I bought several Sonoff mini4r to add some automation to my lights, and wanted to post a short review:
Pros:
- price is excellent. Got 5 for <$50 cad.
- Size is amazing, itsy Bitsy.
- Build quality feels good.
- Should be easy to flash, if my soldering skills were better, with exposed pads.
- Connected to my home wifi quick and easy.
- SonoffLAN easily picked them up, with full control.
- Detached relay mode works great, with switch fallback if wifi goes down.
- quick response time, under a second.
Cons:
- only rated for 10-12 amps, means I can’t install this on switch controlled outlets.
- wish it had headers for flashing.
- wifi only, wish there was a ZigBee model.
In the end, I’m likely to buy more, and some Shelly units for where I need 16-20 amp relays.
yep, did some digging.
The minir4 is Revision 4, and came out ~2 years ago. the ZBminir2 Is Revision 2, and came out like 3 months ago.
Going to buy a dozen ZBminiR2
I purchased all mines from aliexpress. Same identical item, way cheaper than amazon.
Same. Especially in Canada Amazon is basically a scam
Agreed, if I can find the same item on other sites, its usually the same price or cheaper there.
I canceled my prime membership due to this, and found out that well, yes, you can buy anything elsewhere.