I like the format too. I especially welcome any updates about whether and when the product ranges you survey are indicating their Thread-based products will launch.

Loved the video Brian. I have been building a smart home but slowly with purchasing items now and then and I think a video such as yours can be extremely beneficial for those in a similar position. Knowing which makes seem better than other when playing together can save you quite a bit of time and money knowing your purchasing the right goods and using your videos for reference. Keep it up mate, definitely the first content maker I trust

I damn near choked laughing at the "hopes and dreams" feature on the motion sensor! lol! Second, absolutely LOVE this video and it couldn't have come at a better time. I have an Aeotec hub which I love, and was considering if I wanted to get any of these other products after trying some other brands that I haven't been super happy with. I always come to your channel first for product recs. You're always super thorough and unbiased, and also fun to watch. Would definitely love to see more of these brand videos and I'm heading to check out the other ones now!

I love your videos every time I watch them I get new Ideas for my home please don’t ever stop you got a real fan down here in the US

Great job, Brian and I like the format. I've recently been messing with a load cell to trigger an automation. I want to use a door switch as a way of making a condition available to other systems. I knew I had seen a door sensor someplace with "dry contacts" but couldn't remember where so I've had to solder across a door switch's reed switch to make it work. Door switches are great for projects outside the normal things we do. I don't use any Aeotec devices right now, but have and will buy a switch just to get that contact feature. The fact they run with Hubitat means you can also get them into Homekit. Very interesting video and a good format to help folks, like me, who have not looked at a brand for awhile.

I am fully enjoying this format of video Brian! I don't have any aeotec in my house yet because the smart things fail rate is so low. ( I've lost 1 motion sensor and one st bulb in 5 years ) . If I have any suggestion It would be to put them in real world scenarios , where they go, what they save or make more convenient....I try to play the money saving angle on my channel , but I don't know if many are interested in that.

ZWAVE ROCKS!

Always enjoying your content

Recently bought a house and decided to start replacing my "best effort" 433MHz equipment with Z-Wave. Went with all Aeotec stuff for the first batch; a Z-Stick 7, a Water Sensor 7 Pro, an aërQ, and two MultiSensor 7. All hooked up to my Home Assistant instance. So far it's been a bit of a mixed bag. Definitely requires a bunch of reading manuals and a bit of trial and error to get these devices configured correctly, but that's mostly a one time thing and very much a Z-Wave thing in general. As for performance, most of the devices have been working fine for a month now, but one of the multisensors refuses to detect motion (it did work when I set it up, and it still reports other sensor readings, but motion just stopped working for whatever reason). I am getting a bit tired of tinkering with it, and I'm thinking maybe putting so many different sensors in a single device isn't a great idea. Hopefully everything else keeps working, but it does feel a bit concerning that one of the four devices I bought doesn't work right. They're certainly not cheap.

1) Great video! 2) Wallmote 7 is double the price of the Zooz ZEN34. I'm going Zooz!

if the smartthings hub be compatible with homekit it will be the most powerful hub in the whole world . Tnk u brooo🎉

Agree some of the aeotec gear is pricey. When possible, i go with thirdreality gear but I do love my aeotec hub, aeotec leak sensor and Smartthings. Essentially, my criteria is for all zigbee and zwave that it be compatible and I refuse to add another hub to be able to buy the inexpensive zigbee gear, ie, Aqara, Sonoff, Sengled, etc. I'll pay the Aeotec premium to avoid another hub. Lastly, the Aeotec Heavy Duty Zwave 40amp smart switch is excellent. It appears to be the only device that can make my ancient 220 volt in the wall AC unit smart. And of course, all this stuff works with Alexa and Google Home. Excellent video. Thanks as always!

Batteries are a big one pushing me away from Aeotec. I recently bought a bunch of IKEA gear, and it's gonna be easy to go to Costco and bulk-buy replacement AAA batteries. They devices are also extremely competitively priced. I like that Aeotec isn't a Chinese company and that they have a great product line of solid Z-Wave products. Very attractive! But then I'm pushed back again by the fact that they don't have a magnet on the motion sensor and no mmWave options. I do like that they can be USB- or battery-powered though. So many great things, but the battery types used are super weird. Might extend the life of the battery, but then you can't easily buy them in bulk :(.

Why do Z-Wave devices get slower when more are added? I thought there was a way to re-sync the mesh network. I also thought they could directly connect to the hub more easily, so it wouldn't make sense for there to be a delay (by going through other devices). Does Z-Wave Plus (700) change any of this?

Great presentation but I have one burning question regarding the Aeotec motion sensor features. At about the 18:15 time stamp in the blue box you list 3 features with one of them being "Hopes & Dreams"...What the hell does that mean? lmao. It was damn funny but is there a legit reference or was this for comic relief? I applaud your wit if that was the intent.

Thanks All the best to you!!

With new Smarthings hub station not supporting Zwave a little hesitant to buy more Zwave. Have older Smarthings hub v2 right now. Is Zwave in smarthings potentially fading?

Thank you sir.

Well, guessing KZfaq didn't like my last comment and deleted it :). Anyway, I basically said I haven't had the issue with 500 series devices disconnecting. I use a razberry 7 700 series controller and it's connected to Home Assistant with Z-wave-JS (which is currently in process of being fully certified). Maybe that makes a difference over using the aeotec / smartthings hub. Also, I find Aeotec z-wave is about the same price as other z-wave products. Obviously Zigbee can be had a lot cheaper, but that is a different thing :)

I get a echo with the built-in hub for prime day and I would like to use a smart button with my Alexa routines without getting a different hub do you have any recommendations? Please help been trying to figure it out for 2 days

I have/had three of the Aeotec 7 Door/Window sensors that I purchased back in 2020. I had to change the batteries in them every few months. And that building has a low amount of door traffic. Just recently, each sensor one-by-one died off - would not even work with a verified fresh battery. The one year warranty should have been a red-flag... I personally will never purchase this, or any other brand that has a one year warranty.

I'm so late!!! Please forgive me. Will I be spanked? 😂

The multi sensor is currently going for $76 on Amazon. Lol, no thanks.

zwave stick with thread(zigbeeTOO)? That would be nice for building a Home Assistant install for Apple Home compatibility. I have many Zwave stuff thats 23 years old going strong. Can only think of two that failed entirely.

Hi!! I'm planning my smart home,and I want to use the Smartthings hub to be the main controller of my house. But something I'm really concerned about is how to get to know if a device is compatible to run directly with the samsung hub or not. I like so much zemismart (tuya) and I want to buy the switches,curtain drivers and IR controllers of them. And about sensors,I would use the aqara ones. My voice assistant will be alexa,and all devices are going to be zigbee or thread. My question is: is there a way so I can check it out if the devices I am selecting are compatible or not? The informations that I found on internet were so weak and frustating