I recently moved away from MyQ to local control of my garage door and I've been loving it. I stumbled across the linked issue where MyQ shit the bed for roughly 3 days and it just confirms to me that the extra effort to move away from a cloud service was worth it. I'm down to just one last cloud service for something inside my house. My mind is pretty much made up that if I can't accomplish it locally, I won't do/use it.

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    1 year ago

    Exactly, the community has been asking them to make ZigBee devices and they just announced the new…ZWave line of products 😭

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      1 year ago

      Nothing wrong with Z-Wave. I have 3 radios (2 zw [one for Aeotec HEM since it generates tons of traffic], one zig) just so I can use whatever is cheapest or available for a particular application. All of the “energy controlling” (meaning, not light bulbs) is ZWave because it seems to have more robust state verification built into the protocol. Also, it’s 915MHz and I live in a very crowded RF environment on 2.4.

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        1 year ago

        No no, don’t get me wrong, nothing wrong with Z-Wave, I just prefer ZigBee because I’ve found more expensive devices or no alternatives on Z-Wave: buttons, temperature/motion/door sensors, bulbs. What Z-Wave devices do you have?

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          1 year ago

          I agree mostly; for example, ZW bulbs are outrageously expensive. I have a Kwikset lock, a couple Zooz ZEN15s, some dimmable lamp modules, Aeotec HEM, a Remotec IR AC controller, GE switches, and Honeywell T6 Pro thermostats.