So I’ve been searching and reading a lot about contact sensors. Most of the discussions are a bit old. I need 14 contact sensors to cover all my 1st floor windows any suggestions that won’t break the bank? And I don’t need multi no purpose sensors however anything extra is a bonus.

These Ecolink zigbee sensors aren’t listed in that thread, but these have been my go to sensors lately. Cheap and reliable. [image] Amazon.com : Ecolink Wireless Door/Window Contact Zigbee Wireless Door/Window... Amazon.com : Ecolink Wireless Door/Window Contact Zigbee Wireless Door/Win…

Aqara are zigbee sensors at about $17 each. The product description will say they need their own hub, but that’s only if you want HomeKit compatibility. They can work as just zigbee with a smartthings hub instead. However, they don’t necessarily work well with all Zigbee repeaters so you might also…

So how do you your wyze devices with Smart things?

[image] Jake_Mohl: So how do you your wyze devices with Smart things? Have the Wyze sensor trigger an Alexa routine (not a smartthings routine) which then turns on a virtual sensor as a proxy in smartthings. Or just use it to turn on a smartthings-controlled device. This works even though the…

Since nobody mentioned it in the bulk thread, I’ll add a plug here for the sensors I use, Visonic MCT-340. They’re very low profile, pair with a stock DTH and last a long time on a battery. There’s also a handler out there to have them show up as various other devices, if you want to modify them or …

My house had 2 XHS2-SE sensors when I bought it. After pairing them to ST, I went ahead and added a few more - under $10 on eBay. There are a pile of them in the market. Reports battery and temperature as a bonus. [image] Xfinity Door/Windows Sensor work with Smartthings (XHS2-SE…

[image] johnconstantelo: These Ecolink zigbee sensors aren’t listed in that thread, but these have been my go to sensors lately. Cheap and reliable. Here is an ebay listing of 10 new ones for $50. https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-OF-10-Ecolink-Wireless-Door-Window-Contact-4655BC0-R-ZIGBEE-/16405…

Sweet, thanks! I’m about to start a project for another family member, so this is perfect, thanks for sharing.

As I’ve mentioned before, I myself don’t buy electronics on eBay from random sellers. A lot of the stuff is counterfeit, a lot of it is joblots of returns bought from other retailers, and for both these reasons, many device manufacturers will not honor the warranty for Devices bought on eBay. But th…

If you have time to wait for shipping from China, the Sonoff zigbee model has worked well for me https://www.itead.cc/sonoff-snzb-04-zigbee-wireless-door-window-sensor.html

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Can I ask how the battery life has been for these XHS2 sensors?

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