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Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server. Available for free at home-assistant.io
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Best:
Network rack, unifi wifi, and cabling
Home assistant
Zigbee devices.
Smart heating/cooling
Automated lights
Hacked T6Es
Worst:
Batteried smart blinds (with not battery level reporting)
Bed mat sensors (some issues)
Haven't watched the video yet, but I'm a huge fan of our plug-in z-wave smart blinds. Makes getting all that extra light way easier and automatable.
what brand? I've been wanting to get some zwave blinds soon.
I ordered them through Lowes and they had all sorts of options for connectivity and power, including just old school chains. Looks like they're Bali brand.
I also got Z-wave shades from Bali when Home Depot had a 50% off custom window treatments sale. They've been wonderful, and integrate with Home Assistant very nicely overall. Battery lasts a long time (about 6 months of use, with a daily "round trip" and they're still at about 60%) and status gets reported back. One piece on one shade got machined weirdly so I couldn't use the Z-wave, and they were happy to send a replacement.
Bali is manufactured by a company called Springs Window Fashions. Might be worth looking into them and their other brands too!
Oh, and Home Depot has sample material books you can take home for a night to see what would work best for you.