Yesterday I had my first REAL water leaking problem alert :
The leak sensor is the third one (the cheapest) shown in the first post. Tthe sensor box was mounted on the backside of the cabinet under the kitchen sink. The extension cord with the actual sensor at the end was simply thrown to the bottom, as I had not good visibility inside because... uhh.. of the many items that were put in the closet and I was too lazy to first remove and then rearrange all that stuff...
So in my case, the investment in these leak sensors has already paid off!