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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

Robert | Nov. 7, 2020

Very good product, 200 square meter and 70 devices

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I've ordered 2 of them. It works fine, the radio transmission is equally fine as the official Dev Board from Texas Instruments. The shipment was slow, because Slaesh had problems with the carrier, but when I send a message to him he was very helpful to resolve the problem.
So I think the patience is rewarded. (And thanks for the bears :)

Romans | Nov. 6, 2020

Nice, but communication problems

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Bought this item to replace my cc2531 stick, but the connection range appears even worsten then cc2531. May be received stick is faulty or this is design/production issue. Seller has not replies on e-mails, be careful with order this stick.

P.S. Should to admit that after re-pairing devices the stick start working smoothly, but communication with a seller are worse still.

Attila | Oct. 29, 2020

Scam

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Not received the item after 12 weeks. Upon inquiry the seller sent some bogus email about personal issues but repeatedly refused to provide date of dispatch.

Waste of time and money. Will ask for refund. Looks many others had same experience.

Zdeněk | Oct. 28, 2020

Amazing device!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Delivery from Germany to Czech Republic took almost 3 weeks.

But the device is amazing, it works out of the box (zigbee2mqtt). My first experience with ZigBee protocol, everything went smoothly.
Small sweet greetings included :-)

Thx

Juul | Oct. 25, 2020

Great Zigbee coordinator!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

After some starting issues regarding delivery, I've received the coordinator about 4 weeks after ordering. I just wanted to contact Slaesh when he sent me a mail explaining the issues he had. I decided to wait a little longer and didn't regret that. I can recommend anybody ordering one!

Kevin | Oct. 24, 2020

A huge improvement over the CC2531 adapter I was using

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I started using Zigbee with a couple of devices and the cheap CC2531 stick. I quickly had 20+ devices and started to see the limitations of the CC2531 stick even with a modified antennae. I had to have a few devices in places I didn't want them just to get a good reception.

Slaesh’s CC2652RB stick is a massive improvement over the CC2531. It was easy to re-pair my devices and I've been able to place them in the optimum location while still having great reception.

It's great to be supporting someone who's trying to start a business too! Thanks Sascha and good luck!

Rene | Oct. 24, 2020

Fast shipment was not expected

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

After reading the reviews I expected it would take weeks before I would receive this product. But it was shipped 2 days after ordering and a few days later delivered. It came with some treats that are appriciated by my daugther. Product looks very good. Nice small package. Hope it works as well as it looks ;-)

Good job. Thanks!

Anyelo | Oct. 24, 2020

Esxcellent zigbee cordinator!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Excellent zigbee coordinator!
It arrived in two weeks, despite the distance.
Thank you very much. :)

Valentin | Oct. 23, 2020

Excellent!

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

CC2652 is working great on 50+ devices where the CC2531 didn't handle all the devices. Range is excellent and it was an easy install!
Shipping with DHL is horrible BUT that is NOT the sellers fault. Took about 2 weeks from Germany to Sweden.

BUY!

Johann | Oct. 22, 2020

works great

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The stick came packaged in a cushioned envelope. I put my other zzh stick together without flashing it. Having the stick pre-flashed was nice. Considering both sticks I have to say that I like the blue box more than the black one, but let's not reduce products to their packaging... Anyways, I simply put the stick on my Raspberry Pi and zigbee2mqtt was running. Thanks for this great product. Also thanks for the treat - I'm saving it for when my home automation is fully functional ;-)

Brodie | Oct. 22, 2020

Great Product

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I bought this stick to replace a previous CC2531 that died. Quickly connected it and configured it for zigbee2mqtt and all seems to work as expected. Took a week or so to get to me but that was down to the initially delivery company in the chain. The email comms with Sascha were good and he provided me with tracking links to see where the parcel was on its journey to me. Overall I'm very happy with the product!

Kirill | Oct. 22, 2020

Great little thing

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Seller had some initial problems shipping, but promptly resolved them when contacted.
The device itself is neat, and works out of the box thanks to preflashed firmware.
No stability or range issues so far. The case is robust.
Would be nice to have an option of shutting down the blinkey-blinkeys from within zigbee2mqtt.

Cheers, Slaesh, and thanks!

Lukas | Oct. 22, 2020

Great product

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Works well, I used it to replace CC2531. This stick came pre-flashed with firmware for Zigbee2MQTT and it is more powerful than CC2531. Shipping was well also, I got stick 10 days after pruchase (shipped from Germany to Czech republic).

Johannes | Oct. 19, 2020

Product is good

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Product is everything that was expected. It works fine and all the parts that came with the product seems to be good quality. Taking it into use was easy and fast. Compared to my old CC2531, this is a lot more powerful. All my zigbee devices paired pretty easily and this has no problem dealing with them (+40 devices). The range is not better since my old adapter also had external antenna but that was expected. Still this one seems to be more stable under load.

Thank you for great product!

Only negative point regarding the order is the (almost) lack of communication. The order did not arrive at all and couldn't get a hold of the seller. After contacting Tindie, I got a tracking code from the seller and the item arrived fast. This all OK but the lack of communication was a big minus. I do understand the problems with shipments but do improve communication.

I can recommend this product if you have a lot of zigbee devices and I can also recommend seller even with the poor communication.

Oliver | Oct. 16, 2020

Top Product

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I bought this stick to replace a CC2531. Connected -> the new port configured in zigbee2mqtt -> Zigbee devices reconnected -> runs fine. Both thumbs up.

Onno | Oct. 14, 2020

Great device

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Shipping took very long, but it was worth the wait. This little device is great. Huge improvement in link quality over the old CC2531 device.

Emanuele | Oct. 14, 2020

Very good

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I ordered this knowing there would be a long wait time for the delivery (clearly indicated by the seller in the item description) and, indeed, after a month the item wasn't delivered yet, so I contacted the seller to figure out where the package got stuck. A lot of packages recently got lost, damaged or returned and mine was probably one of those, so it was shipped again (this time with a tracking code and insurance). This time it arrived within a few days and in perfect conditions (in a bubble wrap envelope, and with the antenna disconnected to prevent damage to the connector).

The item is great, I connected it to an rPI 1 Model B (through a powered USB hub since my old power brick wasn't enough to keep things stable - I already had another USB device connected) and Raspbian detected it immediately and loaded the proper kernel modules (it loads cp210x and usbserial by the way - it might be worth adding that to the documentation, for those that compile their own kernel or have an unusual distribution - my other Gentoo system was unable to use the device until I compared with Raspbian and noticed that I didn't have those modules compiled! it worked flawlessly afterwards) and zigbee2mqtt was able to use it out of the box.

The range is pretty good, and my devices (mostly Aqara devices) stay connected even on the next floor (through two brick walls and one concrete floor). Moving them another room farther would make the signal too weak - but that's what repeaters exist for.

Symbol | Oct. 12, 2020

Works perfectly

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

It arrived with a small late (occured by hungarian post?) and works perfectly. My RPi detected as /dev/ttyUSB0 (differs from zigbee2mqtt spec) and easily connected approx. 8 device. I have got no disconnect, devices works in 7/24. I did not connected directly to Rpi, instead I used an 1/2m length usb cable. And of cource disabled wifi and bluetooth.
I can only recommend that vote to it!

Peter | Oct. 11, 2020

Great:-)

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Replaced a CC2531 with this CC2652. 40+ different kind of devices (most of them HUE, IKEA & Xiaomi). Works perfectly. Stable, fast response, great range. For pairing new devices not need to be even close to the coordinator.
Regarding shipping, you may need to be patiently. In my case the shipment was waiting from September 12th until October 1st somewhere between DHL and the German postal service. Just after Sascha and I started an investigation where the shipment is, the package moved.
Thanks for this great stick

Robin | Oct. 10, 2020

Works perfectly as Z2M adapter

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I'm using it as a more powerful CC2531 adapter replacement to run Zigbee2Mqtt. Range is much better and it has no problems with larger networks.
Upon flashing it with the latest available fw on Github, it worked flawlessly and recognized all my devices.
The case is not the most beautiful one, but it works and certainly does the job.

Overall happy with it. The small shipping issues I had didn't bother me much. Communication during that time was excellent.

Andrey | Oct. 9, 2020

Excellent quality! :)

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I waited a long time, but I waited and got a great product! Excellent quality.
Now I will check it as a replacement for the stick on the CC2531 chip.
By the way, I drilled two holes in the case for pressing buttons, it's convenient :).

Leandro | Oct. 8, 2020

Great stick.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

First i have to say it was worth the waiting !

Product:

Running TI CC2652RB with 80 devices its now stable and fast compared with TI CC2531 .

Communication:

I contacted Sasha due delay of shipping via Tindie and he received my messaged but i didnt received his, then i contacted him thru his mail and got answer very quickly then we found out that forum function of Tindie was not working.

I had some minor issue due i was using the wrong type of antenna and Sasha helped me out.

Shipping:

Sasha did a second try with shipping due DHL abuse of the goods and now with a trackingnumber, it took 1 week to reach Sweden and that was normal shipping time.

Thank you Sasha for making this device possible even with the all up and downs you had on the way.

Wojciech | Oct. 7, 2020

Great product working nicely in my home zigbee network

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Great that Sascha made it possible!
Product come ready to plug and work right away.
100% stable network and good range thank to antenna.

Andrew | Oct. 7, 2020

Nothing received and communication severely lacking

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

My order was placed on the 8th August 2020 and I've made a couple of attempts to get a follow up on status but the seller seems to have dropped off completely.

Unfortunately I cannot recommend buying from this seller as you will be left completely in the dark. Some ethics in business communication would go a long way. The seller seems to be active on Tindie based on their last seen status on their profile, on a daily basis, but does not to respond to any messages.

I have made a request for a full refund so we will see how that goes. Terrible (basically non-existent) customer service.

Ruben | Oct. 6, 2020

Great product perfectly made.

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The shipment was delayed by DHL. The communication with the seller was fast and acurate. As you can see is the documentation great.
Thanks for the product!

Aleksej | Oct. 6, 2020

Good dongle

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

The dongle itself is really good, well packed, made to work OOB. Really more powerful and better to use. There was a slight delay due to some shipment problems, but overall communication was good enough to catch up the status

David | Oct. 6, 2020

Does exactly what's supposed to

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Easy linux installation, on debian works out of the box. Could easily connect hue and xiaomi stuff and get rid of hue bridge completely. The plastic case is bit flimsy when installing antenna with SMA connector, as the outer diameter of the SMA is very tightly coupled to the hole in the plastic, and as a result I just managed to crack-open it. It seems to have quite a range, apart from few spots, my 180m^2 is covered with signal.

Tommy | Oct. 5, 2020

It's been 2 months received nothing, no response from seller

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Ordered on august 3rd, seller shipped august 15th without tracking number
Seller had a few problems with first shipments being returned to him...
So I waited...
It's been 2 months and I still have nothing.
Seller doesn't answer emails or Tindie messages but is still taking new orders ? this is wrong.

Do not order from him, looks like a scam.

Jeroen | Oct. 4, 2020

Essential replacement for CC2531

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I have been using zigbee2mqtt with a CC2531 stick for about a year and a half. The CC2531 is not able to reliably handle a Zigbee network that consists of more than 20..30 devices with difficult in-between hops. The CC2652 deals effortlessly with such networks, and provides necessary headroom for expansion. (We do not often witness networks shrink, do we ?)

The CC2652 design made by slaesh is now running for about 2 weeks without issue. The range is only slightly better in my case, but as long as you have strong connections with some of the closest devices, the Zigbee network should really take care of the rest. Build quality is not exceptional, but good enough.

I use the CC2652 coordinator with Home Assistant through zigbee2mqtt (https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io). Support for zigbee2mqtt is excellent, both from the lead programmer and the community. I highly recommend this combination.

You should buy this because it offers much better reliability than the often-used CC2531. You really need the resulting low Marriage Interference Factor (MIF) to successfully explore and expand Zigbee / zigbee2mqtt home automation to the point it actually becomes useful, i.e. not just an experiment with 3 lights in a separate room.

Arjan | Oct. 4, 2020

Works perfect

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

It was a long wait till it was arrived but's as replacement for my CC2531 is great.
The network quality is way better now from avg 30 to 90 now super

Jrg | Oct. 4, 2020

Works as advertised

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Delivery took a bit but the seller was very open about the reasons so I had no problems waiting.
Once the stick was here, it worked a as expected.

Joe | Oct. 2, 2020

Good product, poor shipping and communication

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Received product after nearly 2 months wait. Product works well as expected so far supporting 20+ devices on my network. Seller needs to work on shipping and customer communication otherwise this is a great product!

Ivan | Sept. 30, 2020

Took some time, but was worth it

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

Shipping was somewhat slow (that is, both time to ship and time to deliver), but I've finally got my stick, and it works just fine.

Arthur | Sept. 30, 2020

Long awaited but very good product at the end

For CC2652 ZigBee coordinator or OpenThread router

I'm not going to write about the long wait for the shipment and the doubts about it. End good, all good. After receiving the stick, I replaced the old CC2531 and the whole network got much better and more stable. I do not regret this purchase and the long waiting has already been forgotten. Thanks!

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