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minir4 - I'm impressed (self.homeassistant)

submitted 3 days ago by Smokeless7048 to c/homeassistant

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I bought several Sonoff mini4r to add some automation to my lights, and wanted to post a short review:

Pros:

price is excellent. Got 5 for <$50 cad.
Size is amazing, itsy Bitsy.
Build quality feels good.
Should be easy to flash, if my soldering skills were better, with exposed pads.
Connected to my home wifi quick and easy.
SonoffLAN easily picked them up, with full control.
Detached relay mode works great, with switch fallback if wifi goes down.
quick response time, under a second.

Cons:

only rated for 10-12 amps, means I can't install this on switch controlled outlets.
wish it had headers for flashing.
wifi only, wish there was a ZigBee model.

In the end, I'm likely to buy more, and some Shelly units for where I need 16-20 amp relays.

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[–] Vinny_93 5 points 3 days ago

I got the Sonoff zigbee dongle and then started migrating all my ikea stuff to zigbee in HA. When I added TRV's I tried two different models but the Sonoffs were the easiest and they work great. Now I have two very cheap presence detectors and they are also great value. I like Sonoff.