bottom rail was grossly not parallel with the header rail. I was able to fix the pinched blinds myself, and Blinds.com replaced the two defective RSZ1 blinds with new CRZB.
Here’s some comments and pointers on using them with HA.
The CRZB is the replacement for the RSZ1. The main difference is the CRZB has Bluetooth, and the RSZ1 does not. The blinds are connected to HA via Z-Wave, and the Bali Motorization app connects directly to the blinds with Bluetooth.
Bali / Graber / Spring Window Fashions does not make firmware updates available for Z-Wave OTA, but they do make firmware updates available to flash blinds via Bluetooth. HA will not notify when a firmware update, you must view the blind in the Bali app to see / flash updates.
The appear as shades in HA, and HA reports both Open/Closed status as well as intermediate, and they update as they are moving, intermittently (it is not a smooth display).
I don’t believe this statement is correct; the blinds (RSZ1 and CRZB) only send a ZW update when the blind stops moving:
This behavior persists in current v14.7 firmware. I have written some workaround code for it; I have window sensors and don’t allow the blinds to close while the windows are open. The Bali app seems to show current position while the blind is in transit; it’s worth investigating if the current position can be obtained using HA’s Bluetooth functionality.
There is a very specific order to include devices and pair the blinds with HA and additional remotes; I included it in the ZW JS device file I wrote - you should see it in the device Help section when you view the node in ZW JS UI. I may update the file to remind people to use the Bali app to get firmware updates.
There was a dramatic improvement to the HA group helper in the 2025.8 release:
I recommend using the new group helper for your blinds. This simple interface controls 12 blinds in 5 rooms, with only four HA buttons - click the icon to toggle the blinds up/down, touch the text portion to control individual blinds, or to select intermediate up/down levels.
I use the remotes only for direct physical control, but notifications that a remote button was pushed are useful for preventing the blinds from closing when the window is open. You could use the notifications to trigger other actions also, such as turn off a light.
I agree the lithium battery longevity is excellent. I bought a spare battery to swap rather than waiting to charge and then replace. There is an HACS add-on that makes dealing with batteries much easier:
I purchased my blinds through blinds.com, but I’m also a Costco member - have you complared Costco vs online pricing?