This sensor is TWICE as good as the rest!? The BEST door and window sensor is from Aqara.
This sensor is TWICE as good as the rest!? The BEST door and window sensor is from Aqara.
I tested 14 Different wireless door and window sensors from Aqara, Ring, YoLink, Linkind, Fibaro, Zooz, Zemismart, Shelly, TESSAN, Centralite, Ecolink, and Singled to find the best. These sensors use Zigbee, Zwave, WiFi, Bluetooth (BLE), and LoRa to monitor your doors, windows, or other open/close applications.
Rankings:
Aqara: https://amzn.to/32NHULA
Aqara AliExpress Link: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_Atbfdi
Ring: https://amzn.to/3FKx9s4
YoLink Outdoor: https://amzn.to/32POCB2
Ecolink: https://amzn.to/3EFHnZI
Zooz: https://amzn.to/3mJ7wkb
Fibaro: https://amzn.to/3qBIIeT
Linkind: https://amzn.to/3HkL7Bq
Switchbot: https://amzn.to/3qyJKIM
Sengled: https://amzn.to/3HpkfQY
Centralite: https://amzn.to/3Jtb1os
YoLink Indoor: https://amzn.to/32zLoBG
Zemismart: https://amzn.to/3FImNsU
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Hey Rob. Any chance for an updated test with the new Aqara P2 Door & Window Sensor with matter over thread. Would love to see that.
are these sensors encrypted?
Is this even applicable in 2024?
This is the one infallible device in my network I completely trust, the team that made this should made a wireless switch
Tried to use your purchase links, but Amazon shop doesn’t send to my location and AliExpress is in a language I don’t recognize.
Ok – instant follow on the animated battery graph. Well done sir!
Does the aqara door sensor release firmware update, and is upgrade possible without their hub their home assistant?
Has anyone tried Aqara p2?
Akara paid him
It’s a Chinese spy company
Instead of stretching this out to a 30 minute long review after all the testing, you just made a 6 minute video and gave us your recommendation right at the beginning. You, sir, have earned yourself a new subscriber.
sensor nice
The Aqara sensors are the most battery efficient sensors because they don’t follow the Zigbee broadcast intervals standard and hence if you use it with Home Assistant, you will see them constantly going into Unavailable state in logs, but you may not notice it because as long as you open/close the sensor, it will wake up and broadcast. Check your sensor logs and you will see this annoying behavior. Definitely not a good sensor if you are using it to monitor open/close state.
I’ve found that the aqara hub can be a pain to get connected if you change anything and it likes certain ports to be open and not blocked, that can happen with some routers. I suspect some traffic on those are a little dodgy.
I’m extremely surprised by the amount of effort that went into this short video. That testing data is insanely useful, thank you very much!
Could i waterproof the aqara sensor with hot glue over the pcb?
I hope one of you "smart" peeps can answer this question for an old codger like me. I have HomeAssistant running, and have integrated my Tuya/eWeLink smart devices within HA. Can I get the Aqara sensor without any additional hardware and implement it within my current smart home – or do I need additional Zigbee routers etc? Thank you to all the kind people who help me with this.
Immediate subscribe for the effort and quality. More tech videos should be like this. Well done!
Respect sir, top 🔥
Great video, straight to the point and pragmatic.
Which dongle do you suggest for zigbee? i am using the t1 door sensor from Aqara
more than 2 years have passed since this video first came out. Any new products you’d expect to top this list? I’m looking for something simple to monitor if/when my toddler tries to leave their room at night as well as simple entry door chimes to our house
You are the hero we don’t deserve!
Great video! love your testing methodology, really good work. Thank you so much!
I really want to like the Aqara sensors. These door sensors are tiny, respond quickly and pair up with Home Assistant readily (I have trouble with them pairing with Hubitat). Aqara sensors in general have a great aesthetic. I have 45 Zigbee in my mesh, including 10 mains powerd outlets/routers and three dedicated routers. The Aqara sensors (these door contacts, temperature sensors, buttons, vibration sensor) all periodically drop out of the mesh and become unavailable. They are the only Zigbee devices I have that do this. And it happens every month or so. As soon as I pair up one of them, they all reconnect, but the drop outs are really bothersome.
Really wish you highlighted some of the non zigbee and WiFi options. With matter coming out it makes no sense in investing into an aquara hub or zigbee if you’re not in that direction already
Can you recommend a zwave contact sensor that has terminals for external devices?
Did you just test these with the batteries they came with, or swapped these out for new matching ones?
2:00 Wow, that man has a lot of patience!
Is Aqara hub required if using home assistant? or can they connect directly to home assistant. Please let me know if any other hardware is needed
But what about Vs Geeni and Wyze? Lot more competition for another video of content.
Do you intend to redo do the test
With the Aqara p2 contact sensor, eve door & window (matter), Onvis CS3, Onvis CT2, Philips hue contact sensor.
any plans on a 2025 revision?
I just returned the Aqara sensors because they didn’t bind through my zemismart Matter hub.
I am returning everything Aqara because of the binding issue. I am using tuya app which is supported by most smart home products out there. But why are Aqara products not binding to zemismart? Although it is zigbee compatible… I thought everything zigbee binds together dispite the brand !
2:18 ❤
Problem with aqara is you need to buy a hub. That’s yet another box needed. Big drawback. I have a knx house and have no desire for yet another home automation hub.
I have no idea what else you even review/cover, but I’m subscribing purely because of the effort of this video.
The aqara lasts the longest because they constantly become unavailable and you need to reconnect them.
shelly has a blu version that lasts 5 years. you tested the wifi version, not fair.
Thanks a lot
How about adding a new test with IKEA Parasoll?
A great informative video. A question. Is there a stand alone door sensor that uses geofencing to send an alert to my phone if I move away from the property without closing a window?
I’m almost done switching out all my Wifi sensors and switches to Yo-link. It’s been super dependable and could not be easier to setup. And my internet "fiber" has only went out twice in 5 years, so I don’t sweat the "lost internet" issue. All the serious sensors like "water leak detectors" are D2D with the water shut off valve and don’t need internet or grid power to operate, its all automated.
This is amazing. Please do something like this for Motion Sensors, presence sensors, and any other sensors you can think of.
I would also be very interested in a test of the new Ikea sensors that just came out, and the new Aqara Matter-enabled Thread sensors that are much more expensive.
I have tested the Aqara FP2 contact sensor and the range is better than the rest.
What is the sensor delay for each of them?
I’m using a Simlight SLZB-06M for MQTT in Home Assistant and I have several Aqara devices (no Aqara hub) and my main problem is getting it working over my Zigbee network. You have to hold the button for at least five seconds until you see the light blink fast, and then press the button every two seconds until it finally shows up as paired. They work well after that, though the vibration sensor isn’t very configurable (wait times between reporting sensing vibration is really non-useful). So for contact sensors, they are worth getting, but I think Aqara as a whole needs to fix how their stuff works during setup. Even with my old Aqara hub, the setup process was far from functional with their own devices.
I just bought a simple zigbee door sensor (ewelink, but its a rebrand/generic one) witch uses AAA batteries for 3,70€/piece.
The batteries are still small enough to fit into my windows’ gaps. And have a big battery, nice
i love you videos ❤😅
you should add one more now IKEA one
bought 10 work well mbut zigbee2mqtt showed in the info it can lose con wich would be annoying.. hope its just false alarm for me got them cheap under 5€ per piece