I just lost a Zooz ZSE42 water sensor. It was accidentally discarded when cleaning under the kitchen sink. I have several ZSE42's and the seem to work fine.
When looking for a replacement I see there are a large number of alternatives, with prices from cheap to expensive. I've had good luck with both Zigbee and Z-wave so I didn't care what radio it had.
I ended up purchasing another ZSE42 however it left me curious if there was a better alternative.
I guess to me "better" would be more reliable connection and longer battery life.
I have all Aqara sensors around the house. As long as you use the Tuya ZB 3.0 repeaters they are rock solid (for me).
I fought for years with them dropping off under ST and HE until I used this repeater ( and ditched Ikea ones).
Plus 1 for the Samsung/now-Aeotec water sensors. Top and bottom detection, and what seems to be great battery life and zigbee signal detection. While they are more expensive, a huge bonus is the temperature sensor.
I have some dome water sensors that I love, but I always worry that they are dead or have fallen off the network as they barely ever report back.
Look at the link I posted to the neo coolcams. Look exactly like the domes but zigbee instead of z-wave. They report once a day though I still test a random one once a month.
The Linkind leak sensors work great. Sub $10 in qty 4, uses AAA batteries, stable on ZIgbee, easy to pair, configurable battery updates/checkins.
No temperature sensor, but unless you're trying to do some freeze protection I never saw the need. They're usually on the floor and aren't registering the room temperature anyway.
Wow... it looks like every one works but the Moe's . I'm going to stay with the Zooz ZSE42's because I have more of them than any other brand and I would like to believe the 700 chips provide a more robust communications path.
For me, cost is not a determining factor. I would happily pay a premium if it meant the odds of not responding to a leak were reduced.
Yes, but you need to use the Tuya NEO Coolcam Zigbee Water Leak driver and then it works fine.
For my sump pump I liked the long wire lead so it could drop down into basket.
For my bathrooms I didn't want the long wires so I hacked up the wire and extracted the two metal leads and then 3d printed a small end that I connected to the metal leads. Now I have a pretty small unit and it uses 2 AAA batteries.
Thank you @tim.ocallag! The sump basin was exactly what I was intending to use these for. Thanks so much! I'm picking up 2 of them for like $11 with free shipping. Can't beat that state-side.
