Aqara Water Leak Sensor: Wireless Mini Flood Detector for Alarm System & Smart Home Automation - Works with IFTTT Review

The seller and sent a version for the Chinese market. All in hieroglyphs. In general, the CIS joined the Aqara block. The sensor itself passes the water tests successfully. I put a minus to and the seller (not ) solely for deceiving the buyer in terms of selling goods that are not certified for 2022. That is, the goods are gray !

Has some pros: It gets the job done quickly and keeps its charge for a whole year. Does not necessitate the use of wire. With regard to its drawbacks, kindly take note that it is only compatible with the Xiaomi smart home platform (for which you will need a dedicated hub) and the Mi Home app out of the box.

The sensor's contacts are in the form of bolts. After unscrewing them and adding plates with wires, I discovered that although there was only one sensor, it had two trigger locations. In order to illustrate my second argument, I will use the example of a point light bulb. The actual cottage can be found below, hidden entirely behind the kitchen set. This area is referred to as the lower level. If you connect it directly, then all you need is a wall between the sensor and the hub, three…

Has some pros: Works quickly, holds the charge for the second year. Does not require wiring. Cons below: Please note that it only works with Xiaomi smart home (you need a special hub) and the Mi Home app out of the box.

Pros below: Works only with agar gateway, notification comes to agar gateway and mi home app. Cons: Alice does not work with this datchik, although the description indicated that it is tied up through the agar gateway.

The Aqara water leakage sensor, operating on the Zeegbee protocol, unlike the similar Xiaomi Mi Water Leak Detector, operating on the Bluetooth protocol, was seen and connected in one second. Unfortunately, Xiaomi Mi Water Leak Detector, no matter how I tried and did it, I never saw it!

Nicely packaged with paper instructions. Adding to the system is quite simple. You need to bring the sensor to the hub, press hard and hold for a few seconds until it flashes and confirms the connection.

It is better to use it incomnjunction with a blocking tap, but I changed these sensors to others - newer ones. Review can be viewed here

Checked for operation, created a script. When a leak occurs, a siren is activated and a notification is sent to the phone. Works great.

I am using ioBroker. Sensors fit without problems. It is not yet possible to transfer the statuses of sensors to Alice. Set up telegram notifications. Checked, everything works.

If you place the sensor in places where the sensor is immediately visible (in the kitchen sink and under the bathroom, for example), then you can fix the leak in several places with one sensor. To the bolt contacts located below, you can screw the wires and stretch them to the desired place for fixing the leak. Look, there were pictures here, how it is implemented.

Pros: Good puddle sensors on the floor, triggered when both iron legs are in the water. We connected without problems to Aqara Hub M2 and through it to Apple HomeKit With its cons: They came in boxes with Chinese characters from the old Aqara series, though inside there was an instruction in 2022 too.

When connecting to the getewey 3 gateway, you need to hold the button (sensor center) for 5 seconds. and press the hub button three times (three short presses - if you overdo it, you can reset the hub). If everything is correct, then the device will automatically be added to mi home. You need to RE-enter the application and enable the necessary (and possible) automation functions.

In general, a good sensor for the money, though you need a little more time and check it in battle))) and it became a little calmer in my soul)

All shortcomings solved in one fell swoop! Now notifications come with a maximum delay of 2 seconds - everything is solved by deleting the Mi Home application! For many years, the Orange Pi PC + mini PC was lying around idle - I installed Armbian + Python 3.9+ Home assistant (HASS) on it. Set up automation with sending notifications to Telegram! That's it, the security system with an instant response to events is ready.

Pros below: The battery lasts a long time. Easy setup. Works with UDYA and smart speaker 2 Different cons: A minimum of functionality and settings: only there is a leak or not)) But actually this is its purpose.

If not for this long way of setting up, I would put five, because. the sensor performs its main task. It works on a leak and it is possible to set up joint scenarios. Of course, you can use the application from Aqara, but this requires a native hub from a similar manufacturer. In practice, the application from Xiaomi Mi Home is more like it. Pros below: Works with Mi Smart Home Hub, Xiaomi Mi Home ecosystem and Smart Home. When setting up, the Smart Home application with a connected Xiaomi…

As it turned out, the product can cause difficulties and a beginner has a lot of questions because of the short description, after you figure it out, everything looks simple and thoughtful in terms of sensor placement. Pros: A compact device, I took it after comparison with competitors. First of all, of course, I was prompted to buy a set of devices from this manufacturer from the 2 column. In principle, as expected, everything was connected, placed behind a chest of drawers, because the…

Basically, nothing special. A sensor with 2 contacts, when closed, a signal is sent to the Hub and the action configured when triggered occurs. You can send a message to the linked device, turn on the light or sound alarm. In combination with other devices, it can be configured to close the water. The only thing, as the manufacturers assured, zigby devices should use each other to transmit a signal, but in fact it turns out that the sensor has a weak signal and barely reaches the Hub, although…

Its pros: Small, compact sensitive sensor. Requires Aqara hub. Integrates into HomeKit. Got cons: Sometimes it “loses” the network and in order to connect it again, you have to climb under the bathroom.