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Looking For An EU Smart Home Provider - Especially Smart Zigbee Interior Blinds and Lights (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org

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Heyho,

I am looking for smart devices - currently interior blinds and lights that support Zigbee - and thought why not take a look at the European market.

As far as I can tell most products come from china, but maybe someone here knows more than me :)

EDIT: So sadly it looks like there is no real european smart home stuff out there.

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[–] SrMono@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I switched to IKEA home automation for the most components.

It is Zigbee and with the newest stuff Matter. Quite affordable and mostly well thought out

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I quite like the IKEA bulbs and buttons, but not their base station, I just use a standard zigbee one.

However, I don't want matter, I just want zigbee. Its well behaved, a known quantity and they're light bulbs. Giving them an IP stack is just increasing the attack target footprint. I do not understand the benefits or appeal of it.

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

I migrated all devices to a Computer with Zigbee USB stick as controller/hub. I‘ve also seen hubs that can handle multiple brands.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

IKEA, Shelly, Hue. I doubt there’s much that’s actually manufactured locally unfortunately.

Homeassistant is virtually a necessity.

[–] utjebe@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think most are made in China and just relabeled under some EU brand.

Looking at IKEA smart plug with "Made in China" on it..

As other said IKEA and Shelly devices are solid choices.

Either you'll stick to one brand and live in their ecosystem or you'll have 10 apps for controlling various parts of your home. This typically leads to HomeAssistant and Zigbee works great there.

If you want less DIY solution, then Loxone (Austrian or German) or perhaps Jablotron (Czechia). These will cost a lot lot more tho.

[–] PlatypusStew@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Aren't the devices from FRITZ! European? Please correct me if I'm wrong. :)

[–] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Their selection is rather small https://fritz.com/en/collections/smart-home-with-fritz and maybe wifi based?

[–] p_consti@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Shelly is as far as I know from EU, but I don't know where they produce the devices, might want to look into that

[–] SrMono@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn’t Shelly WiFi only?

[–] Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de 4 points 1 month ago

Zigbee, Matter, Bluetooth and WiFi. The gen 4 devices are multi-protokol

[–] Natanael@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Most companies that I see that are local to Europe are German, and I know a handful from here in Sweden

[–] moritzf@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

Codeatelier (German) and their homee cubes can be great and I have been using that system for years now. They do not sell components - only the smart home hub and cubes for different wireless protocols.