HomePod is Thread terrible or are HomePods terrible?

[Rychiar]

So thread has given me more issues than wifi smart devices from day one. All this hype about self healing network that's more reliable is crap. One thread device goes out it seems to affect others. I have 5+ potential home hubs in my house, even if one of those goes out one should take over but there are still issues. for the last week especially every time I get home I'll wind up with 8-11 devices not responding til I restart my HomePod or unplug each individual for 15 secs, or reset the whole network. its so obnoxious. I just never know whether to blame apple, nano leaf, thread in general or what. I wish everything worked as well as Lutron does... ie flawlessly. apple shoulda bought their clear connect protocol.

 

[azhava]

I've only had my system running for a few weeks so I can't give a longterm outlook, but so far mine has been 100% uptime with zero issues. HomePod mini as the hub, all my hardware is Eve (light switches, motion detectors, smart plugs), except the camera which is a Logitech Circle View. The camera is wi-fi, all the Eve hardware is Matter over Thread.

I'm going to stick with Eve as much as possible, all of their stuff has been flawless right from the start - easy to add to the system with no glitches, and no hiccups once they're up and running.