SONOFF Micro Zigbee USB Smart Adaptor

Working great as a booster for the network.

I have recently bought the Sonoff Zigbee USB smart Adapter as I needed to make my zigbee network more reliable or abandon it altogether. We have a 300 year old house with masonry walls that are about 600mm thick and contribute to a poorly performing zigbee network. I also have 2 eero 6 pro routers which give me the base for my zigbee network and also matter support going forward. At the same time as I got the ZB USB smart adapter, I also commissioned a previously bought Sonoff USB ZB dongle-E plus one only Tuya USB extender. My network, all sonoff devices except for one is now quite solid but I have no way of figuring out which routing/repeating device did the best to achieve that outcome. The Sonoff dongle-E and the Tuya USB extender never shows up in EWeLink app, I do not have Home Assistant and cannot create a map that graphically shows devices and their connections. I have only been able to achieve the result by carefull placement of zb repeater/router capable devices so they can see the next such device through open doorways or through ceilings/floors that are not made of masonry. EWeLink never shows any ZB repeater only devices at all and so there is no confirmation that they are in fact properly linked. They only show if they also have another purpose such as a switch or light etc. I would definitely find having detailed information of state and connections from and to other devices very helpful where it is currently just minimal if at all. Verbose information would be very useful, and the ability to toggle verbose logging would be even better.

You would achieve very good status when my wife who is a ludite can see and understand what needs to be done to keep things up and running. The network must be fully self healing which it currently is not. If I died, the network would cease being useful at a point in time when it is most needed. That currently makes it not fit for purpose. Sonoff/ITEAD please note this and learn from it.

Update:
Sonoff released a new firmware update, which removed the spammy communication between the devices and the hub. Other Hubitat users and myself have noticed the reduced network activity, as well as no longer encountering Zigbee radio issues caused by the previous spamming. As of now, the device works great. It has a small form factor and works well to turn off/on USB-A devices. Thanks!

Previous:
Controls the switch perfectly, which is great. However, they are unusable because they communicate way too often with the hub. They cause issues with the Zigbee radios in the hubs: the Zigbee radio stops working, restarts, stops again, etc. There is no need for these devices to communicate this way with the hub. It's ridiculous. It's a shame, because I really like the device functionality. Stay away, until they adjust the communication with the hub.