I am aware that there are a lot of topics on this subject with questions about individual sensors, but I’m having a hard time finding what I need, which is why I am shouting out. (if the moderators think I shouldn’t, please remove/lock this thread and please let me know you did so)
I am currently looking for motion sensors, and I was wondering what people’s experiences are. What are the downsides/weaknesses of the item(s) you chose. How did you work around them (if applicable).
So here is my MoSCoW list (Note: The price isn’t that important. I’m not buying 50 of them )
Must have:
Zwave or Zigbee (no 433, bluetooth or wifi)
Reliable (keeps working)
Fast response
No Ali-Express (etc) grade stuff/clones/etc
Should have:
Accurate: No to very low false positives/negatives
Good range (al least 5 meters ‘in practice’ so not only on paper)
Could have:
Additional metrics like light value/temperature
Would have:
Discrete
Option for permanent power source
What I found myself are:
Fibaro motion sensor V2 Z-Wave Plus (but I don’t think that one is supported?)
Aeonlabs Multisensor 6 (appearently has ‘limited’ support?)
Not a clue. robbshop puts it down as ‘beperkt’. They also have a remark that motion up to Homey 2.0 isn’t reliable. But I don’t know if they mean that with ‘beperkt’ (if they do, it feels wrong, since 2.0 is our four quite some time now)
But given your specific response, i take it you’re a happy user? Any ‘could be betters’ to your opinion?
I had one of those a year ago. Worked nice, but, would send the “no motion” every x time, even when there was no motion detected in between. Kind of flooded some logbooks (like heimdall) . I sold mine so I’m not sure if this is still the case.
The fibaro tend to miss some motions in my setup and the tamper still gets stuck.
i have an aeotec multi 6.
Only thing that i can’t comment on is its UV light capabilities as it is in a room without windows.
Motion, lux, temp & humidity are working ok & Reliable for me.
i have the sensor is on USB power, so no idea if there is a difference when battery powered.
I know this topic is a bit old, don’t know if you are still looking for responses, but:
I had the Fibaro motion sensor, it is terrible with homey. Impossible to turn off the LED, it fails to communicate with Homey even when it’s 4 meters away, if it does work it’s range is about 2 meters.
Neo Coolcam, seems to at least work but does only motion detection, no tamper alert, etc.
Aeotec multi, only have that since a day to test with, has about 6m detection range with a 120 degree angle. I think the information on RobbShop is outdated as it only had limitations on the <2.0 version of Homey.
I see a lot of positive reviews about the Aqara motion sensors. I hope the Aeotec keeps working fine as it is Z-Wave, but if this seems unreliable as well I’m switching to those to test.
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