Aqara Zigbee sensors

Hope this helps! HA: Pi4 = flawless Aqara for all sensors: - Temperature: flawless - Motion: flawless - Water: After switching to z2m I now never have a status but I hear it still works even if the status is "unknown". Have yet to test - Cube: Only works with a handful of commands but still flawless - Button: flawless - Door / window sensors: flawless Lights: - Swapped to Sengled. BR30 floods = flawless / E12 candle = flawless / A19 = not great. Flash blue every time they turn on after connecting them to Z2M. Can't figure it out still. Also they will turn via my motion then after 30 seconds …

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I have not had any issue for 2 years with my 30+ Aqara sensors.

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I'would go with Zigbee or Thread/Matter as the base standard - solid local control and future-proofing. For brands some examples :Aqara (great value, works well with Zigbee2MQTT), Sonoff (cheaper and reliable - I love them), and maybe Shelly(I don't have Shelly). For water leak sensors, Aqara and Shelly both have solid options - the Aqara one even has sound alarms. Pair everything with Home Assistant + Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA. Skip Wi-Fi-only sensors where possible, they clog up the network fast. My recommendation would be ZigBee2mqtt (Z2M) because you have tons of devices - cheap and expensive …

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I have a love/hate relationship with Aqara. They make very small, good looking devices. However the router incompatibilities, route stickiness, and other Zigbee spec inconsistencies are such a pain in the ass. I’d recommend if OP decides to go Aqara, buy a few at a time. Don’t buy 50 sensors and then find they don’t work well for you.

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… known for issues, not really for connection problems but mostly for sometimes failing to send out commands. I have similar issues but worked around it. Aqara devices do not adhere to Zigbee standard. In short, they fail to reroute once they lose connection to a router/coordinator and will require repairing. If you for example take the power of a Zigbee router (e.g. light) or have a power outage, expect to have to repair at least a few of them.

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Aquara worked much better for me after add IKEA Smart plugs as repeaters. The other trick with them is; repeatedly pressing the pair button during the pairing process. These two tips changed my experience from "tearing my hair out" to "these things are great"

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