RaspBee II

The RaspBee works very well on my Raspberry Pi 4B with deCONZ running in a container.I would advise, however, getting a ConBee for several reasons:- Not every Linux distro, even those with flavors tailored for Raspberry Pi, works well with the Pi's GPIO interface. I found that Debian 10 arm64 didn't work, for example.- Configuration is more straightforward, especially on distros where raspbi-config is not available (ie most of them) you have to modify both config.txt AND cmdline.txt (many installation instructions assume you're using Raspbian and omit that step!).- Debugging is easier. You can use the ConBee with pretty much anything with USB. With the RaspBee, you'll need another Pi laying around if one isn't working.The keys to getting this working on distros other than Raspbian are to:1. Modify config.txt to add the appropriate dtoverlay for your Pi to enable the UART on which the device is present. See the official Pi documentation entitled "UART configuration" for how to do this.2. Modify cmdline.txt to ensure that "console=serial0" or similar is not present ("console=tty0", etc. are fine). This ensures that the OS is not presenting a login shell on the GPIO/serial interface, which prevents serial hardware from being properly utilized.All in all, if you don't mind a little more work, the RaspBee is a much sleeker option than a USB dongle flapping in the breeze, but if you want easier setup and broader compatibility, choose the ConBee instead.

Terrific hardware. Great range. Easy to install. Great price. It's everything I want.My main issue is the software. The software has issues if there are power issues, it's widely reported on their GitHub and there's no question they're working to get a fix out, but it's still pretty annoying. The only way I've found to fix it if I have a power issue is to reset everything which is annoying.

I was using this for Home Assistant on a RPi 4 I repurposed. It worked for a bit and was disappointed I couldn't fit my POE hat on at the same time. You are stuck using the DeConz addon and not Zigbee Home Automation which is a nice upgrade that won't work with this hat. This hat worked at first, but I kept having issues with devices randomly not being able to communicate back. You could see them but not send commands to them. It wasn't a range issue and I even made sure my wifi wasn't using the same frequency range to rule out interference. I'm using a mix of zigbee devices but mainly Sonoff. My big problems started when I decided to reset the gateway since I was having issues getting devices pair again. I can't get it to pair with any past devices now. I've came to the conclusion that there are better USB options than using hat. My advice is to go with those and one that works with ZHA. You'll have more flexibility later.

Installed this on a headless pi Zero. Hardware works well, software is questionable. First can only be installed on Raspberry OS. Install has some issues, ie doesn't restart automatically on reboot. deconz software has found all of the devices I have connected. Programming them is quirky but seems to work except it doesn't. Apparently, if I believe their forum, this has been an on-going 6 month issue. deconz version 2.18 evidently was the last one to work, current is 2.21. You can get things to work with node-red and their libraries. The hardware works, the software doesn't.

Really easy installation on home assistant.I Connected my zigbee sensors to it in a really easy wizard

This product is so easy to setup and use. Does as advertised.

Unfortunately, it didn't work easily and online instruction gave me an option to download HA image to Raspberry Pi with their software installed, but I already had an HA and was configured to work with other devices. Good option if you are starting from scratch. Searched online, other people had similar experience. I had a USB version of ConBee II and it worked like a charm. So, I am returning this one and ordered the USB version. This is is for my second HA I am building for a friend

Finally worked after extensive troubleshooting. Not for the faint of will.