# A sensor to see if someone opened my mailbox. 80 METERS away from the house - With a twist

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**Created:** [August 9, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/a-sensor-to-see-if-someone-opened-my-mailbox-80-meters-away-from-the-house-with-a-twist/141340 "2025-08-09T14:27:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/a-sensor-to-see-if-someone-opened-my-mailbox-80-meters-away-from-the-house-with-a-twist/141340/3 "2025-08-20T19:27:26Z")

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Do you also run Home Assistant by any chance?  
See my post here about YoLink LoRa devices:

> [@Integrating YoLink devices with Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/integrating-yolink-devices-with-homey/139939/12):
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> I got my speaker hub and 2 doorsensors yesterday and connected them to HA. With the HA community app (see [here](https://homey.app/en-nl/app/io.home-assistant.community/Home-Assistant-Community/)) was able to import those HA devices into Homey. And must say: range is GREAT! Finally seem to have found a solution for my mailbox 2 stories below my apartment, no other protocol reached that far (and I was unable to place extra routers in the middle) time will tell if it keeps working as it is now, but first impression is awesome. Even with the sensor placed inside the metal mailbox…

Range of these devices is superb!

I bought these for around 76 euro at Amazon:

> **[SpeakerHub & Two Door Sensor Smart Home Starter Kit](https://shop.yosmart.com/products/ys1604-2ys7704)**
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> SpeakerHub - Plays Sounds and Your Text-to-Speech Custom Messages, Spoken Alerts, LoRa-Powered ¼ Mile Range, WiFi Required

And you always get a notification on your phone in the Yolink app itself if you like of course.

I asked YoLink and Athom for a YoLink Homey app (as well as in the Homey Community app thread), but you never know if and when that is going to happen. Should be possible though, since a HA integration is already live.

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