Motion Sensors Tested and Reviewed! Worst and Best Zigbee PIR

Is it just me or is does every motion sensor look like they're from the 90's😂😂😂

Try homeseer mini sensor, mag base, i have one in laundry room, one in the bedroom closet, on time set in homeseer, work good

Have you tested Tuya PIR? It's around the same price as the Sonoff, maybe a bit higher. But I'm afraid with these Chinese brands, that they could be just be using the same sensor or even rebadge.

I confirm that sonoff sucks

Thank you very much. This was very helpfull.

Hi, Can you recomend some sensoor that I can use to detect my cats? We have a huge pack of street dogs just on the other side of my fence, they already killed one of my cats. I am looking for the solution that can be placed in 2m outdoor hallway to detect them and warn me that they escaped from the house. I need an instant notification, wifi or sim..also it has to update all the time. For example some of them have the immunity if there is a movement detected, they wont detect anything for lets say 2 minutes...5 minutes...I don't want that.. I need constant update of movement cause we have tree that can false trigger it.

I dont have issue with snzb03 from sonoff, only that 1minute delay is just bad. Though it only works propwrly with official sonoff zigbee gateway and zha integration on home assistant via sonoff usb, it starts havibg issue once you use it to zigbee2mqtt which all the issue seen on this video are present.

Tldr, dont use zigbee2mqtt with sonoff stuff.

Weird the sonoff one I recently bought it and it's working very good, it didn't change its state to clear until I got out of the range of the sensor no problem.

The sonoff is indeed a pile of shit. It's amazing how useless the product is. It's meant to be a smart device! It constantly disconnects, and needs to be factory reset often. Shocking that it can be sold in European markets for 10 to 15 Euros.

The cool down time for the Aqara one can be lowered to 1 second through Zigbee2MQTT if needed. 90 sec is just the default value.

Can you do a zigbee vs z-wave protocol comparison? Why use one vs the other?

Nicely done - but your kiddo stole the show LOL I find that AGSHome one is hyper responsive when mounted on a ceiling (8'). I just use an Echo 4th Gen for a hub and it never has issues with connectivity.

Aqara and Xiaomi look almost the same, but they are not the same sensors. Aqara has an extra light sensor and adjustable sensitivity.

I wish my son did his thing....

I want to buy the third reality, i just have an alexa echo 4th gen, will it work? Or i have to buy another thing?

Such a great video comparison, exactly what I was looking for !!!
Informative, precise, no stupid music/animations .... focus is purely on what many people are interested in.
And I do not care if the video production is not the top notch, I am looking for the information, not video production.
Thanks again for such a great informative video review.

I'd love to see a comparison of the old vs new philips hue as well as the outdoor one.

Good overview. I was about to buy Sonoff as I have sonoff devices already. But the issue with continuous motion is a no go for me. Has this been resolved with updates maybe?

I use Third Reality sensors for lights and other automations and so far they work well. Great informative video.

Hey, just wanted to say "thanks for making this".
I think the Sonoff ones may have had a firmware update? I think I'm going to roll the dice on a few. They're cheap on aliexpress; about a 50% savings sometimes vs. Amazon in the US.

If those don't work I like the ThirdReality ones simply because they take AAA.

Question for you - are you a Home Assistant guy? I've also been considering YoLink; YoLink is supposed to have HomeAssistant integration by the end of March. The whole "LoRa" thing interests me; seems like it may be more efficient than Zigbee but so far it's basically YoLink and no one else in the space.

Thank you ! Good job !! I will go with the Philips.

Not so useful for me since most important feature for me would be battery life.

I'm afraid I'll be returning my Linkind sensor. I haven't had any luck with it reporting reliably. It stays on "detected" for hours at a time whereas my Aqara sensors update without fail. I also like the additional "Occupancy" and "Lux" outputs that the Aqara include. I have even removed and re-added it a couple times to no avail.

FYI on the Sonoff Sensor - if its setup with ewelink as an automation/scene it presents the issue you show - HOWEVER if you set it up with Alexa the routine works PERFECTLY - Go figure!

Tried the Linkind ZS110040078 and it goes to detected and never clears. Tried two of them and they both do the same thing.

Does the Linkind need another hub? Can i just pair it with my nortek zigbee hub on home assistant?

Shelly Motion Sensor

I tried using the Aqara sensor (non-LM one, without lux sensor). The cooldown is 70 seconds exactly, which is very long.
The problem with it was that it was not checking for motion while triggered, and any motion within that window will not extend the cooldown. So if your motion took 69 seconds, then stopper for a couple of seconds and resumed, it will stop detecting motion immediately, and start again. Which is really bad if you are controlling your lights off of that.
A hardware mod makes it check for motion even during the cooldown, extending it with every motion. So the cooldown will be 70 seconds after your motion stops. I have actually used a rule that checks if door was open 70 seconds ago and if it was possible to leave the room when motion actually stopped.
One more problem that I discovered is that it still does not check the motion continuously. Looks like it checks it every 5 seconds or so, so if you entered the room, closed the door and, for example sit down to do your thing, it will like not detect those few seconds it took you to sit down. A real shame really, as the sensor is great otherwise.

will the lindkind sensor work with the echo 4th gen zigbee hub?

I have 8 aqaras with the hardware mod done. It goes to clear after 5 sec and battery life is still very good. Almost 2 years now.

How about The Best* for use with Home Assistant that includes temp/humidity?

I can confirm Sonoff sensor does not retrigger at continuous motion. Drove me over the cliff mentally :). Too bad the size is perfect.

I use currently only the TuYa TS0202 in my setup. They are reliable as far as I can tell, and are very small :)

Sadly they are absent from your test :/

I really liked the Wyze sensors that I got on your recommendation, but I think they end up being more expensive than something like Hue because I have had to replace them so often. I think I will try the Linkind sensor for motion, but what do you recommend for a reed sensor that I had hooked up to my mailbox door?

That is the exact reason why I had to build my own Wemos D1 Mini External Interrupt Wake Shield. It Works great works on 2x 18650 batteries not the cheap way of doing it but I wasnt trying to build a cheap product. I Was after Quality now I have 8 of them guarding my House at nights with MQTT Mosquitto and Home Assistant. It feels good to be in control and not in the control of Company...

Hey Travis, thanks for the great comparison! You mentioned that you could configure the sensitivity for the Hue motion sensor. Do you have any pointers on how I would do that with ZHA?

Do we need several zigbee hubs, or you can use one (NOT the echo DOT 4th) for all your zigbee devices?. Sorry for the ignorant question, but I'm new to the zigbee protocol.

Really helpful to see them all in action.

I was lucky and picked up a couple Hue sensors in a Prime deal for about £10 each. I guess you get what you pay for in this instance - Not always true with Hue devices - i.e. Outside lights 🤑

Often wondered if there was better. I'd say after this our personal preference say's they are still the right one for our home and lifestyle. The temp and lux stats available HA is an added bonus.

I really wanted to invest in the Sonoff kit and was disappointed when I read reviews about the detection logic. Turning the lights off in the kitchen while we are cooking would be a major hit to the WAF.

Another 'motion sensor' we have used is the ANNKE C800 for lighting automation ☺

Is there a way to set a motion sensor up so my cats won't trigger them?

Great video. Subscribed. I really liked the demonstrations with the sensor detection overlayed. That was very helpful.
I have one Philips Hue sensor and a couple of the Sonoff sensors. I noticed some weird stuff with the Sonoff but wasn't sure what was going on. Your video pointed me in the right direction so I know what to look for in the future. The Philips Hue is great, but, like you mentioned, the price... Mixing and matching depending on needs is a good recommendation. I'd suggest the Hue in "more important" areas and something cheaper in areas such as a garage or laundry room. Also, knowing the cool-down times will help when making automations such as turning lights off after motion has stopped.

Love the review, thanks. Could you test the Shelly Motion, it looks good on paper and appears to be really flexible. I have had different motion sensors over the years and I haven't been impressed with any. The best ones I have found are the Philips Hue. My problem is with the cool down period, I always find myself in the dark! I have just started using Home Asistant so is there a way you could get round this cooldown period?

I’ve been using the IKEA Zigbee motion sensor and found it to be ok… (Conbee2 hub)
Cool down period is way too long for my taste. Will probably be trying the Phillips as the cool down seemed to be the shortest one of all the ones tested here.

Does anyone using 433Mhz?? I am using the sonoff rf bridge with esphome and is almost instantly responds from my doors sensors! I just order smog detectors 433Mhz also

2021 and you use battery device.... isn't a domotics, means be a slave of house, not house that serve you!!!!!!!

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WyzeSense does not require the cloud... I run mine locally, with the dongle directly into a USB port, not their camera like they say I must... They're just selling cameras... LOL

That said, they are past end of life, and I'm looking for replacements for when they die entirely, but they haven't yet. Pesky things just keep working. (The one in my mailbox doesn't like cold temperatures though.) :-)

I just don't get why they don't let you set the cool down period.

The Aqara has a more recent T1 version. I believe this allows you to set the cooldown period to 1-199s. I'm curious how that would compare in this lineup :)

Aqara sucks for me. they just keep going to sleep and never wake up. i got some ikea tradfri ones and they are much better. but havent tried any of the ones in the video so cant compare. good vid !

I bought the Phillips Hue when they were on sale at Bunnings here in Australia. They work great both inside and outside (under the veranda). I mounted them high in the corners of rooms and stuck a small piece of plastic card below the lens to stop my cat triggering them.
Great video by you and your little helpers (including the 4 legged one). Keem up the good work guys.

I bought some Xiaomi sensors (not aqara) which are look almost the same as the aqara ones. I have the same issue with them as you had with the sonoff ones. I was working in the kitchen and suddenly it became dark even though i was moving in front of the sensor. Very annoying. Now i have to buy another sensors next to them because all of them glitches like this. Another issue with them is the effective range according to Xiaomi is about 7 meters but as far as i tested practically its about 3-4 meters at most only.