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1,606 orders since Jun 30, 2020

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Back in January. See also https://slae.sh/projects/cc2652/

Overall Rating:

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.37)

Documentation: (4.22)

Shipping: (3.22)

Communication: (3.84)

All Reviews

Remko | Sept. 21, 2020

Impressed and sincerest respect

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Absolutely stunningly stable, fast, reliable and in a tiny form factor! Wife acceptance approved. What more you want?

I both use OpenThread Border Router and Zigbee2MQTT on a dedicated node in combination with docker and dedicated Home-Assistant node.

My honest advice: a no brainier to buy and use.

Nikolaj | Sept. 21, 2020

Working great

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The stick got a little delayed, due to the shipping issues described by Sascha. But it ultimately arrived, and it's working great, it just took me a while to migrate all my devices from my CC2531 :)

Jan | Sept. 21, 2020

Works perfectly

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I chose this stick to add zigbee to my raspberry pi/ioBroker system. So far I bought Osram plugs and some of the Chinese aqara stuff that I didn't not want to connect to the original hub...
What should I say: it works perfectly. The connection quality is better than expected (solid concrete walls). Shipping was complicated, but the seller communicated the problems.
Thx

Artur | Sept. 21, 2020

Wow. Just wow!

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Okay, so it's only now I understand that I was among the first to actually but this product, as at the time of my purchase there were only 2(!) reviews.

I kept postponing writing this review, and I am sorry, Sascha, I haven't gotten to this earlier.

My product was ordered on July 24th, there was no tracking (or not that I remember), the product arrived in about a week, I think. So all was well on this front.

This stick was going to be my first experience in using Home Assistant directly with Zigbee devices, i.e. excluding their respectful hubs out of the flow. The Zigbee thus allowed me to unite all my devices under this one "hub".

So, 2 months into using, how would I describe it with 1 word? AMAZING!

The stick works as expected. Devices stay connected to it, I've added some routers in the middle (ZIgbee bulbs), which relay the messages, resulting in full coverage of my home.

The stick comes with firmware (thanks to Sascha). Thus, for me, it was a "plug and play" experience (just needed to download USB drivers to my Synology NAS).

My only concern, perhaps, is the signal strength. I had an Aqara motion sensor situated approximately 5 meters away from the Zigbee stick. These 5 meters consisted of 2 foundation walls (each approximately 30 cm thick), and the motion sensor would loose connection to the Stick every night. Adding a Zigbee bulb solved this issue.

This is my first stick, so I cant really compare it with others, and say that it's range is extremely strong/weak.

However, what I can say, is that once I placed some more Zigbee bulbs around, that act as routers, I havent had any connectivity problems.

Prior to my purchase, I chatted with Sascha, who was very quick to respond, cleared out the things that I wasn't sure about, and was a very nice guy in general :)

Product - 5/5. It works. It comes with firmware, so its plug and play. It works perfectly with Koenkk's zigbee2mqtt. Range was an issue for me, but again - nothing to compare to, and other Zigbee routers soled the issue.

Shipping - 5/5. Thankfully, I had no problems with DHL. Sascha also included some sweets in the package, which was a nice bonus, and my snack while I was setting the stick up in Home Assistant :)

Documentation - 5/5. Existing, clear, concise. I asked some questions to Sascha, and he said he was planning to make the documentation even more detailed. Otherwise, he responded to all my questions via Tindie messaging.

Communication - 5/5. Sascha helped me with all my concerns, was very quick to respond and very nice!

Will definitely be following him to see what he comes up with next!

One happy customer,
Artur :)

Liam | Sept. 21, 2020

Perfect 👌

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Ordered it to upgrade my Zigbee2MQTT with slow CC2531

Really good manufacturing
Documentation is full of all of informations i need.

My Zigbee2MQTT never worked so well 😊

Thanks 😊

Pascal | Sept. 21, 2020

Best Zigbee Stick I've ever used

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I'm really happy with the stick. Using it now for a couple of weeks with great success! I've used a couple of different zigbee Sticks from ebay & aliexpress before, but they either broke down or couldn't handle the amount of devices I have. With this stick I didn't had any problems at all, just plugged it in, transferred my zigbee2mqtt network and it was up and running.

Arndt | Sept. 21, 2020

First tindie order, great product and amazing support

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

This was my first order at tindie, thanks to youtube I found this product here and I am very happy with it.

I ordered this USB stick and it works as designed. In my situation I plugged it into the RaspberryPI, it was directly recognized and in 5minutes it was working with IObroker. My Hue Bridge was broken and I replaced it with Iobroker and this small stick.

May just an information for all people who are replacing an Hue Bridge - It is always a challenge to link bulbs, because there is no 'reset' button. For me worked it as following out:
1) Hue Bulbs: Grab a Hue Dim Switch and Push On/Off in parallel for 8seconds, after the bulbs are blinking you can connect it to the stick.
2) Tradfri Bulbs: Switch the Bulb on and switch it six times on/off afterwords it blinks shortly you can connect it.

Nils | Sept. 21, 2020

Well made ZigBee coordinator with better range than 2531

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I ordered the stick to solve range issues with my old TI 2531 zigbee stick (spoiler: It works much better). I use the stick in combination with zigbee2mqtt in my home automation system. The documentation of the functions and the flashing process is well made and easy to follow. It took me around 20 minutes from unpacking to implementation. In the beginning I had a shipment problem, but the communication with Sascha was very nice and he solves the problem to my fully satisfaction.
The stick itself looks and feels realy professionally made. I am very curious about future products of him and will definitely follow his channel here.

Ludek | Sept. 21, 2020

Zigbee stick works perfectly!

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Thanks for the product. Although there were some issues with the shipment not caused by the seller, I'm giving full stars. There was a great communication and the product is fantastic. Great job!

Sebastian | Sept. 21, 2020

Immer wieder

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Habe meinen CC2531 mit diesem Stick ersetzt und bereue es nicht, es läuft einfach stabiler.
Keine Probleme!

Marcin | Sept. 20, 2020

Didn't deliver :( => Delivered

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My story:

17 Aug 2020 - Order
30 Aug 2020 - Status shipped
01 Sep 2020 - E-mail from Sascha about delays probably for all nervous but now should be ok
08 Sep 2020 - Tried to contact via message on tindie.com
10 Sep 2020 - Tried to contact via email
20 Sep 2020 - My story under comment of product
20 Sep 2020 - Quick response from Sacha with the detail about tracking number and delay clarification
24 Sep 2020 - Stick delivered :). Working as expected. Really good work Sascha.

It was worth waiting for this product.

After clarification from Sascha I can say to others. Please all be patient. This guy do really good work and prepare really good product. All delays is not his fault. Now I know it.

Sascha don't give up. You are doing really good work !!! Again I would like to say thanks for good product !!!

Jari | Sept. 18, 2020

Didn't deliver

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I ordered on 8th of August. Seller claimed to have shipped the item on 19th of August. It's now 18th of September and it still hasn't arrived. I've tried to contact the seller, but he doesn't reply. Also Tindie support is being completely useless.

Edit: The seller did reply shortly after the original review and gave a tracking code which showed the item being shipped on 10th of September and having arrived in my country on the 18th. So hopefully I'll get it next week. I wish he had communicated it a bit sooner.

Adnan | Sept. 16, 2020

it works and its awesome

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Stick works pretty well. documentation is very good. I use it with zigbee2mqtt.

shipment took longer then expected, but hey, this is not a commercial company and therefore OK.

Thanks for creating this awesome product!

Igor | Sept. 15, 2020

UPD: received after contacting Tindie support

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I have placed the order on 18 Aug. On 30 Aug I received the message that the items were shipped. Today is 15 Sep and I still did not receive anything to Slovenia! Now the seller does not reply to emails via Tindie or via any other email you can find on his webpages....

Looks like the whole thing was a fraud...

UPD. 5 mins after I have posted the review the seller has replied promising "to check the status of the shipment in the evening". However, 5 evenings have passed already, and no reply... No reply to my email reminders as well.

UPD: Had to contact tindie support to request the refund. After quite a few emails, they contacted the seller and it appeared that the shipment indeed was sent, but not as promised, but after I posted negative review....

Anyhow, now I received the parcel. The product is as expected, so regarding the quality nothing to complain. However, the difficulties with communications and obvious lying from the side of the seller are quite disappointing.

But still, thanks for Haribo bears in the parcel ;)

Daniel | Sept. 12, 2020

Stick arrived

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The Stick itself and its Documentation is awesome! :)
The Shipping was a pain and the communication indeed needs some improvement...

Ordered: 2020/08/06
Shipped: 2020/08/18
Delivered: 2020/09/12

My 2 Cents:
To the Buyers: Wait some time he is not Amazon. Write him a Mail (https://slae.sh/projects/cc2652/) if you havent't received your order after 4 weeks in state Shipped. But be friendly. He is just a single Person who wants to provide something for the community in his spare time!

To the Seller: Please give the people a tracking number when the item is shipped, so everything is more transparent.

Thomas | Sept. 12, 2020

Angekommen

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Nach langem warten ist der Stick endlich angekommen.
Funktioniert wie erwartet.
Danke für die Gummibärchen.

Vaclav | Sept. 11, 2020

Finally, everything is fine

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Updated 18.9.2020
EN: Today finally Zigbee dongle arrived. At first ( 3 weeks )I thought Saesh was a fraud, then I found his projects on Github and Lab-log (https://slae.sh/lab-log/)
For next buyers, be patient. What i saw, Sascha had within a few months 680 Orders and works mostly alone! Communication needs to be improved, on the other hand. What is the priority? Write emails to dissatisfied customers, or successfully complete orders? Probably the second option. What about CC2652?. Compared to the CC2531, it is simply flash. It's a very good, fast Ziggbee coordinator with a perfect range. Mainly the possibility of updating the firmware without other unnecessary "debug adapters" as the competition has. Sascha with his idea is a for me now GOD and I must publicly apologize for my initial aggression against him. I sincerely apologize Sascha

CZ: Coordinátor konečně dorazil. Nejprve jsem myslel, že se jedná o podvod, když jsem 3 týdny neúspěšně čekal a Sascha neodpovídal na zprávy. Pak jsem našel jeho další projekty a zjistil, že během několika měsíců měl 680 objednávek a je na všechno sám ! Určitě je potřeba zlepšit komunikaci nebo posílat se sledovacím číslem zásilky. Co se týče CC2652 koordinátoru, je to opravdu blesk oproti CC2531. Oproti konkurenci není potřeba žádný adaptér pro flash firmwaru. Všechno to má v sobě a to je prostě pecka! Tímto se veřejně omlouvám za moji prvotní agresi proti Saschovi.

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EN: Ordered 21.8.2020 with "agreed delayed processing times". I was waiting until 2.9.2020, after i become Message with an apology that he had problems with delivery. On 3.9. the order has been marked as shipped - but without Tracking number. The delivery address was in Germany to DHL Filiale (Cologne -> Klingenthal).

CZ/SK: Objednáno 21.8.2020 se souhlasem zpoždění. Psal jsem mu 2.9.2020, kdy mi vysvětlil, že měl nějaké problémy s dodáním a přepravní službou a poté 3.9. označil, že zásilka byla odeslaná 3.9.2020 - bez sledovacího čísla. Nechal jsem si to poslat v Německu na moji DHL poštovní schránku (Kolín - Klingenthal). Každý den jsem jezdil jako idiot se zeptat na poštu do dnešního dne (11.9.2020) kdy nic nepřišlo.

Robert | Sept. 11, 2020

mi paciencia se acaba/my patience runs out/Meine Geduld geht

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Hice el pedido 14 de agosto el 25 de agosto recibí un mensaje que estaba en ruta.Me esperaré hasta el viernes de la semana que viene y si no he recibido nada exigiré la devolución de mi dinero a tindie.

actualizacion:
el lunes 21 recibi mi pedido.llego todo correcto y ya esta funcionando.
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I placed the order August 14, August 25 I received a message that I was en route, I will wait until Friday of next week and if I have not received anything I will demand my money back to tindie.

update: on Monday 21 I received my order, everything arrived correct and working
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Ich habe die Bestellung am 14. August aufgegeben, am 25. August habe ich eine Nachricht erhalten, dass ich unterwegs bin. Ich werde bis Freitag der nächsten Woche warten und wenn ich nichts erhalten habe, werde ich mein Geld an tindie zurückfordern.

Update: Am Montag 21 habe ich meine Bestellung erhalten, alles ist korrekt angekommen und funktioniert

Jakub | Sept. 7, 2020

All as expected

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

There was initially some problems due to Deutsche Post brutal treatment of parcels, but now I’m very happy with my purchase.

Radek | Sept. 7, 2020

Nice and powerfull coordinator

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Small but powerfull and fast coordinator, working well with zigbee2mqtt. Easy (re)flashing FW. It would be nice if the device could turn off the green LED by SW

Yamin | Sept. 7, 2020

Marvelous

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I'm a Chinese user and waited for 28days on traveling. I've tried 3 coordinators before this.(cc2531-usb,cc2530-tcp,cc2538-tcp).None of them satisfied me for capacity and range.
1.cc2530 could only hold 30 devices
2.cc2538 could not be compatible to the terncy devices(xiaoyan)
After i received this coordinator, i spent the whole afternoon to migrate them from the old coordinator. The whole zigbee network performed stable and very well.
Thx!

Dionysios | Sept. 4, 2020

Item never arrived

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Sender charged almost 10 euros for shipping in the EU without tracking or proper packaging as he mentioned that "package has come back to me. Broken, missing content, some even totally destroyed." . Is DHL post really that bad?!
I wonder how can tindie charge customers' credit cards without proof of shipping.
I was lucky and got a refund. Good luck to the rest of you

Constantine | Sept. 3, 2020

CC2652 ZigBee coordinator

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The item looks great. Fully as described. Used it with my Homeassistant to control ZigBee devices. Took about 10 minutes to setup. Works great so far. The seller put a small present. Highly recommend

Kenn | Sept. 3, 2020

Good product works perfectly

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I ordered on 2 august and recived on 2 september
after asking seller by email about delay got answer quite fast .probaly it is better to put higher delivery price and with tracking maby also buy some apropiate envelopes you can get the ones with bubbel plast inside . But anyway the product arrived 3 Pc all good

thanks Sascha

Frank | Sept. 2, 2020

Keine Lieferung, Verkäufer meldet sich nicht

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Update 2020-09-05:
Das Paket ist gestern noch angekommen. Ich habe es allerdings noch nicht ausprobiert.
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Update 2020-09-04:
Ich habe eine Sendungsverfolgung bekommen und der Artikel soll heute per Post ankommen. Ich werde weiter aktualisieren, wenn alles läuft.
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Update:
Kurz nach meiner Bewertung erhielt ich eine E-Mail vom Verkäufer. Es gibt angeblich große Schwierigkeiten bei der Auslieferung/Zustellung. Ich werde dies dennoch hier stehen lassen und aktualisieren, bis ich die Ware erhalten habe.
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Ich habe am 01. August bestellt, am 12.August bekam ich eine Versandbenachrichtigung und bis heute ist nichts angekommen. Der Versand erfolgt innerhalb von Deutschland mit 7.00 $ Versandkosten und es gibt nicht mal eine Sendungsverfolgung. Den Verkäufer habe ich angeschrieben, aber er meldet sich nicht, obwohl er Online ist.
Die Bewertungen waren erst so super, aber jetzt gibt es nur noch negative Bewertungen. Sollte ich bis zum Ende der Woche nichts hören, werde ich den Fall an meinen Anwalt übergeben.

Ruslan | Sept. 2, 2020

Awful service

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Order placed on August, 20. On September, 1st I wrote a claim to Tindie support about 'bit delay' and got a message in 2h from seller saying the shipment has sent. And some strange explanation that there is no tracking number !!!

I totally disagree sending such shipments without tracking number, moreover there is no such information on product page as well.
It’s bad practice saying important terms after the shipment. Even within Germany there are claims in reviews, needless to say that I would probably never get it in Russia.

Think twice to get a deal with this seller. Now I am awaiting for adequate reaction from Tindie.
Will update this feedback upon coming news.

UPDATES:
16.09.2020 - Received
21.09.2020 - Guys, look how many reviews are posted on Sep, 21st - more than 20 out of 53! Just in one day and 95% are 5 stars. Just think how real it is.
Today most of us got an email from seller explaining what happened. I wished to believe everything was true in email but for me It looks like the seller tried to down the fire burning - I see no reasons to disclose that family needs to eat (is Tindie the only income? but no -->), business trip made all worse, negative bank accounts because of refunds etc. His main and the only problem is lack of communication, and there is no need for excuses in mail - I bet customers money were just used to help yourself - no other reason to keep the silence. If seller wanted to stop being negative he could just stop accepting the orders, but no - old orders are for the sake of new ones. Sascha, sorry, nothing personal - just business and my imho.

Stefano | Sept. 2, 2020

Qualified product, you are welcome!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The product is well engineered, my congrats to Sascha, it has the right features to be a fully qualified coordinator for a Zigbee network.
Delivery has been delayed due to a bunch on inconveniences, but must important thing is the Sascha attitude in front of that. At the end I received the expected product for quality and quantity and added a new collaborative partner to my professional network.

Dominik | Sept. 2, 2020

Amazing

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The first time the package was damaged and empty. After contacting the seller, a second package was sent and this time everything was ok.

The item sold is of good quality and works better than expected.

Edgar | Sept. 2, 2020

Much better zigbee coordinator

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The coordinator is much better than the cheap zigbee coordinators. I used to have a lot of stability issues and now they are all gone using this device.

also the amount of choice in firmware and varieties that the seller offers is very much appreciated.

Roman | Sept. 1, 2020

Works like a charm!!!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Ordered two sticks with Type 4 antenna and ZigBee coordinator firmware.

Assembly quality is perfect, all my devices successfully connected to sticks and linkquality is much more better in comparison with cc2531 stick.

There was one issue using it with mikrotik router as host (RouterOs port sharing feature), but Sascha helped me to find a problem and to solve it.

Ikjoon | Sept. 1, 2020

Delaying but works great

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I ordered it on 07/20, and since I received it last week. IT TOOK 5 WEEKS. I think the shipping method was the problem, not the seller's delay.

One notch of enclosure was crushed because the air cushion on the packaging was poor, so had to be cut that notch with a knife. And the candy as a gift is burst and stained everywhere, so had to rinse with water. At least, the coordinator was packaged separately, so it was okay. It is not recommended to include Joystixx in overseas delivery!

Anyway, the coordinator worked fine as soon as I plugged it in. Recommended for z2m. Only the packaging will have to be improved.

James | Sept. 1, 2020

Item not received

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Was caught up in the delay issues - did eventually receive and is working fine. Range doesn't appear to be noticeably different from a CC2531 with antenna

Jimmy | Aug. 30, 2020

Nevet recieved the product

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I never recieved this product, and seller does not answer messages. I asked for a refund, let us see where that gets me. I Can not recommend this experience to anyone!!

Markus | Aug. 30, 2020

Huge delay

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Update 09.09.:
Tested the stick and it works fine. Good!
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Update 04.09.:
The stick finally arrived yesterday, Sep. 3rd.
Will update once more when I tested it.
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I ordered the stick on 01.08.
I got a shipment notification on 12.08.
Until today there was nothing in my inbox. As I live in germany, international shipment cannot hold as an excuse.
The seller does not reply to my direct message.
I will wait a couple more days and then ask Paypal for refund.
Very sad :-(

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