Temperature and humidity sensors are the backbone of smart climate control. We tested 4 popular Zigbee sensors in multiple rooms — battery life, accuracy, reporting and Home Assistant integration compared.
A ducted Mitsubishi AC without Wi-Fi? Skip the €200 MelCloud adapter: an ESP32 on the CN105 service port gives full, local control for under €10.
A smart plug is the best first smart home device you can buy. We tested 5 popular Zigbee plugs under €20 on our own network — here's which ones earned a permanent spot.
We run 46 Zigbee devices on the Sonoff ZBDongle-E. Here's which coordinator we'd buy in 2026 — and when the SMLIGHT SLZB-06, ZBDongle-P, Home Assistant ZBT-2 or TubeZB makes more sense.
How we moved five years and 400+ million rows of Home Assistant history from the InfluxDB 1.x add-on to a standalone InfluxDB 2.x VM — without losing a single point and without rewriting a single Grafana dashboard.
Initially considering advanced camera AI for garage door status, we discovered a more reliable and straightforward path using existing physical sensors. This build log details how we leveraged contact and vibration sensors to achieve perfect open, closed, and moving states for a sectional garage door, integrated seamlessly into Home Assistant.
