Hive Window or Door Sensor - White, Pack of 1

The Hive range of products are well built and reliable, the sensor is simple to add through the app and quick to configure routines to include other Hive products such as lightbulbs. I have this set up so when I open the front door between certain times it turns on the lights in the lounge.Works well and would recommend if you require a quick way of triggering simple routines to integrate other Hive products.

If you're a Hive home you can't go far wrong with these sensors they work really well.

Installation wasn't as straight forward as the manual makes out - I had to restart the hub to get it connected, however once it found it - it was easy enough to stick in place and set the schedule for monitoring motion.I only have it set to alert me via the app and it does this well, the logs are handy too.Only once have I had a problem where the hub lost connection with it, again restarting it seemed to fix that.It's a neat little piece of equipment, but in reality - by itself isn't all that useful, just being told there's movement and not being able to see it is quite limiting, but it does what it's meant to.Also - my cat doesn't appear to set it off too much - mine is positioned near the stairs so sometimes she can, but mostly hasn't.

Would probably work well within it's own ecosystem, however, I already have made a considerable investment in smart lights from another manufacturer. This would not usually be an issue as services such as IFTTT allow for interactivity between smart devices from different manufacturers. It would seem that while Hive devices are quite willing to take an input from another device or service and carryout an action (i.e. if it gets dark turn the lights on, if it gets cold turn the heating on) It's quite a different story with their output devices, so instead of the motion detector simply sending an alert to another API and that then carrying out an action, the best you can do is get a notification on your phone or tablet and then set up another action to act on receipt of that notification. This is an unreliable and slow method to achieve an outcome which should be simple and straightforward.EDIT:-Anyone who is tech savvy, BUY THIS SENSOR!Then, set it free with a ZigBee hub and tasmota!Have connected two off these sensors to a third party ZigBee hub, and both have so much more going on than just the IR motion detector, although they are both different.....One also has a temperature sensor, a luminance sensor as well as battery and signal levels.The other has temperature and 'occupancy sensors and also transmits battery and signal levels!OOH THE ZIGBEE!

good quality looks good works perfectly

I use these with a custom Zigbee setup not with Hive directly. They are very reliable in terms of connection and performance. The battery lasts a fair time, 3-6 months with regular triggers. Seems stable on Zigbee and doesn't drop out like similar products from other brands. Looks quite pleasant too especially when fitted into a corner, blends in well.Seems to trigger well but does get triggered by our cats which was expected. Attaching it to the wall is easy and they seem sticky and strong enough to not fall off, some I've had up a few years. Not to big but holds a better size battery so worth the additional size to allow longer times between changing.

For about 3 weeks, my hive system was fully functional and awesome - then all of a sudden it just plummeted downhill.The set up I have includes the thermostat and hub, 2 plugs, 2 coloured bulbs and 3 white bulbs, 2 motion sensors and 2 window/ door sensors - all hooked up through my echo; and while none of it is perfect, the sensors are the absolute worst.After the three weeks that everything worked well for, all sensors failed - not simultaneously, but certainly within 2 days of each other. I assumed it was the batteries so changed them all - nope. I tried resetting them - nope. I tried uninstalling the app, hard resetting the hub, completely dismantling the entire system and starting again - nope. Months on now and despite a flashing led to let me know they're still uselessly alive, not one of them works.Now I used my sensors to control my lights (at night turning them on/ off when entering rooms/ leaving or entering the home etc), so its just an inconvenience, waste of money and disappointment for me - but if you used or wanted to use them for home security, you would be furious.I'm actually furious I'm not in a minority of people experiencing this issue it seems.Aside from the garbage sensors, the only part of Hive that hasn't (yet) caused me any issues in the year I've had it is the thermostat. Everything else has at some point either died, glitched or gone wrong, and the app is the just biggest pile of floop. Its complicated, unfriendly and actually limits the functionality of the smart equipment.These are expensive (i.e. overpriced) items, and hive is part of a corporate giant, so I would expect so much more - yet it runs like a beta version of someone's college electronics project: basically if this was really early on or something a smart kid had out together, you'd be like "sure its shaky but its amazing when you think about it!" - But this has been developed and out for a LONG time now, so for the system to be in this unreliable state is a disgrace.And as for these sensors - I've never used such an utterly pointless and disappointing piece of tech.My only advice can be to avoid like the plague and look at nest or one of the other home hub suppliers.