IKEA motion sensor

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IKEA Trådfri Signal Repeater

My understanding is these are only capable of pairing with bulbs. Very simple. If you're looking for inexpensive, fast, small motion sensors with great battery life, the Xiaomi are something to consider. You can just buy some IKEA Trådfri Outlets or Repeaters, the Zigbee mesh strengthens, and the Xiaomi seem to be very stable. I have only dropped a Xiaomi leak sensor in the basement by the water main since November 2018 when the outlets were installed. The only thing you need to do is wait. Av…

IKEA Trådfri Outlet

The motion sensors don’t pair with the hub, but are designed to pair directly with the light bulbs and the outlet. So you could use them in that way to know when they have activated and thus control other things. However, if these outlets work reliably as inexpensive Xiaomi repeaters, the Xiaomi Aqara motion sensors are much smaller, faster, nicer looking, cost less, measure ambient light in lux that reports back to the hub ( not the simplistic react/don’t react approach of the IKEA motion sens…