And these are my few lines of wisdom on the subject.
Pros:
- Good build quality, size, look, and feel.
- Relatively easy to configure and upgrade the firmware with the Android app.
- Two-way communication - you get the current state of the switch even after manual toggle.
- Fast to connect to WiFi and with good range.
- The Android app is good enough and has CloudBackup/Sync, so one can easily clone the setup on multiple devices.
- Lack of official support for desktop platforms, more importantly - Linux.
I have found an alternative solution to this, read more below - The device will be alive as long as BroadLink's servers run as every proprietary protocol.