Need to order switches

So building new home. Its a small aframe up on the side of a mtn. Don’t need anything fancy like multi zone. Only need on/off with dimming. Buying switches for the main lights and am thinking its one of the following two.

Will be running a home assistant yellow and with a zwave dongle i believe. Any input? People like these switches? Would i be better off with zigbee or matter?

Im a noob so thanks for the help!

inovelli.com/…/z-wave-800-red-series-smart-2-1-on…

thesmartesthouse.com/…/zooz-700-series-z-wave-plu…

Shadow,
@Shadow@lemmy.ca avatar

Yes, my inovelli are great.

Get zigbee, I wouldn’t invest in anything zwave (I run both).

Make sure you set your WiFi and zigbee to not conflict. www.metageek.com/…/zigbee-wifi-coexistence/

Minsk_trust,

Awesome thanks for the advice. Id seen conflicting info on zwave vs zigbee for switches. One of the main things was wifi interference, but i live in a remote place and dont have a ton of wifi devices or outside interference. Also ill most likely be running a ubiquiti ap cause i use ubiquiti at work and am comfortable with it. Should be super solid.

SzethFriendOfNimi,
@SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world avatar

Keep in mind more and more devices also seem to come with their own Wi-Fi internally adding to the overall noise even if you’re secluded.

From tv set top boxes, appliances, light bulbs and even cable internet modems where it’s on and the provider won’t disable it

Shadow, (edited )
@Shadow@lemmy.ca avatar

Zwave is a closed standard and all your components will be slightly more expensive and harder to buy.

Zigbee is much more open, plus maybe threads will become a big thing one day.

I only use zwave for legacy reasons, I’ve been using it since before zigbee was a thing and I still have a handful of devices on it.

IKEA is a good source of cheap zigbee components to play with.

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