My system is almost completely zwave, most brought over from my old Staples Connect hub. Everything usually works very well.
I decided to buy 3 of the SmartThings Multi Purpose zigbee sensors since they were discounted for buying 3. They are not very reliable. I have had to pull the battery on them several times as they loose connection. The one didn’t start with a 100% battery from new, got down to 66% after two weeks. I just put a new battery in 2 days ago, was 100% now it is down to 72% already!
I am using all 3 of them right now mainly for the vibration sensor.
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- don’t trust battery readings. See how long they take to actually die.
- is your hub at least 5+ ft away from any wifi routers?
- add some zigbee repeaters.
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i also found Multipurpose do not like being outside and getting cold, the battery just dies within days
For me non of it is a massive pain really, just an annoyance so my next little project is battery conversions
Smartthings broke them with the last OTA update for the motion sensors. Mine was 100% battery and was dead in 3 weeks. After reading others with the same problems, I decided not to bother putting a new battery in it.
I use the Xiaomi Aqara and they don’t give me any trouble at all and are cheap as chips.
https://www.gearbest.com/alarm-systems/pp_659226.html?wid=1433363
These things are useless. I cannot keep all three online at once for more than a few hours.
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