YOLINK LoRa Smart Door & Window Sensor: Up to 1/4 Mile Open-Air Range, Door Left-Open Reminders, up to 5 Year Battery Life, Alexa, IFTTT, Home Assistant

Best contact open/closed sensor on the market. New strong signal to hub, utilizes two alkaline AAA battery batteries, runtime of batteries is 2 years,. I have six in service and have not had a dropped signal from any sensor. Also can utilize multiple programming possibilities and notifications.

The reason I decided to try YoLink and their devices . 1) The price of the hub is very reasonable, unlike other smart hubs I have been looking at. 2) All the different smart devices that Yolink has. 3) Long range. These smart devices can be way away from the hub and still work without any issues. 4) The ease of setup, the hub and devices are extremally easy to setup. Open the app, scan the bar code on the side of the device and it is connect within seconds to the hub. Then a few seconds later I get notification that Alexa has found new smart device, without needing to open the Alexa app and scan for new devices. This is great, so easy and simple to setup. 5) YoLink has many different smart devices that will work with Alexa and my other smart devices. 6) Everywhere I searched, included youtube, YoLink received very high rating. The reason I decided to try (and love) these YoLink door sensors. I wanted some sensor on/in my workshop which is over 150 feet away from my home. I could not find any sensors or smart devices that would work at that distance from my house. The wifi reaches out that far and past, just most smart devices just could not send a signal back that far. I tried adding a wifi repeater. This caused connection issues with wifi enabled smart devices. So I decided to to try Yolinks Door & Window sensors. These Yolink smart devices cover the distance with ease. I have now installed some on my barn, which is even further away from my house. Still no issues. So, Yes, I highly recommend the Yolink Door & Window sensors, hub and their other devices for the reasons stated above.

Product itself is great but not getting timely push notifications when door is opened or closed. Only received them when clicking on the application itself. Have sent an email to the company requesting assistance but so far no response. I also have the SmartThings Hub and inotifications are instant and problem-free. I just received an email from the company and they said that there is a bug in the app and theyll be releasing a new one within 7 days Ill keep you posted as to the progress and update my rating as necessary App released this morning and now push notifications coming in just fine. They need to work on their English translations for the alert, but thats a minor issue. I hope this company succeeds they have awesome products!

So I got into the YoLink LORA to get notifications from a mailbox about 200-250ft from my front door. Its a direct line of sight from there, but I started with putting the hub in the basement at the equipment rack. I figured if it didnt work there I could move it closer to the front of the house. I had no issues with range. The sensor will reliably work through a handful of walls, across the open field, and even from within the all metal mailbox. I have no doubt that without walls and a clear line of sight, 500ft would be simple. I actually think that the 1/4mile (1,320ft) advertised range might not just be marketing fluff. So far Im very pleased with YoLink. The app is easy to use, setup is dead simple, and the range is unparalleled.

Ive asked this question of the manufacturer and on this Amazon page and am awaiting an answer. If this isnt possible I may give it 3 stars. The pros: - Extremely simple to set up (I used wired ethernet connection to my router) - Door sensors can be up to 18mm apart and still be considered closed, so my weird door frames were no issue. - App is simple - Alexa and IFTTT integration available and seamless (though not very good for my purpose) Cons: - Only 1 sensor can trigger one or multiple devices. Multiple sensors cannot trigger the same device with a single command. I want ANY door that opens to trigger the siren device, and I want to be able to enable/disable that with 1 click or 1 Alexa voice command. This is not possible as far as I can tell. I would have to have separate automations for each sensor to trigger the alarm if opened. The only saving grace here is that you can set up specific hours that the automation is active. So Ive created a separate automation for each sensor that is only active at night, since I presumably wouldnt open doors in the middle of the night. If I so happen to open a door during these hours, I have a special command for Alexa to stop the siren. Without Alexa, I would need to find my phone, open the app, navigate to the siren, and press off. - User guide is very limited (19 very short pages) - Siren went off randomly with no record of the event in the first 30 minutes of using it. Not sure if this is going to be an ongoing issue (though this is not a specific problem for the door sensor in particular).

This is an excellent product, but it is a bit hard to configure. For example, my freezer is in the garage and I sure don’t want to be told every time I open the freezer door, but I do want to be told if the door is left open for more than five minutes. Configuring the 5 minute alert was quite the chore and yet I’m certain that’s quite a common request? so they could’ve given a real example. Also, once you register your email address with the app, you are forced to register a second time on their website. That second registration is really not obvious. Nonetheless, I have bought additional sensors from them

I installed this in a medium-gauge steel mailbox 125 feet from the hub which sits inside a wood frame house. Despite reading a very weak -120dBm signal strength in the app, the sensor triggers correctly every time the mailbox is opened. The app is superb, allowing you to define what aspect of the event triggers a text or email: opening, closing, or being open for a specified length of time. You can pick whether to get text, email, neither, or both. For tech geeks, this merits 6 stars. Ive also got the excellent leak sensors.

Easy to install and reasonably priced.

Im sold on the Yolink product line. This door sensor was a snap to install and set up alerts on my phone. Im getting a couple more of these as well as their other products.

Great Product!!! You can used on door, windows. Super easy to setup(just scan the code bar). The integration with the HUB its a piece a cake(be sure to buy the hub separately or a combo). You can also buy a siren alarm from this same company if you want any noise for any who tries to enter your place.