Great video as always! One more to add are the room sensors for the Ecobee thermostat. The newest sensors (the ones with the metal base), with the latest firmware upgrade, have now surfaced motion AND occupancy in HomeKit. This has been hugely helpful in lighting automations at my place as I have one in almost every room. Only downside is the timeout reset is verrry short snd there is no way to adjust it, so automations need Siri Shortcuts to wait before running the automation. If you have an ecobee, these sensors will help with your Gestión NC snd cooling AND be useful as motion and occupancy sensors.

Continuing to binge watch - this is your best one I've seen. You really do your homework. You're certainly helping this student, thank you.

Please do a video on your "cloudy programming".

I agree with the hue sensor, I designed and printed mounts for the corner of the ceiling so it can be neat and out of the way. Batteries last for about 3 years. Great that temperature and light levels are exposed.

Thanks 🙏 for the info about Hiome. I’ll have to check them out.

Very helpful video. Thanks

I just added the Onvis motion sensor to my laundry room. So far, everyone in my family has found it helpful (there’s a lot of laundry with two kids in ton of organized sports!), but only if they are patient to wait those two seconds for BlueTooth transmission. I’ve also incorporated a 25% light level for when I go down in the middle of the night, as this room also houses our beverage refrigerator. So far, it’s all working well.

Excellent overview and comparison of current array of available Homekit motion sensors. Thank you.

Nice video. I'm a big fan of the Hue sensors. One idea for the bathroom/shower - you can use a door contact sensor and if the door is closed use a long time frame to turn the lights off, otherwise use a short one.

Hi, thanks for the video. I miss an information about the ability to remember the setup when changing battery. I own some Fibaro Motion Sensors, and I have programmed different values (no light flash when motion detected, temperature adjustment,...). But when I must change the battery, then all values are back to factory setup. What about this behaviour? Do the other sensors remember the setup after battery change?

Great comparison video. In your chart you have Aqara with 3 sensitivity levels. I have this sensor but find no way to adjust the sensitivity levels.

What a comparison! I've got to say that when it comes to motion sensors, they've got to be connected to a hub for me. I've had the Hue motions sensors all throughout my house for the last 5 years and they worked flawlessly until the first battery change,. After that, they work when they want to. I've had zero issues so far with my Aqara motion sensors, but haven't had to change the batteries yet. Hopefully all goes well. Keep up the amazing work Brad!

Totally agree Brad, the Hue is my favourite. I have 7 indoor sensors and one outdoor sensor. Since day one they have worked flawlessly, and I get plenty of ooooohhhhss and aaaaaaahhhhsss when people walk through my downstairs area. I don’t use them upstairs yet. I have one in my garage also which has a 20 foot ceiling. Works no problem!

Hi Brad - I’ve been following your videos religiously since starting my smart home journey. So far I have invested in a mixture of Aqara and Philips….is there any benefit to getting any additional Hubs throughout a home, or does (let’s say) one Aqara sufficient for a small to medium home? Or is it beneficial to get a hub for downstairs, a hub for upstairs, and a hub for an outside building?

Regarding the shower….I wonder if you could use the Onvis’ humidity sensor to stall the timeout. Since the humidity would rise after the lights were triggered, I don’t know if it would be possible, but it’s an idea.

Interesting video...I have the new EVE thread motion sensor and I've been fiddling with it for weeks. I do like that it responds very quickly because of the thread (less than a second it seems) but finding the right spot in my bathroom is a giant hassle (and EVE doesn't provide any guidance for setting it up.) Too close to the door and it goes off every time somebody walks by in the adjacent hallway, too far from the "throne" and it shuts off prematurely and needs a SIRI command to turn the lights back on. Most the time waving hands etc will not turn the lights back on if it decides to turn them off. Sometimes it just ignores its programming and the lights stay on until I tell SIRI to turn them off (grrrr). It does work well in terms of action on the amount of light (LUX level) and it does respond to turn on the lights quickly (I don't want guests guessing how to turn on the lights, I just want the lights to go on when they enter and turn off when they leave the room... (not during their visit!) Once (if ever) I get this thing to behave, I would love to use this function in other parts of my Homekit Home, but not until I can figure out this weird behavior. I wish EVE was more helpful, I've traded numerous emails with them but I still don't get it.

12:02 what light level in lux do you use for this automation?

Hi Brad, great video! I picked up an Onvis motion sensor today. I'm finding that it gets stuck on "Motion detected" and then frequently stops responding all together after a few motion detections. I've tried resetting and re adding to homekit numerous times and confirmed the firmware is up to date. Am I missing something or do you think my sensor is faulty?

So informative! QQ: can I mix and match products in the same room to create an automation? For example, turn on my lights connected to Lutron switches triggered by the Aqara motion sensor in my laundry room?

Do you know why they dont recommend rechargeble batteries? Cold it have something with NIMH are 1,2 volts and standard AAA are in 1,5 volts? I have read that the sensor can draw up to 1,5 volts. But are the batteries in a serie they give out 2,4 volts. But are they in parallell the Output 1, 2 volt.

You forgot the $9.99 IKEA Tradfri sensor..not sure what that is in Monopoly money up north. :-)

I use the Onvis motion sensor. I’ve never had any problems with it. I also use two Eve smart plugs. Eve has the best products so far IMO.

I’ve started getting false positives from eve Motion sensor after a couple of days of using. False positives not about motion, but about no motion. Sometimes I get no motion detected transferred to homekit, even when eve app registers motion, or I get no signal transferred to homekit about no motion being detected. Considering the price of the device this is not acceptable.

If you put a motion sensor to control bathroom lights or fan how does it turn on the bathroom fan or light

How do get the Hue sensor to send a notification to wall mounted iPad (to wake it up). The Hue App seems to require you to add a light... I just want a notification so the iPad will open in Home Assistant. I've tried the examples on YT but my Hue App wants a fixture to turn on for some reason.

Missed ikea motion sensor!

Good video but it’s time to make a new one since a lot has changed in 2 years :)

Hi uncle brad

15:29 good lord why would you want 100% brightness one hour before the sun even comes up 😬 that must be blinding first thing in the morning

When, when, when is Lutron going to introduce a weatherproof Caseta motion detector??? Yes I can integrate other brands of stuff, but too much friction! I want a native Caseta device. C'mon LUTRON (written by the owner of an authorized Lutron distributor - for at least 25 years)

Eve Motion is the worst smart home product I have seen.