Hi all,

I'm making 'some' progress with my Home Assistant setup, but my purchase of an Elelabs USB Zigbee stick has been a complete and utter fail!  As in I can't even count the hours I've spent trying to get the little bugger working - and zero help from the Elelabs people, who now seem to have stopped making them!!!  

So that's just great. 🙄

In essence, I was keen to know if anyone else has had any success with a good USB controller that can work with a Raspberry Pi-based home automation setup?  I know that if I go with (NZ-compatible) Z-Wave, the Aeotec stick from Fusion or Active Automation is probably my best bet.  But I have a couple of zigbee door sensors that I'm keen to get going (if I can), and finding other affordable NZ-frequency Z-wave accessories seems to be challenging.

Smartthings hub would be cool, as would a Wink, but they only come with US-legal Z-wave, and I don't back my hardware skills enough to get in there and disable that.

So, I've really come up with nothing.  Anyone out there got a great solution before I give up and just go Z-wave?

Thanks!