re: Official WINK HUB Home Automation thread

Damn, not bumped since last year.

Ok, here's a few updates from me:


- sonos/wink integration works well. pretty happy with this so far.

- bought a ring floodlight. it sucked until i got the free 'chime pro' wifi extender and now it functions, but its not great. i liked the idea of replacing the flood between my garage doors with a combo unit so i whored myself out & bought this

- mctiger turned me onto $7 ikea candelabra bulbs and they're the shite! i've gotten about 15 of these now and pairing them with HUE takes no time at all. you can even pair multiple ones at the same time.

- flair flair wherefore art thou. i had a very hard time keeping the humidity levels up in my house after a very cold winter so i never even bothered to unpack this. the forum kept complaining about problems with the software & app and i'm still not sure it actually integrates with any home automation hub so the puck & the vent cover are still in the box.

- movez zwave shade motors. still in kick-starter fantasy land

- tons more GE switches in my house now thanks to the walmart fire sale. i love zwave over zigbee so much..i still have zigbee lights that are shite and dont respond after they get moved around. the whole zigbee/mesh re-routing is a mess.

- HUE remains my champion even with the 2 day outage last month. other than the whole site fricking up completely for a day & 1/2, everything just works

- alexa meh, she still is still hard of hearing and cant understand some of the rooms/devices on my smart network. i realize i have tons of shite but come on. get the wax out of your virtual ears.

- sonos (kinda smart home related) has performed flawlessly. it definitely has limits but i've grown quite fond of how well this system works for me & my family.

- quirky shite needs to go. outside of the power strip, everything else quirky works like arse. i hate to get rid of the door sensors because they are very small & subtle but i have about 2 out of 10 that don't give me trouble where i'm constantly pulling the battery so whats the point?

- wink/ring integration..whats the point?

- lutron; i lost my damn pico. looked everywhere for the stupid thing. i want to use it in place of a second 3way light and i guess its sleeping with the fishes right now.