Shelly is proud of their devices being:
- No hub neeeded
- Not required to be online
- Compatible all major hubs if you do want to connect them.
I do not work for Shelly. I just really like how I don’t have to use an app for them and they’re compatible with seemingly everything. I’ve bought the devices and I can do what I want with them.
I had owned two of their smart plugs for a couple of years and they decided to stop responding to resetting and could talk to them. Shelly support sent out two new plugs for me and asked for the defective ones back so they could troubleshoot them. Great service.
Just seems that privacy-centric people should be using privacy focused devices.
They are headquartered in Germany so very unlikely they’ll go back on their offline compatibility anytime soon.
I want to use the shelly relays, but I’ve only got 2 wire switches and can’t run without the neutral. Might be able to wire it at the fixture, but that’s a lot of work.
Just buy a Zigbee stick and you don’t have to change all your existing hardware.
Shelly works with Wi-Fi which I don’t prefer personally.
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Are there any reputable relay brands that work with zigbee? I prefer relays, but I agree that wifi based relays are basically like installing low power wifi jammers in your house lol (OK, that’s an exaggeration, but it is an issue)
It certainly could be an issue, but I have 6 installed in my home and WiFi can still go over 200 Mbps. Maybe it could go higher, but I don’t need that.
For me at least, it’s not about speeds, but stability. Prior to installing relays, smart switches and whatnot in my house I could stream games from my PC to my phone/laptop flawlessly, but after installing them all it’s completely unplayable due to stutters and latency. Download speeds are more or less the same though
Ultimately whether it matters will depend on your use case, like most things
The only streaming device that I use in that context is PS5, and it works the same as before. Lucky me!
Reputable? Eh, depends on your definition.
A lot of people make use of Sonoff and Tuya-relabled Zigbee relays. If you’re able to control it at a wall switch (so not an actual relay) then your options greatly increase.
Wall switches are fine by me, I just don’t like smart bulbs
I make use of the Aqara wall switches. Because I live in a 120 year old house without neutral wiring and with 120V lines, Aqara is one of the few that makes a no-neutral wall switch that fits in a standard Decora mount and also works when the Zigbee network is down.
WS-USC01 through WS-USC04
Comes in with- and without- neutral options as well as single and double rockers.
If you’re not in the US they also make a much wider variety of switches, mix of touch and rockers, that work with 240V with and without neutrals.
I’m aware that Aqara is a Chinese company and you should probably never let them on your wifi network. But because it’s Zigbee it’s far less of a risk and they’re plug and play compatible with all of the major Zigbee controllers.
Nice, I actually already have a few aqara accessories, so that works!
I have been meaning to ask, can Shelly be used to turn existing light switches/circuits smart? I have four separate light switched each for a single light, and I’d love a simple solution so if I turn one switch on all four lights come on.
Yes.
This should be possible to mount in the wall switch hole behind existing switch. You can still use normal switch or automate to your liking. There are dual devices for dual switch as well. I never used one, but planning to get some soon
I have quite a few Shelly devices, mostly relays. I Like them very much but they are not ideal if your target is HomeKit. There are work-arounds out there but they do not specifically support Apple ecosystem.
I have 4 Shelly Plugs:
- Two for LED accents in the living room that turns on at sunset and off at midnight.
- Two for my 2 3D Printers so I can remotely turn them off if I see print failures.
I rent right now, but in the future I hope to buy and get a few of their light switch and a bunch of relays to turn regular outlets into smart plugs.
Do you know if klipper can control your Shelly plug? I have a kasa for that reason. All local control.
I do not know. Sorry
I never tried, but Im sure it does. I have tasmota on klipper (mainsal) right now, but found this on moonraker:
type:
The type of device. Can be either gpio, klipper_device, rf,
tplink_smartplug, tasmota, shelly, homeseer, homeassistant, loxonev1,
smartthings, mqtt or hue.
This parameter must be provided.
Why is font so huge lol
I don’t know much about Shelly. I have a lot of Wiz lights I got on Amazon. I use them for dynamic colored lighting, but I believe they do schedules too.
Shellys are amazing. We use the pucks everywhere for anything that’s not innately smart.
Some of our use cases:
- Kitchen cabinet lighting that syncs each strip with each other as well as the overhead lights. Or the cabinet lights can be turned on independently.
- Garage door opener, because MyQ sucks (it’s hooked up to a real physical garage opener button and triggers the button for us)
- Outlet power monitoring (mostly for fun)
- Can be put in light switch boxes in lieu of something like Kasa switches, but the physical switch won’t follow the light state any more. Similarly, smart wall outlets for power toggling
There are also custom firmwares you can load on ESP8266s as well, but nothing beats a UL approved solution so you don’t burn your house down 🤪
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