Best indoor Motion Sensor?

Devices
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Yes

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Does someone know which sensors are pet friendly with Z-wave? I have now the aqara sensors and they work fine but not with pets. Motion is triggered by the pets (dog/cat). If any one has some experience with sensors that donā€™t react on small dogs/cats Iā€™m happy to hear which one (Z-wave sensor) you have been using. thanks you.

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Not sure if you have any current sensors you can fool around with but Iā€™ve found just placing the sensor a bit higher from the ground can help a lot.

Also try experimenting and fooling around by placing some tape over the bottom section of the PIR lens.

I currently use some cheap 433Mhz AliExpress PIR sensors designed for pet immunity. They work a charm if placed 2 meters from the ground .

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Nice, do you have a link or brand/model of the sensor?

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AU $24.26 15ļ¼… Off | 433MHz Wireless Infrared Detector Below 10kg PET Immune Wireless 1527 Code For Our Wifi / GSM / PSTN Home Security Alarm

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Also have very long battery life. Maybe 3-4 years ā€¦

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I was wondering, now in 2024
Are there better motion sensors at this moment?

I have Fibaro sensors, but Iā€™m not happy about them.

Batteries donā€™t last long, ect ect

Maybe you people have a new view after a few years about this topic.

Let me know

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Sure, Frient is my favourite. Have tried different brands, but Frient is the most reliable one I have used. I havenā€™t had any problems with them. The Pro version also has temp and luminance sensors.

Although these are made for indoors, I have used them successfully outdoors as well and they seem to read even minus temperatures correctly. Not under the rain of course, but under the roof so rain hasnā€™t hit them.

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I have 7 Philips Hue motion sensors. At some point a needed 3 more but also noticed that my Hue Bridge reached the max amount of devices (65). So after some research I bought 3 Frient Motion sensors. You can have them. Works for 2 days. After that unreachable. Same as door sensors from Frient. Bought 8 of them. Horrible. I had to add more and more Smart Plugs (repeaters) they say. At one point I ran out of sockets :joy:

Also added a Homey Bridge upstairs trying to overcome this issue. No luck.

Frient repeater: Yes
Frient end device: No
Philips Hue motion sensor: absolutely Yes

Rogier

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This is very suprising to hear. I have 27 Develco/Frient devices in my Zigbee and they all work like a charm. I havenā€™t had a single problem. They pair without any problem and run years without any issues or disruptions. I guess there is something else in your environment that makes them work poorly.

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Hi @Monit,

I am very interested in your setup.
1 Do you just use a Homey Pro or do you also have 1 or more Homey Bridges?
2 Of the 27 devices you mentioned, how many of does are end devices?
3 What is the maximum distance between an end device and a (zigbee) router. Like a smart plug?
4 ā€œI havenā€™t had a single problem. They pair without any problem and run years without any issues or disruptionsā€ Can I trust you on this? Never?
5 What kind of house do you have (perhaps Iā€™m getting to personel :rofl:)? Multiple storeyā€™s?

Thanks in advance

Rogier

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Hi

To be honest I have a long journey with smart home. Had a different hub and during all these years, I have struggled so much with unreliable devices and I am happy I have finally achieved a device combo that works for me at least.

  • My best working devices are (~1 year or at least several months of experience with Homey Pro): Develco/Frient, Schneider Wiser. Plus Hue Bridge over Matter and Shelly Plus Uni over Wifi.
  • Brands I have recently added, but I have yet enough experience to say anything: Lidl, Robb Smarrt
  • Brands that I have used for long, but have not been fully reliable, but I have still kept them: Aqara
  • Brands that do not work well so I have removed these: Osram, Ubisys, Danfoss Ally

And then to your questions:

  1. Only Homey Pro 2023, no Bridge
  2. 21 are end devices, so majority
  3. Probably ~10 meters from attic to basement ā†’ Edit: Sorry I read your question wrong. Maximum distance from any end device to nearest router is perhaps just a few meters. I have a lot of routers around the house. Frient and other brands.
  4. If I am perfectly honest then I remember this year probably once or twice the Frient motion sensor did not switch on the lights in basement, but when I left the room and re-entered then it worked again. So nothing major. For example I have never had a need to repair any of the Develco or Frient devices
  5. 3 stories so Zigbee traffic is routed through routers for sure, but I do not know what the mesh is like since I have not found any app that would show me the Zigbee mesh in Homey Pro 23
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Hi Rogier,

Maybe hereā€™s some useful zigbee info for you:

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