Happy Saturday everyone! Shelly have told me that they have an upcoming Wifi motion sensor with a 5 year battery life! With modern routers now able to handle more Wifi devices I'm wondering if this is a turning point. The advantages of Zigbee (ooh the Zigbee TM) are falling away one at a time: battery life for sensors and local connectivity could soon be moot points. I'm looking forward to reviewing more of Shelly's stuff soon :) Shelly have some awesome bulbs, but my absolute favourite is the giant Shelly Vintage G125. You can buy it, or any of their other bulbs at the following link: shop.shelly.cloud/shelly-vintage-g-wifi-smart-home-automation-1/?paulhibbert

@timvonr2802

3 жыл бұрын

The Future will be Thread... but, I love the shelly device’s. Also I’ve setup a separate Smarthome wifi

@j_o_h_n_d_u_n_n

3 жыл бұрын

Checkout bigclive on youtube, his review of the Phillips 'dubai' led bulb that lasts 25x longer and uses less power. Sadly only available in Dubai, not saying it reinforces their corporate greed narrative, but why not make it generally available ? 🤔🤦‍♂️ www.mea.lighting.philips.com/consumer/dubai-lamp

@ElvisCompost

3 жыл бұрын

A WiFi motion sensor is a great idea. I wonder if there will be a several second delay while the device wakes up and attaches to the WiFi network? That would mean that although the sensor is fine for detecting intrusion the delay would make it less useful for turning the lights on as you enter a room.

@j_o_h_n_d_u_n_n

3 жыл бұрын

@@timvonr2802 also have separate vlan with reduced bandwidth and limited access to entire network ..not that I don't fully trust the Chinese ..🤔🤦‍♂️

@kodeypatterson8973

3 жыл бұрын

Wow motion sensors from Shelly would be amazing!

Paul shooting in 4k! Video quality is 🔥 Great video and I love the nerd settings for the light.

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

All thanks to you bud! This camera was a great recommendation. ❤️📸

@miklossurjan

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulhibbert "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship..."

@oldsklminitrk

3 жыл бұрын

OWWWWWWW the zigbee between yall

I think you need to come up with a 'This is your badger!' seal of approval sticker for Hibbert approved devices

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

I don't even know if that's a phrase. It came out of my mouth and I was like, should I reshoot this scene?... And then I was like "no, this is a badger". 🤣

@garethjones5068

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulhibbert well language is rarely black & white....

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! 🤣🤣🤣

@DBLCreations

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, i would love to have a "seal of approval" sticker from Paul! At least we would know we don't get "Oh the Zigbee" 😂

@tristramclifford1114

3 жыл бұрын

So would that make ‘x being ones Badger’ = Editors Choice and ‘Seal of approval’ = Highly recommended? Also, are we accepting that “Oooh, the Zigbee” = Betamax?

I love Shelly. Don't have any bulbs though, but their switches and dimmers are amazing.

These are the bulbs I've been waiting for. Thank you Paul, it's the first step into smartbulbs, but now have GU10 and E27 bulbs turning up! 👍

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! You'll love them 😊

Philip's Hue "If our bulbs are half as bright , they'll have to buy twice as many!"

@garybarham3992

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Genius!

@SetitesTechAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Sad because it's true. Smart lights make me buy more lights than I used to.

It would be pretty cool to have a lightbulb send you an email, but I think it'd be better for it to send you a letter in 3-5 business days 😂 "Dear Mr Hibbert, I am writing to inform you that I am on. Yours sincerely, Bloody Enormous Bulb"

Shelly bringing it! I already own and like several of their products and now they're stepping it up to the next level leaving the competition in the dust. This is great news for us smart home enthusiasts! Thanks for your always entertaining and enlightening videos paul. You're easily my favorite smart home ambassador on KZread!

Looking forward to seeing Shelly relays, dimmers and other on this channel! I use them daily and think they're the best on the market! Great video ☺️

Paul, thanks for talking about “dimness” as well as brightness. I recently brought a load of colour GU10s from Lidl following your recent review. Whilst they were easy to pair, control and the brightness and colour saturation was far better than other brands I’ve bought, their “dimness” was a problem. My young daughter likes to have the landing light on so that she’s not scared if she wakes up in the middle of the night. That said, the rest of the family needs to get a good night’s sleep and unfortunately without turning the colour to red I can’t get the Lidl bulbs dim enough. Downside is that the landing now glows “allegedly” like a house of ill repute at night! Just for the record I also have Hombli colour GU10s - difficult to pair, lose pairing frequently and flicker terribly until they’ve warmed up. The Shelly bulbs seem great but you didn’t mention colour saturation at all in the review - also they get a negative point for having the same name as my ex-wife! 😉 .... addendum: also it would be useful to also say whether the bayonet fitting is standard or oversize - I’ve bought a few brands of GU10s that just don’t fit into recessed spotlight holders without standing proud in the ceiling - especially true for fire rated fittings.

Great vid! I can also set brightness schedules with LIFX too

Glad you've starting looking at Shelly products. I've been using them for a few years now and they are great. The Shelly 1 switch is great, does not need the cloud (but does work with the cloud), still allows lighting circuits to be switched off your WiFi fails but does need you to know about wiring to install.

I love your videos man! The Heman thing is brilliant 👌😂

Great video. Been using Shelly dimmers for a few months and super impressed. Will slowly be transitioning my z-wave stuff over to Shelly. They work great controlled by Home Assistant.

Shelly are great. I’ve just got in to this smart home thing and ended up having a couple of Shelly 2 dimmers installed by my electrician and some Shelly 1 (switches) too. They’ve been great so far. Ended up adding a raspberry pi (£10) for HomeKit support via Homebridge. Really not that complicated and My wife can still use the normal switches :)

Thanks, Paul, for yet another entertaining and informative piece. For me, the ability to have Shelly message me when lights change would save having to wave an audible light senser around like a complete dork.

This was extremely convincing and I’d never heard of them before so thank you. After seeing smart things sensors fight stock issues I really don’t want to be reliant on a cloud that can disappear, so Shelly Came into my life at the right time. Ok now I need to go buy that giant bulb!

I've been using the Shelly1 relay on all my lights for over a year (with Home Assistant) and they are absolutely brilliant. They just work.... All the time. Never had a single issue with any of them.

Shelly is amazing, i'm using their Shelly 1's, Shelly 2.5's (awesome for Roller Shutters) and Duo bulbs at the moment and I love them. Being an Apple user, the cherry on top is that some fellows have released a homekit native firmware for most of Shelly devices and that makes them perfect. I try to use as less apps and gateways as possible.

Informative, accurate data and analysis and very funny. You Rock :)

Please cover the motion sensor when it’s released so I remember to buy it!

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Hoping they'll send me one soon!

Paul: Do the kids still say "stoked"? Me: Hang on, I will ask my 10 year old. Also me: Nope.

Nice to see you singing the praises of full local control. Which is one of the reasons we use home assistant (thrusts)

Great to see Shelly in your video’s from now on! I love their products. My idea was to start with smart products first en then later on I would choose the right platform (SmartThings, Home Assistant). But until now I’m satisfied with only the Shelly app 💪🏻

Absolutely gorgeous, just look at it!!! Awesome video. Seriously mind-blowing stuff here with Shelly. Thanks again for another awesome brilliant video!!

That is a nice looking well done app! Good work Shelly, good video Paul.

OMG...so glad I found your videos!

Good you have found shelly :) I've installed shelly dimmers in each light switch of my house so I can control the switch (there are many different switch options you can enable in the software, also normal / hotel / non-dimming) instead of the bulb, so that the rest of the family can still use the switches but everything is still accessible from home assistant / app.

Haha 😂 your channel just gets better mate! Keep doing great things 👍🏼

Hi Paul. I started my smart home by using ZWave, started buying some ZigBee, went to the Sonoffs and then found these jewels. Ever since I installed my first Shelly (2.5 to control a shutter) I was amazed. These Shelly are European, follow European safety rules and are almost the same price as their sonoff's equivalent. I am now on a quest to exchange all my modules to Shelly. Nice that you're starting to review them!

Hi Paul, just a heads up,for the slowly illuminating light feature that hue have, you can do this with any bulb connected to google home, just saying "gently wake up *name of bulb or room* at *whatever time* the lights will then slowing get brighter over a 30min period. Use to be just hue but now any lights can do this

I was sold once you mentioned mqtt :D

Justr ordered one of those bad boy bulbs! Wow! Fantastic videos! Thank you :)

@paulengland5696

3 жыл бұрын

Can I ask where you got the light fitting from? please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great video mate. Fast becoming my geeky go to. 👍

I couldn’t find and e14 or bayonet fitting Shelly bulbs, do they make those yet? I like the sound of these.

The lights look good. Didn't realise that it wasn't a UK company. Will still check it out properly. Still looks good. Delivery could be costly. Enjoyed your video Paul. Happy 2021 by the way.

Shelly's an excellent company. Very responsive to user questions on their support pages on Facebook as well. My lighting's all Hue, but I have a lot of Shelly plugs and their little in the wall thingies.

Awesome thx Paul Going to buy a stack!!! :-) Do you need to be on the cloud to have Alexa working or does she pick them up on the local network? Thx again

Oh Paul! You keep on making me laugh, i really like that about your video's. Happy New Year man! 🎆 😎

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Happy New year dude!

Do you have any inside info on if they are going to do bayonet fittings as well as the ES they only currently offer? Bulb looks great btw

Great video, best looking smart bulb I've seen yet. I love the local control! Pair it with Hubitat and it's a match made in heaven.

Mate - you're legend ! Thank you. I work in the IT industry and I love your vids - keep 'em coming. They're brilliant - and I can see the hard work you put in for them. Great impartial feedback that I know I can trust. Its down to you that I'll never buy a Phillips Hue bulb -ever! Looking forward to you reviewing more Shelly kit - esp. the 5 year battery powered Motion sensor (I've just bought the one that has stamina "up-to-3-years" because of you... because of you Mr. Anderson... Because of you I'm a new man! I'm... unplugged :)

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! The battery sensor video is out already if you search my channel 😊

hi Paul how do you do that come on slowly like sunrise thing ???? brought a couple of bulbs on your recommendation happy so far so thanks

Just what i as looking for. By the since i am ordering the light what do you suggest for me to order, from their site, to install in my light switches? Thank you

this guy is so hilarious and yet so informative. Thank you fam i always enjoy your videos

Great video as always Paul! Does anyone know if these bulbs are compatible with Apple Homekit?

Hi Paul, I use Shelly one behind my light switches. The plugs are also in use. Here Shelly is by far the best on the market. It was again an informative and entertaining video. Keep it up, thank you

Another great video! Would love to know if you started your SmartHome over again what products you would actually use yourself ... if you didn’t have loads already that you’ve reviewed of course!

Just a note that the Ikea Trådfri also has the ability to fade up a bulb over time. The fade is done in the bulb, but you need the official hub for the timer. I use it every day and using light to help wake up really works.

I absolutely love Shelly. I bought their roller switch for controlling my awning and when I ran into trouble the customer service was amazing. And the Facebook support group is also very active and helpful. And my colleagues love it when I talk about my Shelly just because if the name 😁

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

They seem like a really nice bunch of people too. Not surprised their customer service has been good. 😊

Thanks Paul. Great review as always. 😊

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron! ❤️

I love Shelly products.. they work flawlessly for me

Brilliant product very well presented and described by Paul. Super video!!!

These seem perfect for what I am after. Thank you.

Love it! Could you review the WiFi switches? Seems like the best solution to the smart switch/bulb issue so want to put them them everywhere!

Do you know if they have plans to make e14 bulbs? Want one for my bedside lamp.

Mad as ever 👍. Well done mate informative and amusing , what’s not to like 🤣

Can't wait for Shelly to launch their UK plug sockets... They said they are coming but it's been a while since then thou :(

@Paul, how did you integrate it into you smarthome system? Via Hubitait?

You had me at "HTTP Support". Been looking for something to build a roll-your-own TCP-IP based smart home system for some time!

Great video , I’ll be looking forward to the motion sensor video as I’m looking to get one . Ps because of your videos I bought two goovee light strips instead of Philips hue well done sir 🎩 👏🏻

Glad to hear you are taking a look at Shelly, the company are my kind of ppl, bought a lot of their gear as they have certified for Australia. Their support and attitude to people like us has been brilliant. Thanks for the content Paul.

@carltonbettsno19

3 жыл бұрын

Do they sell to/in Aus?

@JamesMeikleAustralia

3 жыл бұрын

@@carltonbettsno19 we have a local store that's ran by an Aussie electrician.(www.ozsmartthings.com.au/collections/wifi-home-automation) but you can buy direct too but best for bulk. The Shelly1, Shelly 2.5, Shelly 1PM and recently Dimmer2 are all certified for Australia.

Hi Paul, as brilliantly entertaining and informative as ever. Loving your visual adaptation of my "Mammaries Aloft" phrase at 11:00

I’ve watched several of your videos as I’m trying to find a solution for smart dimming that works for my traditionally decorated house. All my light fittings are bayonet (most bulb manufacturers seem to only do ES) and I have several chandelier style fittings that need clear candle bulbs to look good (all smart candle bulbs are white and have an ugly plastic bit at the bottom) and none of my wall switches have neutral and I’ve only just re-wallpapered so I’m not going to rewire them. This Shelly bulb looked promising but they don’t do a candle shape one, and are only ES. Am I basically stuffed? I can’t be the only person who wants this? Also, in reviews could you mention whether the products are available for bayonet fittings?

Impressive. Earlier this week I was going to ask you if had done anything with the Shelly relays.........*wrapping tinfoil around head*🙃

Nice review! What about Shelly vs LIFX bulbs?

Shelly are the TOP!!!! You will never go wrong buying a shelly product!

Just ordered 4 Shelly Duo - RGBW’s, based on your review.. Can’t wait to try them out :)

These look interesting! Does anyone know if a bayonet version of Shelly bulbs are available?

Bought them for the “dimminess” :D and they are much better in that sense than the ikea ones I had before. Just wondering, you mention in the video about the gentle wake up like in Philips Hue and I cannot find it. Does anyone know how to configure gentle wake up so the bulbs go from 0% to 100% brightness in 30 mins during mornings for example?

Just became a patreon, this is great content, long may it continue

Great videos as always,m 👍

So Google has beeing suggesting me this video for a few days and I finally succumbed to watch it, and now I understand why Google was insisting so much. Funny, interesting and well explained. Awesome video

Love how I find Paul's Chanel and the existence of ZigBee just as I bought Philips hue...lol.

Great vid! Having seen both reviews, gotta ask: Shelly or Calex?

Anyone know the lamp base that he has the Shelly bulb screwed into? It's perfect for that bulb. I need both!

The Shelly modules (1pm, dimmer 2 etc) are the greatest smart home products made. I run all my lights on the Shelly dimmer 2. Traditional light switches that work for my gran, and smart controls via Alexa etc AND they don’t turn back on in the night if there’s a power cut. The ultimate.

Hello, Let´s say I have a huge project, a big home, how many shelly devices can I use? I wonder is using shelly does not cause problems with the wifi network. Or, do you recommend having a different network segment for automation?

😂😂😂 I love this guy, I still got a hue setup tho.

Does the app support astronomic time schedules? Sunset ??

Do you know if it reports usage data back to Shelly? Also are Shelly able to push new firmware down without my say?

Thanks Paul for checking the dimm...ness! You are amazing! More people should do this.

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. You guys said I should do it, and it makes sense!

Paul do you remember where you got the cool socket that you plugged the huge bulb into?

Looks good, two important questions though, can you join it to your network without the app and can you reset it or change network without the app and having changed your wifi name? All good being able to do mqtt but if you can't join it to your network because their cloud is down.

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

Well, you'll need the app initially to give the bulb your wifi information, but after that you can access the bulb directly via IP in a browser.

Hey Dude love you work. Your so honest. I would say i am one of them Philips Hue fan boys as you say lol but i do agree with everything you say and i want to slowly move away from them....... couple of questions 1. I want to put a bunch of nice colourful lights in my garden. Of course being on philips hue i looked but they are so expensive and shit.... lol what would you recommend? 2. With all the new smart devices being wifi..... for the very high users of smart home devices... do you think more and more people who may not be network savy running out of IP addresses for the devices. Because most people on there home routers will be running DHCP one they reach the limit of there ip group they may not know and not know how to solve the problem? Hope you hear back soon or see a video or two on these topics..... Regards Brodie

Hi Paul i have a bit of a silly question my virgin wifi is so poor i was wondering if a Amazon Ethernet Adaptor for Fire TV could work on my alexa devices do you know

Would the shelly bulbs work with home assistant?

Great Video as always. However i missed the 50fps in your videos haha, makes things look much better than 25fps

Can’t find the vintage big one for sale anywhere in the uk. Maybe they are discontinuing them?

I got one on your recommendation, I have registered it on the Shelly cloud but can't get my new Echo to see it and I've tried multiple times

Another great video. Smart bulbs are great if you want multiple colours etc but what's the best way to manage the issue of people turning them off with a dumb wall switch? I was looking at Sonoff Mini R2 smart switches because they are 2 way. Any chance you could do a review of them? Their WiFi or Zigbee so no need to upset anyone - unless you want to 🙂

Looks awesome matey!! Quite like the idea of a bedside lamp coming in slowly and it not being mega bright so this might fit the bill!!

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

It helps that its incredibly pretty too! Will look good on the bedside table.

Can you comment on Node-Red compatibility (apart from MQTT nodes ?), if any. Many thanks!

Do Lifx not have the sunrise thing? I thought I was just really bad at getting it to work :P Speaking of Lifx, how do they compare? :)

Have you thought about talking about zwave? I know each region may have separate frequencys but atleast zwave doesn't have the same zigbee problems. Curious to your thoughts on it

Been interested in trying out Shelly products for some time now, the Homeassistant integration being a particulary welcome feature. I'm really interested in their power monitoring devices (Shelly EM). Perhaps this is something you could review? Suspect you might need your electrican relative tho.

Have you tested the GU10 bulbs? I see they do an RGBW one and that is exactly what I need for an enclosed outside mood lighting (wife's idea)

Unrelated to the great video about the shelly bulbs: Where are those great sf-movie prints in the background from?

The bulb you showed us had a screw fit. Do they do normal, non US, bayonet ones?

@paulhibbert

3 жыл бұрын

No. I don't know of any smart home manufacturer that does these days. I'm using an adapter for the spare room, every other fitting in my house is e27

LOL! Thumbs up on the first 40 secs. Had me rolling.