ecobeeSmart Sensor for Doors & Windows 2 Pack - Wifi Contact Sensor for Home Security, Energy Savings - Compatible with Smart Thermostats - Temperature sensor, white

I've long avoided door and window sensors because most of them have an ear-splitting alarm built in, and while I understand the reason for that, I'd rather my dog not be traumatized every time I accidentally set it off. So these ecobee contact sensors are actually pretty perfect for me -- without the monitoring subscription. They're simple to set up, I don't need to change the batteries often, and they do nothing more than send a notification to my phone when the door/window is opened or closed. That's it, and that's the main thing I need from them.For everyone else... Well, you're probably going to find them useless without a subscription. If you pay for their monitoring subscription, the sensors can alert you to motion, turn off your HVAC if a door or window is left open, tell you when someone's home, and remind you to arm the system when you're leaving. Without the subscription, you get none of that, so keep that in mind when considering whether to purchase. Granted, the subscription's pretty cheap, but it is extra money you'll be spending each month.

These are awesome devices to integrate with your ecobee HVAC thermostat system. Can use to pause/adjust your HVAC or just for security/monitoring purposes or the build automations. Either way these are simple and awesome with great battery life

One of the big selling points for me with the sensors were the fact that the AC unit would turn off when activated by opening the door.Incredible feature loved it worked for the first 30 days. Then all of a sudden feature stopped working when I look at my ecobee account apparently this is a monthly premium feature. You have to pay for this feature, best part after three days you're out of the window for Amazon return kind of convenient?

Just installed a set on my garage roll up door. Do to garage door and frame height differences, l had make a small bracket to align the Ecobee switches. These new smart sensors are not having any problems with the 80’ distance to my garage door. Playing with the app interface and so far I’m liking everything.

The sensors themselves are very well built and are very easy to setup. They also seemed a bit overpriced for what you get perhaps 20 to 25 dollars per sensor would be more appropriate than 40 dollars per sensor. Also it seems to require a Ecobee Haven subscription to make any use of them and for me not having an Ecobee camera it just doesn't make sense. I am currently using Ring Cameras and already have a subscription for that so I don't really need another subscription just to receive notifications from these sensors. Also they sensors don't seem to support IFTTT.What would make these sensors a whole lot useful is if Ecobee enabled their use without a Haven subscription or lowered the cost of the subscription for people not using the cameras. Also it would be really nice if they enabled IFTTT support with them, in my opinion that would make them a whole lot more useful.

Product works as designed and helps save energy bill costs when the door is left open bringing in groceries and works with the Ecobee Premium thermostat to turn off units. It has a toggle feature that notifies me about the door opening/closing and that is nice to have when you have kids. Excellent addition to smart home.

While the subscription is expensive for the features it gives, the sensors are amazing and worth the price overall. Being able to turn off my heater when a door or window is left open is a great and useful feature. More importantly, the accuracy of the open/close reporting is reassuring and trustworthy. I have sixteen sensors setup in the 2400 sq ft two story house and occasionally get a disconnect alert but not worth making a big deal about. It would be nice if they had a better mesh feature to eliminate this communication issue.

Customer support was amazing. I followed the installation guide and still wasn’t getting power to the thermostat. It was incredibly frustrating bc I was sure I did everything correctly. Called customer support and an actual person troubleshot the issue very quickly (blown out fuse on the furnace).Everything works as expected now and it pairs well with the doorbell cam. It’s only the first day and I’ll probably find things I wish it does better. But at least I know I have real customer support, which means a lot to me.