Best sensor on Reddit

144 reviews from r/homeassistant, r/HomeKit, r/homeautomation and 16 more subreddits

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Aqara

4.3

(23)

"Aqara has been solid for my crawlspace and attic for leaks and humidity/temp."

"Good sensitivity, good battery life, good stable connectivity."

"Folks seem to like aqara for these."

"Super easy."

"The Aqara FP2 is killer for actual presence."

"The aqara fp2 is pretty awesome"

"I’d go with Aqara. They’ve been rock solid for me in my kids rooms."

"I bought an Aqara hub and really think it's the way to go."

"The temp and humidity seems calibrated well."

"Works really well for me. I have 3 different zones setup up with my living room FP2."

Eve

4.6

(17)

"Eve home. And best overview and selection tool Home devices app."

"Eve. They do very good products that have what you need."

"Eve Room for quality; Qingping for cost."

"Eve Weather (the outdoor sensor) works well for temp/humidity."

"Look at the Eve Home - native for HomeKit and provides temp, humidity and air quality."

"Get the eve ones. I’ve had 4 of them for over 2 years and haven’t had to change the batteries on them yet."

"I’ve been happy with matter over thread by Eve."

"Eve no hub"

"I've been pretty happy with the Eve Water Guard."

"I use Eve motion, very good!"

YoLink

4.6

(9)

"Longer range, so I don't have to worry about repeaters"

"Extremely long battery life and range."

"I use YoLink for most of mine because the battery lasts forever."

"Very happy with these."

"I really like YoLink. The LoRa range is fantastic and reliable."

"It’s a turnkey solution using LoRA."

"I suggest you check out Yolink hardware."

"YoLink."

"Yolink has a lot of options."

IKEA

4.4

(7)

"Ikea and Shelly have both been solid for me."

"They run on AAA batteries, integrate great to Z2M, and they sound their own alarm."

"I'd give the IKEA sensor a try!"

"The signal was great."

"IKEA has the VINDSTYRKA."

"I’m replacing all my Aqara water sensors with the ikea batarang."

"Can confirm it detects smoke just fine."

Govee

4.5

(6)

"I have the govee RF Leak sensors and use and RTL-SDR."

"I recommend the Govee H5054 sensors integrated with RTL-SDR dongle."

"Replaced them with govee and haven’t had a single issue since."

"I use Govee H5100. Cheap and small."

"I have two Govee wi Fi sensors that seem to work well."

"What about the Govee outdoor motion sensor?"

Third Reality

4.6

(5)

"I use the third-reality sensors, which trigger the Zooz Titan main water shutoff valve."

"I bought a ton of ThirdReality one, 4pack on Amazon was cheap and they are good."

"I would use the Third Reality ones"

"Makes one that’s pretty small and works well with ST."

"Third Reality reports every 15 seconds or so."

Apple

3.8

(5)

"Best capacitive sensor for camera control."

"Designed in-house by Apple, great fit."

"They have both temperature and humidity sensors."

"The HomePod mini has temperature and humidity sensors built in."

"Expensive and not durable."

Onvis

4.5

(4)

"I have three of the Onvis Motion Sensors."

"I love the Onvis HomeKit over Thread sensors. Low profile and very reliable."

"I have an Onvis motion sensor that also has a temperature and humidity sensor."

"I’ve been happy with the Onvis door/window sensors."

Shelly

4.7

(3)

"My $20 Shelly leak detector has saved me thousands of dollars."

"Shelly flood."

"I recommend shelly stuff in general. they might not be the cheapest thing on the market."

#10

Zooz

4.3

(3)

"I have Zooz sensors. I also have their Titan water valve actuator."

"My Zooz Q sensors can be configured to report if temperature changes."

"I recommend looking at Zooz products, they're using the latest 800 series chips that support Z-Wave Long Range."

#11

RoomAlert

4.0

(3)

"We use RoomAlert, rock solid devices."

"I use both AVTech RoomAlert and ControlByWeb X-410's to monitor the Temp and Humidity in my DC's."

"However, they do have a relatively cheap subscription service that will monitor and notify you."

#12

DJI

5.0

(2)

"The DJI L2 on the M350 provides fully colored point clouds with minimal setup and is nearly plug-and-play."

"DJI D-RTK 2 base setup is straightforward and integrates well with the L2."

#13

Sonoff

4.5

(2)

"I have great experiences with Sonoff. Basically everything I buy from them 'just works' with HA."

"Picked up a few Sonoff’s recently. The build quality seems good."

#14

Fibaro

4.5

(2)

"On my Fibaro ones the batteries seem to last forever."

"It’s small and you can disable the eyeball if you want."

#15

Aeotec

4.5

(2)

"Power it by USB and it's completely maintenance-free."

"I resolved my magnet/reliability issues with a wired switch."

#16

Tapo

4.5

(2)

"I use the tapo one, if only because I already had a hub."

"Plug: Tapo P100 (cheap, simple WiFi smart plug, no Zigbee hub needed)"

#17

Google

4.0

(2)

"Looks good and also has excellent features"

"Pixel, galaxy watch are good"

#18

Samsung

4.0

(2)

"I think galaxy fit 3 is good but as it is a smart band, it lacks many watch features."

"Samsung Fit 3 or any watch by Amazfit"

#19

Juiced

4.0

(2)

"Documenting the spacer arrangement helped during tire changes."

"Juiced provided helpful support in fixing the spacer issue."

#20

Aranet

5.0

(1)

"Aranet has a really fantastic portable radon sensor."

#21

Kasa

5.0

(1)

"I have one so can answer your questions."

#22

Ecowitt

5.0

(1)

"I got Ecowitt brand sensors that have been running for a year now on a single pair of rechargeable AA batteries."

#23

Sinope

5.0

(1)

"Check out Sinope. They have a few different options."

#24

Lutron Occupancy Sensor and Light Switch

5.0

(1)

"I use a Lutron combination occupancy sensor and light switch for this. Totally reliable, no smarts needed."

#25

Aqara Motion Sensor

5.0

(1)

"Since you’ve already got an Aqara hub, get an Aqara motion sensor."

#26

Tuya

5.0

(1)

"I have a bunch of the Tuya Zigbee leak sensors from aliexpress."

#27

DOME

5.0

(1)

"DOME zwave - if you do zwave."

#28

Moen Flo

5.0

(1)

"Moen Flo is the only sensor that will call and text."

#29

Logitech

5.0

(1)

"Logitechs Hero 2 sensor after the latest firmware update is the best sensor on the market right now."

#30

SICK

5.0

(1)

"If you need a reliable solution with on-board processing, have a serious look at SICK Trispector 3D laser units."

#31

Dome

4.0

(1)

"I love these Dome motion sensors.. if you can still find them for sale."

#32

Centralite

4.0

(1)

"I use those. As well as other sensors they make."

#33

Acurite

4.0

(1)

"The range on those are pretty far and batteries are lasting me about a year."

#34

Ring

4.0

(1)

"Ring makes a mailbox sensor with an external antenna."

#35

inovelli

4.0

(1)

"Otherwise, if you can get them: [inovelli mmWave] presence sensor."

#36

Lutron

4.0

(1)

"[Lutron Maestro]. See 'manual off while occupied' Set to disabled."

#37

Philips

4.0

(1)

"Might be out of the box here, but a Philips hue Motion sensor also has a temperature and humidity sensor in it."

#38

RadonEye

4.0

(1)

"We've been really happy with our RadonEye sensor."

#39

Xiaomi

4.0

(1)

"IMO it works better than decent."

#40

Meross

4.0

(1)

"An affordable and solar-powered device that works well."

#41

Amazfit

4.0

(1)

"I have heard that Amazfit watches are good in this range."

#42

Garmin

4.0

(1)

"Get the garmin sensors. Tool less install and battery changes."

#43

SwitchBot

4.0

(1)

"I’d honestly still say SwitchBot Hub 2."

#44

VocoLinc

4.0

(1)

"I used VocoLinc sensors for years and liked them."

#45

Treatlife

4.0

(1)

"I like the one from Treatlife."

#46

HWGroup Sensors

4.0

(1)

"And then for speciality cases STE sensors from HWGroup."

#47

WatchDog

4.0

(1)

"I use a WatchDog and integrate it with Zabbix via SMTP. Works great."

#48

APC NetBotz 250

4.0

(1)

"We are currently using an APC Netbotz 250 via SNMP to get the data and Govee temperature sensors via the API."

#49

Kasa Sensors

4.0

(1)

"I’ve had good luck with Kasa censors."

#50

Aqara Leak Sensors

4.0

(1)

"I have 8 Aqara leak sensors. They have generally been good."

#51

Everything Smart Presence Sensor

4.0

(1)

"Use a good mmWave sensor instead."

#52

Aqara mmWave Presence Sensors

4.0

(1)

"I believe some mmWave presence sensors, like the Aqara, can track people and report where in the room they are."

#53

Nest

4.0

(1)

"The Nest Protect is still supported, and should eventually get migrated to the Google Home app."

#54

AWU

4.0

(1)

"If you have a Costco membership you can get a new one."

#55

MQ135

4.0

(1)

"The trick to an outdoor sensor is having the air openings under the sensor enclosure."

#56

Miflora

4.0

(1)

"I've a Miflora one. Happy with it."

#57

IFM

4.0

(1)

"Ifm, sick, automation direct, balluff have them. Low maintenance and you can't misalign them."

#58

Sensopart

4.0

(1)

"Sensopart would be my go to for price to quality."

#59

Ultra 2

3.0

(1)

"I have the ultra 2 and love it, but honestly think the O2 sensor is pointless for me."

#60

Hue

2.0

(1)

"I used to use Hue outdoor zigbee sensors but they were far too sensitive."

#61

Aqara Humidity Sensor

2.0

(1)

"I bought an Aqara humidity sensor, but it never fully worked for me."

#62

TUO

1.0

(1)

"I could not return since I was in another country... customer service basically ghosted me."

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