Roller Shade Driver E1, Requires Aqara HUB, Smart Blind Motor with Schedule and Voice Control, Rechargeable with Long Battery Life, Compatible with HomeKit, Alexa, Google Assistant, and IFTTT

I bought one of these to automate the existing roller blind in a bedroom. The unit feels sturdy and build quality is good. Really easy to fix to the wall and connect up the bead cord. It was straighforward to set the top and bottom positions (hold the up and down buttons together to put in "learning mode"; then move the blinds to the correct position and quick press the up five times to store the top, press the down button five times to store the bottom position). I don't have an Aquara hub but I was able to pair the device with my Home Assistant hub (Sonoff/Tasmota) first time. After that I raise and close the blinds with Alexa, Google, Home Assistant or manually. Alexa raises the blinds automatically in the morning while playing "Here Comes the Sun". Cheesey and fantastic. I bought two more to automate blinds in my home office. The fact that they are battery operated and can be rechaged with a USB charger is a real plus - no unsightly wires being run to the window. Only downside is the price and lack of availability from the Aquara Amazon store. However Aquara were quick to respond to my queries about when stock would be available again.

Installed 2 of these last week and so far really impressed. Product was well boxed and feels good quality. Installation was easy, first I fully charged the batteries then it took around 5 minutes to fit each one into place. Setting-up: move the blind into a half open position 1. Press and hold both the 'up' and 'down' buttons for 3 seconds to reset position parameters 2. Press the 'up' button until blind is in the preferred fully open position then press the 'up' button again to stop movement 3. Quick press the 'up' button 5 times to set fully open position 4. Press the 'down' button to move the blind into the fully closed position 5. Quick press the 'down' button 5 time to set fully closed position Integration into Home Assistant was a breeze... 1. Press and hold the reset button, located on the bottom of the unit, for 5 seconds 2. Enable 'permit join' in Zigbee2Mqtt The only issue I have found is that current position of the blind is not passed to Home Assistant, but this was easily resolved by publishing MQTT get commands. A week later and so far both blinds have worked perfectly, batteries are still on 99% and I have ordered more.

Purchased for our bedroom blackout blind. Works well but does seem to lose position ever so slightly as the days go by until you have to recalibrate it again. It would be nice if they had a better way to calibrate the top and bottom more accurately instead of having to try click the right spot as a lucky guess. It’s not too noisy but I’d imagine could be improved with better parts. Battery life seems good as well. Have to charge it up every few months and we use it at least twice a day.

The perfect blind motor - come with adapters for different cords however the standard one fitted my blinds perfectly. These work with Google Home ("Hey Google, open the blinds"), and you can adjust the speed. These are exceptionally quiet motors, most negative reviews seem to come from the blind mechanism being noise - it is probably worn, to reduce unwanted noise you can grease the pin end of the blind (not the pullcord side! - do not grease that) , and sometimes it is worth buying another pull cord assembly if years of yanking on the old "manual" blinds has loosened the mechanism (as had happened to my large blind). This is more than capable of raising my 200cm x 120cm blackout blind however it does use slightly more battery, battery life in general seems very good so far and charging couldn't be easier.

Works well, easy to install. This is my 2nd one for another room. Would recommend

Out of the 3 i have one just stopped working. It wont charge one minute but leave it a while & it will. Then I stopped moving the blind, leave it try again & it worked, then it didn't, then only half way before it stopped again. Now if im lucky I feel the motor try to turn then stop, then nothing, then it will for a second, then back to nothing or a click. The others that work are absolutely amazing, just totally awesome product. But sadly when they fail your up the creek without a paddle or support. Looks like im gonna have to try take apart & replace battery & motor myself as its alot cheaper then buying a new one Maybe the manufacturer could sell the motor & battery at a slight mark up. It would allow us to fix ourselves & they still get to rip us off by charging for the battery & motor when they get them very cheaply see Or thet loose customers & profit by not supporting a growing repair market. Get on board manufacturer or loose out to easily repairable market

A good addition to my Home Assistant control system in the house. Good quality & robust. Slightly noisy, but only operates twice a day so not an issue.

Really good! Until it wasn’t. Bought two of these, one failed within 2 months and the other is still going (less than a month old at the time of writing). When it was working, and for the one that is still alive - Integrates with our homeassistant setup fine, not too loud, holds connection well. A bit of a faff to set up but nothing too difficult once you get the hang of it. The one that failed simply ‘died’ - unresponsive buttons and no longer talking to homeassistant, but would take charge. Returned to amazon all good. But disappointed it didn’t last long, a real shame for saying how nice a quality item it is and not cheap either! Here’s hoping the other one doesn’t give up soon too! Update March 2026 - Aqara were really helpful and did a partial refund on a replacement. Other blind motor still going well, new (replacement) installed this week and working faultlessly. Fingers crossed for no more failures, I’d like to get more for the rest of the house!