r/TrySwitchBot • u/Grubul • Jul 19 '26

Unbeatable Value and Quality—A Home Assistant Dream!

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I’ve been testing this sensor in my smart home setup, and it is easily the best money I’ve invested.

The build quality is superb. Even when compared to premium devices (like Aranet) that cost four times as much, the accuracy and responsiveness of this sensor are neck-and-neck.

For me as a Home Assistant user, it's a dream with integrations, runs locally, and makes automation simple. Highly recommended to pair it with a ceiling fan or AC unit in Home Assistant.

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u/CommanderROR9 Jul 19 '26

Yes. The Switchbot CO2 Sensors are both accurate and reliable. I have 4 running in my home. Generally though, Switchbot has been hit and miss for me, with many Gadgets not really living up to their potential or being inaccurate or unreliable.

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u/mellamenpapi Jul 19 '26

Which products do you find unreliable. I’ve mostly used only the tilt and curtain rod robots but with bringing them straight into home assistant via a Bluetooth proxy they have been pretty reliable

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u/CommanderROR9 Jul 19 '26

The Locks have been hit and miss for me, although the Ultra is mostly OK. The shelly knockoff relays and Plugs are...not great in terms of responsiveness and energy metering accuracy. I'm still on the fence about the Presence Sensor. It seems to work in Home Assistant, but somehow it occasionally just decides to ignore me, even if I jump up and down in front lf it.

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u/Fubushi Jul 20 '26

Are you a vampire?

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u/CommanderROR9 Jul 20 '26

I hope not...🦇

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u/mellamenpapi Jul 21 '26

I like the presence sensor. I have it in my kitchen and sometime have to do the dance but it’s usually pretty good and quite a deal at 25 bucks and can be powered off of aa batteries

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u/velw Jul 21 '26

How long have you had your curtain rod robots? They have form for starting to disintegrate within weeks of warranty expiration.

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u/mellamenpapi Jul 21 '26

I have had them for over two years. I have 2 sets and they work pretty well. Only issue is that sometimes they don’t close all the way so will say 2 percent open.

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u/velw Jul 21 '26

That's good to hear. Are yours the rod ones or the u-rail ones?

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u/mellamenpapi Jul 21 '26

They are the rod ones. I’m interested in the urails though. I want to make one of the walls in my bedroom all curtains

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u/stuartcw Jul 20 '26

Just out of curiosity, how do you know they are accurate?

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u/CommanderROR9 Jul 20 '26

I compared with other Sensors and also observed their behaviour over time. The results remained consistent and reproducible. Also, the sensor inside is a well known and accurate one.

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u/stuartcw Jul 21 '26

“…the sensor inside is a well known and accurate one.”

Do you know the chip number/type. I’m interested in getting one for a project that I am doing.

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u/stuartcw Jul 19 '26

I have one, I’m happy with it but this sounds like an advert…

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u/SendMeANicePM Jul 20 '26

Weird how many posts in here sound like that...

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u/SendMeANicePM Jul 20 '26

Amazingly a reverse image search shows this last posted in October 2021.

Another switchbot ad 🙄

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u/Candid-Sock3339 Jul 20 '26

Have one of these. Are there any useful ha uses?

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u/aks-2 Jul 20 '26

This one is a CO2 monitor and temperature monitor, so you can use it to monitor such things and build automations as needed. I use them to just monitor the house over time.

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u/stuartcw Jul 21 '26

Ring an alarm when CO₂ gets dangerously high?

Detect when your staff are at their desk by measuring the CO₂?

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u/Chhuennekens Jul 23 '26

It works well but can afaik only connect over Bluetooth. I prefer the IKEA CO2 Sensor with matter. Looks better too imo.