I decided to buy the Yo-Link base station, 2 motion sensors, and 2 outdoor temperature sensors.
One motion sensor is in the living room and is very sensitive and detects the slightest movement. The other sensor is in my mailbox. I get an instant notification, and email whenever there is movement in my apartment. I had mail stolen from me. It is nice to know when I get mail, or if someone is tampering with my mailbox. The mailbox is on the other side of my apartment building, probably at least 1,000 feet away. I was surprised my base can get a signal on my mailbox that it is so far away. I have an outdoor temperature sensor to tell me the current temperature outdoors, and an outdoor temperature sensor in my car. I can now get the temperature of my car on cold winter days when I use the remote start. I had troubles integrating it with Alexa, and haven't used it. So I am only giving it four stars. Using the Yo-Link app, and the notifications are fine with me though. I have an indoor temperature sensor that works fine, but I have not integrated any automation on it to turn on alexa enabled plug to run the air conditioner or heater at certain temperatures, but the feature is there. The only gripe I have, if I need to keep temperature records.. The temperature sensors only report to the base every 15 to 30 minutes. It will miss high and low temperatures for the day. The same thing with a car temperature, sometimes by the time I remote start my car… The car will already be warmed up by the next time the sensor reports to the base. It is probably built that way to save battery life. Also, I have set up an alert if the car reaches 110 or 120 degrees during the summer, to remind me to take out electronics that have batteries, or anything that can explode in high heat. The Yo-Link temperature and motion sensors have a wide variety of uses, good range, and overall I am satisified. Just had issues connecting it with Alexa.
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