SwitchBot IP65 Indoor Outdoor Hygrometer Thermometer Wireless, 394ft Bluetooth Range, Refrigerator Thermometer, Dewpoint/VPD/Absolute Humidity Sen...

I don't use Alexa and never will. I also will never use Siri. Why doesn't a company like this make their device work with any smart environment, or be generic enough that anyone can make their device work with this one? Thankfully, their app works pretty well. Not real well, but well enough. I'd like more of them, but since getting mine, the price has gone up too much to justify buying another one, or 4 or 5....

***1 month update: basement freezer sensor is no longer connected. I didn't get a notice that it disconnected, I just happened to notice that it was no longer reading. I even set it up to notify me for low battery sensors. I got no notifications at all but after replacing the batteries, it seems to be functioning correctly again. *** Item was packaged well and included simple instructions for setup. I noticed right off that the cords that the minihub uses are the old style USB connections and the package did not include a power adapter, which to me is absurd. If I paid for a working item but the item I received lacks the ability to even plug into a power grid, obviously I did not get a working item for the price I paid. I knocked a star for these reasons. Other than that, the item works well. It was just a bad first impression and I was lucky to have an extra adapter handy or I would have had to order and wait on that item as well before being able to use the remote thermometer I desperately needed to more accurately monitor our large tortoises' house in particularly bad weather. The items create a temp graph as they go, allowing me to see trends in the heating elements during the day and night. These are way more accurate than the brand I was using before. I threw the other two sensors into my deep freezers and now will hopefully get alarms before I get spoiled food in the event of a freezer failure. I like that I was able to integrate it easily into Google Home and can now ask the hub or my phone, "What temp is the basement freezer" or "What temp is the garage freezer" and it will instantly tell me. This was our first automated purchase and for the most part, we are very pleased with it.

I got 1 Switchbot IP65 Outdoor Sensor without a hub. I don't have anything to integrate it into but the bluetooth connection is solid. I like that it works as a stand-alone and it was easy to set up. It's sleek and much smaller than I realized which is a plus. It's the most accurate hygrometer I own and it refreshes quickly. I've included a screenshot of what the sensor reads while connected to the app. This has the best IP rating that I could find (within reason). The first number is for dust and solid particle resistance, 6 is the maximum. The second number is for water and moisture, and goes up to 7. This one has 5 so if you accidentally douse it in water, like with a plant watering can or rain, it'll be totally fine as long as it can dry off after. I'm using it to moniter my terrarium of tropical plants that like sustained extreme relative humidity of 85 - 100%. I'm confident it'll be able to handle these conditions and it doesn't seem to affect accuracy as far as I can tell. The user manual says the ideal operating humidity is 20 - 80%. I hadn't heard of this company before but a quick search on google and this sensor has me impressed and if it lasts as long as I think, I'll be back for 3 more.

The media could not be loaded. SwitchBots hygrometer/thermometers are simply great. Very easy to use, frustration-free packaging, interface immediately into SwitchBots very well written app. I absolutely love being able to get current temp and humidity in the house, outside, and in my fridge (on my beer shelf, to be precise). They connected right up and havent disconnected from my network once in the 2.5 months theyve been here. I have these connected through a SwitchBot Hub Mini, which was purchased in a bundled pack with three SwitchBot Blind Tilts (another great device, by the way). I believe youll need either the Hub Mini or SwitchBots Hub 2. The Hub Mini works just fine theres no need as far as these sensors are concerned to spring for the more expensive Hub 2. The Hub 2 is a more capable Matter-certified hub, but if buying one just for these sensors, the Hub Mini gets the job done. Purchased as a three-pack, these little sensors come in at just over 10 bucks per. If youre a data junkie, thats a great deal for what youll get out of these. REGARDING ACCURACY Ive read reviews whinging about their accuracy. When these arrived, I connected them to my network and set them all together outside on a table in the shade. After a couple hours, they all reported the same temps and humidity within a couple tenths, anyway. Certainly within an acceptable range for me. I mean, look, Im not doing rocket surgery, I just want to know the temp and RH. Concise calibration instructions are included in the app and theyre easy to execute. Theres no reason anyone should be whining about accuracy. Im posting a second video demonstrating calibration of the sensors if youre interested. Order you some and get your monitoring on.