“Looks neat, works perfectly, much more stable thread connection than my Google home network was, haven't had any drop outs yet and it's been two weeks.
Also have a second on ZigBee for a month and haven't had any drop outs or issues”
“Great product and works well. Initial setup could have been better, initially saying it needs a firmware update in order to work but then not working with errors which really didn’t indicate the problem, this was traced back to an HA software issue and managed to work around it but since then has been solid and meant I cloud integrate matter into home home assistant setup.
Device is larger than expected but not offensive by any means.”
“Probably my fault for not researching thoroughly first, but I hadn't realised that although the ZBT-2 supports Zigbee and Thread it is an either-or scenario rather than being able to support both simultaneously. A bit disappointing considering I was hoping to bring IKEA's new Matter products into my HA setup.”
“Ordered the ZBT-2 and was impressed by the shipping speed. Running HAOS within a KVM/QEMU environment on Ubuntu, I was looking for a radio with stable USB passthrough and native Matter/Thread support. Setup was a breeze—instantly recognized by the host and passed through to the VM without driver friction.
It has been rock solid as a Thread Border Router for my Aqara and IKEA Matter devices. If you're looking for the 'official' reference hardware to avoid the headache of generic Zigbee sticks, this is it. Highly recommended for those prioritizing a stable, future-proof mesh.”
