The best 915 MHz LoRa antennas for Meshtastic nodes and LoRaWAN gateways: muzi works and MakerHawk whips, ALFA AOA-915-5ACM omni, 5.8, 8 and 10 dBi fiberglass antennas, magnetic mounts, U.FL to SMA pigtails and N-type lightning arrestors, plus a guide to gain, connectors and cable loss.
The best ready-made LoRaWAN sensors: Dragino LHT65N, LHT65S and S31-LB climate sensors, Milesight AM307, CT10X and WS302, Dragino CPL03-LB, SE01-LB, SPH01-LB and DDS75-LB, SenseCAP S2105 soil sensor, SenseCAP T1000-A and Elecrow LoRaWAN trackers, and Capsule Sensor V3.
The best Meshtastic devices for off-grid LoRa mesh messaging: SenseCAP T1000-E, LILYGO T-Deck Plus, T-Beam Supreme, T-Beam and T-Echo, Elecrow ThinkNode M5 and M6, Heltec T114, T096 and Wireless Tracker V2, RAK WisMesh Tag, SenseCAP Solar Node P1-Pro, solar repeaters and budget starter kits.
The best LoRa development boards for LoRaWAN, Meshtastic and point-to-point projects: Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V4, Seeed XIAO ESP32S3 and nRF52840 Wio-SX1262 kits, LILYGO LoRa32, Heltec Wireless Stick Lite V3, RAK WisBlock RAK4631, Arduino MKR WAN 1310, Waveshare RP2040 LoRa and Pico SX1262, and more.
The best LoRaWAN gateways for makers and IoT deployments: SenseCAP M2 Multi-Platform, Milesight UG65, UG63 and UG56, Dragino LPS8v2 and DLOS8N, Heltec HT-M7603 and HT-M02, Waveshare SX1302 and SX1303 Raspberry Pi HATs, E890 industrial gateway, DFRobot private gateway, MikroTik Knot LR9 and ESP32-S3 single-channel gateways.
The best Aeotec Z-Wave devices: Z-Stick 10 Pro and Z-Stick 7 Plus, Range Extender 7, MultiSensor 7, TriSensor 8, Door Window Sensor 8 and 7 Pro, Recessed Door Sensor 7, Water Sensor 7 Pro, aërQ, Home Energy Meter Gen5, WallMote and Siren 6, ranked and compared.
The best Zooz Z-Wave devices: ZST39 LR stick, ZEN77, ZEN76, ZEN30 and ZEN32 switches, ZEN34 and ZEN37 remotes, ZEN16 and ZEN17 relays, ZEN14 outdoor plug, ZSE41, ZSE44, ZSE18, ZSE70 and ZSE42 sensors, and the Titan water valve, ranked and compared.
The best Z-Wave devices for Home Assistant and Z-Wave JS: Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2, Home Assistant Green, Kwikset HomeConnect 620, ULTRALOQ Bolt Z-Wave, Honeywell T6 Pro, Zooz Titan valve, ZEN32, ZEN30 and ZEN37, ZSE42, ZSE11 and Aeotec MultiSensor 7.
The best Z-Wave relays and in-wall micro modules: Zooz ZEN16 MultiRelay, ZEN51, ZEN17, ZEN52, ZEN58 and ZEN55, Shelly Wave 1, 1PM, 1PM Mini, 2PM and Pro 3 US LR, and the Enerwave Z-Wave Plus relay, compared by contacts, current rating, power and use case.
The best Z-Wave Long Range (LR) devices and the controllers you need to run them: Zooz ZST39 LR, Aeotec Z-Stick 10 Pro, HomeSeer SmartStick G8, Zooz XS sensors, ZSE18 and ZSE70 motion, Aeotec Door Window Sensor 8, Minoston LR plugs, Zooz ZEN14, ZEN76 and ZEN77, Enbrighten LR switch, Zooz ZEN34 and Shelly Wave 1 US LR.