Aeotec Zi-Stick - Zigbee USB to Create Your Own Zigbee Hub to Control Zigbee Smart Home Devices

Great little stick, got it set up with openhab in probably 5 minutes. Worked with all the devices I planned to use it for, and so far has maintained a quick and a stable connection. Only good things to say about this product, well worth the $35.

i bought this to control all my zigbee devices. i have 47 philips hue light, 8 sensors, 5 tap switch, 8 dimmer switch. philips hue hub has limitation, so i wanted to test something else. so i bought this, with a raspbery pi 4, and other things, installed home assistant, all is working great. BUT when issuing color changes, for instance, the blue was not the same blue as hue application. this is not due to the controller but the application. overall, the controler is awsome, but i ended up using 2 philips hub, spliting light bulbs on one hun and all accessories on other hub, then using the light bulbs in google home, and using device hub on home assistant. overall, this controller seemed nice! but couldnt let go away philips hue application. so in the end, that usb controller is not plugged and sleeping in the drawer.

works way better than sonoff, not sure why people complain about it being plastic.

I have this hanging off my Home Assistant host in the basement. I have several door sensors across the house. The device communication is effective and responsive in a 4000sq ft house.

It took some tickering but the zi-stick finally added zigbee functionality to my home-assistant server. Note it did not work with my smartthing contacts with home assistant virtualized through docker. I needed to virtualized home assistant through proxmox and then used ZHA.