Eve Door & Window (Matter) – Smart Contact Sensor for Doors & Windows, Open/Closed State, Automatic Control of Accessories, Matter Over Thread, Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings

Reliable & fast contact sensor trigger w/thread
I’ve got HomePod Minis and Eve Energy devices so I’m using the Eve Door & Window with thread. They come with plenty of spacers to adjust the non-battery powered passive part of the contact sensor. So depending on your door or whatever, most people should find a way to make these work. The battery cover is hard to install and feels like you’re forcing it on — so I’m concerned that battery replacement might be frustrating. So try to be sure there’s a way to remove the active sensor from the battery door, which is done by sliding away the sensor body. Those are the only negative things I can say about these devices.Importantly, the both my Window and Door contact sensors already had the new Thread firmware (purchased in July 2021). So I did not need to upgrade their firmware.At first when I added an Eve contact sensor, it didn’t trigger automations reliably. So I rebooted all my Eve Energy and HomePod devices. Since then they’ve been working flawlessly, every time, and near instantly. I have one contact sensor that turns on the hallway lights when the closet doors are opened, and turns them off when closed. I have another sensor on a slider that we only open up to let fresh air in. So I set up an automation to put our Ecobee into away mode to keep the AC or heat from turning on when we have the windows open. They’ve been extremely fast, triggering within a second of opening or closing. By using the Eve app I can see that so far these contact sensor Thread end-points are relaying their activity to an Eve Energy thread router that is about 30-40 feet away with several walls. That’s impressive range and I’m surprised they’re not routing through closer HomePod Minis or NanoLeaf Essentials bulbs. I plan on buying more of these devices soon as I can think of more practical, life improving things to do with them 🙂

Unreliable
These doors sensors are highly unreliable. They constantly become unavailable in HomeKit. If you are using these for security reasons, look elsewhere. You cannot depend on these sensors to provide the level of reliability that you’ll need for security use.

Received tampered-with packages.
I received two packages, both had been tampered with/opened; One of the sensor doesn’t connect.Updating: factory reset of the “broken” sensor, using the reset pinhole, worked. I suspect these might be refurbished? but they both work now.

Ok sensors. Not the best for 90 degree angles
sensor contact is very finicky. setup to homekit and eve app was easy enough but again there’s a good delay on notifications. We found 90 degree angles (e.g.: sliding patio door) to be a pain. but we’ve found a 3d printed housing to work. oh if you’re using homekit it’s not gonna show up as an accessory device (ideal) but instead under security > sensor, meaning it’s not obvious when something is tripped. you’ll only be notified if something is wrong. meaning you can’t just quick check if the window is open bc it won’t tell you status. there’s several clicks to get to info but hey that’s not Eve’s fault, that’s on apple. You can see status at anytime on the Eve app.

Loved this item as it really works well when the door opens and closes .. i used it for my room door when i travelled

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Un muy buen sensor. Creo que es de las mejores marcas para dispositivos compatibles con Apple HomeKit. Es muy buena marca. Es el segundo que compro y lo recomiendo ampliamente. Es bueno y eficaz. De lo mejor para tu casa inteligente