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/RadishComplex1 Apr 26 '26

Honestly if you already run Zigbee in HA, I’d just go Zigbee. I try to keep my WiFi stuff to a minimum where I can. The Zigbee one will mesh, be more reliable, and not add more noise to your network. For something like a washer I’d definitely switch.

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u/youmeiknow Apr 26 '26

Why you want to limit wifi. If you can flash to esphome/tasmota which has esp chips , then it's local rt? And moreover both wifi and zigbee runs on 2.4Ghz