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Z-Wave Long Range and its mile-long capabilities will arrive next year - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I’ve read Shelly has bad life expectancy. (Don’t know about alternatives)

[–] grue 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In what way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Read of a guy who fitted his house with them and had to replace about a third or half after 3-4 years

Edit: After looking up “Shelly life expectancy” I’ve read more people who lose after 3 years functionality

[–] rouxdoo 1 points 1 week ago

I've only ever had 1 Shelly go out on me and it's still installed. It's a 2.5 that stopped speaking wifi. It was set to detached mode to keep some hue bulbs powered. Now the physical switches are no use but it still works so I just left it for now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The warranty doesn’t include the worktime spent to fumble the Shellys out of the wall and back in.