The Best Water Leak Detectors for Your Home
Other leak detectors that we like
The first warning L1 Wi-Fi water leak and freezer detector for $ 62: This large flood sensor, branded first alert, works with applications and accessories for the first notification or is located. He sends notifications and emails to warn you about any leak, and is equipped with a 100-dodel alarm, which you can stop using the side button. The sensor was relatively slow to warn in all my tests, and Push notifications appeared only when my phone was connected to Wi-Fi. A 5-foot cable for water supply allows you to cover a much larger area, and I found that it warns faster. The detector is connected directly to Wi-Fi, so you need a decent signal. This sensor can also track temperature and humidity, but not very accurately (he consistently overestimated the temperature and underestimated the humidity). It is assumed that two AA batteries will last up to two years.
Switchbot water leakage detector for $ 18: This rectangular detector launched SWIFT warning in all my tests using 100-decibe anxiety. With the teeth above and below, this device quickly discovered water. It connects directly to Wi-Fi, so you do not need a concentrator, and it can send push notifications and emails, although you must configure them in the application. Unfortunately, the Push notifications did not occur when I was outside the house connected to a cellular network instead of Wi-Fi. Connection to the intellectual house is good (Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and IFTTT), and you can configure automation in the Switchbot application, which makes this a universal option, especially if you have other Switchbot devices. Switchbot says that two AAA batteries are good for two years.
Aidot Winees S1 Plus water leak detector (3 packages) for $ 60: Connect the connected concentrator to Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, place three circular detectors in probable leaks, and you are installed. You can connect up to 10 detectors with a concentrator and configure it to send electronic letters and SMS messages on top of notifications about applications when there is a leak. The premises on the bottom of each detector are quite far from each other, and 2 millimeters of water are required to start anxiety. He could not leave with a stable drop from above, but the alarm sounded as soon as the water united below. The alarm passes up to 100 decibels, but I like that you can configure the volume and duration of anxiety. You can cancel emergency signals through the application or by pressing the buttons on the concentrator. These detectors take CR2 batteries that are good for a year, and the application has an indication when they die. When I removed the battery from one of them, it took the application several hours to update and show it in autonomous mode. The last disadvantage is that the concentrator is round, so it can block neighboring sockets. IFTTT support is a potentially convenient additional one that can cause disconnecting water or light to flash red when a leak is detected.
AQARA water leakage sensor for $ 19: This Zigbee sensor is best used with Apple Homekit, and you need AQARA concentrator (sold separately). The company makes a good security camera that doubles as a concentrator and offers a full range of smart home sensors. These small sensors of circular water leakage are very low to the ground, so only 0.5 mm water below is enough to cause anxiety. Dipping from above will not be pushed away, but the iPhone notice is launched as soon as the water pools below, where the probes are located. You can also ask for connected hub to play the alarm and automation of the launch through Homekit. Sensors take CR2 batteries and can last up to two years.
Style from a monopry water leakage sensor for $ 25: This available water leakage detector has a design similar to our best choice. The main body is round, with metal legs to detect the combination of water, and it crashes into a bracket for mounting the wall. It comes with the expansion of a plug -in the size of a coin, which extends to 3.8 feet. Both the main detector and the extension sounded quickly to sound alarm and send notifications to my phone with wet state (although the alarm on the device is not very loud). It requires a single CR2 battery, displays the remaining power in the application and warns you when the time has come to change the batteries. Unfortunately, the application is the main and poorly translated, you need to dry the detector to stop the alarm, and it took me too much time to warn me when it comes out in an autonomous mode (it is strange, the autonomous detector was switched by default in the application settings, so that I had to turn it on). You can get it a little cheaper by buying directly from a monoprix.
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We did not have much experience with each detector of water leakage that we tested.
Swann leakage of a warning sensor for $ 12: While this water detector with battery power (two AAA) is available, I had a terrible time, tuning it. Your phone should be on Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz, but even then I needed several attempts to connect. Disappointed, you must remove the screw panel to drop it, because there is no option in the application. The warning came to my phone about a minute after I absorbed the sensor, but the Swann application is slow and awkwardly.