Review: Aqara's HomeKit H1 Switches, Temperature Sensor, and Hub M2 Expand Any Smart Home With Easy Setup

[kk200]

please rechargeable devices.. enough with the batteries

Aqara devices usually has a very good batter life. My aqara motion sensor can work more than 2years with a CR2450 battery. Temperature sensor is about 1 year.

 

[kk200]

I mean, rechargeable earbud batteries are awfully small and seem like they could fit in something like a humidity sensor or smart switch.

I'm just suggesting the idea of having something you don't have to crack open every year or two, as long as you charge it occasionally.
I'm thinking of devices like tv remotes. Would I prefer to charge it every couple months or replace the batteries. Hands down I'd rather charge it.
But also having the coin cell battery, there would be a backup if say, the device was in a vacation home and not used all winter, it would still be paired when you came back in the spring but you could use it all summer on 1 or 2 charges.

Just an idea that would make things a little nicer.

I wish my smart home gadgets to work for 20 years. So I won't purchase any such devices with a unremovable battery.

 

[kk200]

I'm planning my new home and want to use smart home stuff everywhere and i will probably go with Aqara for switches, temp sensors and relay module(with door & window sensor) for my garage door. The non-ir hub has a light and speaker built-in, so yes, its an extra hub, but it can be actually used for a night light and alarms for example.

So my planned setup looks like this so far:
- All light switches are Aqara, so i don't need smart bulbs
- Aqara Temp & humidity sensor in all rooms and one outside
- Aqara relay module with door sensor for my garage door
- EufyCam 2 outdoor cameras(yes, one more hub...)
- Eufy video doorbell(works with the camera hub at least)
- Aqara door lock maybe, not sure if it will be compatible
- 2 large Homepod for stereo speakers and for remote control
- For some lights that i need to change colors, i will go with Ikea TRÅDFRI(yes, one more hub...)

What i'm missing is homekit control for my AC/heating, sliding entry gate(aqara relay would work here too, just range might not be enough to reach the hub) and EU type wall sockets.

For the last point, I'm using this adapter, it is quite nice and works almost no difference to a native EU plug.

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[gaximus]

Homekit is only a small eco-system in the world. Vendors need to adapt to all other eco-system (Google home, Aqara home, Alexa, MiHome .....)

 

[spinedoc77]

Prices are not bad at all. My ecobee sensors don't have humidity. I do use ones from Sensor Push, but they are $50. Is there any way to integrate the Aqara sensors with the Ecobee system? Or are they purely just for information?

 

[kkclstuff]

Aqara devices usually has a very good batter life. My aqara motion sensor can work more than 2years with a CR2450 battery. Temperature sensor is about 1 year.

thats fine, I'd still rather recharge it than replace a battery ...to each their own

 

[ds2000]

I wish my smart home gadgets to work for 20 years. So I won't purchase any such devices with a unremovable battery.

Same here. Thats why I have the amazing Evo Home smart thermostats on all the radiators and philips hue stuff. All the batteries can be replaced. I've gone as far as ordering all rechargables for the radiator controllers too. It works brilliantly.

 

[dannys1]

So tired of hubs. Why can’t this stuff just work with what we have already in place?

Do you already have a zigbee receiver in place? If so then it probably does work with it - i'm sure it works with Hubitat.