iblinds v3 Z-Wave Motor Smart Blinds Automation Kit – Alexa & Google Home Compatible Automatic Blinds Opener for Windows – Auto Electric Motorized Blinds Tilt for 2-inch Horizontal Corded Lift Blinds

I just ordered my eighth motor and solar panel. These work fantastic, are very easy to install, and easy to pair with Hubitat Elevation. I live in the desert (PHX) and need the blinds to block the blistering sun. I have routines to close the blinds at 5% increments to keep out the direct sun on the East side of the house, then open at 11:30am after the sun passes over. I have the blinds on the West side similarly set to close in direct sun at 5% intervals, then open when the sun is going down and close completely at sunset plus a few minutes. They work flawlessly.I have been looking for a z-wave solution to open the blinds for a long time and have been looking at the cost in the famous internet blind shop and have been stunned at the cost of adding automation to even one blind (over $500!). When I found these for less than $200 including the solar panel so they don’t have to be charged at all, I jumped on them and haven’t been sorry about one bit. I still have a few more blinds to do and will be ordering the other 4 that I need to fully automate my blinds.One caution that the company does mention is to pair the blinds where they are installed in the house so the z-wave mesh includes them correctly. I had paired the motors in my office before installing them to the blinds and a couple of them were finicky until I unpaired them and them re-paired them in their actual location, now they work flawlessly.I have one large window over my front door that blasts a mega sun beam in the late afternoon, but I haven’t wanted to put a blind because it is basically unreachable and didn’t want to have it closed all the time. With this motor I can now put it in and have it automatically block the sun and be more comfortable. I can’t wait for the next motor and the blinds to be delivered so I can install them!

I like that it’s easy to install. I used with the aeotec SmartThings hub and existing 2 inch blinds. Very quiet and quick to open and close I set mine on automation to open a set amount after dawn and close just before dusk. Makes me actually open my blinds! Great for hard to reach blinds. The battery life seems really good I don’t think I will need to charge more than twice a year. Will be getting more

The media could not be loaded.  My window is 96 inches wide the motor hasn’t any problems opening and closing, very easy to install and easy to add to SmartThings appWill order the optional solar panel for a worried free system

Used this product to help my mother open and close her windows with her phone and Alexa. She loves it! Will be getting some more for my own Home.

First of all, I didn’t buy these from Amazon as I’ve been a user since their original v2 Kickstarter-esque release several years ago, and have added more since then as they’ve released the current v3/v3.1. I’m now up to my original 3 v2, and have added 4 of the current v3 generation, with no plans to stop. They just plain work, are high quality, and are backed by customer service that has gone out of their way to help me even at times when I felt they shouldn’t; for that I’m among their biggest fans and reward it with further purchases.Go back many years ago and I was looking to add automation to my 2.5″ blinds, but could only find one option. However, it was entirely WiFi based with no indication of ZigBee/Z-Wave upgrades in their future (MySmartBlinds). Luckily I stumbled on the HAB website where they were still very early in their work with plans to release in a year or so. I signed up for progress notifications and (im)patiently waited as I continued to add more and more smart home devices, went from SmartThings v2 to Wink to SmartThings v3, and all around matured my automated home setup while still desperately wanting to fill the void of automated blinds since ours are all over the house and generally inaccessible behind couches. When their email that they were ready to open their Indiegogo came, I seriously set an alarm and was the first order in that early morning (ok, maybe I was second, but how can I really know).So, the original v2 was perfect for what was available at the time, in my opinion. They’ve since made the motors faster and quieter and upgraded to S2 security Series 700 Z-Wave chips with the v3, and I’m sure there are other subtle things I don’t realize, but my point is that they released a rock solid product from the get go and have only improved it with these later current versions. Installation is insanely simple, they work great, the customer service has been phenomenal in any interaction I’ve had with them and earned my repeat business as a result. I’ve since changed hubs again to Hubitat and, as with SmartThings, they have a fantastic support page with device handlers and OTA firmware upgrades.I have my blinds open and close once each day at sunrise and sunset, and the batteries really last 6 months with those settings, though would likely go much longer. I just personally charge all of the blinds twice a year so that I don’t have to monitor the battery levels. I only recently purchased the solar kit to put on still more iblinds that I’ve ordered to put in to our seasonal vacation homes, so I can’t yet report on its performance, but I also don’t find charging them to be a chore at all in a regular home.