[bjackman]

As a middle ground I can also recommend this unit: https://apolloautomation.com/products/air-1

Looks like it's increased in price unfortunately but I like the idea, it's basically just what you would do as a DIY project but ready built. So you can either use it like a normal commercial product, or you can just fork the ESPHome config that's on GitHub and flash it exactly like any normal ESPHome project.

[microtonal]

Yeah, I have heard good things about them. There are some other options that are kinda in between DIY and a product, like those by Screek Workshop.

https://screek.io/ https://shop.screek.io/products/sco-b

No recommendation though, I haven't tried them.

[bjackman]

Great to see there are others doing the same.

It's a extremely cool that ESPHome is able, just by existing and being good, to create this little industry of no-bullshit products. What an awesome project that is!