Zooz 800 Series Z-Wave Plus Range Extender and Signal Repeater ZAC38

This is a great Zwave repeater for older devices that aren't long range. Pairing this with my ZAC93 module in my Home Assistant yellow was super easy. I needed this due to the distance between my front door lock and my Home Assistant Yellow was too great. This extender/repeater fixed the issue as soon I had Z-Wave JS rebuild routes. Signal between my door and Home Assistant are perfect now.

I love this device! I use it to monitor the 20amp outdoor GFCI protected circuit that powers my irrigation controllers. Before adding this device, I would never know that the gfci breaker had tripped and disabled the power to my irrigation controllers until things started wilting. Since adding this device and setting up a push notification, anytime the GFCI trips I know it right away. Nice! Integration with my UDI EISY was completely painless! Since this device is also zwave extender, it has also helped with the reliability of my entire Zwave system. Big value, and a big win!!

I utilized this with my Home Assistant home automation to reach some outdoor Z-wave plug in devices. Worked perfectly and corrected issues with connectivity.

I have 5 z-wave keypad locks in guesthouse building. They must often have new key codes entered, and old codes deleted, as new guests book rooms for short stays, and I must be able to do this from a remote location. Z-wave devices work perfectly for this, but I have one keypad in a room far removed from my z-wave "base station" and it's behind a very thick concrete wall. Nothing I did could get the signal to that remote lock, until I discovered this item. Wow! It works like a charm. I first had to pair it with my base station. I plugged the extender into an outlet near my base station, then pressed the "add" button on the base, to put it in search mode, then pressed the button on the range extender 3 times to put in "pair" mode. After a few seconds, they were paired. Easy easy. Then I plugged the range extender into an outlet near the concrete wall that was blocking transmission to the distant door lock and gave it a minute to come on and get set. Then I tried programming a code in the door lock. It programmed very quickly! Faster than my other locks that had not needed the extender. I'm very relieved and happy to have this problem solved.

This solved random device disconnect issues. Plug and play with my Home Assistant Yellow.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: The quest to stable z-wave networks. I installed that product without difficulty on a Hubitat network. I have no idea if it works or not. That could be my fault, maybe I need to look into each route. Maybe it works great maybe it doesnt do anything, I'd love to know

I added this device hoping to improve coverage but my devices have decided they would rather connect directly to the controller.

I needed to extend Ring alarm signal to the furthest corner of my house, and the official Ring extenders still resulted in a weak signal. Paired these and the Ring sensors and keypads at that corner are no longer reporting weak signal.

My Ring Alarm Contact Sensor and Keypad were getting little to no signal at the basement door and I needed a solution to this. The Ring Alarm Range Extender (2nd Gen) was no help at all and I contemplated getting a second Ring Alarm base station just for the basement level but this was a very pricey solution. I happened to come across this Zooz Range Extender herr and read that other reviewers had success with it and their Ring system so I decided to give it a shot and I have to say that it just works. I now have a good stable signal at the basement level and I am a happy camper!

It works perfectly with Home Assistant and fixed the range problem I had before I installed it. I really like the fact that it can send a signal when there is a power failure as it can trigger Home Assistant automations. My Home Assistant being on an UPS it continues to work during a power failure.

Excellent produit. Je l'ai acheté parce que j'avais un problème de communication entre la maison et un garage éloigné. La communication était erratique entre les deux. Cet appareil a réglé le problème immédiatement. Le service à la clientèle est exceptionnel. Bravo et merci.

I think it is doing its job, but really have no idea as there is no information available that I can find that shows attachments to devices. But the door sensors work from 150-175 feet in the detached garage from the house where home assistant is at.