Some time ago, I equipped myself with the Xiaomi Home Security gateway. As a reminder, this device, combined with the many compatible accessories, makes it possible to start a home automation solution at a lower cost.
The main difficulty for this article is simply the fact that it is intended for the Chinese market. It will therefore obviously be necessary to use online sales sites to order it.
You can find our complete guide to facilitate your steps by following this link: guide to buying in China.
You can also find the entire XIAOMI Home range also referred to as “Aqara” on the Gearbest website. It is on this site that I ordered the articles. This range is often on special offer, the quality is really surprising compared to the price positioning of the items. A good plan was recently published on the blog.
Once the order has been delivered, we are dealing with a rather aesthetic product but unfortunately equipped with a Chinese format power plug.
MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS EXIST
Many solutions and adapters exist on the market but very often they are rather massive and distort the initial design of the product.
Gearbest offers in addition to the gateway, many adapters like this one for less than 3 euros.
This other model is available for less than 7 euros on Amazon
Or this one for less than 9 euros always on Amazon
OUR CHOICE
This is the solution implemented in my home. It perfectly meets my expectations in terms of both performance and aesthetics. It combines discretion and is white in colour. As the sockets are often located relatively close to the ground, the small size of this adapter makes it possible to avoid hitting the bridge while retaining all its functionalities such as light notifications or the brightness sensor.
Once mounted, the adapter significantly increases the size of the XIAOMI Home gateway, providing an extra thickness of about 1 cm in a wall socket. The result is very satisfactory once installed on the wall socket.
The product is available on Amazon for less than 11€.
This is more expensive than many adapters but this one is particularly suitable for the XIAOMI Home Security gateway.
Once connected, the result is very discreet, all you have to do is enjoy your XIAOMI Home gateway.