What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
My homekit deployment uses appletv 4 as the hub and is about 30 ft away from the sensor. Works great, responds quickly and the app is useful. Quality of the product is top notch though and setup is easy.
By adding this device all is functioning beautifully. It works pretty well. Has worked reliably since it was set up.
If you want siri/homekit, then this is the only option right now. Homekit at least gives you a centralized control mechanism able to be used offline (sans siri voice) you then configure an on rule and off rule for when motion stops being detected -- t... Read More
Cons
It fails miserably at executing a simple automation. Range is terrible at about 25ft from your hub (apple tv) will be returning it.
Highlights
Quality
Quality of the product is top notch though and setup is easy
Otherwise standard batteries good function and response long life and ease of use make this a great product
Competitiveness
This is true home automation and ive been setting up my home with eve sensors and lifx lights and they work great
It works great as a completely local homekit based sensor
Ive got so many of elgato eve devices in my house
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So just going to have to waiti purchased this to work with my iphone
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This motion sensor adds the ability to control other homekit device based on motion starting and stopping
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Eve app has custom rules which made me never ask for my lights to turn on and off again
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have a very heavy install of lutron caseta and eve is being used to turn on my kitchen undercabinet lighting strips via lutron dimmable plugins
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Previously used x10 and an activehome sensor which worked ok
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My homekit deployment uses appletv 4 as the hub and is about 30 ft away from the sensor
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You have to use the eve app to configure the sensitivity and timeout setting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
You then configure an on rule and off rule for when motion stops being detected these rules then show up in the ios home app but arent fully editable you have to manage it in eve
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