Aeotec Multisensor 6, Z-Wave Plus 6-in-1 motion, temperature, humidity, light, UV, vibration sensor ,No battery, White & Z-Stick Gen5, Z-Wave Plus USB to create gateway, White

I bought 2 of these to use with Samsung Smart Hub and they are amazing except for one issue!Positive: The motion sensor is reliable and doesn't give false alarms like the Samsung motion sensor which is terrible.Negative: About once every +-1 to 2 weeks the unit will give a rouge temperature reading. So instead of 21.4'c it will give out a 168'c or -2.1'c or something random.Just once off you think - no issue except when the unit is used to turn on central heating or to activate a fire alarm or turn on air conditioning.Both units gave rouge readings within 20 minutes of each other and I thought my house had caught on fire.

I now have 4 of these - very good price and most of the sensors work on SmartThings.Some notes:1) when you initially pair it with SmartThings, it comes up as a Moisture Sensor. You need to go into the SmartThings Website and log in, and change it in Device Type to Aeon Labs Multisensor 6. Suddenly everything works2) temperature, relative humidity, motion, lux (light levels) all work very well. I get no readings for UV levels but that's probably a problem with the driver and will be updated soon3) battery use is really good - nothing changed from 100% over a month. However if you want frequent updates of temperature, humidity (anything except motion) then you need to power it from a USB socket. Everything is supplied with the sensor to do this (except no batteries for battery use). The USB lead it comes with is 60cm long in case you need to know that, and has a microUSB end4) it comes with a mounting bracket and sticky pad and goes where you need it to go5) it seems to be completely compatible with Smartthings - works with IFTTT, GroveStreams, and lots of home-written code to compare eg temperatures and RH from one sensor to another, light levels in different parts of the house, and motion at different levels of sensitivitySmartthings is programming for the future - real changes in the environment triggering real useful actions such as switching on a light when it's dark and I'm passing nearby, or switching on a fan when I'm near and it's hot, but switching it off when I'm not nearby. This multisensor is a low cost convenient way to sense the environment and trigger happenings

I have two of these now. Once in my living room and the other in the kitchen. Between them, I've got PIR coverage downstairs. My cat does trigger it, so it's worth noting that (maybe I can tweak it so that she doesn't, not attempted that... yet) The light sensor, Humitidy, air, motion and tamping detection work. I use the Luminance and motion detectors to trigger lights. works like a charm, and with a little config tweaking responds fast too. I'm planning on getting more of these later to add more motion and luminance detection in other rooms. I feel that this is something that makes a great start to a sensor network for home automation.

This sensor works really well. I have moved it around the house to test different scenarios in different rooms.Like all of these sensors the lux is the only sensor that does not work well. That or I live in a cave.If you dont need the Z-wave plus and humidity then I would recommend the Fibaro golfball eye style over this sensor (have both) as its considerably cheaper and works well (minus the lux). The humidity is reasonably accurate enough to run an extractor fan command from it for kitchen use (Not sure if the extra moisture from a bathroom would cause the device issues). The motion sensor is accurate and quick. battery life seems good so far (depending on polling) and use the temp sensor to regulate the room its in.It comes with a usb lead so it can be powered (great for constant polling) and is easy to position on a wall or celling.

I'm a huge fan of Aeotec and early adopter. These are great bits of kit also allowing the benefit of being battery powered or mains.There is some parameter work to get done to tweak to your needs but once this is done, it works great and never misses a beat.Firmware updates recently is a thing with Homeseer so this is an added bonus unlike some of my Fibaro items which are essentially locked to their initial firmware as you need a fibaro hub to update.Always on the look out for these when there is a price drop as they can be priced a bit higher than the norm

As well as this, I've got one of the Fibaro multi-sensors. This is very slightly larger, and because of the shape slightly more obvious, than the Fibaro sensor. The advantages though are that you can power it over USB, and it has a humidity sensor.This is proving a very reliable, effective, device. I'm using it with Home Assistant (via OpenZWave), and it works without issue. I did have to factory reset it first though, but it's possible I received a unit that had been returned (based on the fact that the adhesive pad was missing). The configuration options are good, if a bit fiddly, making it possible to adjust things like the temperature report to account for the fact that it's warmer at the ceiling, or change the thresholds for reports.If you're debating between this and the Aeotec one, then for me it comes down to a choice between a compact install (Fibaro), or more sensors and optionally mains powered (Aeotec).