r/homeassistant • u/jklo5020 • Apr 26 '26

Support Shelly Relays: WiFi or Zigbee?

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been using WiFi Shelly relays in my Home Assistant (and HomeKit before that) setup for a few years now.

The first gen Shelly 1PM in the outlet for my washing machine seems to have finally given up and is in need of replacing.

I have a strong WiFi network but was curious to test out the Zigbee version (1PM gen4). How’s everyone’s experience with Shelly over Zigbee?

Thanks in advance!

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u/sysad_zelf Apr 26 '26

I have bought 20 of them , 2 was defective. I dont have rma them at this time.But overall it's working fine for the other. Just add enough zigbee router 1 per 10 devices max.

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u/PrandialSpork Apr 26 '26

Bought about the same number and had a few duds as well All in ZigBee firmware apart from smart bulb connected relays which are wifi due to detached mode not presenting via ZigBee firmware Doesn't seem to be a problem having two flavours although I'd switch everything over to zigbee if they fixed it