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I'm not a huge urlhasbeenblocked fan, but it looks like these water sensors are a pretty good deal at $12.99.
https://www.urlhasbeenblocked.com/home-sma...68897.html
I believe these are relatively new so the smartthings community is just getting started on them, but someone else was able to pair it. Getting the battery level to show seems like it still might be a work in progress however.
https://community.smartthings.com...nsor/97584
I also ordered the Xiaomi Aqara Temperature Humidity Sensor to put in the wine fridge, pretty good deal for $9.
https://www.urlhasbeenblocked.com/access-c...6702.html?
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If anything, IoT devices will trend in a lower frequency direction, not higher. Take a look at what Z-Wave, Zigbee, WiFi HaLow and other IoT friendly protocols are doing. They're all moving into lower and lower frequency bandwidths for a litany of reasons which favor IoT and sensor networks.
The reason i'm not buying this sensor is the shocking lack of HDMI.
I live in a very densely populated area with maybe 30 2.4ghz routers within range of my property. I'm sure streaming Netflix over 2.4ghz would present some issues, but for IoT devices that produce very little traffic I don't think congestion is much of an issue.
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Yup, I'm going to start with the toilets and buy more for the upstairs washing machine etc if I find they are as reliable as the Xiaomi motion and door sensors
I live in a very densely populated area with maybe 30 2.4ghz routers within range of my property. I'm sure streaming Netflix over 2.4ghz would present some issues, but for IoT devices that produce very little traffic I don't think congestion is much of an issue.
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So there should never be any upgrades, and 2.4ghz is perfect for everyone, all the time...
You may want to get more data.
This type of device doesn't connect directly to your router so I'm not sure what you are talking about. These devices connect to a smart home hub such as samsung smartthings. And no, I've had zero issues with disconnects with any of my zigbee or zwave smart home devices. In fact the only devices I sometimes have issues with are WiFi based.
If anything, IoT devices will trend in a lower frequency direction, not higher. Take a look at what Z-Wave, Zigbee, WiFi HaLow and other IoT friendly protocols are doing. They're all moving into lower and lower frequency bandwidths for a litany of reasons which favor IoT and sensor networks.
The reason i'm not buying this sensor is the shocking lack of HDMI.