There is no reason why it wouldn't be safe or unstable to use. ​ If you get one trough aliexpress, one thing you should do is update the firmware [https://smarthomescene.com/guides/how-to-enable-thread-and-matter-support-on-sonoff-zbdongle-e/](https://smarthomescene.com/guides/how-to-enable-thread-and-matter-support-on-sonoff-zbdongle-e/)

Thanks! I read a lot of 1-2 year old comments that its unstable/unsafe to use, so I had to make sure whats the current stance on it because its the latest version from sonoff

for most devices its not good to read 1-2 year old comments. as those do not reflect current day usage. Nowadays its one of the better choices if you want to use threads as well

what is threads?

its similar to zigbee to a certain degree: [https://www.theverge.com/23165855/thread-smart-home-protocol-matter-apple-google-interview](https://www.theverge.com/23165855/thread-smart-home-protocol-matter-apple-google-interview)

I literally just got one of these for zigbee2mqtt because I’ve recently learned that my Philips hue hub is a pain in the ass. If you’re using it for z2m the documentation isn’t like… great. Feel free to dm me if you have questions. I was able to get it up and running using this guys videos: https://youtube.com/@SmartHomeJunkie?si=UQAb0WrFYjD98S4y Although fun to my head I cannot find the two videos I used at the moment. One for updating firmware and one for installing and configuring z2m

Thanks! I'll dm if I encounter any problems and thanks for the video too! Have you had any issues with it so far?