HA Zigbee dongle recommendation is anti-recommendation on GitHub page [solved]

[hashier (Christopher Loessl)]

Hi,

On the ZHA page the 2nd recommendation for a dongle is the “SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus Model “ZBDongle-E” (EFR32MG21 variant)” but when going to the GitHub page for the driver that this dongle is using, they are stating (emp. mine):

• ITead Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle (EFR32MG21) Model 9888010100045 Note! Currently not recommended due to stability issues.

Which page should I trust more?

[francisp (Francis)]

That is the old dongle

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[hashier (Christopher Loessl)]

Which one is the old? Both use the same chip (EFR32MG21). How to recognise new/old dongle? And is the old or new one the good one?

Is this the new or old?

[francisp (Francis)]

See here for a comparison:

ITead’s “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus V2” (model "ZBDongle-E") based on Silicon Labs EFR32MG21 +20dBm radio SoC/MCU

FYI, ITead just released a new “ZBDongle-E” adapter as an improved version of their old/previous barebone Silabs EFR32MG21 based Zigbee 3.0 USB adapter from ITead and this new variant is to be sold side-by-side as an alternative to ITead’s TI CC2652P based “Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus” (which is now renamed to “ZBDongle-P”), meaning they will continuously sell both variants and while both type of radio SoC chips practically have the same specifications on paper, they use different Zigbee s…

Your amazon link shows the new one.

[hashier (Christopher Loessl)]

Awesome thanks! That helped a lot!

Since ZHA links to the new one I assume the new one is the good one