Samsung SmartThings Arrival Sensor, White

2020-10-28T20:00:00

i've tried using phone based arrival and departure, but it is quite slow because the phone has to be awake to report to the internal app its gps position. using these zigbee sensors works much better and more quickly (set for the 2 minute updates) since they are actively polling the smarthings hub making them independent of the phones sleep state and gps positioning. haven't had it long enough to determine battery life but will report that once i've replaced the batteries a couple of times.

jimmyt

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2020-09-13T20:00:00

works perfectly. i love it. i'm buying more! i use it for traffic in the house.

Serve A.

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2020-03-17T20:00:00

I bought 3 of these devices. 2 stopped working within 2 months. Horrible battery life.

MKADC

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2020-01-04T19:00:00

Works like I expected it to work. Battery life seems to be a bit short but what could one get from a single CR 2032. For the next version consider rechargable one. Built in lipo battery would make more sense.

Kitty256

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2019-12-16T19:00:00

I have (4) of these. The battery life is horrible. A couple of them every 3-5 months I have to swap the battery. One of the other things I noticed is that not all of them are reconnecting. This didn't happen for the first year of having them but now I have to remove them from SmartThings and add them back to the system. Then they work for a week and then go back to not being recognized. That being said. When they are working it's great to have this type of device. My wife doesn't always use her cellphone data so it's not reliable for a location indication. And my two kids don't have cellphones. This allows lights to come on as we come into the drive way at night, or shuts off the house and puts it in away when we leave. It's a good idea but poorly executed.

Kassien

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