Building Resilience in Your Aqara Smart Home with the M100 Hub
The Aqara M100 Hub is a fantastic little device that, when used strategically, can be invaluable for adding resilience to your Aqara-enabled home.
For example, if you rely too heavily on a single hub—or even just a couple of them—an issue with one could cause a significant number of devices in your home to become unavailable or unresponsive.
To mitigate this, consider segregating your home by important rooms—such as the kitchen, living room, and bedrooms—and placing an M100 hub in each. Pair the devices in each room with its dedicated hub. This setup creates resilience on a per-room basis, ensuring that a problem in one area doesn’t affect the rest of your smart home.
Another key benefit is that automations configured per room are local to the hub. Even if your internet connection or Wi-Fi goes down, these automations will continue to run seamlessly.
One of the greatest advantages of the M100 is its affordability. Here in the UK, they can often be found on Amazon—particularly during Black Friday sales—for as little as £16. That’s just £16 for added redundancy per room.
The only caveat is that the processing power of these small devices could become a limitation. Each hub can only handle a certain number of child devices, which might be restrictive in larger rooms with many connected components.
I’ve also noticed a slight delay—just a few milliseconds—when switching lights. While it’s a minor issue, it can be a little annoying compared to other hubs I’ve tested.
