Zigbee reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 166 Reddit reviews across 8 subreddits and 57 posts to rank the best Zigbee brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/homeassistant, r/smarthome, r/homeautomation, r/tradfri, r/ZigBee. Top-rated brands include Sonoff (4.7/5), Aqara (4.1/5), IKEA (4.3/5).
Stats
Reviews166
Subreddits8
Posts57
Brands41
Products83
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#1
Sonoff
4.7
(37)
"Never had a single malfunction with either zigbee2mqtt (2 years) or zha (1 year). I would totally buy it again."
"All my aqara stuff, hue bulbs and IKEA zigbee stuff connects to it no problem."
"I went for Sonoff and it's working great."
"I like Sonoff USB 3.0 for zigbee."
"I really like it!"
"I highly recommend you not connect de dongle directly to Raspberry."
"It was plug & play."
"Rock solid!"
"Pickup a SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 Dongle and install home assistant."
"The sonoff 3.0 -p (not -e) is currently the gold standard."
#2
Aqara
4.1
(23)
"My Home assistant instance would not be the same without zigbee, specifically using aqara door/window contact sensors. They are magical. Sip battery for years and completely reliable using sonoffs zigbee dongle P for a zigbee coordinator."
"I have over 20 aqara door/window sensors in my house and they are my favorite smart home device. They just work."
"All of my wall switches are Aqara H1 and I have Egony Stick V4."
"Aqara zigbee devices can connect to Home Assistant via ZHA or Z2M."
"The Aqara D1 Wireless switches are great. No rewiring needed."
"A particularly good device is the Aqara plugs for like $30 that measure power."
"He liked the Aqara temp/humidity sensor."
"I use Aqara outlets as Zigbee repeaters/routers and they work great!"
"I have a lot of Aqara Zigbee devices, mostly door sensors, 1 motion sensor, 1 vibration sensor, 3 or 4 leak sensors and don't remember any issues."
"I ended up still using the Aqara water leak sensor. Battery’s still at 100% after almost 2 months now."
#3
IKEA
4.3
(16)
"I just pulled the trigger on 20 IKEA ones. At 6 or 7€ a piece, it’s half the price of what I would buy from Amazon by innr."
"Cost effective wise, IKEA ones are perfect. Usually the cheapest and work perfectly fine."
"I use both - IKEA zigbee sensors and Aqara P2. I feel like Aqara batteries last longer."
"Four years ago I started also with Ikea zigbee lamp, make a group of 3 lamps."
"Most people will start with the Ikea stuff. Easily found and reliable."
"I use both Hue dimmer remotes and ikea ones."
"IKEA Tradfri repeaters are the popular recommendation."
"I use IKEA Inspelning and Innr SP240."
"I use IKEA units but I have used others. They all seem the same to be honest. They all work fine."
"I use Ikea Repeaters and they work well with aqara devices."
#4
Conbee II
4.8
(9)
"For Zigbee I use a Conbee II."
"Conbee II. ROCK solid."
"I'm pretty new to homeassistant and zigbee. But I'm also pretty happy with my Conbee 2."
"I've been using a ConBee 2 with DeConz for almost 3 years now and wouldn't switch to anything other for Amy reason!"
"Conbee II & zigbee2mqtt works perfect."
"I have the Conbee-II. Covers about 100m2 through thick walls, partially made of concrete."
"Been using the ConBee II for zigbee, highly recommended."
"I personally use the Conbee II stick and haven't had any issues with it."
"Went with Conbee II mostly because of delivery speed and happy so far."
#5
Third Reality
4.7
(7)
"They're great for renters or switches that don't have neutrals or just people who don't want to do electrical"
"I have had precisely 0 problems with them, and they're pretty inexpensive."
"They're fantastic and I have absolutely 0 complaints."
"I have two third reality zigbees in my crawlspace. I test them physically every few months when I'm down there, work right away."
"These will do it: https://www.3reality.com/online-store/THIRDREALITY-ZigBee-Smart-Plug-4-Pack-with-Real-time-Energy-Monitoring-15A-Outlet-Zigbee-Repeater-ETL-Certified-ZigBee-Hub-Required-Work-with-Home-Assistant-Compatible-Echo-Devices-and-SmartThings-p585732348"
"I do have a few Third Reality Zigbee plugs and they seem to be routing just fine."
"Thirdreality have worked well for me and I'm pretty picky with brands I allow on my network."
#6
SLZB-06
4.8
(5)
"SLZB-06 has a great range, 20+ decimal antenna, powered via POE or plugged in via USB to your HA server."
"SMLight SLZB-06 PoE Zigbee coordinator. Hands down, the absolute best Zigbee coordinator available."
"I'm very happy with my slzb-06m on ZHA."
"SLZB-06 is my go to. Awesome chipset with years of reliability and universal between ZHA and Z2M."
"Will see how good it is once it arrives finally."
#7
TubesZB
4.8
(5)
"I second the TubesZB option."
"Protip: skip all the USB passthrough complications and benefit from POE/central location by using a networked ZigBee coordinator."
"I like my TubesZB Ethernet coordinator."
"[TubesZB Store sells Ethernet-connected Zigbee coordinators]."
"I used Sonoff dongles for a while, but switched to TUBESZB. Much better performance. Rock solid."
#8
Zigbee
4.4
(5)
"After buying my first handful of Zigbee devices last year I gave away or tossed all my wifi devices then bought 50ish Zigbee devices and regret nothing."
"Zigbee is a great choice for connectivity, if I started again then almost everything I own would be Zigbee based."
"Zigbee seems to be a good choice"
"Zigbee works well enough and tends to be cheaper, so it's still a great choice."
"Across the house, you want to aim for mains powered zigbee devices in every room. An easy choice is having zigbee lights."
#9
Skyconnect
4.4
(5)
"Skyconnect works great!"
"I recommend the Skyconnect for Zigbee (ZHA only) and Thread from Nabu Casa."
"Skyconnect is fine it also does thread as well."
"Skyconnect works fine but unless you really want thread a dedicated device probably would be better."
"Most of the Zigbee stuff is connecting seamless."
#10
Ikea
3.8
(5)
"Never had any problems pairing and re-pairing ikea plugs to HA/zigbee and they’re a common recommendation for 'how do I cheaply increase my zigbee network'."
"I’ve got a number of powered units on the ground floor (ikea led drivers), a wall wart and some more ikea led on the middle."
"I could replace some devices with Ikea or Phillips and see if there's any improvement."
"The IKEA ones are cheap and function great on ZHA. However, all of my IKEA bulbs have insane coil hum to the point that I can only use them in loud rooms."
"You are 100% getting what you pay for with IKEA bulbs. I tried 9 GU10s for several months before returning them and buying the Hue bulbs I should’ve bought from the start."
#11
Nortek
5.0
(3)
"I’m using the HUSBZB-1 also. I’m migrating probably a combined 275-300 zigbee and zwave devices from SmartThings."
"The Nortek HUSBZB-1 is not finicky, mine has been rock solid since April."
"I was able to configure a Nortek HUSBZB-1 usb dongle with 4 door switches (aqara), 4 outlets (innr), 2 motion sensors (SmartThings for Samsung) and 2 light switches (aqara), all on the zigbee side."
#12
Philips
4.7
(3)
"I've about 50 ZigBee Philips hue bulbs and they are great."
"Zigbee bulbs are more common than zwave bulbs, especially since Hue uses zigbee."
"I have had success with Philips Hue. On the more expensive side but they all act as zigbee routers so they can extend your network nicely."
#13
Inovelli
4.3
(3)
"Https://inovelli.com/products/zigbee-matter-blue-series-smart-2-1-on-off-dimmer-switch"
"OP will have his choice from Inovelli of either a Blue Zigbee version or a White Matter over Thread version and both will work in this setup."
"I liked innovelli for switches. Their stuff seems good."
#14
Tuya
2.8
(4)
"I bought a cheap tuya ZigBee hub to control them. It works perfectly with Google home."
"Tuya stuff is hit or Miss mostly but there are real gems in the mud! Moes 4 way switches for 8$ a piece, the tuya rotating knob for 10$ and the Window Sensors for 2-3$ a piece are just unbeatable value!"
"I've used both the Tuya probe Zigbee sensor and the YoLink LoRa Smart Water Level Monitor with different degrees of success."
"As long as you don't buy Tuya Zigbee devices, zigbee is cheap and solid. Tuya is an abomination."
#15
Athom
5.0
(2)
"I have 8 Athom sockets in use for the past 12 months. Some are continuously on (power monitoring only), some are actually switched. Some up to 2kW loads. No failures yet."
"I’ve also got several of these. They all work well and provide good data."
#16
Electrolama
5.0
(2)
"I have the zzh electrolama on an USB extension and it has been working solid for me."
"I run the electrolama zzh based on TI cc2652 with zigbee2mqtt on my rpi4b+ and am very pleased with it."
#17
Yale
5.0
(2)
"I use a Yale lock. They have modules you can get for Zigbee, zWave and HomeKit."
"Yale ZigBee work great for me."
#18
Hue
5.0
(2)
"The Hue tap dial is great. It pairs with ZHA easily."
"Hue filament, nothing else dims as low."
#19
Sengled
5.0
(2)
"I have the Sengled ones all around my house and they work great."
"Sengled makes some nice looking zigbee filament bulbs."
#20
SMLight
4.5
(2)
"I would recommend SLZB-06/06M as most convenient (and cheapest, you can buy for 29.99$) option."
"SMLight SLZB-06 works good for this purpose as well and is cheaper than Tubeszb."
#21
Zooz
4.5
(2)
"It’s been flawless so far."
"Setting up today!"
#22
SmartThings
4.0
(2)
"Smartthings for plug and play."
"Smartthings is now pretty darn good. Edge drivers make everything highly customizable."
#23
Xiaomi
4.0
(2)
"I've been very happy with Xiaomi Aqara sensors."
"I have a few xiaomi Zigbee Smart plugs that work great with other aqara sensors."
#24
BlitzWolf
5.0
(1)
"I use the Zigbee BlitzWolf EU SHP-13 or SHP-15 with energy consumption meter and allow 3680W / 16A"
#25
YoLink
5.0
(1)
"YoLink works all the time without hiccups. Integrates flawlessly into home assistant."
#26
Frient
5.0
(1)
"Frient are in my view, the best you can get, very high quality, loads of documentation surrounding their gear, great people, and great support"
#27
SMLIGHT
5.0
(1)
"For Zigbee the best are https://smlight.tech: PoE Ethernet, web interface with OTA firmware updates, Thread/Matter ready."
#28
Centralite
5.0
(1)
"I have been VERY impressed with the Centralite temp/humidity sensor."
#29
tubezb
5.0
(1)
"The best one is tubezb PoE adapter, that you are not tied to server location."
#30
Securifi
5.0
(1)
"I have heard that Peanut outlets by Securifi have amazing range and stability as repeaters."
#31
ZigStar
5.0
(1)
"Personally a fan of PoE based Zigbee Transceivers."
#32
Tubes
5.0
(1)
"I've been really happy with Tubes CC2652 POE adapter."
#33
Hubitat
5.0
(1)
"If you want something that requires little setup and just works - Hubitat C8."
#34
UZG-01
5.0
(1)
"UZG-01 with PoE option. This is the way."
#35
Aqua
5.0
(1)
"I use Zigbee2mqtt with all my Aqua devices and they all work like it should be."
#36
Smartwings
4.0
(1)
"They’re pretty plug and play with the smartthings hub, which also seamlessly connects them to Google home."
#37
NICO
4.0
(1)
"I am currently using a smartplug from NICO. (zigbee version) The reason i use it i because of the 3600W rating for washer / dryer."
#38
Nabu Casa
4.0
(1)
"Nabu Casa Skyconnect is the most compatible with ZHA."
#39
Smlight
4.0
(1)
"I use the smlight slzb-06 and It’s been working well for me."
#40
Aubess
4.0
(1)
"I bought a few Aubess smart plugs from AliExpress that act as repeaters and distributed them around a few rooms."
#41
Moesgo
4.0
(1)
"I have 4 moesgo dual channel zigbee dimmers for over a year now. Each channel drives 4 or 5 leds of 5-7W."
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