#Hi all I am new in home assistant I have

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maiden leaf
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Your first choice is to pick ZHA (built into HA) or Zigbee2MQTT (external) - see the pinned messages here

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Once you've made that choice you pick the coordinator (CC2652 based for Z2M, either CC2652 or EZSP based for ZHA)

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Then you get to mix and match a bunch of brands of devices, the only strong advise is:

  1. Avoid Tuya unless you know that specific device is good
  2. Sonoff's sensors are often reported as being problematic
  3. Osram that isn't Zigbee 3.0 should be avoided
graceful bay
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Oh wow! That is wonderful answer. First of all, thank you for providing keywords, at least I can google it. Secondly, thank you for listing vendors that are problematic. Lastly, do you mind to name few vendors that reliable?

maiden leaf
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Well, reliable becomes a game of budget and care

graceful bay
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maiden leaf
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Hue, Ikea, Innr, Sengled, Xiaomi (with a little care), and the new (Zigbee 3.0) Osram

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Hue are kind of the gold standard, and you pay for it

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Xiaomi are the bargain buy, and they can be fussy about their routers (see the pinned message about them), but they're very hard to beat

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My setup is mostly Gledopto, Ikea, Innr, Linkind, Xiaomi, and Terncy

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Oh, and a Develco "mini" multi-sensor

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All of those are solid, I have no issues with them

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I do have an Osram that is never getting used again, and a bunch of Konke (who're now out of business) that I'd also not recommend

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Oh yes, and a Lidl (Silvercrest) LED strip

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A lot of it will really be a game of I need a thing to do X or I have problem X, what should I get and people can suggest what's worked well for them

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People will be able to point to specific devices to buy/avoid

graceful bay
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Thank you so much!