Smart Home Guides
Sonoff SNZB-03P Zigbee Motion Sensor: Honest Review 2026
Honest 2026 review of the Sonoff SNZB-03P Zigbee motion sensor: local HA setup, fast timeout, real drawbacks vs Aqara P1 & Philips Hue.
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Best Zigbee Outdoor Motion Sensors for Home Assistant 2026
The best Zigbee outdoor motion sensors for Home Assistant in 2026: Philips Hue Outdoor, ThirdReality R1 mmWave, Sonoff SNZB-03P, and IKEA VALLHORN compared.
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Zigbee vs Matter Smart Plug: Which Is Better in 2026?
Zigbee still wins for Home Assistant energy monitoring and cost. Matter-over-Thread is a real alternative in 2026. Here's how to choose and which plugs to buy.
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Best Zigbee Motion Sensors for Home Assistant 2026
The Aqara P1 is the best Zigbee motion sensor for Home Assistant in 2026 — configurable timeout, lux sensor, no hub required. Full picks inside.
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A Rotatable 3D House Dashboard for Home Assistant (Free on HACS)
House 3D Card is a free, open-source Home Assistant dashboard card: a rotatable 3D model of your house where lights glow in their real colour, sockets show on/off LEDs and thermostats can be adjusted. Trace your own floor plan and install it from HACS in minutes.
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How to Share a NAS Drive with Proxmox (NFS and SMB)
Step-by-step guide to sharing a NAS drive with Proxmox over NFS or SMB/CIFS: creating the share, fixing permissions and adding it as storage.
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How to Set Up an IoT VLAN for Home Assistant
Split your homelab into trusted and IoT VLANs step by step: hardware, firewall rules, mDNS for Home Assistant and migrating devices safely.
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Best Budget Zigbee Hubs: Local Control on the Cheap
The SONOFF ZBDongle-E is the best budget Zigbee hub for Home Assistant: EFR32MG21 chip, external antenna, works with ZHA and Zigbee2MQTT out of the box.
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Best Zigbee Smart Locks for Home Assistant (2026)
The best Zigbee smart locks for Home Assistant in 2026: Yale Assure Lock 2, Kwikset 914 Convert, ULTRALOQ U-Bolt Pro, and Aqara U100 — honestly reviewed.
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How to Back Up and Restore Home Assistant (2026 Guide)
Back up and restore Home Assistant step by step: automatic backups, off-device locations, your encryption key, Proxmox VM backups and moving to new hardware.