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I have to say, the iPhone app and dashboards is a game changer for wife approval ratings! Being able to set up a single place with all of the buttons in one place is much better!
Since getting my head back into HA after a house move, I’ve gotten ZHA set up with conbee ii, with sonoff th sensors in every room. As I eluded to previously, I’ve a Shelly 1pm going into my central heating switch to keep a more constant temperature throughout the house. Next step on that front is to pick up 9 moes zigbee trv’s to manage each room more accurately, but that’s a €300 investment.
I’ve started to dabble in lights, but this was a huge bone of contention for the missus previously. Physical switches are an absolute must, unless the automation is flawless. I’ve got ikea bulbs in the bedside lights, with ikea dimmer switches stuck under the table beside each light. I have a floor lamp in my living room that switches on an hour before sunset, and then between 11pm and 9am is managed by a sonoff motion sensor in that room. It switches on if motion is detected, and switches off 5 minutes after no motion is detected. These have been running for a week now and it’s been excellent.
Next step is to add motion triggered lights in my porch and hallway, however I absolutely must keep physical wall switches and weighing up my options here. In our old house I had those covers over the existing switches that the hue controller clipped into, but they were a tad bulky and ugly, so want to avoid that again. I also have no interest in those new hue wall modules at the current rrp. I see the following options:
Is there anything else I’ve missed?