Iāve paired all 10 of mine and they all showed up as the Visonic sensor right off the bat. They show up as āSmartSense Open/Closed Sensorā in the IDE and are accurately reporting battery and temp. After successfully pairing them all, I took them apart and painted them black to blend in with the dark trim and doors in my house. Now I just need to tie the temperatures of some of them to Nest.
I keep missing the $10 prices. Iād love to pick up a bunch to compete with my Xiaomi ones. Has anyone seen anything less than $15 on mydigitaldiscount.com? If so, please share!
I bought six of these earlier this year and for the most part they work well, especially at $10 a piece.
All six are deployed in my setup and I have found as long as the temperature swings arenāt too extreme the battery life is good. I have one sensor in a mailbox that chews through a battery in seven day when subjected to high or low temperatures. I suspect the reason for poor battery life is due to the frequency of reporting temperatures. The sensors that I have indoors are all on the original battery they came with. As a test I swapped a sensor from indoors to the mailbox and the battery was dead in just a few days. Other than that their great.
Yeah, Iāve already done that with a linen closet and pantry that donāt have their own lights. They do have smart bulbs right next to them though. How convenient!
I have mine setup in the mailbox as our mail truck almost never comes around the same time. However its not setup it alert us of mail arrival I personally use ours to log when the box opens and closes in case I need to review camera footage. In neighborhoods not too far from ours weāre hearing of scuds going down the road after the mail truck grabbing mail.
I hear yaā¦ i was looking for the stuff beyond the obvious, like Mobile posted prior to your reply. In his case, I can see where there might be a need to know when the box was opened.
Some people just miss the old āYouāve got mail!ā from AOL
In all seriousness, my camera can see the mailbox, but canāt detect motion that far. A sensor in the box can have the camera record when the box opens. This can help if someone swipes a package from your mailbox or worse.