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This is actually really helpful. I have a cheap one from Tuya, that also has a display, but the battery is empty after like 2 weeks and I don't wanna keep constantly changing it, so it's always off. This sounds like a great replacement.
I only go Tuya if there is absolutely no Zigbee alternative. I've got curtain bots on Tuya which were fine when it was one curtain but now they barely respond to automations anymore.
I only buy ZigBee devices from Tuya, they do that too
And you could probably replace whatever Tuya does with Esp32;)
Tuya make Zigbee products too... They're just not good Zigbee products. I don't think they're officially Zigbee certified and have some weird behaviour, similar to some of the older generation of Aqara devices (their newer ones are fine though)
We have this in the living room. It uses 3 AAA batteries and they're still 90% after several months.
https://a.aliexpress.com/_mq6wiRv
The one I have uses only one of those little puck batteries (or whatever they're called)
Would you say they're accurate enough? Ive been thinking about getting something like this especially now that the temperature varies so much here in the UK.
Seems about right to me.
I mean, that's where all my sensors are, and they're doing OK.
My outdoor sensors are classic 433mhz meteorology ones though, as I didn't want to mess around waterproofing zigbee gear.
I keep wondering if I should open a little non-profit shop, specialising in "cheap home assistant stuff that isn't awful, that I've tested".
Then I remember the absolute chaos involved in running a shop...