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The FIBARO Flood Sensor is a HomeKit-enabled water leakage detector that provides immediate notifications to your iPhone, ensuring your home is safeguarded against potential water damage. With a simple installation process and integrated visual and sound alarms, this compact device is a must-have for any tech-savvy homeowner.
Number of Batteries | 1 CR123A batteries required. (included) |
Voltage | 3 Volts |
Control Method | Voice |
UPC | 857934005355 |
Global Trade Identification Number | 00857934005355 |
Manufacturer | Fibaro |
Part Number | FGBHFS-001 |
Item Weight | 2.08 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 5.8 x 4.7 x 3.2 inches |
Country of Origin | Poland |
Item model number | FGBHFS-101 |
Batteries | 1 CR123A batteries required. (included) |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Style | Temperature Sensor |
Item Package Quantity | 1 |
Included Components | Flood sensor, manual |
Batteries Included? | Yes |
Batteries Required? | Yes |
Battery Cell Type | Lithium Metal |
Warranty Description | 1 year |
A**R
Stop damage before it starts!
The media could not be loaded. After having these for a year now, some from Amazon and some from other home improvement sites, this product is great in the Apple ecosystem. If you know how to set up and use the Apple HomeKit products from Apple, this product is simply amazing. It floats, it's water tight, and the sensors work as advertised. I have one behind the water hoses for the clothes washer, one by the water heater, and one by the sump pump well.After the first week of having them installed, we had heavy rain and I found out the sump pump went out. The sensor by the sump pump was the first to issue an emergency alert followed by my water heater. Both on the permitter of the basement where water was beginning to over flow from. Thanks to this sensor, I was able to identify the sump pump float was stuck which caused the failure. These sensors saved thousands of dollars of damage since I do not go into the basement often.The three copper contacts detect water and there is a temperature and motion sensor too. You can use the app for the product to set up how loud these go and if it's tampered with (moved around). My cats moved them for a couple days and then left them alone. The sensors show up in the Apple Home app at the top showing room temp. From there, you can follow the settings in the home app to take you to the Fibaro app should you need to change any settings. These do not show up as items that have tiles, but they are at the top of the assigned room.These are very much worth the money and after one year, the battery is still reporting 100%. They come with a very good 123 battery. Remember to remove the paper from the battery when you first get them.Setup was a breeze. Use the Fibaro app to set them up and the connection to the Apple home app is simple. Scan the code and assign them to a room. Give them a unique name and you are set.Absolute GEMS. A must have device. I do test mine monthly after the sump pump stopped working shortly after getting these set up last year. Simply use a wet paper towel and set the puck on it. It's that easy and everyone in your home app (added users or family) all get the urgent alert. It's more than awesome and for $50, you cannot go wrong. Put them in all your rooms where you have a sink or are concerned about leaks.
A**R
works with HomeKit
I chose this sensor to work with HomeKit which always seems to cost more than all other brands that work off of their own app. Works fine and only "fault" is that HomeKit compatible stuff is hard to find and more expensive.
R**L
A good water leak detector
For reference, I have used both of these two water leak detectors: Lyric Wi-Fi Water Leak & Freeze Detector and D-Link DCH-S160 mydlink Wi-Fi Water Sensor . I've also had the opportunity to play with the forth coming Delta Leak detector at CES.The Fibaro water leak detector is not as good as the three referenced above, but it has some good qualities. The Fibaro has 3 golden points on the bottom of the detector. If these leads come in contact with water, then the alarm in the Fibaro leak detector will go off and you will receive a push notification from Homekit. If water is under this leak detector, but does not touch any of these 3 golden points, then the alarm will not go off. Also, if the leak is falling on the Fibaro, and water rolls off the device, the water might roll off in such a way to not touch those 3 golden leads. The great thing about the Fibaro is that the alarm goes off almost instantly when a leak is actually detected. While the other leak detectors, referenced above, take between 5- 20 seconds to alert the user. The Homekit notification also comes in pretty quick as well, but that is going to depend on if you have a great Bluetooth connection from an Apple TV or an iPad in hub mode. Because the Fibaro uses Bluetooth instead of Wi-Fi, for a very large space, you might need more than one Apple TV or iPad, in hub mode, to relay that Bluetooth signal to your phone, or whatever IOS device you carry with you. In a small apartment, this may not be an issue. For a structure that’s between 3000 - 5000 square feet, or more, you will need multiple Apple TV’s/iPads to tunnel that Bluetooth signal. Also, for Homekit, if the Homekit trigger fails, because of a failure connect to Bluetooth, then there is a about a 10 second delay before Homekit retries the notification. Therefore, if there is a leak, there may be a delay until you are notified with this product.For testing, I placed a the Fibaro in the sink that had a small buildup of water in it. As soon as I placed the Fibaro in the sink, the alarm went off, and I received an Apple Homekit notification. Using the Elgato Eve app, an automation was setup to turn on a lamp if a leak was detected. This worked great. When the Homekit notification came in, the light also came on. When I took the Fibaro out of the sink, the alarm stopped, even though the bottom of it was completely wet. This means that these golden points must actually be surrounded by water and not just damp. There was another automation setup to turn the lamp off when the leak was stopped. However, that test failed. I’m not sure if the problem is in Homekit or Fibaro, but there was no notification sent when the leak stop, so the light stayed on. In contrast, if the Honeywell, and Dlink, leak detectors are even slightly damp, the alarm will go off and it will keep going off, until the part of the lead is completely dry. Therefore, if water is leaking down an incline, then there is a possibility that the Fibaro leak detector will not go off. Water actually has to pool up under the Fibaro device for a leak to be detected.Next, the Fibaro has a temperature sensor in the device. The way to set a safe temperature range is through Homekit Automation. You can do that either through the Apple Home app automation tab, or the Elgato Eve rules engine. Through those interfaces, you should be able to say, between 49 – 89 degrees, everything is considered fine, but anything outside of that range is bad, and the user should be alerted. However, I couldn’t get that to work either. Even though the automation was setup, it just didn’t work. The Honeywell leak detector has this feature and it works great. Further, the Honeywell also has a humidity detector in it as well. Therefore, in the Honeywell, I can say that the safe humidity range is 20 – 70 %, and alert me if it goes outside of that range. Instead, the Fibaro has an accelerometer, that detects when the device is moved, and sends an alert through the Fibaro app. For a leak detector device, I would argue that a humidity sensor would have been more useful that an accelerometer for tamper detection.Also, the Fibaro has only 3 ways of alerting the user any issues: the alarm on the device, push notifications, and Homekit automation. The Honeywell and Dlink will alert you through and alarm, push notification, and email. Further, the Dlink can be integrated with IFTTT, so you can integrate it with other services. Therefore, you can probably find a way for have the Dlink alert you through text messaging if you want it to. For my use, email is the big thing that’s missing from the Fibaro product. Push notification is fine, but overseas, some IOS push notifications do not work. Also, if no one is home to hear the alarm, then it doesn’t matter if it goes off. With email, the possibility that the user will be notified is much higher than with any other notification that the Fibaro currently has. Moreover, the Honeywell allows the user the input the email address of any other person that should be notified by email into the app. Therefore, if you are going out of town and want a few of your neighbors to know if there is a leak in your house, you can easily input their email addresses in the app. There is no such equivalent in in the Fibaro app. Through Apple Homekit, you’d have to invite your neighbors to have access to your Homekit devices, which is not always the thing you want to do. if your neighbors are bought into the Apple ecosystem, then giving them access to your Homekit devices might be fine. If, however, they are android users, which my neighbors are, then this isn’t an option and email is the best route to go. So, the Fibaro not having email option is a big miss for me.04-03-2019After a lot of firmware updates, this product has gotten more reliable over time, so I've up my rating on the product.
J**L
The Fibaro flood detector started giving false alarms after only three months of use.
The features were good and the installation easy. I chose it over other alternatives because of its compatibility with Apple HomeKit. I used it successfully for almost three months with no problems, then it recently started giving false alarms that it sensed water. Each time it did this, I checked and there was no sign of water, no leakage paths on the body of the sensor outside or inside. Unfortunately, the return window to Amazon has closed, so I have another item to send to the local land fill. I'll be looking for a different brand next time.
T**T
Integración con HomeKit
Perfecto en mi balcón para crear automatizacion de bajar persiasnas cuando llueve.Le he desconectado el zumbador para que sea silencioso y le he añadido una placa sensora externa.Muy contento
M**E
Venditore ottimo
Prodotto fantastico. Già lo conoscevo (ne avevo già uno acquistato sul sito della Apple) oltre ad essere ad un prezzo nettamente inferiore (risparmio di circa 30 euro) devo fare i complimenti al venditore che mi ha andato mail per verificare se le caratteristiche del prodotto erano adatte là mio scopo. Consigliatissimo il il prodotto che il venditore !
E**O
Buon prodotto a patto che sia in offerta
Piccola premessa nei confronti di R-Store (reseller di Apple), i quali avevano un prezzo del prodotto molto più basso dell'ordinario. Sono stati ultragentili contattandomi persino dopo l'acquisto per fornirmi indicazioni sul prodotto, purtroppo nonostante Prime le spese di spedizione sono a tuo carico anche in caso di restituzione, anche se poi a me sono state comunque rimborsate. Il pacco è arrivato in anticipo, tutto comunque bene e resto soddisfatto. Veniamo ora alle mie impressioni.Gli apparecchietti sono molto piccoli e carini da vedersi, esteticamente. Sono a batteria, quindi posizionabili pressoché ovunque. Funzionano solo con HomeKit (ma ci sono altri modelli compatibili con altri sistemi) ma venivamo subito ai pro e contro (leggete sino alla fine), secondo un'esperienza pratica (tutto il resto dei dettagli sono reperibili tranquillamente in rete, su come funziona il sistema, durata batteria, il fatto che possano addirittura galleggiare, ecc ecc).PRO: sono leggerissimi, hanno vari sensori tra cui quello di temperatura (utile per monitorare le varie stanze) o l'accellerometro che lo fa suonare solo se viene toccato o spostato da dove si trova. Il bip che producono è abbastanza forte, sperando però che l'acqua non sia copiosa perché l'altoparlantino è posto nella parte sottostante e viene parzialmente coperto, udibile se siete relativamente vicini. Se avete la casa di 500 mq o state sentendo la musica a tutto volume ovviamente non lo sentirete mai.Questione notifiche: non so perché, avendo diversi dispositivi Apple, giusto sull'iPhone (XS Max) mi arriva in ritardo e a volte, da queste prime prove, non arriva (neanche su Apple Watch). Credo sia un problema del telefono, devo appurare, perché su tutti gli altri dispositivi la notifica è istantanea, anche se purtroppo un solo pop-up come una qualunque notifica. L'installazione nel sistema è istantanea, nessun problema davvero, tutto viene riconosciuto subito (vi ricordo che serve l'app di Fibaro gratuita + un HUB Apple, ossia iPad, Apple tv o HomePod).CONTRO: l'app di Fibaro è oscena. Solo in inglese, strutturata come le app di 10 anni fa, una cosa vergognosa. Non ha notifiche sue proprie, ma ci si avvale di Casa (Apple HomeKit) e questo è un altro grave contro. Comunque vi serve solo per installare i prodotti, poi accantonatela tranquillamente. Come detto sopra, ho avuto problemi di notifica proprio su iPhone-Apple Watch, cosa gravissima visto che se si è in casa una rottura o un allagamento diventa presto identificabile, il problema si pone se non si è in casa. Tuttavia può essere solo un problema mio, devo fare altre prove, il prodotto sembra affidabile e rimando alle conclusioni finali.CONCLUSIONI FINALI: la prudenza non è mai troppa. Non so perché, forse quel malfunzionamento sulle notifiche giusto sull'iPhone (ossia tutto), non mi ispira pienamente fiducia. Personalmente li conservo come prodotti (ne ho comprati 4 e restituito solo 1 per un errore nel conteggio), ma mi servono come seconda protezione dopo che ho installato anche il dispositivo EVE Water Guard, che certamente consiglio come prima scelta assoluta (infallibile, funziona sempre con HomeKit, ha un'app migliore di Casa di Apple e personalmente la uso per ogni dispositivo e sensore anche di altre marche, Fibaro compreso) ma costa molto di più e necessita di una presa elettrica. Fate quindi la vostra scelta sulla base delle rispettive esigenze. Se volete essere sicurissimi scegliete EVE. Se invece volete essere tranquilli ma in caso di allagamento, eventualità che spero non accada ovviamente mai, il danno non è enorme, allora va bene Fibaro spendendo poco e posizionandolo pressoché ovunque.Spero di essere stato utile, resto a disposizione per eventuali domande.
G**O
Prodotto inutile
Ben realizzato messa in opera intuitiva e facilmente configurabile con la app unico difetto potenza bluetooth limitata deve essere troppo vicino ad un bridge homekit quindi serve a poco ameno che non viviate in un monolocale !E attenzione se lo volete rendere vi rimborsano per il trasporto 3 euro e il tempo perso per andare in posta sono cavoli vostri ! In poche parole evitatelo e’ una patacca
M**O
Flood sensor Homekit. Fa bene il mestiere suo, ma è lontano dal fratello Z-Wave
Flood sensor per Homekit.Comprato per usarlo come sensore di tracimazione per la tanica di raccolta dell’acqua di condensa del condizionatore, in balcone.Quando rileva una perdita, oltre a mandare la segnalazione via bluetooth, si mette a suonare e lampeggiare finché il sensore non è asciutto.PRO: ottima sensibilità; utile poter aggiungere semplice un filo elettrico a far da sonda secondaria; utile il sensore di temperatura; comodo l’antitamper. Il bluetooth è a portata dell’hub Homekit Apple TV lontano 4 metri (con muri interposti); più che sufficiente il cicalino di allarme (dal balcone si sente bene dentro). Pila durevole (dopo un anno è ancora al 90%).CONTRO: in caso di rilevamento perdite, manca una modalità di funzionamento silenziosa (es. solo led e/o messaggi); manca la possibilità di disattivare da remoto o da automazione l’allarme sonoro e/o il led e/o lo status di allarme.Per me questo fa perdere *almeno* una stella, visto che nella versione Z-wave ci sono queste e molte altre impostazioni gestibili (comparare i manuali per credere: con la versione HomeKit si può solo impostare la sensibilità dell’anti-tamper).In caso di rilevamento perdita, anche se un’automazione terminasse la perdita chiudendo un rubinetto a monte (nel mio caso, spegnendo il condizionatore), non smetterà di suonare finché i contatti non saranno tornati asciutti. Qualora non ci sia nessuno a casa, oltre a scaricare maggiormente la pila, l’allarme dà noia ai vicini.Speriamo meglio con la versione 2 (o, se fosse possibile, con un aggiornamento firmware).
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