I was reading the changelog for the Home Assistant SLZB Add-on and saw they added support for the SLZB Ultima. I looked it up on Aliexpress out of curiosity, expecting it to be their most expensive offering since it has 4 antennas for Z-Wave, Zigbee, Thread, and 4G/LTE. Also RGB (eyeroll). But its price is similar to other SLZB offerings. I’m suspicious since it seems too good to be true. Is the price low because there was no support previously or are there problems with the device?

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    4 days ago

    Probably because you’re looking at AliExpress, which is…a crapshoot. You never know if you’ll actually get what you’re intending to buy from there, and you have zero recourse if you get screwed aside from leaving bad reviews.

    Seeing prices around $50, which somewhat makes sensensince it’s basically just an esp32-S3 inside a fancy enclosure. Not very expensive to produce. You’re paying for the software, essentially.

    • Coleslaw4145@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      3 days ago

      Tell me you’ve never bought anything from Aliexpress without telling me you’ve never bought anything from aliexpress

    • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I’ve had pretty good experiences with AliExpress. The few things that didn’t come or were wrong, they gave me a refund for.

    • Coehill@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      21·
      4 days ago

      SMLIGHT lists Aliexpress under “where to buy” on its site.