Samsung - Multipurpose Sensor - White

Sensor was easy to install although the magnet part (the smaller of the two parts) was too thick for my application. This led me to improvise a solution. No fault of the product it was just where I wanted to install the sensor was on a door with a very 1" thick door trim. To resolve issue I replaced the included magnet with a thin magnet strip purchased at a local craft store. The sensor still is operational with the replaced magnet. For installation the sensor is mounted by peeling the paper off the adhesive tape and mounting to the surface of the door. Configuration of the sensor to work with the SmartThings hub was quick and easy. The sensor is in stalled on a door that is used frequently. After about a month the battery life is reported to be 75%. Battery life may become an issue as I was expecting to get 1 to 2 years from the battery before replacing it. The sensor is truly multipurpose because in addition to detecting open/close conditions it also reports on temperature and acceleration.

This is by far one of the best products the third version surpasses the first or the second Version for those starting A new smart call this is the best thing to start with also works great for mail box notifications

Replaced old window and door Sensor with Smart things Multipurpose Sensor. Installation and setup was easy.

I purchase this sensor for my garage door. Setup was extremely easy and has worked flawlessly from day one.

Look past the price of this sensor and just buy it. One for every door and window in the house. Pair it with Phillips Hue and your Nest, Ecobee or other Smart Thermostat and transform your home into a fully automated smartHome with automatic lights, fine tuned control over temperature and voice prompts with voice control. At first glance it appears to just notify SmartThings that a door/Window is open, however that is just the tip of the iceberg. It can monitor open/close state, vibration, pitch and yaw and temperature. Left the front door open and the A/C on? Get an alert on your phone and the A/C automatically shuts down. Bedroom to Hot and Living room to cold? Link it to your thermostat to set temperature to a whole home average. Tired of fumbling around in the Dark. Create automatic lights that switch on after sunset when a door is opened and off again once it closes. Attach one to your washing machine and quickly know if your load is off balance. Attach one to the lid of your mailbox for mail delivery notifications. Or stick to a gate as a knock sensor and know when Fido wants to come in or go out or if the kids are sneaking out the back gate. 1 sensor with endless possibilities. The fact that this sensor does so much however is probably its biggest downfall as some programming will be required. While SmartThings has a very active and helpful user community getting your hub set up and tailored to your house and unique needs can Leave holes in drywall from repeated impact from fist and foreheads. Take a deep breath, walk outside, pet the dog, walk back in, and start from the top. It works if you work it.

We use ours to remind us when we forget and leave the garage door up at night. It's nice that the smaller part of the sensor (the magnet) doesn't have to be in firm contact with the base in order to be detected. I attached the magnet part to the garage door and the rest of it to the door frame with about a 1/4 inch gap between the two parts when the door is closed. You can also rotate the magnet on the long axis and it still works (had to rotate it 90 degree to attach it to the side of the garage door). It detects the door position with ease. Automation set up was easy: At 9:00 PM, if the Garage Door is Open, send alert message "Garage door is open!" Before we used it in the garage, I used it in the house to monitor the status of our furnace when it was acting up. Automation: If Temperature <= 62 degrees, send alert message "House temp alert!" Battery life it good, probably go through two batteries a year. We'll see how it reacts to the cold in the garage this Winter.

I have two of these, one on the garage door and one inside the refrigerator. The garage door sensor is to let us know if we've left the garage door up. It uses the x-y axis sensor as opposed to the open/closed sensor. Great when we're 2-3 miles from home trying to remember if we closed the door! The refrigerator sensor is not used as a door sensor either. It sits on a shelf and sends a text message whenever the temperature goes over 40 degrees. This does wear down the battery a little faster than normal, but that's a small price to pay compared to food spoilage. Simple straightforward integration with Smartthings hub and Google Home.

We currently only use 2 of these but plan on adding more to our system later on. One is used on our sliding glass door that leads to our backyard. We have it set up to give a push notification to our phones when the door is opened/closed. The other one we use on our daughters' window that they used to always love leaving open. Instead of a push notification on phone, we have it set up to text us when opened. So far both have worked flawlessly. These sensors also record temperature and detect vibrations along with battery life, you can set custom triggers/actions to them. I have heard of people using them on dog food storage bins to keep track if the dogs were fed, endless possibilities.