THIRDREALITY Zigbee Contact Sensor 4 Pack, Door and Window Monitor, Home Automation,Works with Home Assistant,SmartThings,Aeotec,Homey,Hubitat or Echo Devices with Build-in Zigbee Hub,hub Required

Simple, Reliable, Power Efficient
I purchased these to help with various automations around the house including turning lights on and off, warning if freezer/refrigerator doors are left open, etc. and they work perfectly with my Home Assistant setup. The devices were instantly recognized by my Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle Plus (connected to my Pi5 running Home Assistant) and I could setup everything from there. So far, zero complaints as they work like a charm.For those folks frustrated with the mounting tape included with these such that upon removal the devices can crack, I simply used 3M Command Damage-Free Hanging Strips to make moving them super easy. Attached is a picture of the one I have installed atop the inside of my pantry door. I moved it from one spot to another using the Command strip and it came off damage free.

Works excellent with my HomeSeer system!
I added this to my HomeSeer system using their free Zigbee Plus plugin. The sensor added easily without an issue. HomeSeer displays the contact value (whether the door is open or closed), the battery level, and the link quality. The link quality is handy as this lets you know if it has a good connection to the hub. I use this on my inside garage door. When I come home and open that door, I have an automation event that turns on the hallway lights. I only turn on the lights if I enter the home, not when I leave. I use a motion sensor in the hallway to detect that I am approaching the door from the inside. The automation will not turn on the lights if motion is detected. Pretty neat. I cannot comment on battery life yet, but it’s been a few weeks and it still shows 100%. The sensor is activated multiple times a day. They include double sided tape to attach it to the door and the door jamb. Seems like its staying attached well.

Works with Abode Security
Works as expected with an Abode Smart Security System. Pairing is a little finicky. It seems if you put the hub into 3rd party device pairing mode, put the sensor into pairing mode, wait for the blue light to stop flashing, then trigger the sensor, it pairs quickly. If you don’t trigger it, it seems to not want to pair. It may take a few tries but it pairs and works reliably with good range.

Good for the value
I love how the battery are AA batteries. Connect just fine to home assistant very responsive to home assistant.

I bought 12 of these to replace all of another brand (S*O*N*O*F*F) which uses 2032 button cells, they paired with any of the Hubitat models within about 10-15 seconds whether they were 1m or 10m away.The driver it picked up was the built in Generic Zigbee Contact Sensor (no temp)They all needed an upgrade from 0x30 to 0x3F which was easily done via Hubitat within about 10mins, about 60 secs per 10% block, the progress can only be seen in the live logs for the Hub.This gives you:Optimized the network joining and reconnecting algorithmsOptimized the power detection logicOptimized the trigger filtering algorithmFrom what I have experienced, the upgrade procedure is well protected and never bricked any of them, each 10% block is transferred and checksumed, at 100% the upgrade is transferred to its flash memory.The device still has live operation during the upgrade process.I made a mistake on the first one by unpairing/re-pairing while it was upgrading, simply because I did not realise anything was happening viewing the device page. When I found where I could see the progress, it had stopped at 30%, after 2 mins I realised the upgrade had been cancelled by my actions without any harm. The upgrade was just started again and completed without error.The great thing about these 3rdReality devices is that they use a modern hall effect sensor to trigger via the magnet instead of an antique reed switch, so they can be mounted offset slightly on windows and doors, the max detection range is about 25mm so best to stick with 15mm or less if the magnet is not on the same plane.As long as you dont have any poor/ chatty/ proprietary Zigbee protocol devices on the Hub and have good plug in repeater mains sockets between far off devices to create a good Zigbee mesh they operate automations in Rule Manager within a second , no matter how far away they are from the Hub.I am very impressed with this brand and have purchased 8 Temperature/Humidity lite sensors, again uses 2 x AAA supplied and also a couple of the waterproof soil moisture/temperature sensors to assist in the automated garden watering .

Einrichtung mit homeassistant hat problemlos funktioniert. Verbindung zu Router ohne Probleme. Somit Aussage einer 2 Sterne Rezension dass kein mesh möglich ist schlicht falsch. Sendet Zustand permanent nicht nur wie Sensoren anderer hersteller beim Öffnen oder schließen. AAA Batterie kann leicht gewechselt werden. Einziger Nachteil ist dass er etwas größer ist wegen der Batterien aber das ist aufgrund dass Daten alle paar Minuten gesendet werden verständlich. Hab noch nichts besseres gefunden und schon viele Sensoren ausprobiert.