I see a lot of posts about people who like their Zigbee and Z-Wave products. As I’m setting up the hardware in my home, I’m using Wi-Fi products because I already have Wi-Fi. I don’t see much difference in price. What is the actual benefit of setting up a separate network for home devices? Is there a reason that I should consider setting up one of these networks?
With non-wifi devices I can be certain I won’t be bamboozled into buying something cloud-only
I get what you’re saying, but beware of the non-wifi devices that only operate through a proprietary gateway to a cloud-only service.