We’ve only had the cameras up and running for a short time. ru-vid.comUgkxOXxsTZ3ptV_Pk0fFl8bNZvVqeoqBQFwe So far we love them! I got the outdoor mounting kit for them and they were easy to install. Once you download the app, it walks you through the very easy set up. The clarity, and range is awesome. I am thinking seriously about adding another camera or two to my 3 camera system. The price is lower than a lot of comparable systems.
Wyze is wreaking havoc on the industry! Their innovation and transparency are insane! I cannot wait to recommend these products to my clients and watch the price tag blow their minds!
This is a necessity for us caregivers who must monitor our parents who suffer from Alzheimer disease, automatic light control and an alarm for when one may stray from their bed at night.
I have a contact sensor on my toliet seat, and a camera pointing near the door(not inside bathroom thats weird and creepy) entrance, so when someone who shall not be named, left it up when they cleaned it or something, and blamed me, I had video footage proving it wasn’t me and the look I got for this made it so worth it. I doubt I will ever be blamed for this again...
I’m setting up one of the motion sensors for my tortoise house. When my tortoise (Gordo) walks into his house, the heat lamp turns on so I save on electricity and he gets his heat lol
Great application.....I wanted to make sure my elder mom was taking her medication each day at the time prescribed. Put a detection switch on the container and now I can rest knowing she is following the doctors orders! Thanks you Wyze!
I really love Wyze. I’m planning on using a sensor for my refrigerator like in the video, that never even crossed my mind. I used one on the garage door and loved the results.
I would use this on the pool gate to know when my daughter is going swimming unsupervised. Could also use on the spa cover. I like the garage door and mailbox ideas as well. My mail was being stolen before and I only knew for sure when I happen to walk outside as this was happening. Love the channel (from T town) and keep up the great work.
I love the thought of using these sensors to auto turn on/off lights when entering rooms. Super helpful when my hand are full of groceries. Nice review!
I’d like to set a contact sensor on the garage door and track to get notified when it’s opened. Even better is setting it to tell me if I left it open. Thanks for the video!
I just got mine last week. So small. I use it on my fire escape. Love how it records video if someone opens it or closes it. Just wish it worked with smart things. I need system/1 control panel. Thanks always for the great content.
My favorite idea for a sensor is to Put a contact sensor in the mailbox so you know when the mail has come. Or if someone else had gone into your mailbox.
GIVEAWAY! How would you use Wyze Sense in your home? Comment below with your idea and I’ll pick my favorite to win a Wyze Sense. Good luck! EDIT: We have 2 winners! Thank you all for commenting your awesome ideas for Wyze Sense! We selected two winners: David Hauge and Tom Willis (message us on Facebook within 24 hours, David and Tom!). David's idea was to use Wyze Sense on a drawer of baby diapers to keep an inventory using IFTTT. Tom thought of using the sensors on a bathroom door, and when it's occupied you could turn on a smart light. Very cool. Thanks again, everyone!
Smart Home Solver I would love to get one of those starter kits!!! The options are and less I can put one on my bedroom door to remember if I closed it or not and I could put them on my cookie jar in my room to see if my brother took any lol and I might be able to rake one up to a mouse trap so I know when it goes off because sometimes it’ll go off when I’m not home and I won’t figure it out for like a week because I don’t check them every day and it starts to make my room stink so it would be really cool to rig it up to a mouse trap!!
How about mounting the motion sensor to your 3d printer and be notified when it's finished? IFTT will trigger on no motion as well as motion. Yep, I'd like one, please.
I would place the sensor in my stairs to go to my basement and have some spot lights that will illuminate my bikes so I could feel like I'm in the Bat cave!
My idea for this product would be to keep it on my fridge (it gets left open more than I'm willing to admit) and the motion sensor would work great tucked into the corner of my front porch so I know when the mail comes or a packed has arrived. Keep up the great content!
don't most fridge already have loud beeping sound if left open for more than a certain period? A doorbell with like ring or nest hello might be more appropriate for your porch so you can also see if it is truly the mail man. IMO. great use case though
I love the idea of a sensor on the fridge door! Once on a while, the fridge tends to stay partially open if slammed shut (bounces slightly and doesn't close). Another good idea would be to have the motion sensor on the yard gates as long as it's out of the elements! With a dog, sometimes the kids leave the gate open, therefore adding a sensor with a quick notification would lead to less hi ting for the dog in the neighbourhood! I can't wait to set up these sensors, but definitely should order more! Loving the Wyze stuff these days!
Phoenix Hot Weather Tip: Because the hot Phoenix weather and metal garage doors are troublesome for the adhesive on the contact sensors - mount the sensors on the garage door opener's "TROLLY." The trolly has a flat metal surface, and it doesn't get as heated as the garage door. (The opener trolly is the small device that always moves with the chain or belt when the door is opened or closed. It is also the disengaging device for manually opening the garage door.) When combined with a Wyze camera mounted in the garage, a user is notified of garage door opening/closing and video records the event.
Can't wait for them being available in Canada! I need them for my basement backdoor and patio door so much. Motion sensor would probably just be used as activity timer to turn off lights if no one is there. Thanks for the quick review!
I got mine last week and like you I was shocked at how small the box was but they work like a charm. Hopefully, they will have even more devices (AND HOMEKIT COMPATIBILITY!!!!).
I am a BIG fan of Wyze cam. The sensor will be great to add to my house. I would like it on my back gate. I would be able to know when it’s been left open. I don’t want to let my tortoise out.
A great idea to use Wyze Sense would be to place sensor on a secret cabinet you don't want anyone to open and to add the motion to a room to trigger a light or an alarm. So many possibilities. Love to get one.
I’m looking to get started with the home automation stuff because of your video. I’d like to use these to watch the backdoor of my home and figure out how to use it to make my dogs life easier.
I have 7 wyze cameras. Mix pan and regular. Just now got my first sense pack. Great stuff!! Have it on my doors and motion sensor hidden in driveway. Works flawlessly. I would definitely love another pack. Look at wyze bulbs to, I have deferent system for lights would like it to be all one.
I am beginning to automate my home. This is especially important because of medical issues. These sensors can be used on my mailbox because I live in a rural area and it is about 40 to 50 yards away. That would prevent unnecessary trips. The motion sensor can be used as a driveway alert and the second contact sensor used on the door leading to the basement stairs.
For my new home I purchased a few v2 and a couple of pan cameras, which came with bulbs from promos, and I'm loving them! I was a bit skeptical with the sensors so I checked your review out and I'm leaning towards them now. I purposefully wanted to use them for home monitoring, but when you configured yours for your bed I was amazed. I wanted to use mine to automate lights in the room or hallway when it's triggered. I will probably do just that if I get my hands on an extra sensor when budget allows. 😅 Thanks for your reviews on these products!
Just watched your video for the very first time. If I had one, I would install a sensor on the garage door to notify me when it open/closed or to verify that I closed after driving away from home. Another idea, it would be in my backyard so that it would turn the lights on if an animal or person walked to my backyard. Finally I would install one on my storage shed. I only keep yardwork tools but they are valuable to me. Good luck to everyone and thank you for making this videos.
So glad I found your site and really learning a lot. Recommended to my daughter who has a little one and they live in an apartment and I think it would be a good addition to their security.
Thanks for the tip about IFTTT Private apps. I didn't know you could do that for your own use. Being able to have an app take action only during a certain time frame is very useful.
I’m a ring user because of the $100 a year subscription. It a great feature that others don’t have. The reason why I absolutely love Wyze is because they are pressuring Ring (and all others) to also drop their prices to make them more competitive. This is a win win for all of us. YEA!!!!!!!
Using the sensors to monitor for garage door open/closed status without a smart door. Also, adding a motion sensor or magnetic to the mailbox to notify when mail has been delivered/retrieved.
If there wasn't such a long lag between sensing and alert, I'd use to tell me when the car has moved into correct position in the garage. For now, I just use a magnetic switch connected to a light. I do use a couple of Wyzecams on my trailer when camping. The sensors would be good for a couple storage compartments and motion detector for area not covered by the camera.
I placed one in my doorbell chime. The electromagnet in the doorbell chime triggers the magnetic reed switch in the sensor making a cheap limited feature smart doorbell. I then used that event to trigger the front door camera to record. I took my second one and opened it up and removed the magnetic reed switch and replaced it with 2 wires. I then placed it under my kitchen sink and taped the wires to the bottom. If the sink leaks the water completes the circuit and notifies me of a leak.
I use these while I'm at work to check on the family. I have sensors everywhere lol could always use more. One good idea is through the windows to pick up people walking around outside and triggers the wyze bulb to turn on the front door light or living room.
We would place them on our mailbox. We live on a military base so sometimes our mail comes at 8:45am and sometimes it comes at 5pm. You never really know until you drive 2 streets over to check to see if it’s came yet or not.
Big fan of Wyze, def. need these. Im not a morning person, and always find myself rushing to close everything up ( like to get the morning air in) this will be a great reminder ive left a window or door open too long.
I would definitely like one of these kits... This would be perfect for garage door opening and turning on our wall switch for backyard and patio light as our garage is detached... Thanks!
Use motion detection to notice when you walk into an office/study and use it to get a smart assistant to read your reminders or tasks. Alternatively, you could place it my a letterbox to get notified when post falls through. A contact sensor could be used to notify when a car door is opened to stop a robberies
Thanks for the vids, just getting introduced to wyze and i'm pretty impressed. Unfortunately, we are limited with the choices in Canada, maybe it will change soon. I just ordered the startup kit, i do have 4 cams already. I also have amcrest for pvr recording, but these are great.
For the snack cabinet sensor, I'd put it on the inside for aesthetics; although, you probably put it on the outside for the purpose of this video. With the contact sensor in an office or more formal area, I'd put it on a bathroom door - if the door is open, then the bathroom is available. If closed, do a second check with the motion sensor to check the last movement sensed. Bonus: use IFTTT to turn on or off a light bulb or sign in the common area where people are sitting to let them know at a quick glance if a bathroom is available.
This may have been mentioned before...but i plan to place one of the sensors on our freezer door. For some reason my family has a problem with making sure the freezer door is closed...all the way! On at least one occasion we came home after a weekend getaway to find the freezer door ajar, and most of the contents defrosted! Not a happy camper!
Wyze should make a Toilet Flush sensor so we can detected all the flushing going on at Arlo, Nest and similar companies every time Wyze releases a new killer product :D
@Craig E Wyze cams are still inferior to the Nest experience. Even Ring is superior. Their other products are great though like the scale, sensors, vacuum, etc.
I love this company!!! Always advancing their products and product line! I have an Airbnb rental property and love that the motion sensors are compatible with the IFTTT system (which i never knew about til now) I can use both of these systems to turn on the outside lights and foyer lights as guests walk in the building, instead of them having to be left on 24/7.
We own a store and plan on using sense for a number of uses, including an alert to let us know when a customer enters the front door of store. We will also use one to trigger our antique cash register drawer.
I recently purchased our first camera from Wyse and having watched your video I'm thinking of purchasing the Wyse sense to maybe let me know if someone gets in our garden shed. Thanks for the video. I subscribed to get more ideas.
Since becoming disabled since my back injury on 02/04/2011, I never know exactly when my little 4lb Shih Poo dog 🐶 is ready to eat or wants something else. By placing the Wyse Sense Sensor near his food & water tray, I will know when he wants to eat, instead of me having to get up & keep asking him to show mommie “what he wants”. It would be fantastic to receive a starter kit. Thanks Rick
That’s a damn good idea. Given how far the Wyze sensor can actually sense, that just might work. My dog dances around her bowl when it’s time to eat as well.
I’d like to put these on the sliding doors of my beach house - so when someone leaves the doors open, it turns off the Nest AC (if I can get this to sync!?)
I just purchased my 1st WYZE camera, awesome. I'd love to get my hands on the sensor started kit. Currently on a very tight budget ane I've been telling all my friends about the camera.
I have a baby on the way and want to put a sensor on the drawer of diapers. Each time the drawer is open will help us track changings. I would also track, through IFTTT on a Google sheet, our diaper inventory. The motion sensor would be useful in the nursery to make sure my wife doesn't fall asleep on the chair with the baby in her arms, but that may need some testing...
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Thanks for your videos and ideas, has really make me spend more than what I wanted, but it is making my life easier.. The led strip and motion sensor setup is on my "to do" list..
In my case My main use case are for my Garage Door to complement my existing Wyze Cam to detect when the garage is door or closed. I use Home Assistant with a Sonoff 4CH Pro with Custom Firmware (Tasmota with MQTT) that I can integrate with IFTTT to close the Garage door automatically if the Wyze sense sensor remains open for more than 5 min (as an example)
Ill put in on my mailbox so I know when the mail comes. We have had a ton of mailbox thefts these past few months and getting checks and packages stolen out of the mailbox, Knowing when the mail gets here I can run right outside to go get it before a thief has a chance to.
I want to use them for my kitchen lights, I have hue bulbs in there and the bathroom. and I ABSOLUTELY love the light strips under bed idea, and if I get the kit I DEF! will add the strips to my bed...awesome idea!
Thanks! I talk more about the light strips under my bed in this video just in case you want to know the brand: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7soFzqvIxQ4.html
I would put a motion sensor on the driveway and cover it with plastic or something, then have it turn on the exterior lights using ifttt and wyze bulb (comming this summer) great alternative to rings smart lighting
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A recent update gives you the ability to set a schedule for all Wyze devices. So now you can have the door switch active overnight and off when you are home. the schedule can even run on events. Thumbs up on the video.
Always enjoy your vids, thanks for the walk thru. I will have to check their site to see how much additional sensors are, I would need a lot more than the 2 that comes in the box. I have 3 of their regular cams and wanted to get the pan cam as well.
One of these is going on the garage door for an open/close warning at night. I think another will go on the basement door. If the kids leave that open the cats get in there and make a mess. I'm thinking this could also be used for a simple basement sump alarm. Magnet on the float, sensor at the top of the sump. When it's closed the pump isn't working and the basement is going to flood. For the motion sensor I might couple one with a Pan cam that watches the yard so that it can turn and look behind it if something moves where it isn't looking.
I have some IFTTT compatible light switches; they essentially replace normal light switches and but let me control those lights with my google assistant. Whoever design my home put the bathroom light switch in a really inconvenient spot and I can never seem to find it when its dark and I am drowsy at night. I want the bathroom lights to turn on whenever I open the bathroom door. I'd love to get a set of contact sensors so I can use these because I missed the pre-order beta :/
My home is very automated. I have a smart things hub. I have a konnected security system that works with the smart things hub. All five exterior doors have hardwired sensors that go to the security system. The windows have hardwired sensors. We have nest thermostats and nest smoke detectors. When my wife and I leave our house the security system is automatically armed. When we get within a two block radius the alarm system is disarmed. We have a light in the garage that shines when the alarm is armed so that if we arrive and for some reason the alarm system did not get disarmed, And we can see that the alarm is still set. But in my bathrooms I use this: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0076KNP4K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It is an occupancy switch. When I enter the bathroom the lights turn on and when I exit the lights turn off. And I use vacancy switches in the kitchen. If there is no movement in the kitchen for five minutes then the lights turn off. And in the kitchen over the sink I use an occupancy switch. When we walk in the kitchen at night the light over the sink turns on and when we leave it turns off. The hardwired switches for occupancy and vacancy just work and work instantly. I think they would serve you better in the bathroom with the light switch that is difficult to access. And I might use one that has a dimmer instead of just a simple switch. When I walk in the bathroom in the middle of the night I can press the dimmer down and have a more subdued light. Good luck.
I'm SUPER late to this party... by almost a year. But... these sensors work with Home Assistant without using Wyze cloud!! It's VERY easy to setup and they their functionality is FANTASTIC! I cannot believe this stuff is so damn cheap!!!!
really great products cant wait to get more. for now ive got ifttt reporting states into Home assistant and plan on combining these with my konnected alarm to build a great system
HI Smart Home Solver. I would love to be considered for your givaway. Just found your channel and I like it. I already purchased a Wyze camera to try it out recently and like it. Very good for the price and a snap to set up.. This Wyze Sense system looks great. I like to play around with Home Automation so I would love to get a Sense kit. I built a 2 door garage actuator that works with my Alexa as well as the eWeLink app. It's fun. This would be a good way to tell if either of those doors are left open. I have too many ideas to mention here. Great Video.
My kids love cookies and even if my wife keep them locked away, they'll always find a way.. I am going to put it on the cookie jar and when they open it, I'll know.. Lol.. Love your content and the way you present your videos.. Very helpful for budget smart home enthusiasts like me..
I park my work truck right outside my garage door at night (Project car taking up all the space haha). I would put a contact sensor on the truck box to catch anyone trying to steal anything. I would put the motion sensor at my front door.
I installed a Xiaomi door sensor on my garage, it rings a door bell and I have it set up to turn on lights. Also lets me know when i have left it open at night. Using IFFT and google home I've set up some scenarios which work really well. The sensor to light a path to the bathroom for kids would be a great idea, just need a led strip inside the skirting boards!
I want to use a Wyze bulb on a closet light and then use a Wyze sensor on the door so when the door is open the light comes on and when it closes, it goes off. Tried to find an IFTTT to run this but no luck, any tips, help? Thx & thanks for the vids!
Having sensors like this will help with whole home automation. Due to the distance to mailbox, a “door” sensor would be great and be able to link to the outside camera to make sure no thievery is taking place. Motion sensors would be great to make sure dogs going in/out the dog door are not strangers! That would be interesting with the colder season. Either way, these sensors look to hit the mark on making outstanding ways to increase quality of life. - side note: would be nice if Wyze makes other home sensors like the competitors. Such as a water sensor, A fire/co2 sensor, glass break detection sensor.
I wrote some filter code I could use with a wyze sense motion or contact sensor to turn on my lights only at night. (it would use two conditions, which is why the code is needed. ) The code calculates sunrise and sunset based on location coordinates and its accurate as the weather sunrise and sunset "predictions".
I have a Spectrum INTELLIGENT HOME system that is going to retire starting in Feb. Do these products work with my IH equipment or is there anything that I can use that will work with my already installed Senors and Camera?
Hey, brother; great video. Unrelated question... where did you get those two lamps, in the background, for your colored LED bulbs? In particular, the short upward-facing one. Thanks in advance.
Im a wyze totally user i got the sensor and is in the garage another in my room door motion sensor still need find a used like turn my bathroom light maybe the front door light really happy with the cameras too i just got for my driveway the cam pan love it i got I have convinced many people to buy the and they really happy and for the price and all future they have i need to find now the way to link a smart light thank for the video
I have this and a Arlo and a ring . Arlo is in a drawer .the ring is set up now and I just got the wyze pack with 3 light bulbs I'm going try it out this weekend .
My flatmates leave the door unlocked most of the time. I'd use the sensor and a camera to take pictures of the door as it opens because there's a very real security risk given how often it's left open. The door sensor and motion sensor would both be invaluable in such a set up.
@@mccc4559 I was thinking of making a dashboard to monitor how often they reach left the door unlocked using some basic facial recognition to identify who left the door unlocked :P
Good night I live in Brazil, your videos are very good, I bought the wyze sense, can you tell if when the battery of the contact sensor gets low it flashes quickly three times, because I can't make the connection, I think I will have to buy a new battery, does this light appear on your contact sensor? thank you very much and congratulations.
Im wondering how do you connect the Wyze Sense to a strip of LED under your bed or any other place? could you please explain? thanks so much and congrats on the great videos.
I’d love to set it up on my first new home currently being built in the walk in robe for all the lights to turn on! I’m so excited as it’s my first smart home I’ll be doing 🏠 💡
Have a multi sensor on the dog food storage container, with included automation that announces over speakers plus sends text if not fed before set schedule.
Very cool! I think I would try to use the contact sensors to detect when the garage door is open. And possibly use the motion sensor to detect when the cat is in the garage and a 2nd sensor to open the garage door slightly so the cat can get outside. Then the motion sensor to detect when the cat is back in the garage to close the garage door. That way it's not open all the time... Hmmm...
I would love to use these for a motion sensor paired with ifttt to turn on my TV and sound bar when I walk into the entertainment space. maybe even set it to go straight to Netflix!
Great video! I agree with the motion sensor looking like another camera and creeping people out but laughed at the part where you were recording who was in the snack cupboard. I am about to add some smart landscape lighting to my back yard. It would be great to have a sensor on the door leading out to turn on the lights in the main area and then a motion detector that lights up the one section that won't be used as much as the main section.
My problem with Wyze Cams and Wysense is that sometimes notifications are delayed. It is not often, but I have seen delays as long as 14 minutes. Does not seem to matter if the phone is on WIFI or cellular data. I have seen this reported problem with other users on the WYZE board. Sure wish there was a solution as they are neat products.
i wanted to use it both of my side fence entrance. is it waterproof? also for egret bird alert roaming around my backyard pond trying to eat my koi fish.
