Namron
About the vendor and its products
Namron is a Norwegian company with a large footprint within various categories of the electrical components industry. For this page, it is relevant that they also have a category called smart home. The products of this category cover:
Smart lighting, spanning smart bulbs, smart light strip, and a smart ceiling lamp, all using Zigbee
Smart control devices, both switches/dimmers, relays, smart plugs, smart power strip, etc., many of these come in two editions, based on respectively Zigbee and Z-Wave
Sensors, like motion and contact, based on Z-Wave
Smart thermostats, in different colors/designs, also in versions with Zigbee and Z-Wave
Smart panel heaters, in different sizes/wattages, based on Zigbee
As far as I can tell, there is no dedicated Namron app to set and control the products, this must be done via a suitable base stations that supports the protocol in question, Zigbee or Z-Wave. There is for example a Namron app for Homey and the ZigBee products work with a Philips Hue bridge.
Our experiences
In addition to what is described in the table below, I have had some experience with other Namron products. Partly we had for a while a lamp with a built-in motion sensor, but which was otherwise not smart in any way, and partly a Zigbee panel heater. This was acquired in the hope that it would integrate better in Apple Home than the Mill heaters we have. In Homey, the heater worked very well, but there was no additional benefit in Apple Home so I returned it.
Notice that on phones, the table might only display in landscape mode
| Component | Room | Experiences |
|---|---|---|
Smart power strip |
This is truly a versatile product; it has four regular power outlets that can be controlled independently of each other. Furthermore, it has two USB A outlets, which allows charging various devices. This power strip works as it should and allows controlling four devices and still only occupying one wall outlet, which is useful if you have few outlets available. It uses Zigbee as protocol, but it not compatible with Apple Home. At first, I thought it could be brought into Apple Home via Homey, but for some reason only one of the outlets showed up. The solution therefore was to connect it to a Philips Hue bridge and from there to Apple Home via Homebridge. |