ST vs other hubs, thoughts? Need multiple video options

[JDRoberts]

If you drop out zwave and Insteon, it seems likely that some Nest/Zigbee/Thread option will be the low cost candidate for Summer 2016, and that could very well be SmartThings, in which case maybe it does bring Zwave back in with it. (Samsung is a founding member of the Thread group.)

The more specific you can be about your highest priority use cases, the better suggestions people will be able to make.

If you’re interested, here’s my project report on my own phase one:

Adding Home Automation in Phases: my limited investment strategy

i’ve been working on this over the last year and I’m just finally getting around to writing it up. I’m quadriparetic, use a wheelchair with limited hand function. So home automation isn’t a hobby for me. I want to get maximum return on investment, with a pretty small budget, and I want everything to be working and practical from the beginning. [image] At the same time, my personal belief (and this is just a guess) is that while there will be several good candidates for plug-and-play home automation systems that will do most of what I want for under $5000 by the summer of 2017, The reality is that there is no system yet that will fully meet my requirements. (edited to add we did finally get this by 2019, more details when I get around to updating this for 2020. ) There are ex…