That floored me initially as I was expecting to find that hotspot within the device itself. Instead, they expect you to set up a router (or your mobile phone hotspot) with a specific SSID and password. built in with a web server for initial setup – Sonoff Mini doesn’t. The initial issue I had was this – often this kind of board has a user interface i.e. After wasting hours following the WRONG info I got hold of the links above. So, grab a Sonoff Mini (not as cheap as Sonoff Basic but smaller). But on cost, Sonoff still have the edge by some way – and on size, well, the new Sonoff Mini competes there as well. Sonoffs were the smallest and lightest cheap control box until along came Shelly. Of course many of us are averse to using even more Chinese “cloud” or even more APPS – not in my case for political reasons but because I am a happy Raspberry Pi/Node-Red user – and I want to keep my home control working as much as possible even if the WIFI goes off – you can mitigate power issues by using battery backup, generators and other solutions but if your entire control system is cloud-based, what do you do if the Internet service provider screws up?Įvery IOT company seems to think you should use THEIR APP… I already have lots of different apps for my various watches – I don’t want any more for my home control thank you. Today there is some competition depending on your wallet and how much you want to spend on controlling a light. The BASIC is lomited to basic on-off control, less than £5 sterling gets you a simple WIFI controller with button. But bear with me.Īt one time the company had a seemingly unbeatable grip on the DIY end of home control – their products which are usually based on the the ESP8266 include Sonoff BASIC and many others. But are they the best solution for Home Control? Well, that depends… I think they are very good… Sonoff products have always been inexpensive. You can’t get away from it, the iTead products are inexpensive – and sometimes that is very important.
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