Opinions on current battery-powered Matter over Thread buttons?

Devices & Integrations Connected Things
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Although I guess most of us are just waiting for the (cheaper) IKEA or LG buttons set to launch in 2026, would be interesting to know the current state and if you’re actually using them.

These are the ones I know about but haven’t tested any:

  • Nanoleaf Sense+. Looked great but Matter is still in “early access” and only exposes two buttons, plus I’ve read the battery life is just few months and good CR2477 batteries are hard to find.
  • Aqara W100 T&H sensor with buttons. The LCD makes it look cheap compared to an e-ink screen but it has three buttons. I’ve read the connection is not that stable.
  • INELS / ELKO-EP. They have some wall-mounted buttons which look good, but I was not able to find any review or experience. The RFWB-40G/MT is now available in my regional Amazon site although they must have included shipping in the price because it’s 44€ instead of the official 35€.
  • Arre (formerly Tuo) button. Only one button and since it’s shipped from USA it gets way too expensive
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On amazon.co.uk cost £36.61.

Stock battery didn’t last long, still 100% with panasonic battery.

Working in ST, Apple, Alexa and Google.(I know it’s pointless but I can’t help myself!)

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Crazy number of options in ST.

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I unified my thread network so both hubs are in connection path.

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Thanks for sharing the experience with the Arre, I’m surprised the battery lasts when added to multiple platforms since just adding it to two platforms means a reduction of around 30% the battery life.

BTW, looks like SmartThings driver didn’t finish configuring the button supported actions correctly. All those “Pressed X times” should not be there, I suspect why they are, stock drivers are prone to that too.

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Saw a comment back in May by @Automated_House mentioning the W100, have you used it with SmartThings this time? Any issue?

I’m curious about two things:

  • Are the buttons “clicky” / “loud” or quiet?
  • Is the app displaying in the device screen the available events like single press, double press, etc. so you can quickly set the actions? Asking because composite devices apparently don’t display the button actions in the details screen and might be worth reporting it as a bug.
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W100 has a nice soft squishy feel to the buttons. Not loud and clicky at all IMO. Here’s the device screen and routine options.

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Button actions missing in details screen for composite devices
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Perfect, thanks for all the info!

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do any of the buttons listed, or any new buttons, expose “held up” events?

I don’t want to buy any more buttons except those that have support for Hold Down, and Hold Up events, to enable things like dimming or long actions of various kinds.

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They all use the stock driver so, even if they support long press, you won’t see the long press release action in SmartThings. Feel free to remind it in that thread, it always appears that I’m the only one requesting for features :rofl: