“I waited a few weeks for my HAGreen to become available but the wait was certainly worthwhile. A very well made bit of kit that is now reporting on all of my IOT devices around the home. Just got to start doing some automated routines now!”
“I received the Home Assistant Green earlier today (15/11) and have struggled to pull myself away from it during that time. It is one of the most compelling pieces of tech I've ever bought. I'd no experience of Home Assistant before today other than watching YouTube videos and wondering "could it really be that good?" Well the answer for me is a resounding "YES". To give some context I currently have the following devices in my house which I considered "smart" and likely to be discovered by Home Assistant:
Philips Hue Bridge, Lights and Switch
Reolink POE Doorbell (not HomeKit compatible)
Tapo Camera's and Smart Plugs (not HomeKit compatible)
The Hue devices and Reolink doorbell were discovered automatically while several other things were discovered I hadn't even considered like my Fritzbox Router (live stats in the dashboard!) and Printers (ink levels!). The Tapo Camera's and Plugs needed a community integration installed via the HACS Store (simple to figure out thanks to YouTube) but work seamlessly. At this point I was impressed but then I install the HomeKit Bridge and can now see my Reolink camera and Tapo Camera's and plugs in the Apple Home app. I mean come on thats just voodoo! I've now added the Octopus Energy integration and have my live Agile electricity rates available to use in automations... I've literally just scratched the surface and haven't automated anything yet.
The hardware itself is very solid, weighty in fact. I'm really quite gobsmacked, not often something exceeds expectations these days. Only thing I would say is the tag line "The private and local smart home hub for everyone" is a laugh, although its UI is clean requires you to have nerd credentials to understand the concepts, no Joe Bloggs is configuring this thing out trust me. For nerds though, heaven.”
