Hmm, I cannot fully echo this report.
Currently I have 16 Z-Wave devices, 1 Wifi device, 4 Zigbee devices, 11 Hue bulbs through the Hue plugin and 1 MQTT client connected. On this mix of devices run 25 Meshbots.
Devices stay connected and adding devices is still pretty straightforward, even though I have 2 Z-Wave networks running in my house (the old Vera is still there with 17 devices connected).
The system runs for roughly 1~2 weeks before meshbots fail to run and a reboot is needed. I’ve had to deal with support several times after my hub got really stuck, and both times response was surprisingly quick and effective.
No, the system is not perfect. The Vera App is pain to use on iOS. My Vista doorbell with instavue is usually way to slow to show who’s ringing at the door. I don’t use voice control, and reading the feedback from others on VOI I’m happy to stay away from that for now. Plugins are still in their infancy phase, the marketplace is not yet populated by a flourishing community. Meshbots don’t fully support my use cases.
To me, it’s a hobby and I make sure that most things in my house have local control so my house doesn’t fail me if the domotica system goes down.
So, it’s getting there and I’ve seen gradual improvement over the years.
At the same time, I do sometimes wonder if the foundational architecture on which the ezlo ecosystem is built is resilient enough to support a domotica system (look at HMI components, the recent long term issue with the marketplace, the fact that reboots are needed, duplication of devices I’ve seen). The lack of community engagement on the forum is troubling, how many users are driving this system? Is this financially sound for a long term business model? The broad development direction (EzloPi, Softhub, EZVidoo), seemingly without anyone on this board using these products, is confusing and doesn’t show user-centric development.
On the other hands, the components for a really all-encompassing domotica solution are all there in some form. I’ve integrated one of my A/C’s into the Ezlo hub with an ESP8266 module and MQTT. The flexibility to tinker and expand is in there…