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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

Jurij | March 10, 2021

Perfect product, perfect experience!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Work perfectly with zigbee2mqtt. The zigbee communication is a lot more stable now.
I am very satisfied with this stick. Would highly recommend this to anyone using Homeassistant with Zigbee. Many thanks!

Julien | March 7, 2021

Awesome coordinator but awful shipping

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

First thing first, this coordinator is awesome. Slaesh did a great job and the community did clearly recognize his work.
He faced really bad stock and shipping issues that could have take down his project but he took several times the initiative to reach his clients to check, gave them explanations and options.
So on my end, communication was great and if you are not in a rush and could wait a couple of weeks, don't hesitate.
Else, lower your expectations or try to buy other coordinators but between stock issues and shipment issues all over the world in these COVID times, good luck !

- End of August: When I did order it, I knew there were stock issues, some shipping were not honored in time and that communication was not the best but I was willing to support the initiative and was not in a rush.
- Beginning of September: Got a first email from Tindie stating that my order has been shipped and got two days after an email from Slaesh explaining shipping and communications issues.
- End of September: Got a second email from Slaesh with more detailed explanation about his situation with DHL and all.
- Mid-october: Slaesh did contact all North-American buyers directly to check if we did successfully received it or not as some people did and others were still waiting. Due to the delay, he tooks kindly the initiative to propose to resend or to refund. So I did answer him that after 6 weeks, I was now sure that it has been either lost or returned and that I would like a resend with tracking.
- End of October: Got another email from Tindie stating that my order has been shipped with tracking but tracking link was defective so send Slaesh an email and he did answer me within two days. Tracking worked great until it reached destination country.
- Beginning of November: Did receive the key and it's working great, yay !

I did a donation to Sascha couple of weeks later as I know it can be rough to run a small growing business like this and wanted to support him.

Thanks again Slaesh and keep up the good work !

Steven | Feb. 6, 2021

Please do not down vote this product because of DHL!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I bought this product on the 19/11/20 and it finally arrived in Australia on the 5/2/21. DHL are trash, their tracking does not go beyond their international centre unlike most carriers, please support the seller.

J.J. | Jan. 11, 2021

Great values for a great price

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Product is great, good quality. Good range also.

Shipping and delivery took longer than I expected. Track & Trace wasn't working as it should.

Adam | Jan. 6, 2021

Finally, decent signal all over the house.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Bought this to replace a CC2531 without an antennae. This is muuuuch better, decent signal on all my devices now! And it worked out of the box. Very happy.

Wolfgang | Jan. 5, 2021

Works great; needed driver install for Win10 and Synology

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

After I found out that I needed to manually install drivers for Windows:
https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/software/CP210x_Universal_Windows_Driver.zip
and my Synology NAS:
http://www.jadahl.com/drivers_6.2/?arch=apollolake
it works like a champ and much better than the previous CC2531 in my Zigbee2mqtt setup - no more lost connections with >30 Zigbee devices.

Manuel | Jan. 5, 2021

Great product, much better than the CC2531

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Just plug and play for use with zigbee2mqtt and Home Assistant. Big upgrade compared to the CC2531, range and performance is top-notch. This stick is also very well documented. Only thing that doesn't work is touchlink (but thats an firmware issue on Texas Instruments side and no error on slashs' side).

Shipping was slow (expected) but the seller communicated everything adequately.

5/5 would recommend and buy again.

Gustave | Jan. 5, 2021

Great great great

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Great product. Used with home assistant on a pi for my home automation with ZigBee. It’s wonderful, it works out of the box, it’s efficient and never crashes. Really great.
We had issues with shipping but the communication was excellent and we got updated a lot by email. It’s good to see retailers cares about customers these days !

Thomas | Jan. 5, 2021

Great stick with great reach.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Seems to be able to handle lots of devices. Running it in ZHA in Home Assistant. Nothing to complain about.

B | Jan. 5, 2021

Great Zigbee stick

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

It's really a plug and play stick for Home Assistant. Great range also.
Shipping took a while due to covid I guess.

Jacek | Jan. 5, 2021

all ok

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Not so fast shipping (probably due to corona/new year/christmass). Good product, wery nice seller. Worth recommending.

Gerhard | Dec. 18, 2020

Fantastic!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

After a month of testing a short response. I'm using this stick with Koenkk's zigbee2mqtt software. After updating from a CC2531 to slaesh's stick range improved massively and so the stability of the whole system. Very good range, fast response, very good antenna!
There were some problems with the shipping, but the communication was excellent!
@Sascha I'm sorry that you had so many problems with the shipment, but the product is great! I wish you all the best and continued success in the new year!
Stay creative and healthy!

M | Dec. 17, 2020

Fantastic!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Had it running in like 10 minutes on my Linux server with domoticz and zigbee2mqtt.
Devices that are on the other side of the house also seem to work fine, so it seems to have good power/reception also. Fantastic!

Marek | Dec. 13, 2020

very satisfied

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Hi guys which are working with it are absolutely satisfied with it and send they regards. When needed we will definitely buy more

Dmytro | Dec. 12, 2020

Works very well out of the box

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Had some communication difficulties with slaesh, but it seems to be an issue with Tindie's private messages delivery. Also my parcel was delayed and I've found the author in Telegram. Eventually all issues were resolved and now I'm a happy owner of this device for a few months) Good luck, slaesh!

Jonas | Dec. 11, 2020

Perfect product does what it is supposed to do

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I bought the product to talk to my new Tuya thermostats (https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/devices/TS0601_thermostat.html#tuya-ts0601_thermostat) over Mqqt2Zigbee and that is exactly what it does.
After some Problems with the Shipping due to Covid and Chrismas - DHL - madness, the Stick was received this morning.
And after some tinkering around with HomeAssistant and its plugins I got it to work fairly fast.
So know I don't even have to move if I'm cold - perfect!

Anna | Dec. 10, 2020

works, received after about 2 weeks

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Seeing the negative reviews I'm adding my experience: Received about two weeks after ordering (though within Germany) and with a status update email after about a week, so no complaints from my side.
The device works, came preinstalled with zigbee2mqtt and worked out of the box for this purpose.

Thomas | Dec. 3, 2020

Awesome piece of hardware

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Tl;dr Buy this if you want to create/extend your home-made Zigbee network.

Well, once you pop, you can't stop™. As my Zigbee network is growing and growing, I needed a replacement for my CC2531 adapter, which was not able to handle the amount of devices anymore.
Slaesh's CC2652 does a perfect job in this case. Range is great (probably does not carry that much weight as you create a mesh network), very easy to flash (just USB), good documentation and overall it's just doing a fine job.
Working perfectly with zigbee2mqtt, did not test anything else.

My setup:
* Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (2GB)
* Docker-compose stack, running:
- zigbee2mqtt: Controller for Zigbee devices
- zigbee2mqttAssistant: UI for managing zigbee2mqtt
- mosquitto: MQTT server which acts as message hub for all services listed here
- dyihue: Software implementation of hue controller, acts as a bridge between Philips Hue apps and zigbee2mqtt
- HomeAssistant: Currently just used as convenient web/module UI and dashboard
- node-red: Low-code graphical programming platform, all the automation is done here

Adrian | Nov. 29, 2020

Great Device - everything working as expected!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Besides the fact that the DHL shipping got delayed up to 3 weeks (outside of our control), the received device it is perfect, configured easy using the creator documentation!
Everything it is working as expected!
Thank you!

Albu | Nov. 29, 2020

Very good Zigbee2MQTT coordinator

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The item arrived a little late, but that was not the seller's fault. Let me explain, it took almost 3 weeks to get to Romania (from the moment it had a tracking number and was taken by DHL), and from that about 8 days was in the hands of the Romanian post before I finally received it, our postal service is not known for their fast delivery ;)

Anyways, the device itself works flawlessly, i just plugged it in place of the CC2531 i used before.
I had to replace the PANId and re-pair the devices, but that was to be expected (it's on the Zigbe2mqtt page too)
The coordinator "sees" devices further away and is a lot more responsive.

I have about 30 Zigbee devices and don't see delays in getting the messages (before with the CC2531 from time to time i had 1-5 second delays).

So, for anybody who wants to have a Zigbee network i highly recommend using this coordinator, it's a lot better and more stable than the cheaper CC2531 coordinators.

Note : i asked the seller to send it with Zigbee2MQTT flashed so i did not have to flash it, but you can easily flash it if needed, you don't have to solder wires or things like that, just put it in an USB port and use the flasher. Just make sure to use the latest version of zigbe2mqtt and that you use the one for CC2652.

Thomas | Nov. 27, 2020

Very good!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

It's great that it comes pre-flashed so I got it up and running with zigbee2mqtt in no time! I'm running a network of 42 devices off this thing, and everything works reliable. Range is about the same as my previous CC2531 based stick with sma-connected antenna.

Mark | Nov. 27, 2020

Great product

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Great product for my Home Assistant. Also great service from the producer, rapid delivery. Can recommend

Rien | Nov. 20, 2020

perfect device

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

As expected the device was delivered within 10 days, no problem it takes some days when I know in advance.
Install went smooth, integrated within Domoticz.
Now I received my first Zigbee device I was able to pair without issues. I might need a more strategic place or an additional router for my TRV at the attic.

Enrico | Nov. 20, 2020

A lot better than CC2531

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I was using a CC2531 device before but CC2652 works much better.
Easy to use and configure with Home Assistant

Jeroen | Nov. 16, 2020

Took effort to get it working, works great!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

THe package was delivered in approximately a week, which is a normal speed. The product is nice: small form factor, elegant casing and powerfull.

For me as a tech-noob, it took a lot of trial and error to get it to work. I emailed Sascha (the seller) and he responded in a few days and gave me some tips that helped me tremendously. As I said, I am a tech-noob and since I am running zigbee2mqtt in Docker on my Synology, whereas most people use a Raspberry Pi, that didn't help either. But, with patience, the right online sources, help from Sascha and a lot of trial and error, I got it to work. It has been running stable for a day now and so far, so good. Much better range than my CC2531 and although I have no hard evidence except for some screenshots (which are of course only views of 1 particular moment), the range seems even better than my CC2538+CC2591 which according to zigbee2mqtt.io supposedly has the best range of all.
One person I know off reports the same.

All in all a great product, once you get it going.

Ah, and being able to flash without extra hardware is a big plus as well, it allows you to easily stay on top of the latest firmware.

Fabio | Nov. 15, 2020

CC2652 ZigBee coordinator for zigbee2mqtt SW

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I ordered the CC2652 ZigBee coordinator as a upgrade of my zigbee control platform (raspberry pi 3 + zigbee2mqtt SW). The purpose was to replace the previous CC2531 coordinator which had stability issues and couldn't cope well with my 30+ devices. The zigbee2mqtt SW recognized the new coordinator without problems and even though I had to re-pair all the devices, it costed me not as much time as expected. I could even pair few bulbs without unmounting them. The system has been working flawlessly for one month already.

Ronald | Nov. 15, 2020

Best range, fast and support all my devices

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I reached the max of the CC2531 stick. Then I bought the Giovanni CC2538 + CC2592 stick. This has the same range but was faster and supported more devices. Then I got this stick, this is also very fast, supports all my devices and has a much much better range. Devices with a strength around 20 before have now up to 90!
The stick itself is also very compact.
I recommend it to everyone.

Sascha | Nov. 14, 2020

very good replacement for my cc2351 coordinator

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I had problems in two rooms overall with the signal of a CC2351 coordinator (support by a second CC2351) and also low signal strength on most devices. Changing the coordinator to CC2652 resulted in much better signals. And lights in one room react now much better to a connected motion sensor steering the zigbee LED driver.
Thumbs up and a recommendation from my side, was a good invest.

Kian Yew | Nov. 12, 2020

Great product, great seller but horrible shipping partner

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Setting up is very straightforward, with the help of documentation. The stick is pre-flashed with zigbee2mqtt firmware, making it very convenient. The signal strength is great and stable, no connection drop so far after using it with home assistant for about a week.

As many reviewers have commented, DHL is plain terrible: stuck for no reasons, no updates for weeks until the seller raised an investigation case. Hopefully the seller can find a better shipping company next time, which will make the entire experience so much better.

József | Nov. 8, 2020

Good product

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I used 3 of cc2531 sticks for my zigbee network in a 100m2 house with 2 floors. Now I need just this stick :)

The shipping with DHL tooks 2 weeks to Hungary...

Robert | Nov. 7, 2020

Very good product, 200 square meter and 70 devices

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I've ordered 2 of them. It works fine, the radio transmission is equally fine as the official Dev Board from Texas Instruments. The shipment was slow, because Slaesh had problems with the carrier, but when I send a message to him he was very helpful to resolve the problem.
So I think the patience is rewarded. (And thanks for the bears :)

Zdeněk | Oct. 28, 2020

Amazing device!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Delivery from Germany to Czech Republic took almost 3 weeks.

But the device is amazing, it works out of the box (zigbee2mqtt). My first experience with ZigBee protocol, everything went smoothly.
Small sweet greetings included :-)

Thx

Juul | Oct. 25, 2020

Great Zigbee coordinator!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

After some starting issues regarding delivery, I've received the coordinator about 4 weeks after ordering. I just wanted to contact Slaesh when he sent me a mail explaining the issues he had. I decided to wait a little longer and didn't regret that. I can recommend anybody ordering one!

Rene | Oct. 24, 2020

Fast shipment was not expected

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

After reading the reviews I expected it would take weeks before I would receive this product. But it was shipped 2 days after ordering and a few days later delivered. It came with some treats that are appriciated by my daugther. Product looks very good. Nice small package. Hope it works as well as it looks ;-)

Good job. Thanks!

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