Douglas3d ago

Does anyone have recommendations for garage door and man door sensors?

I've got two garage doors and a man door that I would like to monitor, and I wouldn't mind having a couple of occupancy sensors.

It doesn't need to connect to any smart home stuff but that wouldn't be a bad thing, either.

Show threadDouglas3d ago

I actually would be interested in some window and door sensors for other places as well. Maybe it's time to initiate a Home Assistant installation to do some automation...

It would be nice to know we forgot to close a window before bed.

Show threadScott Murray 3d ago
@douglasvb I used to use Eve door/window sensors because they worked with Apple Home (what I was using at the time) and had the best privacy stance. I would recommend them IF your physical layout is such that the signals reach your server. (There are various bridges and extenders but I didn’t want to get into that.)
Show threadDouglas3d ago
@scott thanks! That might work for me.
Show threadScott Murray 
@douglasvb as I recall they are a bit pricier because they don’t suck your data out and sell it to Google etc :) also very solid construction. At the time they didn’t make a garage-specific sensor but I just used the regular door/window sensors
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