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Review on πŸ”Œ Philips Zigbee SmartThings with Google Integration by Robert Pearson

Revainrating 2 out of 5

The Zigbee repeater is not as durable as the Samsung connector

I bought this to replace the Samsung connector which I was only using as a repeater to the front and rear halves to connect my house. I wanted to take my Samsung to another location so I could use its power monitor so I purchased this item to replace it. The device was easy to set up and then I swapped out the Samsung connector. I could turn it on and off. Soon all the devices in the back half of my house went offline. I could turn the Innr Smart Plug on and off most of the time, but sometimes it wobbled for 5-10 seconds. I unplugged the device and reconnected it to the network with the same result. Replaced it with my original Samsung plug and now my devices are online again. So I came to the conclusion that this device is less sensitive than Samsung when listening to Zigbee signals or is less powerful when sending Zigbee signals. If you already have a strong Zigbee network, this is probably fine. But if you're buying this to also increase the range of your Zigbee network, I'd suggest you spend another $10 and buy a Samsung (you also get power monitoring with it).

Pros
  • Electric
Cons
  • Could have chosen a newer model