I'm looking to get some leak sensors. Would love to hear which ones you like and why.
I have been using these since SmartThings days. There are cheaper options out there but these seem to work well for me. I say "seem" because I rarely have leaks.
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That's what I use, also. Good battery life, too.
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I have about 15 of these (or its identical twins)
Very reliable and very inexpensive.
I can’t seem to post a working link, but here’s a picture.
I've have a number of Candeo leak sensors.
These work great and have never fallen off of my Zigbee network.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Candeo-Compatible-zigbee2mqtt-Waterproof-Temperature/dp/B0F19GLNW8/ref=sr_1_3?crid=324UNRZMDCL3D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.BaCTiUBYBoma0i-K520ByQ.0CPN6eFAmxaozkhTTZpORZQQEJU2GATNvbU86LM4oIA&dib_tag=se&keywords=candeo+leak&qid=1772793520&sprefix=candeo+leak%2Caps%2C264&sr=8-3
They look very similar to the one posted above.
Mine show up as TS0207_TZ3000_upgcbody
I suspect this is equivalent:
The old SmartThings leak sensor is my #1 sensor I have a couple of Dome leak sensors that are Z-Wave and still working but Dome went out of business years ago. If I was to buy new it would be the Aeotec version of the SmartThings sensor.
But $40 each! Tuya’s ~$10 and if you “game” AliExpress you can get a few for $1.00 each
I have a handful of ZooZ ZSE42. Good battery life, 800 series and zwave LR. Also can confirm they work when in contact with water
I have bought a bunch of these recently. They stay connected without issues. I bought them because they have a wire, and they work very well as dry contact sensors, if you ever need to sense a relay closing on something.
I paid only like $4.50 each on Ali Express, you can probably search the site and find them cheaper than $6.00.
I have been using the Aqara moisture sensors for years under everything.
They work great and if they ever drop off it's so easy to re-add them.
I used to have a few other ones from ST but I wanted to get rid of the weird, to me, batteries.
I didn't like having CR2, CR123 etc. so I'm all 2032, 1632 and 2450 everywhere.
