Review on 🌊 Proteus L5: Wi-Fi Water Level/Sump Monitor with Buzzer & Alerts by Ricardo Tlaxcalteca

UPDATE in 4-5 months: sensors are great and I will be buying two more. I recently returned to my home after months of renovations and $70,000 damage from a water leak. After purchasing two detectors (a water leak and a sump level) I had two alarms that detect leaks early. During setup I subscribed to the 3rd notification option - phone calls. Proteus is only 9 cents per call and doesn't require a subscription fee, so it's not that much. I was not in my house during the renovation and received a call in the middle of the night shortly after the sensors were installed. A recorded voice indicated that water had been spotted. I assumed it was a false alarm but my newly installed water softener was leaking water which pooled in the drain pan below where I had placed the leak sensor. The second notification came a few weeks later because water had overflowed from the sink in my basement and a sensor on the floor detected it - another call late at night. Now that I'm back in my house, I'm buying two more detectors with a multi-sensor option (more on that below). I will install a detector on the second floor and point the sensor at the master bathroom, laundry room and master bathroom. The downstairs detector will have a sensor under the kitchen sink, behind the fridge and in half the bathroom. This would require hooking up the detector somewhere nearby and running 25 foot sensor cables to each of these areas. Several "sensors" can be connected to each "detector". The notification you receive is only for the "detector" that you can name. If you have 3 or 4 basement sensors connected to the same sensor and one of them detects water, the email/sms/phone call notification will only mention the 'detector' name, but that's not usually a problem - see you simply order each sensor. I have a sensor with a level sensor in the sump and a sensor with multiple water sensors (one on the floor and one in the water heater and water softener drain pans). I get high level sump or water leak detected alerts. After buying my first detectors from Revain for $99 with a sensor each, I saw that you could buy them direct from Proteus for the same price. However, in Proteus it is possible to add additional sensors to the detector. I bought the detector with the option of 5 sensors, each with a 25ft extension cord, for about $170. It comes with a cable splitter to connect each sensor to the detector. Hope this isn't too confusing. You can buy one sensor and connect 5 sensors. Original review: Pictured is my dining room floor after a flood. I was looking for a reliable swamp water level switch with wifi and it had great reviews. Less expensive alarm clocks have had their fair share of negative reviews, mostly because they were plugged in or unplugged. I set up this device in about 15 minutes and it only takes a few simple steps to set it up. I'm just listing them here so you can see that it's pretty simple: plug it in, use your phone or other device to temporarily connect to the Wi-Fi signal generated by that device, give your email address and the name of the wi-fi router fi and password for this swamp alarm to connect, reconnect your phone to your own wi-fi to access the internet go to the specified Proteus website to connect and configure alarm settings. Everything was easy and worked the first time. With online setup, you simply select the email addresses and/or phone numbers (for text messages) you want to be notified of in the event of an alarm. I tested it several times and everything worked great. I was waiting to try this before buying a very similar Proteus leak detector. Based on this device I went ahead and ordered another one. If you read it all and want to keep going, here's my story: The water lines to my fridge's ice maker broke when I was away for two weeks. The water ruined the floors in my kitchen, dining room, and living room. The water soaked the hardwood floor of the dining room and "rained" in my basement. I had a sump pump that failed for some reason and a battery sump pump that eventually died. When a friend discovered the leak I had 15 inches of water in my basement (calculating my basement area which is over 6,000 gallons of water). By the way, the fire brigade takes these calls and forwards them to you. My entire finished basement had to be gutted and everything I had in it was thrown away (even stuff in the bins on the shelves because the water was running down from above). The cost of renovating a home would be around $40,000. It happened the second week of September and two months later I still cannot live in my house. So this alarm system with good reviews and my experience setting it up and testing it cost me $100. Here are a few tips I've always found superfluous: of water 2) If you don't have a copper line to the icemaker, have someone replace the water line every few years and replace it with either flexible (coiled) copper hose or a other braided/reinforced line type. I just had a clear nylon tube that broke after a few years. 3) Lay braided steel water pipes on the washing machine. They are easy to find at any hardware store. If you have flexible lines to your toilets or faucets, make sure they are braided/reinforced. 4) Make sure your homeowner's insurance covers water damage and is "replacement cost" insurance. Also, I heard a story that damage from a broken washing machine hose isn't covered because they were told to turn off the water when not in use. I'm not sure if that's true, but it's worth asking.