Today i use some 433Mhz with a tellstick net. That servie is pretty unstable nowdays and is not reporting the state of the switch.
I use some Mysensors motionsensors, dimmers and binary sensors. These works fine.
Now i want to expand my home automation but I want to try to do that at a low cost.
I looked at IKEA Trådfri (I like it local, no cloud). I saw people had problem with the gateway, it stops. I guess this will be fixed with firmware… Many people (non HA users) prefer the HUE gateway before IKEA…
Then we have Xiaomi. It is a great price, nice looking products and the magic cube is cool but i don’t want an wifi gateway.
The Conbee Zigbee unit will handle HUE, IKEA and xiaomi. Seems to be a good alternative BUT not that easy to get everything into hass. I think it is too advanced for me.
Nortek/GoControl Z-Wave & Zigbee USB Adaptor - Model HUSBZB-1 seems to be a smart unit but i don’t know what it can and can’t do. Is there even an EU Z-wave compatible unit?
But the I look at all this, I still want to use my wall switches and i want them to work even if hass stops working.
Those in wall z-wave dimmers is the best alternative i guess but the price is wrong.
How do you guys do? Do you care about the wall switches?