Price: $34.99
(as of Dec 10, 2024 14:06:15 UTC - Details)

Product Description

ZWave repeater

You use Z-Wave to manage your smart home. You use Range Extender 7 to keep Z-Wave reliable. Aeotec Range Extender 7 works seamlessly to amplify and repeat weak Z-Wave and Z-Wave Plus signals. Simply plug it into a power socket, connect it to your Z-Wave network, and it automatically starts improving any poor Z-Wave signals that are in range. Built upon Aeotec proprietary Gen7 hardware and firmware stack, it has a wireless range that’s up to 250% greater than Range Extender 6 and non Gen7 technology. Designed with 700 series and Z-Wave Plus V2, Range Extender 7 also repeats S2 security signals. Range Extender 7 is compatible with all certified Z-Wave gateways including Aeotec AutoPilo, ISY994i, Homeseer HS3, Homey, Vera UI7, SmartThings, Hubitat, Domoticz, Jeedom, Open-zwave, Zipato..

How it works

Boosts wireless signals.

Wireless technology isn’t always perfect, that’s why Aeotec makes Range Extender 7 – a simple, almost plug and play device that works to perfect your home automation system. It receives Z-Wave and Z-Wave Plus signals, amplifies them, and then rebroadcasts them to your Z-Wave automation network, boosting their range and reliability.

Z-Wave Maximized, up to 250% Further Wireless Range.

50% Faster Z-Wave communication. There is no buffering and lagging for stronger wireless performance and coverage. Eliminate Z-Wave Dead Zones. Anywhere in your home, you can enjoy z-wave freely, achieving seamless automation.

Suitable for Z-Wave Security System

Range Extender 7 is built upon the most advanced wireless automation technology available. It couples Aeotec unique Gen7 technology stack, with Z-Wave Plus V2 and 700 series. That allows it a massive range of improvements including S2 security and SmartStart installation.

Plug and Play.

Plug the range extender near the area you're experiencing a weak Z-Wave signal. Simply press a button on the range extender and your router. Then the installation is completed and you can enjoy your strong Z-Wave signal. Whether they're DIY or professionally done, Aeotec Z-Wave products have been designed to be easy to install and be even easier to use.

Perfect compatibility.

Range Extender 7 is compatible with most of your home’s Z-Wave devices. Offering universal compatibility, it’s able to repeat and amplify Z-Wave signals from all generations of Z-Wave including 300 series, 500 series, 500 series, and Gen5.

ZWave hub required

Range Extender 7 uses Z-Wave Plus to communicate wirelessly. That means you'll need a Z-Wave hub to use it.

Visit aeotec.com/z-wave-gateways/compatibility.html to find out which hubs, gateways, and software Range Extender 7 is compatible with.

Customer Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars

100

4.4 out of 5 stars

326

4.3 out of 5 stars

215

3.7 out of 5 stars

133

4.1 out of 5 stars

163

3.6 out of 5 stars

11

S2 Security

✓
NO NO
✓
NO NO

SmartStart

✓
NO NO
✓
NO NO

Gen7

✓
No No
✓
No No, Gen5

700 Series

✓
No, 500 Series No, 500 Series No, 500 Series No, 500 Series No, 500 Series

Z-Wave Plus

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Battery Life
Not battery powered Not battery powered Not battery powered 3 year+ 2 year Not battery powered

Compatible with
SmartThings, Wink Hub 2, Open Z-Wave, Domoticz, Homeseer HS3, Domoticz and more Control4, Fibaro, SmartThings, Vera, and more SmartThings, Vera, Webee, Wink-hub, Zipabox, Universal Devices ISY994Zw, openHAB, Open Z-Wave, Oomi, Jeedom, Indigo 7, InControl, HomeSeer, Home Assistant, eedomus, Abode and more Samsung SmartThings, Vera, Zipabox, HomeSeer, Ring, Open Z-Wave, Nexia, Domoticz and more Fibaro, HomeSeer, Indigo 7, openHAB, SmartThings, Vera and more. Samsung SmartThings, Vera, Zipabox, Qolsys IQ Panel, Fibaro, Open Z-Wave, Jeedom, Home Assistant, Animus Heart/Animus Home and more

WIRELESS ZWAVE REPEATER- Amplifies and repeats weak signals boosting the range and reliability of weak Z-Wave / Z-wave Plus devices. 250% further wireless range
50% FASTER Z-WAVE COMMUNICATION- Built upon Aeotec’s unique Gen7 hardware and firmware stack, stable performance, achieving seamless automation
SECURITY 2 SYSTEM COMPATIBLE- This particularly means it can amplify and repeat signals from security focussed devices, including door locks and smoke sensors
SMARTSTART QR CODE- Simplest possible device installation. Compatible with Zwave hub including Control4, Fibaro, SmartThings, Vera and more.
Easy as plug and play. Start your smart home here. Z-Wave Plus certified. Certification number: ZC12-19080007
Reviewer: Dad, the engineer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great for improving the speed and reliability of your Z-Wave mesh (see details). Highly Recommended
Review: At the time that I automated my last home with Z-Wave, my two largest problems were the limited range of 1st-generation Z-Wave devices, and the relatively shallow utility boxes in my walls. My house was physically large (and spread out), so I put over 100 devices in the home in order to have a reliable mesh network. When I moved into my current home, my challenges were very different. This house was originally constructed in the 1960s, and it consists of 3 floors and two add-ons. The core of the house is not wired with neutrals at the light switches (ugh). As such, I have not been as inclined to put as many switches in, as I've needed to use units that don't require neutral (or add in resistor packs). The answer to build a reliable network was to add Aeotec Range Extender 7s.I'm no stranger to Aeotec, having bought sensors, plugs, and various other peripherals from them over the years. When I wanted to get repeaters for this house, I naturally thought of Aeotec Range Extender 7s. The units are a little different from my older repeaters as the inclusion button is on the bottom. The light is a ring around the button. Inclusion was quick and painless with my Homeseer HS4Pro installation. a few full optimizations later, and the garage door opener and smart deadbolt started reporting immediately and reliably. Mission accomplished.The only gripe I really have is the presence of the screw hole "loop". I get the idea: it's meant to allow you to semi-permanently attach your repeater, keeping anyone from inadvertently unplugging it. In practice, though, it can act as an obstruction, making an outlet harder to use. Lest you think you'll just put the repeater on the top outlet, you'll find out quickly that it covers part of the lower outlet. You can tear off the loop with some pliers, but it would be nicer if there was some non-destructive alternative.Final thoughts? There's no ARGB, as in previous iterations of the product. That's fine with me, as I never used it, anyway. I guess the main question would be why you would use a repeater, as opposed to spending basically the same money (or less), to get a lamp control module. My answer to that is simplicity and aesthetics. This iteration of the Aeotec Range Extender may be a little more stripped-down, but it's more attractive (though that's subjective), and it's more useful. The new utility comes in the form of the down-firing light ring... it basically functions as a low-intensity night light. Don't want that? Turn it off with a single click - no need to mess with sending Z-Wave parameters.Though I wish the 2-pack had been available at the time I needed these, at $34 each it wasn't that bad to get the repeaters that I needed. If you need a stronger/better/faster Z-Wave network (especially when it comes to battery-powered sensors/devices), these will work well for you. For those of you that may be wondering, my setup includes 300, 500, and 700 series Z-Wave devices, and this seems to work well with all of them. It properly registers all of its neighbors and routes, regardless of protocol generation, and it passes "secure" S2 messages without issue. Highly Recommended

Reviewer: Jason Wintz
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy integration with Ring
Review: I bought this when my "Works with Ring" front door lock was no longer connecting with my Ring system. I had some concerns from reading other reviews that it took a bit of effort to make it work with Ring. Not so! It couldn't have been simpler. I went in to the Ring app, added it under a "works with Ring" device (even though it doesn't officially say that on the packaging or setup guide), scanned the QR code on the device (or packaging--it's in both places), and it worked right away. And I achieved the goal of having my front door lock working again. Easy setup AND performs as desired.

Reviewer: MysteryMan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Night and day difference for Zooz battery powered switches with Homey Pro
Review: Struggled with Zooz battery powered switches causing huge retry delays on a Homey Pro which was only 5 feet and 1 wall away.Support brought me through an extended tour of their debugging tools (nice tools btw), but wanted me to rebuild my whole network and replace devices.Popped this in, crossed fingers, and it was like night and day. The battery powered zooz switches (zen34) work as well as the built-in wall switches now.

Reviewer: gergus
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Helps keep my devices connected
Review: I have a set of outdoor lights connected to an outlet housed in a waterproof box. Before buying this extender I would say about 50 percent of the time it wouldnt respond to commands. With the extender it's become MUCH more reliable. That said I do find that some of my other devices don't appear to be using it and still have connection issues. Also it has a light that can be annoying in the dark, but double pressing the action button will disable it

Reviewer: Jeff
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Won't Stay Connected
Review: Seemed to work fine, though not sure it was necessary. After about 2 years, it will not stay connected to the Aeotec hub. Have tried disconnecting and re-installing several time with no success at keeping it online. But it's really a moot point. I bought this to help make sure our wireless deadbolt stayed connected to the hub and it has no issues even with extender being offline. Probably just going to trash this one now.

Reviewer: SteelSlicer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Exactly what I needed
Review: I don't have a very large house (1300 sf), but my front door lock (Schlage Z-Wave smart lock) is separated from the Aeotec Smart Things hub by 2 walls. This caused the lock to keep going offline. I found in a forum that someone has a very similar situation and solved it with a range extender. It's been over 2 months since I connected it (nothing to it, plugged it in and the Smart Things app found it very quickly), and haven't gone offline once. It doesn't make any difference to me, when you plug it in, it becomes a night light, very dim and soft, but might be a minor issue for somebody else.

Reviewer: Eduardo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works with SamsungSmartthing Hub
Review: Had 14-16 devices disconnecting and occasionally connecting back to Samsung hub. This happened after installing a stronger wifi router which caused interference with the z-wave network. Prior to my WiFi upgrade, I had no issues. I have a variety of devices that were migrated from Lowes Iris and now everything is back online thanks to this signal booster. Make sure to scan the QR code inside the box when adding the device. The QR outside is for product validation. Very easy to add. I moved it around the house to provide better range and device would connect to HUB immediately.

Reviewer: Peter
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: It really works
Review: When you need a range extender, you can just buy a Z-wave plug which acts as an extender as well, right? This is what I thought. I bought a brand X plug, which was advertised to extend the range as well just to discover that its range was very poor; worse than that of my battery operated Z-wave devices. Then I bought this Aeotec gadget. It made all the difference. The brand X plug became a perfect tester - if I can make it work everywhere in the house, the Aeotec must be doing its job. Exactly what happened. With Aeotec off, the tester does not respond unless it is very close to the Smartthings hub. With the Aeotoc on, it does regardless of where I place it.The X brand "tester" is going back, the Aeotec stays.

Reviewer: Mike B
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Easy to include in Z-Wave network, resolved a connectivity issue with Z-Wave devices that were intermittent

Reviewer: Eduardo Ramos
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Funciona como debe de funcionar

Reviewer: Drew
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Great quality and work well

Reviewer: Drew
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Needed to stabilize z-wave signal for basement door lock to alarm panel. Works perfectly- easy set up and bonus of a subtle night light in hallway.

Reviewer: Ben B.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Works very well. Very strong zwave extender. Works better than cheaper alternatives.