Zigbee Vibration Sensor, Wireless Mini Glass Break Detector for Alarm System, Home Automation, Requires Aqara Hub (not 3rd-Party), Compatible with Apple HomeKit, Alexa, IFTTT, Home Assistant

I purchased two. These work great and are an acceptable price. They are not fully functional in Alexa routines. I used these to tell me when my washer and dryer completed their cycle. I didn’t purchase the feature on the machines when I purchased them 14 years ago.

I have chronic headaches and often need to take an abortive medication but have to be sure I don’t take it too often, lest I start getting rebound headaches. I’m really bad at remembering when I took my last dose and even worse at manually tracking it. Then, I saw a YouTube short from Aqara showing this sensor being used atop a pill bottle lid to help track when a medication is taken. Bingo. It requires a hub, so I waited for the M2 to go on sale then got both. It’s super important to follow the instructions for setting up the hub first, then the sensor to a tee or you will find yourself frustrated enough to toss it out the window. But if you do things in the correct order, it’s simple and fast. The sensor works fine inside the Aqara app, but really shines in the Alexa app. I quickly created a routine to send a notification to my phone that says “headache medicine taken” when a tilt is detected. If I move the bottle around and haven’t taken a dose, I simply clear that notification from my phone screen. It does disconnect from the hub on occasion, but there’s a button on the side to reset it, and when pushed, the hub will tell me the sensor is online and working correctly, then it’s good to go. It still gets 5 stars because I’ve finally found a system that’s working for me and a simple way to track data to share with my doctor. Does this sound like a lot of money between the hub and sensor to spend on a medication reminder? Sure. But, it’s worth it to me, since it means I’m not taking too much headache medicine and that I can help my doctor more accurately treat my headaches. And now I can buy all the sensors…just because.

Disclosure that I do not use an Aqara Hub, but have this connected to Home Assistant via a ConBee II ZigBee Gateway. (Original Post - Updated Below) As an On/Off binary sensor, yes, these work. But as a vibration sensor, that’s a bit of a stretch. As the device sends signals back to any connected ZigBee gateway, it is the function of the sensor to report action/inaction, and thus my experience is not due to missing some feature only provided by an Aqara hub. I was hoping for a true vibration sensor, but found that it didn’t pick up on vibrations so much as reporting jarring events. For instance, when attached to the frame my truck’s engine is mounted on, turning the internal combustion engine on did not cause a vibration alert. When attached to the internal mechanics of an automatic expresso machine that grinds and packs beans – no vibration. Same with a washer, a dryer, and the floor of my old school metal mailbox. In fact, it didn’t detect vibration when attached to the front of a running machine. I got a trigger when attached to the seat of a rowing machine, and if attached to the back under belt frame of said rowing machine. Even then, what I got back was sporadic at best. For instance, in a 30 minute constant rowing machine session, it toggled between “clear” and “vibration” almost every minute. In other areas where it was a jarring event, like opening a door/cabinet, or other single big movement object – it worked fine. But nothing more subtle, and not a true vibration happening – not a vibration happening sensor. This might possibly be a good replacement for an open/close sensor when you don’t have room to place both components, but it is not a vibration sensor. UPDATE: The sensitivity level can be adjusted programmatically using either Home Assistant's Developer Tools\Services utility, or the deCONZ\Phoscon API. The device has a 21 step sensitivity range, and when adjusted to more sensitive, it picks things up as expected. Still not a 5 as you have to go through a few hoops that most users won't want to try.

I bought this device to attach to a dishwasher as part of a home automation system. It has poor pairing behavior. If it cannot pair within a few seconds after entering pairing mode, it turns off. Once on the network, it has trouble staying connected. Once I got it connected, the vibration detect was inconsistent and erratic, and required an absurdly high amount of force before it detected anything. For example, placing it on a bass guitar and strumming a string does not trigger vibration. Dropping it onto a firm but padded surface from about 4-6 inches does. Not sure what the use case is for this product but the one I used was not a vibration sensor, more like a crash sensor, which is not what I need. If the sensitivity settings can be changed, it's not through ZHA.

I have an older Generac home generator. I use the sensor to determine if generator it does its weekly 15 min test. I used a waterproof case purchased from Etsy to protect the sensor. Works great.

I actually purchased two of these devices and have issues with both. After a couple of days they totally stop working. The first one I wrote off to just a defective unit, and since I did not have the original packaging anymore I could not return it. Plus the cost of the sensor wasn't a big deal that I did not get a replacement. I really wanted it to work, so I purchased another one. On the first day I paired it to my Zigbee controller, it reported the battery at 35%, so I put a new battery in it. Then it reported the battery at 98% and it worked for about a week. Then the Aqara app showed it was offline and I cannot get it to pair again, not even with a new battery. I have Aqara sensors all over my house and they work great. For some reason this vibration sensor just does not seem to be up to the task. I guess I cannot recommend this sensor, but all the other Aqara sensors are a good by. Three stars because it is Aqara, but for this device, no star.

It's small and very handy, does his job good.

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Got this to add to my Home Assistant setup, for detecting shaking from my washing machine. I had to set it to high sensitivity to react to small vibrations but it works. Do not forget to change the time for the reset of the vibration sensor for continuous vibrations such as a washer. Works perfectly with my sonoff zigbee stick, instantly paired after holding the button on the small sensor. I really just expected this to be a vibration sensor and that's it, but oh my, it is a Temperature sensor too! This small guy reports Temperature, Vibration, Motion and the Angle it is at!? This is a great little device to have around! I am using Zigbee2mqtt with mosquitto and HomeAssistant, and as soon as Z2M picked it up the entity was visible in HomeAssistant with all sensors reporting almost immediately. Why almost you ask? Temperature and Battery took a little while to come through as it only reports every 5 minutes or so. Overall I am very satisfied with it, the only small thing is the packaging, its oversized for such a small device, lots of paper waste. But otherwise works wonderfully and will certainly buy more in the long run!