Phyn - Smart Water Sensor, 3-pack - Black
Model: PHYCF006-3
SKU: 6458607
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Things like this, that work, are some of the most exciting things out there....this can save you alot of money, time, and aggravation. I live in a place that has no basement. Our utilities are on the first floor. And every year it seems, no matter how hard I try, something happens with the air conditioner that causes a leak in the closet. Maybe big, maybe small, but that depends upon when I catch it. Since this can babysit the closet for me, I have no worries. The hot water heater has issues from time to time, the air conditioner sometimes, and neither of these can happen because if they get beyond the closet, they'll ruin the floors. So, this is a truly great product to consider, if you want to know about leaks. I also have a 2nd floor laundry room, which is another source of concern. And over the years, I have had problems under my kitchen sink with the garbage disposal leaking - not alot, but enough. And one time, the hot water heater was leaking and we could not see it, it was leaking under the baseboards and into the living room, which then caused carpet mushrooms. Yes, disgusting, but true. You would never have seen them until you moved the couch to see it. I don't move the couch often enough I guess, but who does. Use these amazing devices to babysit the water leaks for you. As an added bonus, they can monitor temperature and humidity as well, and notify you of that. These do NOT require a subscription to maintain alerts. Seriously! So buy it and not pay an annoying monthly subscription for monitoring. Nothing could be better! I have water detectors that are part of my monitored alarm system, but they pale in comparison to these. These are most like a hockey puck in size, and are meaty. They will stay where you put them. Many water sensors do not do that. These have 3 wide contact points so a few drops won't set them off. They use 2 AA batteries and are easy to replace by twisting the back plate off. Also, they have a built in sounder and blinking light. So even if you don't have a text on your phone, you'll hear them beeping for sure - it ramps up the tone to 94db or so it says. You won't miss it. The installation of them was easy - put the batteries in and put them where you want them. The setup in the app didn't follow the instructions, I could not scan the QR code with success, it didn't like the number but you can skip that step. And it didn't always like the WIFI network settings part, but I could skip that too. It wanted my exact address, which I didn't use, they don't know where I have installed them..seems apps these days are data mining and I don't like that. But you can put in any address, even a generic one, and move on. That is what I did. Tested them out, worked fine, and have gotten notifications on my phone both as text and push notifications. Simple and easy. I will be purchasing more of these because I like the way they operate - they are heavy enough to stay put, and get a sense of confidence about them. NOTE: There are two black circles on the side of the side of the detectors. One is a switch and the other is the temp/humidity sensor cover I suppose.....the switch is important because if you are like me, you might not have seen the actual switch and were trying to press the sensor that wasn't working thinking they had a bad switch. But alas, the switch is a switch, just keep spinning it around. I'll include pics of both below for reference. One missing feature I wish I could do, was to do an on-demand update to see current temp/humidity levels, not when it last auto-updated. I don't like this, but I'll go with it; best thing out there that I know of, maybe they'll add that feature in the future. There is the ability to get the Phyn whole house water shut off switch, and ultimately stop the flow of water, if you desire. My issues are mostly with the air conditioner and that won't help, but for anyone who is concerned about this, and automating a vacation home for example, would prove worthy the first time a water leak was detected.
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Posted by stevefromtheburbs
I have five of these. Accidentally tested when changing water filter (small leak). Device saw leak and water shut off automatically. Minor: One of the devices sometimes doesn't connect to WiFi, but fixes itself next day. Could be location just has poor WiFi so not fault of the sensor. Photo is the connected Phyn Plus.
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Posted by Carefull
out of the box, these look good, its nice that there's 3 spread out sensor probes compared to other brands where they're close together. QR code would not work out of the box, neither would entering the code manually. Had to resort to the manual wifi pair method, which while annoying, worked easily. on top of push and text alerts, there's also a speaker so you can be alerted if you're in house but not near your phone. a nice addition compared to other water sensors is the temperature and humidity sensors. you can set thresholds to alert you when the humidity rises above a certain point or dips below as well as when temperature reaches a certain point so you don't get caught off guard by potential freezing pipes can't speak to the actual longevity of the battery yet, but it does promise two years i would also prefer it connected to google home so i can monitor it along with my other brands of sensors in one place
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Posted by rjv86