Question

Anyone use these?  I think they are sleek and glamorous.Anyone use these? I think they are sleek and glamorous. Wanting to get them for our new build. Any advice is appreciated, thank you.  
https://iottysmarthome.com/collecti...Ri_kA

Answer 1

I've gone for cheap and glamorous, sonoff TX running tasmota over mqtt. IMHO a great combination of good looks, affordable, local control and customizability. Each button is set to switch the relay on single press and double/long press send an mqtt command so I can do with that whatever I please.  

Answer 2

Don’t base a new build on a third party WiFi cloud that could go down anytime. Use switches with a local protocol. Zigbee, zwave, or Lutron Clearconnect.  

Answer 3

$78 and using Wi-Fi  

Answer 4

I'm using TP Link/Kasa switches. They work really well. Easy to reset if you lose internet and they still work as a normal switch if the connection is down.  

Comments

@joyann when outfitting an entire house for a new build, I like to do everything “long term” - if TP link is out of business in 5 or 10 years, your switches will no longer be smart. Zwave or a Lutron switches will because they are not cloud dependent.  

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@unclothe1851 automation is changing so quickly I dont know that anything we have now will be around in 5 or 10 years. Tplink was only about 20 to 25 dollars which makes them more affordable than those costing twice as much.  

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@joyann I've had zwave switches in my house for 7 years. I'm stating that even if technology changes, anything with a local API will STILL WORK in the future because there are no external dependencies.