In your opinion, what is the best water shutoff device?
I'm asking since we are building a vacation home and I will be adding one. At our current home, we have the Leaksmart Water Shutoff and it's been dynamite - literally ZERO issues, works like a charm.
But, since we'll be building a new system from the roundup, are there better water shutoffs I should look at?
I use the Dome valve shutoff. It's been great but it's one of those that clamps onto the existing valve handle and manipulates it with an actuator arm. I think if I was to do it from scratch I would use an in-line valve, but I have no data to back up that recommendation.
Been using a dome here for a while now and it's been flawless.
I had a Dome (or something like one). Worked well until the ball valve became stiff. Replaced it with a Leaksmart inline valve, and it has worked well for 7-8 years.
I’d get the Sinopé. It’s zigbee, like your LeakSmart. The build quality is excellent, and it has a flow meter.
Funny you should bring this up. I'm looking at the Zooz ZAC36 due to where it has to go. I'm in a condo and my water cutoff is inside a little door in the guest bathroom. I cannot turn off the water and put anything inline so it has to manipulate the existing ball valve. Anyone using that with good results?
Haven’t, but seems to have a lot of torque. Which is excellent.
Also, you know you can put an inline valve in pretty easily. In the old days, plumbers would use liquid N2 to create a freeze block, and maintain the block with dry ice. And then cut the pipe etc. etc.
These days, they’ll just use something like a cold-shot. Very clean - no mess.
I'm on the 5th of 10 floors. Not going to take any chance of flooding those below me as I'd be responsible! 
I think I'd consider two shutoff valves in series!
I was on the 42nd of 48 floors when I saw this done. It was to run a cold line to the kitchen in the apartment I was renting.
So it wasn’t my liability 
But, FWIW, I’ve since learned that plumbers routinely do this on as big as 4” pipes when the supply can’t be shut. Pretty wild!
Color me chicken yellow.
I have the Zooz Titan and have had zero issues. Of course, it's not a device that necessarily gets used daily either.
I think that’s the prudent approach!
There are a few options for you the Dome being one. The Zooz being another. Also look into the Bulldog. And if your ball valve moves with ease, then there are a number of inexpensive choices on AliExpress like this one:
It moves with ease until I have a leak and then my buddy Murphy will be sure it needs the force of an elephant to move it.
I have 2 of the Dome shut offs. They work fantastic & are very reliable.
I also like them because I can change the shutoff valve whenever I want/need but with leaksmart or other integrated valves, you'll require a very expensive part. I do have a leaksmart but only connected it to monitor it. It stayed connected for a year without issue, but don't even know IF you can get replacement valves. FYI the only listing on Amazon for leaksmart is $450.00 !
Yo-Link has a shutoff for 300, and someone has built a yo-link -> HE integration
And then it will break and leak all over the place.
Zooz ZAC36 in the basement here and it seems to work good. Has a strong antenna, some devices route through it from the main floor, it is directly below the hub. It has a temp sensor and a leak sensor included. I have the leak sensor up against my DHW since it is right next to the shut off.
You can. And Waxman’s support is fantastic.
https://shopleaksmart.com/collections/leak-detector-products
When they installed my new meter, they installed 2 valves. One before and one after the meter..... Easy to work on... (Also lucky they used a 1" meter)
Because I have an inline valve, I added a ball valve right after it, in case the inline valve failed in the open position. I also added a loop around the inline valve with a ball valve, which is usually shut. This ball valve can be opened to restore water off if the inline valve fails in the closed position.
I think this setup is essential for any automated inline valve. And, is a non-issue for valve controllers like the Dome.
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