Zigbee Direct Binding switch recommendation
Hi, I've spent sometime researching best way to approach zigbee direct binding for my always powered Hue lights (i.e. switches should keep working in "detached mode" even when HA / SMLIGHT coordinator / MQTT are down). I want to be able to control both single and also groups of lights (e.g. corridor or whole home) via a single switch.
I'm restricted to the EU market so cannot use Inovelli Blues (Project Europa doesn't seem to be ready yet) and similar.
Another requirement I have is no batteries (so ideally everything powered from mains).
These seem to be the most promising options:
- Sonoff ZBM5
- Binding support added here: https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee-OTA/pull/971
- ZBMINIR2 (+wall switch)
- Binding support added here: https://github.com/Koenkk/zigbee-OTA/pull/940
- Shelly 1 Gen4
- Binding support added here (2.0.0-beta1): https://shelly-api-docs.shelly.cloud/gen2/changelog/#unreleased
Both the Sonoff and the Shelly implementations still seem to have some issues/quirks (e.g. https://community.shelly.cloud/topic/14177-zigbee-client-binding-in-200-beta1/) but Sonoff seems more mature and has a larger user base right now.
Currently I'm leaning towards the ZBMINIR2 + their new Fusion enclosure (https://sonoff.tech/en-eu/products/sonoff-wall-switch-enclosure-e1gs-e1gsl) since I like the round design. Going with the ZBMINIR2 also allows me to use any other switches in the future.
Do you have any experience with such a setup? Any recommendations?
There are also these options:
- Ubisys (https://www.ubisys.de/en/products/light-and-consumers/switching-actuator-s1/)
- Aeotec Pico (https://aeotec.com/products/aeotec-smartthings-pico-switch/)
but I found very little information online and they're also quite expensive (why?).