What is the best motion detector now in 2024/2025?
Plejd has a WMS-01, will it work? It is tempting to test since it is supposed to have a lifespan of up to 10 years… I’m tired of my sensors from Fibaro and IKEA that either use special batteries or have poor battery life.
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You mean the motion sensor with the longest battery life? Which is not related to it’s performance functionality (false positives, missing motion).
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Yes, that’s correct, but the pros and cons of the sensor are also of interest.
I like Frient motion sensors and I have several of them. Really reliable and they never seem to leave the Zigbee mesh and always react immediately.
Not sure about the battery life since I haven’t really made notes when I have changed batteries, but probably couple of years.
Note that there are two versions. One has more sensors built in.
Did you check out Smart Motion Sensors | Best Buy Guide
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I use some motion sensors from HUE.
The big advantage is that normal AA batteries are used.
The battery life is several years, but I have also switched off or restricted the settings for LED notification, lux and temperature.
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I have several motion sensors in high traffic areas in the house (hallways etc) which to make my automations work the way I need them are set to short motion timeouts and high frequency of updates, which of course drains batteries fast. For these I use Z Wave sensors from Aeotec (such as the multi sensor 6 / 7) because they have the option to permanently power them using a USB power supply. You then have the challenge of running a USB cable to them from somewhere with either a plug socket for a USB plug or permanent live and neutral where you can use a USB power module cheaply available from Amazon or wherever which you can wire in directly.
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Thanks, I’ll try the Frient sensor, that seems to be a reasonably priced device 
