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1,606 orders since Jun 30, 2020

Cologne, NRW, Germany

Ships from Germany.

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Back in January. See also https://slae.sh/projects/cc2652/

Overall Rating:

Review Breakdown

Average Ratings

Product: (4.37)

Documentation: (4.22)

Shipping: (3.22)

Communication: (3.84)

All Reviews

Marco | Aug. 22, 2022

Scammer who provides no support

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

As with many, it took quite a while for me to receive the stick. Due to lack of time and other priorities, the stick remained unused for a few months after which I used it for Domoticz with Zigbee2MQTT.
After a few months the stick stopped working and I checked the stick through the maker's website. The message appeared that there was a defect and that I should contact the developer.
I tried that several times, but there is no response from the developer. Fortunately, I live near Germany, because if there is no response and no support, I will report it as a scammer.
For the time being I would advise everyone not to do business with this seller!

Familie | April 4, 2021

Perfect

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Good solder joints. Good reception. Flawlessly works 24/7 since more then 6 months now. Tested with iobroker. Now using it with zigbee2mqtt.

Maciej | March 11, 2021

A very good purchase despite the perturbation

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I would be lying if I said that the perturbations with this purchase did not make me afraid. Orders placed at the beginning of December, info on the items page about fast shipping, and after a week, without changing the status. Additionally, comments about the scam are starting to appear. There is also no reply to the sent message. After 10 days, the parcel number appears but it is still not visible in the DHL system. Finally, an email arrives from the developer who highlights the problems and apologizes for the delays. The package also starts trip a few days later and arrives just before Christmas. And inside, a little surprise in the form of a pack of Haribo bears. My assessments show that this bribe worked :P

Jurij | March 10, 2021

Perfect product, perfect experience!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Work perfectly with zigbee2mqtt. The zigbee communication is a lot more stable now.
I am very satisfied with this stick. Would highly recommend this to anyone using Homeassistant with Zigbee. Many thanks!

Julien | March 7, 2021

Awesome coordinator but awful shipping

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

First thing first, this coordinator is awesome. Slaesh did a great job and the community did clearly recognize his work.
He faced really bad stock and shipping issues that could have take down his project but he took several times the initiative to reach his clients to check, gave them explanations and options.
So on my end, communication was great and if you are not in a rush and could wait a couple of weeks, don't hesitate.
Else, lower your expectations or try to buy other coordinators but between stock issues and shipment issues all over the world in these COVID times, good luck !

- End of August: When I did order it, I knew there were stock issues, some shipping were not honored in time and that communication was not the best but I was willing to support the initiative and was not in a rush.
- Beginning of September: Got a first email from Tindie stating that my order has been shipped and got two days after an email from Slaesh explaining shipping and communications issues.
- End of September: Got a second email from Slaesh with more detailed explanation about his situation with DHL and all.
- Mid-october: Slaesh did contact all North-American buyers directly to check if we did successfully received it or not as some people did and others were still waiting. Due to the delay, he tooks kindly the initiative to propose to resend or to refund. So I did answer him that after 6 weeks, I was now sure that it has been either lost or returned and that I would like a resend with tracking.
- End of October: Got another email from Tindie stating that my order has been shipped with tracking but tracking link was defective so send Slaesh an email and he did answer me within two days. Tracking worked great until it reached destination country.
- Beginning of November: Did receive the key and it's working great, yay !

I did a donation to Sascha couple of weeks later as I know it can be rough to run a small growing business like this and wanted to support him.

Thanks again Slaesh and keep up the good work !

Frank | March 5, 2021

Extreme Bad

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Gerät ist nach 4 Monaten ausgefallen. Verkäufer Antwortet nicht auf Emails. Hier erfolgt kein austausch des defekten Gerätes. Produkt wurde nach Bestellung erst 6 Wochen später geliefert. Es gab die übliche ausrede mit den nicht zugestellten Paketen.

Der Verkäufer und das Produkt sind extrem Schlecht. Bitte kaufen sie hier keinen Artikel.

Device failed after 4 months. Seller does not respond to emails. The defective device is not replaced here. Product was only delivered 6 weeks later after ordering. There was the usual excuse about undelivered packages

The seller and the product are extremely bad. Please do not buy an item here.

Stefan | March 5, 2021

Flawless

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes. No gripes (100 char minimum is crap).

Derek | March 3, 2021

Didn't work when it arrived, seller disappeared from support

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Took ages to arrive, and it didn't work at all when I plugged it in. Couldn't get it recognised in Uniflash at all.

Tried asking the seller via telegram and got a view replies but nothing helpful - then he disappeared completely.

The other stick sold here on Tindie probably is more useful.

Ryan | Feb. 23, 2021

Finally got it

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Took about 3 months but it made its way here! Hope he gets all his DHL issues sorted; sounds like the volume of orders overwhelmed the process.

Devadas | Feb. 23, 2021

Never received this product, Seller never responded

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I waited for this product forever. The seller initially sent an email saying there were some issues with shipping, and I should contact him if I didn't receive it. Patiently waited forever, seller never replied. Eventually gave up. Did not find a way to raise the issue on tindie either.

Sukhwinder | Feb. 17, 2021

seller is not answering

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Got the wrong antenna without any power
contacting the seller since 4 months and he is not responding
DO NOT BUY HERE. Go for conbee instead

Andreas | Feb. 13, 2021

Great little development board, once it arrives

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Let's get this out of the way. The shipping is horrible. It may not be the sellers fault that DHL have obvious problems but these problems have been going on for so long that continuing to ship using this method is not very responsible. Surely there are other options. Prepare to wait for a month or more to get the product, even if other shipments from Germany usually arrives within a week. Expect no useful information or any form of working tracking info from either the seller or DHL.

The stick itself is great! Works fine as a coordinator for Zigbee2MQTT, much better than a CC2531 for larger networks. But if that's what you need, and soonish, buy the similar zzh! stick instead. The main advantage with this one is as a module for your own projects, since it has all the I/Os of the CC2652 on castellated pads which makes for a great little development board.

Steven | Feb. 6, 2021

Please do not down vote this product because of DHL!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I bought this product on the 19/11/20 and it finally arrived in Australia on the 5/2/21. DHL are trash, their tracking does not go beyond their international centre unlike most carriers, please support the seller.

Robert | Feb. 5, 2021

mehr als das was versprochen wird

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Der Versand erfolgt sehr schnellt.
Der Adapter funktioniert einwandfrei.
Ich nutze ihn für zigbee2mqtt. Die Umstellung war einfach und schnell.
Der Verkäufer reagiert schnell auf Rückfragen.

Ich würde meinen, mein Wünsch wurden übererfüllt.

Gabor | Jan. 25, 2021

Never received, No comunication

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

May the package was lost by DHL service, I think the seller should look for another postal provider. Seller did not reply to any of my emails. :(

Muhammad | Jan. 16, 2021

Package did not arrive.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The package has not arrived and the tracking link doesn't seem to show any relevant information.

"The item was handed over to the International Logistics Center on 12.12.2020 to be forwarded to the country of destination. Unfortunately the tracking and tracing of the destination country does not offer a data interface with the tracking and tracing of Deutsche Post AG. Further information may be provided by the website of the country of destination.
December, 12 2020 11:55 Local time"

Oleksandr | Jan. 13, 2021

The package didn't come and seller doesn't seem to care.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Honestly it is not totally the seller's fault, the package was lost by postal service. However the Post only able to reimburse to the sender., which is unfortunate considering that the seller don't respond to me.
I meant I get, they make and sold these things, but there is clearly an issue with the logistics. It should be solved!

Holden | Jan. 12, 2021

I never received device.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I never received device and haven't heard back from the seller. The tracking provided only says the package left the originating country a month ago.

Roman | Jan. 12, 2021

Quality product!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The first of its kind for me, so I can't compare. So far, I'm learning to work with it. Integrated into Home assistant using zigbee2mqtt.
For a longer period of transport, the seller can not, especially now during the Christmas holidays and Covid19, so it is wrong to take the number of stars in the rating for this. It hurts the seller unnecessarily.
10 stars for me!

J.J. | Jan. 11, 2021

Great values for a great price

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Product is great, good quality. Good range also.

Shipping and delivery took longer than I expected. Track & Trace wasn't working as it should.

Roberts | Jan. 10, 2021

No comunication shipping slow

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Shipping in Europe month, China is faster. No comunication, no support. Product good, but dont hope for support.

Adam | Jan. 6, 2021

Finally, decent signal all over the house.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Bought this to replace a CC2531 without an antennae. This is muuuuch better, decent signal on all my devices now! And it worked out of the box. Very happy.

Wolfgang | Jan. 5, 2021

Works great; needed driver install for Win10 and Synology

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

After I found out that I needed to manually install drivers for Windows:
https://www.silabs.com/documents/public/software/CP210x_Universal_Windows_Driver.zip
and my Synology NAS:
http://www.jadahl.com/drivers_6.2/?arch=apollolake
it works like a champ and much better than the previous CC2531 in my Zigbee2mqtt setup - no more lost connections with >30 Zigbee devices.

B | Jan. 5, 2021

Great Zigbee stick

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

It's really a plug and play stick for Home Assistant. Great range also.
Shipping took a while due to covid I guess.

Manuel | Jan. 5, 2021

Great product, much better than the CC2531

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Just plug and play for use with zigbee2mqtt and Home Assistant. Big upgrade compared to the CC2531, range and performance is top-notch. This stick is also very well documented. Only thing that doesn't work is touchlink (but thats an firmware issue on Texas Instruments side and no error on slashs' side).

Shipping was slow (expected) but the seller communicated everything adequately.

5/5 would recommend and buy again.

Gustave | Jan. 5, 2021

Great great great

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Great product. Used with home assistant on a pi for my home automation with ZigBee. It’s wonderful, it works out of the box, it’s efficient and never crashes. Really great.
We had issues with shipping but the communication was excellent and we got updated a lot by email. It’s good to see retailers cares about customers these days !

Jacek | Jan. 5, 2021

all ok

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Not so fast shipping (probably due to corona/new year/christmass). Good product, wery nice seller. Worth recommending.

Thomas | Jan. 5, 2021

Great stick with great reach.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Seems to be able to handle lots of devices. Running it in ZHA in Home Assistant. Nothing to complain about.

Duncan | Jan. 4, 2021

Hasn't arrived yet...

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Can't provide a product or shipping rating as it has no arrived and tracking just disappeared, would love to update this with a glowing review as it looks like an incredible product!

Marin | Jan. 4, 2021

Works nicely

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I ordered the device in December along many others so the shipment was a bit delayed. I was expecting that and the seller informed everyone about the situation by email. The shipment itself took a lot of time, which was a DHL issue, nothing to do with the seller - in my case the package was sitting at DHL due for export from Germany for almost 2 weeks - this coincided with corona lockdowns so again something that could be expected.

When it finally arrived I tried to try it on mac with a VBox VM running homeassistant (USB pass-through) which just didn't work - I found people have similar issues with USB-serial cables on 10.15.7 Catalina and Apple drivers. The device does pop up in /dev but looks like the Apple driver doesn't like it (and a lot of other 3rd party devices).

I gave up on mac and pulled out a Raspi 3 with homeassistant, which took no time to get running with ZHA automation - everything worked perfectly since I plugged it in. I had several IKEA lights and controllers, paired them according to zigbee2mqtt docs and configured with HA. I'm still learning about the options there, but the stick has been great! No range issues (apartment), or any other glitches for 2 weeks running.

Thanks Slaesh!

Lam | Jan. 4, 2021

Works as expected

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

It took a bit longer than expected to get the device, and the shipping/tracking was shaky. Because of high order volume before Christmas, the seller could not answer each customer individually, but we were kept informed by mail. There seems to have been some messy-ness involving DHL. But at the end, I got the device, and all the info I got from the seller by mail regarding delays and lack of DHL tracking seemed to check out.

Once I started to use the device, everything was as expected and it works like a charm. Thanks Slaesh!
The combined Zigbee2mqtt and Slaesh documentation was enough to get me going. I am a software engineer so I am technically fluent. I think it could be a little harder to get going without technical background.

I run Zigbee2MQTT in a docker container, and the Mosquitto MQTT server in a docker container as well. Everything on our home server (an old mac mini) running Ubuntu.

I use a mix of Hue and Ikea lights, and I was able to retire completely my Hue hub, and get a lot more flexibility and configuration power. Something I did not expect was starting to use Node-red, but it became an important piece in my setup to reproduce all the existing Hue functionalities with the Hue dimmer switches.

Mathias | Jan. 4, 2021

Very happy !

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

What to say except that everything is perfect !? Just plugged it to my Pi 4, the firmware was already installed, I followed the instructions of Zigbee2MQTT to install it on my Home Assistant and everything was working fastly.

Thanks for the amazing job, product and communication regarding the shipping !

Artur | Jan. 4, 2021

Great stuff!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Due to Covid and Christmas shipping was a bit delayed, but it was totally understandable. Everything works fine.

Roland | Jan. 4, 2021

Good product. Product delivery time not so good.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Product works very good. I am using it with zigbee2mqtt on a raspberrypi with fhem. Delivery took longer than expected, This may be due to online shopping frenzy in germany after corona shutdown in december. Seller should have delvered via DHL professional service (available starting from 200 shipments / year), not via small postoffices for private customers.

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