HomeKit HomeKit Hubless Temp Sensors

[goneeuro02]

Good afternoon all! I am starting build out a HomeKit setup for our new house. I am starting with temp control. The house came with a Honeywell T6 Pro z-Wave thermostat that I am swapping for the WiFi version(same baseplate so no rewiring). The zwave doesn’t work with home kit. The thermostat is on the second floor so I want to put a temp sensor on the first to use with automations.

Is there a temp sensor that I can get that doesn’t require a hub? Bonus points if it can be plugged in so I don’t have to deal with batteries. I’m trying to use a home pod mini right now, but it takes forever for the temp to update in the home app. Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[srl7741]

Mileage may vary with just a HP Mini but try this one ---> Link

 

[erihp]

Good afternoon all! I am starting build out a HomeKit setup for our new house. I am starting with temp control. The house came with a Honeywell T6 Pro z-Wave thermostat that I am swapping for the WiFi version(same baseplate so no rewiring). The zwave doesn’t work with home kit. The thermostat is on the second floor so I want to put a temp sensor on the first to use with automations.

Is there a temp sensor that I can get that doesn’t require a hub? Bonus points if it can be plugged in so I don’t have to deal with batteries. I’m trying to use a home pod mini right now, but it takes forever for the temp to update in the home app. Thanks for any suggestions.

No real reason to get a new thermostat. Now, I understand the desire to not run a third party hub, but the value of integrating zigbee and zwave compatibility into Homekit in a stable, no fuss, reliable system is very valuable.

I'd recommend a Hubitat. I have used and given away multiple C-7 units and they have been rock solid. Brings everythjng into Homekit over wired LAN, works completely offline and no cloud or accounts required. For the tinkerers, Homebridge also is a great (DIY) option.

Then you can buy/use cheap zigbee and zwave temp sensors (and many other gadgets) and keep all of this stuff off of wifi and bluetooth, with zero online connectivity required. At the very least be super cognizant of what relies on/requires wifi.

To that point, get an AppleTV to act as the Home Hub. Having a wired Home Hub is critical for latency and being able to have performance headroom to process requests quickly, wired is much more reliable.

 

[SCP]

Get the T9 with sensor, done.

 

[erihp]

Get the T9 with sensor, done.

those sensors dont report data back to homekit / home assistant so you cant take any other actions based on them if you wanted to