Smart button available in NZ (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by grasshopper@lemmy.world to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Hi Kiwi friends!

Does anyone have recommendations for a wireless, battery-powered smart button available in NZ (or that ships to NZ)? I'd like to use it with Home Assistant to act as a doorbell.

I can see things like this online, but the "easy to use, free app!" is off-putting... I'm after a button that has minimal capability to spy on me, and that can be integrated with HA.

Any suggestions welcome - or if anyone has any better ideas on an alternative option, go for it! We can't get mains power or PoE where I want to put the doorbell.

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[-] Panq@lemmy.nz 5 points 10 months ago

I use a dumb 433MHz wireless doorbell (apparently this one on Ali Express, but the exact one doesn't matter) with a Sonoff RF Bridge running Tasmota. It's far faster and more reliable than anything with the smarts built into the button, and the battery lasts at least a few years.

I've got it set up to take a snapshot on the front door and driveway cameras, send a push notification with the front door camera, announce on the speakers that someone's at the door, and turn on the outdoor lights at night.

The doorbell was $8 shipped, the RF Bridge was somewhere in the mid $20s but I already had it for some door sensors, and if you don't already have a camera, a decent Reolink is under $150 shipped directly (or under $250 from a physical shop in NZ like PB Tech).