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I’m sure this for that works really well as a standalone thermometer but it was difficult to connect to the Wi-Fi and although the smart life app does connect to if this then that unfortunately there is no setting on there for temperature so could not be used for its purpose
I got this fantastic device for checking the temp in my loft whilst away from home, as I have a solar inverter and battery in the loft. Although they can both take up to 60* heat, it gives me a bit more piece of mind during the summer months.
So I bought this because my Amazon echo devices couldn’t tell me what the room temperature was. I figured it would be a good product for them if they sold something like a smart plug but whose function was to measure temperature. And then I thought, well maybe that product already exists – and this is it, pretty much.
I didn’t really need the screen, but it is actually pretty useful for set-up and a visual check of the temperature. Reviewers complaining about lack of a backlight should remember that this is a battery device, and a backlight is just going to reduce battery life. Screen is very readable, my only complaint is that someone decided to make the digit after the decimal point half size, and then put the Centigrade “C” directly above that, making that more difficult to read – there was plenty of space!
The seller – and the instructions – lauds the fact that there are three ways to initially connect to wifi. It’s not explained why one is preferred over the other, IMO one way would suffice and was straightforward enough.
It’s also claimed that it works with Alexa – which was my reason for purchase. Well, it does, kind of. It doesn’t interface directly with Alexa, instead it interfaces to the Smart Life app. In turn, Smart Life seems fairly well integrated with Alexa. So, you download Smart Life, then connect your Alexa and Smart Life apps together (easy to do that from either app), and there you are. Except . . . it seems that Alexa “does not have a device type that supports humidity at the moment” – so you can ask Alexa what the temperature is, but you can’t ask it what the humidity is (if you would really want to). You can see the humidity reading on the Smart Life app, but Alexa won’t tell you it. Still, it does what I want, and I would consider buying a couple more.
Smart Life has, I think, in-built automation, and in turn has linkage to something called IFTTT (which I am learning stands for “if this then that”) which is another automation app. I’m not geeky enough to be familiar with the details at this point, but linking device control across multiple apps is a bit of a recipe for things to go wrong. I’m not sure whether Alexa routines could handle any automation (“if temperature less than 10 degrees then switch on heater”), but again probably not best practice to do it that way.
The temperature and humidity is updated every few seconds on the unit display, but is (by default) only sent to Smart Life (and hence Alexa) every 2 hours. This can be adjusted to report at anything up to every minute, but battery life will suffer.
I can confirm that the unit I received takes three AAA (LR03) batteries (not a CR2032 as is mentioned a couple of times). I’m expecting them to last for a year.
So I bought this because my Amazon echo devices couldn’t tell me what the room temperature was. I figured it would be a good product for them if they sold something like a smart plug but whose function was to measure temperature. And then I thought, well maybe that product already exists – and this is it, pretty much.
I didn’t really need the screen, but it is actually pretty useful for set-up and a visual check of the temperature. Reviewers complaining about lack of a backlight should remember that this is a battery device, and a backlight is just going to reduce battery life. Screen is very readable, my only complaint is that someone decided to make the digit after the decimal point half size, and then put the Centigrade “C” directly above that, making that more difficult to read – there was plenty of space!
The seller – and the instructions – lauds the fact that there are three ways to initially connect to wifi. It’s not explained why one is preferred over the other, IMO one way would suffice and was straightforward enough.
It’s also claimed that it works with Alexa – which was my reason for purchase. Well, it does, kind of. It doesn’t interface directly with Alexa, instead it interfaces to the Smart Life app. In turn, Smart Life seems fairly well integrated with Alexa. So, you download Smart Life, then connect your Alexa and Smart Life apps together (easy to do that from either app), and there you are. Except . . . it seems that Alexa “does not have a device type that supports humidity at the moment” – so you can ask Alexa what the temperature is, but you can’t ask it what the humidity is (if you would really want to). You can see the humidity reading on the Smart Life app, but Alexa won’t tell you it. Still, it does what I want, and I would consider buying a couple more.
Smart Life has, I think, in-built automation, and in turn has linkage to something called IFTTT (which I am learning stands for “if this then that”) which is another automation app. I’m not geeky enough to be familiar with the details at this point, but linking device control across multiple apps is a bit of a recipe for things to go wrong. I’m not sure whether Alexa routines could handle any automation (“if temperature less than 10 degrees then switch on heater”), but again probably not best practice to do it that way.
The temperature and humidity is updated every few seconds on the unit display, but is (by default) only sent to Smart Life (and hence Alexa) every 2 hours. This can be adjusted to report at anything up to every minute, but battery life will suffer.
I can confirm that the unit I received takes three AAA (LR03) batteries (not a CR2032 as is mentioned a couple of times). I’m expecting them to last for a year.
For simple user who just looking for temperature and humidity monitoring this works good. If this had light with push buttons could be useful during low light environment.
Things doesn’t meet expectations when it comes to smart home automation. Scenes to switch on to switch of heating doesn’t runs accurately. Also, Device resets Wi-Fi connection randomly which makes this device is inaccessible occasionally.
Precisely shows air temperature and humidification
Minus for the lack of additional backlight of the display. At night, practically invisible.
Plus for compatibility with the phone( app)
I use this with my dart frogs, up to now very good, wifi good, nice and clear display and waterproof, would recommend.
I’m sure this for that works really well as a standalone thermometer but it was difficult to connect to the Wi-Fi and although the smart life app does connect to if this then that unfortunately there is no setting on there for temperature so could not be used for its purpose
Easy to set up and sync with google home. Provides a nice Interface and very useful for monitoring the temp history of a room
I got this fantastic device for checking the temp in my loft whilst away from home, as I have a solar inverter and battery in the loft. Although they can both take up to 60* heat, it gives me a bit more piece of mind during the summer months.
I didn’t really need the screen, but it is actually pretty useful for set-up and a visual check of the temperature. Reviewers complaining about lack of a backlight should remember that this is a battery device, and a backlight is just going to reduce battery life. Screen is very readable, my only complaint is that someone decided to make the digit after the decimal point half size, and then put the Centigrade “C” directly above that, making that more difficult to read – there was plenty of space!
The seller – and the instructions – lauds the fact that there are three ways to initially connect to wifi. It’s not explained why one is preferred over the other, IMO one way would suffice and was straightforward enough.
It’s also claimed that it works with Alexa – which was my reason for purchase. Well, it does, kind of. It doesn’t interface directly with Alexa, instead it interfaces to the Smart Life app. In turn, Smart Life seems fairly well integrated with Alexa. So, you download Smart Life, then connect your Alexa and Smart Life apps together (easy to do that from either app), and there you are. Except . . . it seems that Alexa “does not have a device type that supports humidity at the moment” – so you can ask Alexa what the temperature is, but you can’t ask it what the humidity is (if you would really want to). You can see the humidity reading on the Smart Life app, but Alexa won’t tell you it. Still, it does what I want, and I would consider buying a couple more.
Smart Life has, I think, in-built automation, and in turn has linkage to something called IFTTT (which I am learning stands for “if this then that”) which is another automation app. I’m not geeky enough to be familiar with the details at this point, but linking device control across multiple apps is a bit of a recipe for things to go wrong. I’m not sure whether Alexa routines could handle any automation (“if temperature less than 10 degrees then switch on heater”), but again probably not best practice to do it that way.
The temperature and humidity is updated every few seconds on the unit display, but is (by default) only sent to Smart Life (and hence Alexa) every 2 hours. This can be adjusted to report at anything up to every minute, but battery life will suffer.
I can confirm that the unit I received takes three AAA (LR03) batteries (not a CR2032 as is mentioned a couple of times). I’m expecting them to last for a year.
So I bought this because my Amazon echo devices couldn’t tell me what the room temperature was. I figured it would be a good product for them if they sold something like a smart plug but whose function was to measure temperature. And then I thought, well maybe that product already exists – and this is it, pretty much.
I didn’t really need the screen, but it is actually pretty useful for set-up and a visual check of the temperature. Reviewers complaining about lack of a backlight should remember that this is a battery device, and a backlight is just going to reduce battery life. Screen is very readable, my only complaint is that someone decided to make the digit after the decimal point half size, and then put the Centigrade “C” directly above that, making that more difficult to read – there was plenty of space!
The seller – and the instructions – lauds the fact that there are three ways to initially connect to wifi. It’s not explained why one is preferred over the other, IMO one way would suffice and was straightforward enough.
It’s also claimed that it works with Alexa – which was my reason for purchase. Well, it does, kind of. It doesn’t interface directly with Alexa, instead it interfaces to the Smart Life app. In turn, Smart Life seems fairly well integrated with Alexa. So, you download Smart Life, then connect your Alexa and Smart Life apps together (easy to do that from either app), and there you are. Except . . . it seems that Alexa “does not have a device type that supports humidity at the moment” – so you can ask Alexa what the temperature is, but you can’t ask it what the humidity is (if you would really want to). You can see the humidity reading on the Smart Life app, but Alexa won’t tell you it. Still, it does what I want, and I would consider buying a couple more.
Smart Life has, I think, in-built automation, and in turn has linkage to something called IFTTT (which I am learning stands for “if this then that”) which is another automation app. I’m not geeky enough to be familiar with the details at this point, but linking device control across multiple apps is a bit of a recipe for things to go wrong. I’m not sure whether Alexa routines could handle any automation (“if temperature less than 10 degrees then switch on heater”), but again probably not best practice to do it that way.
The temperature and humidity is updated every few seconds on the unit display, but is (by default) only sent to Smart Life (and hence Alexa) every 2 hours. This can be adjusted to report at anything up to every minute, but battery life will suffer.
I can confirm that the unit I received takes three AAA (LR03) batteries (not a CR2032 as is mentioned a couple of times). I’m expecting them to last for a year.
For simple user who just looking for temperature and humidity monitoring this works good. If this had light with push buttons could be useful during low light environment.
Things doesn’t meet expectations when it comes to smart home automation. Scenes to switch on to switch of heating doesn’t runs accurately. Also, Device resets Wi-Fi connection randomly which makes this device is inaccessible occasionally.
Precisely shows air temperature and humidification
Minus for the lack of additional backlight of the display. At night, practically invisible.
Plus for compatibility with the phone( app)