Xiaomi Mi Smart Home Kit - 4 in 1 Starter Pack $55.20 ($53.82 eBay Plus) Delivered @ digiDIRECT eBay

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• samsal46 on 15/03/2021 - 17:45 Comment score below threshold.
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    stirlo on 15/03/2021 - 17:49

    +2

    Plenty of people use these. I have 2 and they work great.

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    2be8 on 15/03/2021 - 17:55

    +1

    I've got 3 Xiamoi gateways, 10-odd temp sensors, two vibration sensors, 5 single-switch buttons, 3 multi-switch buttons, 3 cubes, and 2 zigbee power point units. I've never had any of them become incompatible after a firmware update or Mi Home app update.

    The app is pretty bad - full of ads, and constantly seems to forget that I'm logged in - but I've not had any incompatibility issues. Also works pretty well with Home Assistant/hassio.

    For those using home assistant/hassio, I'd consider getting a zigbee USB stick and using zigbee2mqtt though and just buying the sensors.

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      digitalbargain on 15/03/2021 - 18:35

      +1

      Do these still only work on the China server?

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        2be8 on 15/03/2021 - 20:24

        I'm afraid I don't know, sorry.
        All mine are configured via the China server, and I'm so bedded into that now that I'm not going to change.

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    ash2000 on 15/03/2021 - 20:02

    Usually becomes incompatible after an update fr Xiaomi

    The only example I can think of is such an incident is the xiaofang camera which was region locked after an update.

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      Ameowzon on 15/03/2021 - 20:33

      +1

      This is correct. I have 4; updated 2 and they stopped working, the remaining 2 still work so long as you don't update the firmware.

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  King Steuart on 15/03/2021 - 17:48

  I'd love to add more to my xiaomi smart home app (I've got one of the humidifiers) but these all use different size button cell batteries. Would be great if they were usb charging.

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    m9 on 15/03/2021 - 17:56

    +2

    I've only had to change the CR2032 batteries in the temperature sensors after >2 years. Motion sensors, door/window sensors, switches, are all still on the original batteries since 2016/2017.

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    ash2000 on 15/03/2021 - 19:57

    +2

    3 years from temp sensors, 6 years so far from switches (and still going strong ).

    The natural drain of rechargable cells would probably mean their battery Lifespan would be significantly shorter and the item significantly bulkier.

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      Ameowzon on 15/03/2021 - 20:56

      What do you use the temp sensors for? To control your heaters/airconds?

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        ash2000 on 15/03/2021 - 21:16

        +1

        I've used them to control a humidifier in winter. That's the only thing I really fully automated.

        I very often use them so I can see the temp inside before I get home. If it's high I can switch on the a/C. Nice to come home to a cool living area. Same could be done in winter , but it's rarely cold enough.

        The app graphs the temp and humidity info for you up to a month of data, that's quite interesting!

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          Ameowzon on 15/03/2021 - 21:23

          @ash2000: Very good use case. Thanks!

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          johnyBgood on 15/03/2021 - 22:51

          @ash2000: Do you have xiaomi humidifier as well? How are you able to automate it?

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            ash2000 on 15/03/2021 - 22:55

            @johnyBgood: I have a manual Xiaomi humidifier which I connect to a xiaomi socket.

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              johnyBgood on 15/03/2021 - 22:56

              @ash2000: oh that make sense now, thanks.

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  Ameowzon on 15/03/2021 - 18:39

  +1

  I actually just bought this from AusPost at Fountain Gate, VIC for $49.95 today.