Anyone using temperature sensors in their house? I have the mocreo one in my freezers, but I am trying to do some monitoring, like under my sink and in my garage and don't think it'll be accurate at the temps I'm looking at.
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I believe it was @npub1u2vu...afsv that recommended Yolink devices. I have a few and they work well.
Sure, I have several thermometers (inside, outside, and pool) and all the heat pumps and water heaters have thermostats
Mocreo is the freezer sensor she recommended and what I have.
What brands and models? How're you managing them?
That's how I'll be running it, too.
Do you see someone working on packaging it up already? I was gunna start once these 2 I got in the queue get released
I use Xiaomi Bluetooth and Aqara zigbee sensors from cloudfree.shop
Bluetooth are cheaper but need an ESPHome proxy in range. Zigbee is a little easier because of the automatic meshing, which can be done with a few Ikea smart plugs.
I had one in my freezer and the temperature seemed close enough, but the battery didn't last as long.
My research said z-wave is better than zig bee, why did you go with zig bee?
Can you controller the esp home from home assistant?
Nope. Haven't messed with it due to life getting flipped upside backwards.
OK, cool, was just making sure I'm not stepping in toes. The new method is way easy, so it should take long with all this cold weather coming in here.
It's what cloud free was selling at the time. It looks like there are more options for zigbee devices than z-wave right now.
There's an integration for ESPHome. I'm not sure if it supports everything that ESPHome can do since I've only been using it as a proxy. Updating firmware seems to require a chromium-based browser
They don't need managing and they don't consume any energy, they just tell you the temperature.
I have a barometer as well, also useful
Lol a thermometer is not a temperature sensor.
I prefer the Yolink because of how I can.tailor controls and notifications.
Definitely gunna look into it. Do you know if it works with home assistant by chance?
no idea. sorry. I have minimal home automation :)
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I have been using sensorpush.com. And have really been enjoying them. Simple relatively cheap and I use them everywhere. outside, in the house, barrel room and in the freezer.