Smart Home Light Switch - No Neutral, Because No Wiring!?

[@paulhibbert]

**UPDATE*** Broadlink got delayed by amazon with the rollout for using the buttons to start Alexa routines, they coded up using a new API and Amazon have delayed the rollout. I didn't find out until after I'd released the video 🙄 they reckon July it will start working. Happy Saturday everyone!! ***Get 15% off below!!*** Broadlink's latest efforts are what the future of our Smart Homes SHOULD look like. This is everything Matter should have been. BUY THE BROADLINK FASTCON BLE SMART HOME PRODUCTS BELOW... As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below I will earn commission at no extra cost to you :) ***BEFORE YOU BUY THE SWITCH BROADLINK HAVE INFORMED ME THERE IS A DELAY ON MAKING THE BUTTONS WORK WITH ALEXA. APOLOGIES, THEY SAID IT WOULD BE WORKING BY THE TIME IT RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. I AM CHASING THEM REGULARLY*** COUPN CODE: PAULBLE15 BROADLINK FASTCON BLE PRODUCTS UK: amzn.to/3kML5sZ US: amzn.to/391iUUe ***UPDATE*** Broadlink plan to localise the timers on the hub "very soon", and also have agreed that the buttons on the switch should have more flexibility for gestures such as hold, double click and even triple click! They are discussing this internally now.

[@Hokefi]

Do you have EU links ? (.de)?

[@odhiambo0]

So will we buy a new button when that happens or they will push a firmware update?

[@Hokefi]

@@BenvanBroekhuijsen I am not quite get what are you seying, but customs is pain in the ... when you import from outside EU economic area. And yes EU means EUROPEAN UNION not europe.

[@fp30e]

Hi Paul , Have ordered one from your link using the Coupon Code. I got a reduction of £6.45. Paid £36.54. Thank you very much

[@terkfranks1538]

I ordered 3.... says they will be shipped in july.

[@wizdude]

I don’t see this as a replacement for home assistant, however it’s awesome to see a new player in the market. I use home assistant to integrate all my differing vendors and products. Having said that, Paul, DOES IT WORK WITH HOME ASSISTANT? YOU DIDN’T MENTION HOME ASSISTANT. WE NEED HOME ASSISTANT ESPECIALLY IF THIS IS LOCAL. HOME ASSISTANT. HOME ASSISTANT. HOOMMMEEE ASSISTANNTTTTT.

[@enricobernardini557]

I'm on node-red so ... a mqtt bridge on the gateway could make us happy!

[@tsgeekk]

That may explain why there hasn't yet been an integration with BrightLink switches and home assistant. They might want to replace HA for basic users.

[@wizdude]

@@tsgeekk possibly. But they do offer integration with Alexa and Google Home. It wouldn’t have been hard to leave an open API on the hub and someone could have written some integration for it.

[@EricDeLaRosa]

Yep, definitely not a replacement for Home Assistant Paul. I'm sure it will never support all my DIY devices. That being said, I totally just ordered the kit. As always, thanks for the awesome content.

[@tsgeekk]

@@EricDeLaRosa I don't think they are trying to be a 100% replacement for Home Assistant. But there is a significant market out there that either doesn't use HA, or only uses it to do fairly basic stuff, because HA is deemed too hard to learn. I'm not getting into that argument. I love using HA BECAUSE I enjoy the tinkering involved. There's a massive market out there that would love to get 80% of HA's functionality, but don't want to commit the time it requires. BroadLlink may be trying to connect to that market. My concern as a HA guy is that I want to use BroadLlink products, but no integrations have been created beyond the BL remote. My speculation is that the lack of HA support may be a feature, not a bug. BL may never allow HA to integrate.

[@Caboose816]

Paul, I'd say I watch your channel only about 25% for new smart home tech, and 75% for silly antics. I look forward to this every Saturday.

[@jda20001]

What silly antics?

[@markbailey7946]

And nothing to do with The Wife 😂

[@chris]

No Home Assistant integration? No dice. Cool tech otherwise... and fun video :)

[@jsainbox]

I have been using these battery buttons as replacement for main switches for about a year now with the Lidl hub. They also have single, dual and triple 230v switches that don't need neutral. I have the 4 battery buttons working with toggle, double tap and long press for triggering different circuits or scenes.

[@techieboy333]

Just bought three starter kits and would have bought more if they also did B22 fittings. Thanks for the discount code. Happy Affiliate Day!

[@You-Tuber2024]

This is exactly what I’m looking for with my home gym. I wanted a way to have a countdown timer. I can now achieve this with this package and using an Alexa routine. Bought using your discount code, thanks Paul 👍🏻

[@You-Tuber2024]

Scrap that, no Alexa routines yet 🙄

[@slow17motion]

@@You-Tuber2024 I didn't find this review to be entirely clear about its capabilities. Basically, Alexa can talk to the bridge (and activate scenes), but the bridge can't talk back. If you could use the buttons on the panel to trigger routines, this would be a MUST HAVE. Instead, you're stuck using Alexa to control their equipment, which doesn't have the range or quality of many other brands. Even their bulbs--which are fine--are inferior to Govee. I don't want to replace my current stuff with Broadlink stuff, just so I can use their panel. Oh well.

[@You-Tuber2024]

@@slow17motion exactly mate! I think I’m going to be sending mine back because I haven’t used it yet since realising I can’t use it for what I intended it for. My whole setup is Hue and like you, I don’t want to be replacing all my stuff with BroadLink

[@paulhibbert]

I was perfectly clear. This switch DOES have the ability to trigger routines. The only thing I didn't get right was when. Broadlink wrongly told me it would be up and running by the time the review came out but amazon delayed the new api and Broadlink now estimate July and are offering free additional switches to anyone that bought this product expecting it to start Alexa routines.

[@You-Tuber2024]

@@paulhibbert how do you go about claiming the switch’s Paul? If this is the case then I might just keep mine if they do intend on running routines through Alexa. I’ll just sell the bulbs

[@JWW855]

Bluetooth mesh network? I'm in! Been needing something that doesn't need wifi. 2 vids in a row that knock it out of the park!

[@badboyjca]

My Alexa Routines work these units. I really like the way they work and it's soo easy for me to show the wife how to use them and others that like to use the light switch when they come over. Thought about hard wiring, but will wait till i'm sure this is my go to unit. Thanks for the review and even though they have many issue with the app they seem worth it and so far i'm in for 6 Starter kits and 2- 4 bulb sets. about 200 bucks give or take and i've got the majority of the house covered.

[@bytespider]

I may have missed something, but since these are running off BLE, then it seems like your phone acts as the hub when not using the hub or cant be reached and thus the distance between your phone and the nearest bulb in the mesh is the limiting factor. when you tested you said you couldn't get far enough away to stop the bulb from working. was your phone also a large distance from the bulb you were controlling? Love your channel. Keep up the Saturday morning Smart Home entertainment

[@matthewgiangarra3535]

On my radar for my new home. Moving in next month. 3300 sqf and NO SMART DEVICES. Like a kid in a candy store. Cannot wait to get started. Hope Broadlink releases what I need soon.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

1. Brillian reason to get the wife into a star-trek outfit. Well done. 2. I'd re-subscribe 1000000 times to never have the Kardashians on here again.

[@myutube6422]

There you go again saving me money. I'm glad that they are listening and updating to your suggestions.

[@Sproutsdaddy1957]

As a kid I used to get up early on Saturday mornings just to watch cartoons on TV. As an adult, I get up early on Saturday mornings to watch Paul Hibbert. Yay Paul!

[@lance3198]

Thanks! Could you actually create a video showing how you permanently wire to switch on covered it?

[@terkfranks1538]

Sounds nice. I also like putting smart switches over main switches (but would rather have them cover original plate and avoid wiring them differently). Using magnets/Velcro and having the ability to switch main off and on as needed.

[@OldSkoolBiker62]

Thanks again Paul.. Have added to my wishlist for future purchases.. Not long replaced a number of my bulbs so I will now wait until bulbs start failing and eventually replace with this new system.. be great if they make smart plugs too.. I have 14 TP-LINK plugs around my apartment and just had my 15th one fail.. After about 4 years of use.. so I think all others will start failing over the next couple of years be nice to have a local plug..

[@JamieStuff]

While I applaud Broadlink for "building a better mousetrap" with their FastCon BLE system, they need to formally integrate with Home Assistant if they want to make any significant inroad into the established Home Automation community. Without Home Assistant integration, their system is a non-starter for me.

[@ayporos]

This. If they claim to be the best product, let them prove it by making people want to use it. Not by forcing vendor lock in. 'completely secure and local'... except for the ONE thing (automation) that makes a home automation system.. well, an automated system. XD

[@ebcradioshow]

This sounds really nice, a few drawbacks, but if they deliver and integrated with home assistant, and change that behavior on the buttons seems amazing. Looking forward for development.

[@kieran.thejasperhouse]

@@ayporos if the hub can talk locally to home assistant then that would be amazing.

[@fidomuh]

Home Assistant already supports BLE devices, so there should be zero reason for FastCon not to magically be supported once a few developers get their hands on the products. Even if Broadlink doesn't officially support it, their BLE setup looks to be very simple and easy to integrate. I am personally more worried about the security part - how easy would it be for a neighbor to re-pair with your devices? And if you use Home Assistant as an alarm - will the BLE sensors be considered secure enough ? :)

[@tsgeekk]

We want BrightLink to integrate with HA, but does BrightLink want that? If they did, wouldn't we have seen an integration with BrightLink switches by now? I can see a scenario where they truly want to replace HA in the long term. I hope that's not true, but I wonder .

[@JamieStuff]

I used to get up on Saturday morning and watch cartoons. Now I get up on Saturday morning and watch Paul Hibbert. Love you, man!

[@EricDeLaRosa]

Yep, definitely not a replacement for Home Assistant Paul. I'm sure it will never support all my DIY devices. That being said, I totally just ordered the kit. As always, thanks for the awesome content.

[@guatagel2454]

A mesh with hundreds of devices is a very difficult task to solve, if you are a device engineer. Both the hardware and the software have their own particular problems for the mesh to work. Time to learn ESPNow. Dude, you are leading me to a higher standard every weekend. Thank you! Edit: the "Rules processor", or the device that manage which device triggers what, must live in the mesh. Interesting. It is possible to implement such "Rule processor" on ESPNow, with a distributed state machine. Quick, to the lab!

[@dfgdfg_]

Get back in touch with Paul if you make something practical for people to use

[@snives7166]

BLE is part of the presence detection holy grail. This seems like one step closer to an ESPresence capability level system without all the WiFi protocol noise. They just need to have a sniffer/registry for devices paired with a motion sensor and it's golden.

[@richardburguillos3118]

What about Home Assistant? Will it work with HA? Exciting, but if I cannot integrate it with HA, it’s a no go…

[@farhada147]

Thanks Paul, I just purchased a set using your code and I hope it helps you out as the review and the information you provide definitely, help us. I do hope they do release GU10's as I am a Ikea Tradfri user and am getting tired of how inflexible their system is and how their products won't play with any other system properly. I'm going to be starting my switch of approx. 40-50 lights in the house and the gardens, 6 sensors and the switches that need to go with it all. Fingers crossed.

[@Gilotopia]

I've been wiring the switches always on and covering them with smart switches for a few years now. It's definitely the way to go in a smart home. There is always that odd day when I have to change the battery and can only control the lights by Google assistant but it's fine.

[@KTibow]

Looked awesome... until you mentioned replacing Home Assistant. If they're "giving up control", it should allow us to make whatever crazy custom automations we want

[@bre4472]

Any update on using this with Alexa routines?

[@richardplaatjes501]

Love your videos, so much energy! This one is especially well produced, your video quality is going up and up up!

[@TheJimurq]

I also bought a single socket spacer from Amazon so that I could leave the existing switches in place and switched on, then screwed these switches in place over the existing. No wiring mods and done in two minutes...undoabke just as quick. Now waiting for the range extension to replace the unstable stuff I have!

[@jimmyv2962]

I was excited to get my starter kit delivered today. I opened the parcel at 9.45pm and discovered there is no CR2430 battery in the box. A quick trip to Tesco left me disapointed. I will have to wait until tomorrow, when I can get into a hardware shop... c'mon Broadlink!

[@ram64man]

no sign up. no internet access needed broadlink I love you

[@HAL-zl1lg]

I got the 4th gen Echo dot almost solely for the presence detection. 6 months later they still haven't enabled it for people in the UK. The US has also had ramp brightness for years but they still haven't got around to enabling it elsewhere.

[@SuperGilesfamily]

I like the idea of this product and the range is something I have been looking for, for one very particular reason - Door Bell. I have a garden office and want a doorbell inside the house AND at the end of the garden, about 40 mtrs away. I tried three different (Bluetooth?) doorbells which claimed 1000ft (300mtrs) range but none worked at anywhere near that range - three walls do cut the signal quite a bit, I suppose. I have wi-fi and Alexa in the office and could buy FLIC 2 to activate a routine but it is WAY too expensive for just a doorbell! The idea of a local Bluetooth mesh is great. THE PROBLEMS ARE - I don't need the lightbulbs and I don't need four big switches on the front door. Has anyone else found a solution that might work for me with the range I need? Still think this is a great product and, as usual, Paul makes it a great review - kudos, man!

[@drewrichardson6747]

I get my Ring Doorbell notifications in the garden from an Echo flex which is in a weather proof box. The echo is connected to an amplifier which runs my garden speakers. Whatever the echo flex says or plays, comes outof my garden speakers.

[@SuperGilesfamily]

@@drewrichardson6747 thanks. I don't have ring as I am not really interested in the camera side. However, the idea is great. It just seems so expensive for just a doorbell. If broadlink brought out a cheaper competitor to FLIC (single, small buttons), that would surely win them a lot of sales and I would definitely be interested.

[@cbcdesign001]

Hue is expensive but if money isnt a problem I still find it to be the most convenient most reliable system there is. Brightness only matters if you need more brightness that the hue bulbs can produce at 100%, I dont. As for colour accuracy, I just dont care because I dont use many colour bulbs. I have had more issues with BroadLink TC switches than any other smart home product I have ever bought too. They dont even include an led to indicator to tell me that the bridge is functioning, at least the Hue Hub tells me what its doing. I know Hue is for you like an x girl friend you cannot stop slagging off but for me Hue is the loyal partner that never lets me down.

[@richardgmale2913]

Paul - please use wagos when making your lighting circuits live. (great channel btw - keep it coming!)

[@TechJB65]

Thanks Paul. Just shows what all manufacturers could be doing. Keep up the awesome videos!!

[@rvermill47]

Great video mate! I really appreciate the effort you put into making these. Keep em coming. Thanks!

[@mattconstance2196]

And with this video I am now hitting pause on plans to "localise" by attempting Home Assistant. Thanks for another great video.

[@danssv8]

Please make video explaining if you out of bluetooth range and if it still works on mobile data or wifi please mate. Great video mate. Can you have one switch per light to turn it on and off with the four switches.

[@ytshotmaker]

Once the home assistant boffins figure out how to integrate these and broadlink implement the changes mentioned in the description, these are basically perfect! The only bulbs to buy! Nerdy question - have you been able to see whether these cause interference with other bluetooth devices or anything unexpected (like wifi/zigbee etc)? I rely a lot on both you see. Bonus ultra nerdy comment: I guess it depends on the wavelength their protocol is using?

[@robert.wigley]

It's BLE, so it'll be using 2.4GHz, which is in the same frequency range as regular (non 5GHz) WiFi, Zigbee and multiple other things. It's the most widely used frequency. 😖

[@trevor8762]

Robert is 100% correct. BLE devices in particular can have issues with being overpowered by stronger 2.4Ghz sources (due to the lower power consumption requirements), so keep that in mind when designing the wireless setup in your house and you should have much fewer issues. However, I would love to actually see the BLE traffic and it RF signature considering the fact that though the technology is normally used in low power draw situations, these devices have no need for that. I wonder if the RF power is actually within SIG standards or they are using BLE protocols with Bluetooth BD/EDR levels of signal transmission strength.

[@fidomuh]

BLE is easy to overpower, but as mentioned in the video, the mesh solution is extremely easy to maintain. Essentially a mesh ensures all devices connect to the optimal uplink, so as long as you don't place your access points directly on top of your bulbs, you should be good. For environments that are heavily affected by interference, the mesh itself will also cause interference and could potentially force newer APs to increase their power output, so just make sure to have "enough" devices that are "always on" (bulbs, power sockets, etc) and you should not have a problem. This is also why Broadlinks showcase, while impressive in terms of delay, is actually easier to achieve since there are so many mesh-points, despite being in a corporate building with many access points. (I assume.) Personally my scale is BLE only, and I can read that from my Home Assistant device more than 20 meters away, despite having 4 access points in between - and this is a battery powered scale.

[@barnes0801]

I would like you to know the effect you have on people each Saturday. I was watching today's video, having a delightful lunch of humus and bread sticks, when my wife walks in to the living room and exclaims "hoooome assistant!!" at the top of her voice while thrusting her hips. She promptly walks back out leaving the dog and I looking absolutely perplexed. She doesn't watch KZbin but that's obviously stuck with her just from me watching every week.

[@markkiely]

Hi Paul, great video as usual. Do you know can you get one of the buttons to start a alexa routine?

[@Muggles87]

This looks remarkably similar to Ajax's Zignito range, especially with the switch which looks identical. Be good to see you test those

[@VenomKen]

Broadlink finally gets it. No one wants a subscription service and no one wants to log into someone else's server to turn the light on in their house. Well done Broadlink

[@marktime61]

Casambi also good BLE type mesh system although priced for professional use. Use of EnOcean switches are similar in operation but batteryless. Thread (and matter) will also compete so I wonder how yet another protocol will survive. Time will tell.

[@paulhibbert]

Thanks man, that's good to know. I haven't triedn Enocean!

[@marktime61]

@@paulhibbert FWIW, I use Casambi and HK products plus a couple from Shelly and Tuya with Hombridge managing non native HK devices (plugins) to connect them thru to Home App (Apple). Also find Homedash App useful as a good overall status and control manager. Dipping in out of native Apps as required (until matter arrives… if it ever does:-). )

[@brettmatthews9886]

I seriously think you are certifiably nuts. Still my favourite content creator. Keep it up!

[@paulhibbert]

Already certified! 😂

[@jmr]

Get back to me when Fastcon detects a fart and turns on your air filter.

[@shad0wguy]

Seems like an awesome solution. Might be a good alternative to smart switches, which is proving to be difficult for me as my houses wiring doesn't have a neutral wire.

[@slow17motion]

Only if you want to buy Broadlink stuff. They can't speak to other Smart devices or Alexa. Alexa can tell the Broadlink devices what to do, but you can't use it to trigger routines.

[@martydrury1234]

The fancy dress budget for these videos to dress up as critics is awesome and much appreciated.

[@troyavidano2524]

I think this was my favorite video yet!

[@vk3fbab]

Looking promising. What's stopping me from taking the plunge is integrating into my current system. I like lights on after power restore. This is because I still have the existing switches in place. So this allows it to work like an existing light no matter what breaks. So maybe broadlink should allow users to choose this. Happy customers are good for broadlink right.

[@RonPouraty]

The new upcoming Matter/thread Mesh protocol will supposedly make the devices cloud independent and local friendly. I am impatiently waiting for this to happen soon.

[@Shy_Hulud]

This is genuinely a a game changer.

[@Infigo96]

Many things remind me of the nordic Plejd, very popular in Sweden at least. Altough that is more install focused so an electrician can install the dimmers and share it easely to the customer as they mainly do behind the wall dimmers. But timers and astro clocks etc are local on each device don't even need the hub for that. I use standard Schnider frames for my wireless button which is claimed 15 years batterylife....mine has been up for like a year and a half and the clockcell battery is still 3V+

[@N03ntry]

So off the back of this review I bought the starter kit and these are my thoughts, 1st - the switch needs a 2430 battery and it isn't included which although only a small gripe is pretty annoying 2nd - I have setup 2 bulbs in bedside lamps to be operated by the switch, and it doesn't work correctly every time, sometimes one bulb does something completely different than what it should whilst the other one works correctly. or both do something odd, or one ignores the command completely. Have to say the pairing is amazing though, literally a second, its weird, its as if it hasn't worked properly having been used to other devices taking a minute to pair.

[@calibur4567]

I just installed 10 bulbs and the hub in our game room and got very much the same experience. Trying to set scenes and the bulbs are just randomly going between different colors. Trying to set a single color with room control, and they aren't even doing that all the same, if at all. Luckily my "daylight" scene seems to be working as the default if i turn the power off and back on. Also not able to pair with Alexa at all, the registration code it requires doesn't display. REALLY hoping they get the software figured out because the pairing and setup was amazing, but the functionality seems to be really lacking right now.

I've a startset and four extra bulbs on the way from China and I can't wait to replace my Philips Hue system. The "only" thing I am missing is integration with Home Assistent and OpenHAB.

[@tc-ac83]

You really need to look into Shelly devices for your light switches. I have every switch in my house connected, and they look and act just like normal light switches (I have nice chrome ones throughout the house, no plastic here!) Setup with a 3-way toggle switch, you would honestly never know they were smart at all, and will always work even if the wifi/Shelly went down. They can even work with smart bulbs if needed in detached mode…

[@IanTakats]

That was a hilarious star trek clip. You're both superstars. The Broadlink kit looks like a real winner. Keep up the good work Paul.

[@SJPDurham]

Loved the Star Trek bit. Loved the addition of Neesha. Finally she gets a mention. Would love to see you both in a fan movie. Surprised you haven’t been a presenter for something like The Gadget Show as you’re really good at presenting this.

[@tyngjim]

Yes! Revolutionary - esp at that price point! Now just hoping we can see outdoor lights and expanded indoor products that are compatible! Also looking for offline voice assistant, but that’s much harder!

[@jontyrocks3]

Just need to release a bayonet style bulb and HomeKit and I’ll be smashing the buy button

[@pandasdreamlygon]

haha the star trek scene with your wife was funny

[@paulhibbert]

Probably took more time to make than the whole opf this episode 😂 Fun afternoon though!

[@reviewassistant6891]

Positive move from a big company realising there is more money to be made from charging more for devices but allowing local control. Cheap Device - cost of cloud is killing companies and going 360 is the only way to go and clearly they see it Few points you forget to mention when comparing Hue to other bulbs that should be stated as not everyone is in need for brighter then what a hue bulb can do. 1. Fade in/Out - Hue will slowly transition on and off to give a nice transition unlike other bulbs that cut power, sure thats like a traditional bulb but when you've had these slow transition its hard to go back. 2. Dimness, Hue bulbs from my expierence go much Dimmer then other bulbs Sure you might not care for both of these and do care for brightness, but it should be mentioned as there is other characteristics of quality in lightbulbs then just ''Lumens''

[@dfgdfg_]

Offline?! No sign up?! Awesome!

[@bobriemersma]

This is a good trend. I'd still like to see a Tuya Local Service on a beefed up Tuya WiFi/ZigBee/BLE hub that works with existing Tuya devices, but as far as I know that's not planned.

[@gadjetsvideo]

I've ordered the starter pack, thanks for the 15% off, but I do wish they had a bayonet fitting option as most of my lamps have bayonet fittings!

[@android01978]

I’d love to change over to broadlink however, they don’t produce bulbs for B22 fittings which are the most common over here in Australia.

[@realplastbox]

Amazing video, amazing move by Broadlink! Have Broadlink said anything about having the bulbs remember their last state in case of a power outage? Also, didn't you say a while back that going forward you'd include whether the things you tested work with HA or not (yet)..? I mean, this probably does, but locally? Thanks again for the superb infotainment!

[@michaelmaliga815]

I agree that the power failure issue is a deal breaker. I would like to use these to replace my outdoor Lifx bulbs that are always offline when I want to adjust them. I can't consider using Broadlink though until I'm assured that a brief power flicker at 10AM won't leave all of my outdoor lights burning all day until I get home in the evening to fix it.

[@kevinvanfossen9537]

Bro you are just Awsome. Pls keep up theses intertaining and informative vids. Love them

[@th45h1zn1t]

Sounds like a solid start to what could be a game changer.

[@myutube6422]

I received my kit and as you stated set up was easy. However, the scene switch didn't have a battery in it. Was it supposed to? The colors in my bulbs are nowhere near the pictured color, other than total red. All of the other colors are pale and can be anything nowhere near what you click on.

[@Mohammad-rx9fe]

Hi I am starting just starting with smart home things I have watched your beginner guide 2022; however, I was surprised that you did not mention “Hubitat”. Also, I am wondering if you can make a comparison (pros/cons) between the fastcon BLE and broadlink’s switches which do not require neutral wires.

[@cbirchy87]

Went to check how "cheap" these were. I can confirm they are cheap. A lot less then I expected. Exciting.

[@paulhibbert]

Broadlinka re one of the few companies still truly innovating!

[@nigelreynolds7414]

Hi Paul, I’ve got the starter kit from BroadLink absolutely fantastic thank you. You mentioned about a routine with the BroadLink switch and Alexa, how have you achieved this as when I started setting up the routine although there are BroadLink scenes within Alexa there’s nothing showing up in connection with the buttons on the scene switch. Love some help or the ability to point me in the right direction. Many thanks and keep the great work up ,love your show. Nigel

[@willdogs4286]

One of your best episodes. Love the content!

[@diez66]

So, do you know if they will be bringing out a door monitor, my grandson is visiting in August! I want to monitor the doors and I feel that i should replace the Hibbert Tech 240VAC child monitoring system with the scaled and appropriate response program. 1 hit, loud noise. 2nd hit short 240 V shock and no alarm (Don't want to frighten the little darlings) 3rd hit, prolonged 240 volt shock, alarm after 10 minutes so we can reset it and remove the blockage. Sorry, asking for a friend.

[@toontonic]

Will be interested when/if they add routines via Alexa etc to this product. For now I'll continue with Flic.

[@krystofer40]

Love your channel Paul. Keep up the good work.

[@pascalgratis501]

Paul, Nice to see your wife is enjoy this video. Would be so mutch fun to make this video together. Keep making great video’s

[@jazzelwood]

Help me out...I have the broadlink hub and and 4 button switch but they are not the "Fastcon" what are the differences.

[@noigala]

I wonder if grid-connect has that switch that can also control my downlights via wifi? That's my problem too at home. I go automation via phone apps and alexa voice command but my family members aren't technology savvy yet. They always manually switched Off from the wall leaving our downlights offline. 😄

[@bigpop1996]

That's what I need Paul since I live in 3rd world country with poor internet and limited electricity.

[@jackstuchbery9378]

Could you ask them when their planning on releasing different types of bulbs? I need a load of gu10’s these would be perfect

[@utuber1000]

Can you update us, Paul? Have all the bugs been worked out yet? I know you said not 'til about July but I'm on their mailing list and just got an email announcement from them this morning which sort of made it sound like Alexa integration etc. is all working now. Also, will this setup be working with devices other than their bulbs?

[@Omgthedude]

Hey just so you know. I watched this video and came back 2 months later. It’s like you’re a library. Book on

[@auad]

So much love for you, Paul! Nicely done again. Having your wife participating and having fun with you is just so cute to see, you guys are an amazing couple! (L)

[@cjdwoolmer6519]

Great Video. Bayonet houses, B22 to E27 Socket Converter, 8.99. Switchbot use BLE will it interact? Does this mean no wifi overload? Smart room 1 x echo, all ble devices (inc hub), 1 Broadlink mini to control ir devices. Would this not be cloned for many rooms in a care home?

[@HoovManeuv]

"I'll bitch slap all three of you in a second." LOL 😆😆😆

[@christopherf8160]

Paul slapping Paul was hilarious.

[@kray9438]

Thanks Paul Hubbert

[@EmilyGallagher]

I like your little cloud light.

[@berenlea486]

Considering this uses ble does that mean you could directly connect a ble enabled home assistant box to it without a bridge, that would be great for the light switch because then you can have buttons work as toggles as well asgiving some pretty advanced cross compatibility and advanced automations with the assistance of node red

[@keithwilliamson3398]

Will the Broadlink motion sensor, when it is released, operate using ambient light as well as motion as the Hue does? I bought the starter kit and am loving it - so far …….

[@georgewmf1682]

Brilliant video! Definitely going to look into these. Great vid as always 👍

[@peiterhardy3535]

Hey, Bought this thx. Also i need an outdoor robot to unlock a gate latch i can’t get to from the front of the house, thoughts ?

[@troyg1337]

I use Phillips hue and I want to replace it with this, all my lights are b22 or GU10, is there a starter kit that comes with 3 of the b22 bulbs rather than the 3 twist ones?

[@methanoid]

Awesome overload of comedy skits. I actually LOLd at the Trek Ooh the ZigBee photon torpedoes. And nice to see the lovely Mrs Hibbert

[@rong2578]

Love the Star Trek with You and Neesha. Another great video

[@alansharp6666]

hi Paul, have the kit but can you explain how you get the switches to trigger alexa routines? thanks

[@HDRW]

Great to see Neesha taking part!