I actually use some xiaomi aqara sensor temparature, with an aqara gate 2 as hub.
It’s working, but i’m not entirely satisfied because:
i don’t like the aqara gate 2 who have only wifi (no rj45) and have a chinese plug with an EU adapter who seems to be a gadget and make all the stuff so big.
even if i put a lot of sensor for making a “mesh”, the outside sensor disconnect everytime.
So, i would like to know, what do you use, other brands ? or do some stuff to avoid some problems ?
i’m using the xiamo aqara also, but the square one.
i din’t know that the mesh was only on powered device, so thx for the tips with the plugs osram. it’s a good idea.
whish USB zigbee-controller with ZHA did you use ? i actually have a CC2531 but i didn’t flash it with ZHA or something like that so didn’t work actually. sensors are connected with the aqara hub (don’t like it)
i need to reinstall my HA, but yeah, i think the first things i will do is to make working the CC2531