Aeotec SmartHub vs HC3L

[Gatriel 0]

Hey All, 

 

I currently have the Walli Roller Shutter switches for my ground floor and a few Walli Switches to control a few lights outside in which the panel is shared with a switch for the Shutters. 

 

I am using this in conjunction with an Aeotec SmartHub and Smartthings. 

 

I am debating whether it would be worth returning the SmartHub and getting a HCL3 instead.  I'll admit that the market isn't as welcoming to the HCL3 as it is the Aeotech Hub - which is why i decided to go with the Aeotec Smarthub to begin with. 

 

However, I am more of a "plug and play" user than I am a programmer so after getting the Roller Shutter setup with the Smarthub a few important features are missing from the Device Handler. 

 

So I'll describe what is important to me - and I'll let everyone here give me their opinions. 

 

1) I want everything to work locally - I do not want to rely on the cloud to make all this work. 

2) I want control of the LEDs built into the Walli Shutter switches - currently with the Smartthings Hub I do not think I have this ability. 

3) I want to be able to setup associations between two switches (so multiple switches in different locations in the house with one set of lights).

4) I currently have 15 switches in the house but could very easily see this getting completely out of control and going 50+ (my poor wife). 

 

I would have preferred the HC3 normal - but everything I read online said technically its basically identical to the Aeotec Smart Things Hub, just 300% more expensive. 

 

Thoughts? 

[M.Mróz 12]

Hello Gatriel, you can address these use-cases with HC3L locally...worth noting is that LED-ring colors on Walli can be triggered by automations/scenes, what is more for HC3L installation up to 40 Z-wave devices is recommended.