Sonoff used to have a pretty solid…
Sonoff used to have a pretty solid reputation a few years ago, but unfortunately, things seem to have gone steadily downhill since then.
Between their increasingly obvious efforts to make flashing Tasmota onto their devices as difficult as possible, the eWeLink ecosystem that keeps you tied to their cloud and services, and the overall lack of reliability, I’ve finally decided to remove Sonoff products from my home automation setup for good.
Their Wi-Fi RBS roller shutter modules were an absolute nightmare for me. They kept disconnecting, regularly leaving my shutters completely inoperative until I eventually gave up, ripped them all out, and replaced them with something more reliable (Nodon etc...)
And then there’s the NSPanel Pro 120… basically $100 thrown in the trash. A hundred dollars for what is, in my experience, little more than an overpriced weather display. Even using it as a simple switch panel is frustrating because it’s laggy, limited, and already feels outdated.
Want me to talk about the iHost? Same story. In its current state, I find it barely usable. The interface isn’t even properly suited to mobile devices, CAST is far behind Home Assistant in almost every respect, and Home Assistant itself isn’t really something you’ll want to run seriously from an SD card anyway, so you’ll probably end up hosting it somewhere else. And that’s before mentioning the recurring issues I’ve had with SD cards failing to mount properly after a reboot.
Enough is enough.
There are much better alternatives out there. They may cost a little more, but the gap in reliability, openness, and security is simply too significant for me to ignore anymore.
So long, Sonoff. We had some great times together, but I think it’s finally time for a divorce.
17 agosto 2026
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