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.

  • ShimitarEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Well I am pretty sure I have it on ZigBee… 4 of them… Name might be slightly different maybe, but indeed the r4 on ZigBee…

    • Corhen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      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

      • ShimitarEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        I purchased all mines from aliexpress. Same identical item, way cheaper than amazon.

          • ShimitarEnglish
            2·
            23 hours ago

            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.

    • Corhen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      It… May be? I saw the 2 in the name and assumed it was an older unit. I’ll have to look into it

      • SwingingTheLamp@midwest.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        The ZBMINIR2 that I ordered came in the mail today, and it seems to have the same features as the WiFi version. I’m guessing that Sonoff just increments the model number with each revision, and the ZigBee version came later.

        • Corhen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          yep, did some digging.

          The R4 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

      • Corhen@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Hmm, looks like you are right.

        I already need another 5-10, and I’ll likely switch to the ZB unit

  • Vinny_93@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    9 days ago

    I got the Sonoff zigbee dongle and then started migrating all my ikea stuff to zigbee in HA. When I added TRV’s I tried two different models but the Sonoffs were the easiest and they work great. Now I have two very cheap presence detectors and they are also great value. I like Sonoff.