I saw this and bought a bunch here in Atlanta. So they were on sale Thursday night.
I believe this motion is the exact same circuit board that STs sells. The open closed and water sensor seem to use a smaller lithium battery than the usual CR123. So they are slightly different but pair up as a ST device.
At these prices this is a good reason to go crazy and have sensor overstock at your house!
I cleaned out the moisture sensors at our local BB, and bought a couple other devices also. I thought the PEQ thermostats (Centralite Pearl) were cheap at $160 when I bought them a couple months ago. At the current $99 itās a steal!
@DarcRanger If you donāt want to run on batteries and running a C is a pain, then here is an adapter which is small and can power nearly any thermostat. I am using it for CT100. If you are handy enough, you can hide the wires too. It comes with the wires attached. The bad news is that it is mostly sold out everywhere. The two CT100ās were hogging the batteries like crazy because of obvious reason.
I use batteries. I have free wires in the bundle, so I suspect I can hook up a common, but since my previous thermostat used batteries, I just stuck with that.
As far as I can tell, the motion sensor, water sensor and open/close sensor are the same stuff that SmartThings sell (Centralite). All the devices paired as SmartThings sensors.
I bought three recently because they are good enough at that price for me to add some sensors in places where I hadnāt been able to cost justify them before. For example, I have a cabinet that often gets left open when a particular aide is here. Itās in a place thatās difficult for me to get to in the wheelchair, and I hate having to go check it every single time sheās here. Sometimes several times that day. So now Iāve added a sensor there.
Just scored a motion sensor and water sensor for $25 and $20 They only had one motion sensor so I am going to try another BB this weekend. I was looking to add motion to my setup but didnāt have the money.
These do look the same as the ST brand and I must have missed it in the post that the motion sensor (and water sensor I think) also have temperatureā¦double score!! The motion sensor paired up just fine as a SmartSense, I havenāt done the water sensor yet.
Does anyone know if the door sensor has temperature or not?
Picked up 2 motion sensors in capitola ca at the sale price. Awesomeness!
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Just got a few things in San Francisco South of Market store. I got the last Water Sensor, I think. Iām tempted to get more Motion Sensors but want to see how well this model works compared to the original plug-in version and/or Monoprice. A few door contact sensors were a must-buy.
I passed on the $99 Thermostat. Looks decent, but Iād prefer passive LCD so the room temp is always visible (I think PEQ requires a touch to wake-up, right?).
Yes, it requires a touch to activate the display. Both our thermostats are not where we pass them all the time, so it doesnāt bother me at all that I have to touch to see the settings. We have weather station consoles in the kitchen and bedroom that displays the inside temp within easy view.