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waqasahmed
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So 

After asking here:
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81277696#Comment_81277696

I've decided to go with the TP Link Kasa TRVs especially given they're like £23 on Amazon atm. They don't however have smart thermostats which is kind annoying 

Would the Meross smart thermostat be decent for me? 

https://amzn.eu/d/iSZANFm

I'm sure the Meross stuff would probably work better with Meross TRVs but they're also like £40/TRV which adds up when you're buying 10

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  • QrizB
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    How's your system going to be controlled?
    If eg. you're using a ZigBee gateway as your controller, you don't really need a £60 thermostat that you're going to put on a wall and ignore. Just a temperature sensor, a smart switch and a bunch of rules the gateway follows.
    If Home Assistant, then similar. But with far more options.
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  • waqasahmed
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    QrizB said:
    How's your system going to be controlled?
    If eg. you're using a ZigBee gateway as your controller, you don't really need a £60 thermostat that you're going to put on a wall and ignore. Just a temperature sensor, a smart switch and a bunch of rules the gateway follows.
    If Home Assistant, then similar. But with far more options.
    Ah very good. I could just add those temperature sensors then 

    Tbh I looked at HA, and whilst I have the technical skills given what I do in my day job, I simply cba so I'm looking at the Homey Pro to centralise smart home "stuff" 
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    waqasahmed said: Tbh I looked at HA, and whilst I have the technical skills given what I do in my day job, I simply cba so I'm looking at the Homey Pro to centralise smart home "stuff" 
    Home Assistant does have a rather steep learning curve, but a basic system can be set up fairly quickly. Using something like DietPi takes a lot of the pain out installing the software. But I would advise against using an sd card (I was killing them in under three months). Currently setting up a new system on an x86 box with a 240GB ssd using DietPi.
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    edited 11 February at 4:09PM
    FreeBear said:
    waqasahmed said: Tbh I looked at HA, and whilst I have the technical skills given what I do in my day job, I simply cba so I'm looking at the Homey Pro to centralise smart home "stuff" 
    Home Assistant does have a rather steep learning curve, but a basic system can be set up fairly quickly. Using something like DietPi takes a lot of the pain out installing the software. But I would advise against using an sd card (I was killing them in under three months). Currently setting up a new system on an x86 box with a 240GB ssd using DietPi.
    I have tbf seen that about memory cards. Looking above, I've bought the Homey Pro given there's a discount code that I can use, and I'll get home assistant too. I work with IT in my day job and it honestly isn't even about learning. It's about effort and I'd rather outsource the effort as much as possible. I figure that buying Homey Pro AND making a HA out of a Pi or similar, would do me given that Homey can allegedly do most of what you can do with HA but not everything, so that's good. I can relegate HA to "stuff that doesn't yet work in Homey"
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