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.
It… May be? I saw the 2 in the name and assumed it was an older unit. I’ll have to look into it
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.
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
Hmm, looks like you are right.
I already need another 5-10, and I’ll likely switch to the ZB unit