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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Okay but not necessary
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Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
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Good thought behind what the sensors could be used for. However, these end up increasing energy usage instead. Your Ecobee will see one of your rooms has heated up and will attempt to cool it down. However, unless you have smart vents setup your whole home will be cooled down in the process. Thus, more energy is spent trying to cool down that one room, while the other rooms may be comfy but get colder in the attempt.
To overcome this, I set the thermostat a few degrees higher or lower so the average temperature isn't running my AC or heater all the time. I also disable sensors based on comfort settings. During the day the main thermostat and living room sensors are taken into account. When I'm sleeping, the bedroom sensor is only taken into account.
The motion sensors are nice. Can tell which room is occupied when away. For $5 a month you can get Ecobee's security system that uses the sensors to detect motion while away from your home.
Overall, if you don't have smart vents and are in an apartment you probably don't need these. Even in a house, you can probably forgo these, at least until Ecobee can better integrate their use. You can't use these sensors on HomeKit for other devices either (like motion detection turning on lights).
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These are designed really nice, the fit, feel and function of them is very modern. You also have options of either just setting the sensor on the magnetic stand that comes with it or the wall mount that also comes with it. The wall mount is stick on but very minimal design which is what you want. They also work very well. I have 3 of them total in my home. I may had a few more as I am very happy with them.
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Had problem with maintaining temp in living room while ecobee 3 light unit was in a dining room that’s rarely used. This sensor synched only after removing battery for a while. Heard you need a specific firmware on the ecobee3-light unit for it to work too. My firmware was up to date. Wife is happy now. Sensor detects temp and if room is occupied.