Smart blinds - Which to choose and do they play well with ST? [2021]

Thanks for the tag @JDRoberts

Those are pretty much all the options.

@John010 to answer your questions, Somfy RTS is actually pretty solid. Once setup we’ve rarely heard of ongoing issues. The range on the bridges is around 60ft line of sight. Lower with walls. That said the main issue I have with it personally is:

  1. Somfy accessories are quite expensive
  2. RTS is an old RF protocol. And the bridges such as the ZRTSI or Mylink just act as an intermediary that processes open, close, and favorite position commands. It doesn’t let you move the shade to any spot you want, nor, show the current position in real-time.

If you feel home automation will always be there in your future I would look at the additional options JD posted above as well as our z-wave shades.

If you are interested I would check out our thread here: 2018 - Current: Custom Graber Virtual Cord Z-wave+ Shades & Bali Autoview Z-wave+ Shades

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