Motion Sensor, White

I use these with a custom Zigbee setup not with Hive directly. They are very reliable in terms of connection and performance. The battery lasts a fair time, 3-6 months with regular triggers. Seems stable on Zigbee and doesn't drop out like similar products from other brands. Looks quite pleasant too especially when fitted into a corner, blends in well. Seems to trigger well but does get triggered by our cats which was expected. Attaching it to the wall is easy and they seem sticky and strong enough to not fall off, some I've had up a few years. Not to big but holds a better size battery so worth the additional size to allow longer times between changing.

The Hive range of products are well built and reliable, the sensor is simple to add through the app and quick to configure routines to include other Hive products such as lightbulbs. I have this set up so when I open the front door between certain times it turns on the lights in the lounge. Works well and would recommend if you require a quick way of triggering simple routines to integrate other Hive products.

Not sure if it's the position it in , but so times it doesn't register a person , but it works well when it does, have it to set so a light comes on in the eve and then a different one in the early hours

Would probably work well within it's own ecosystem, however, I already have made a considerable investment in smart lights from another manufacturer. This would not usually be an issue as services such as IFTTT allow for interactivity between smart devices from different manufacturers. It would seem that while Hive devices are quite willing to take an input from another device or service and carryout an action (i.e. if it gets dark turn the lights on, if it gets cold turn the heating on) It's quite a different story with their output devices, so instead of the motion detector simply sending an alert to another API and that then carrying out an action, the best you can do is get a notification on your phone or tablet and then set up another action to act on receipt of that notification. This is an unreliable and slow method to achieve an outcome which should be simple and straightforward. EDIT:- Anyone who is tech savvy, BUY THIS SENSOR! Then, set it free with a ZigBee hub and tasmota! Have connected two off these sensors to a third party ZigBee hub, and both have so much more going on than just the IR motion detector, although they are both different..... One also has a temperature sensor, a luminance sensor as well as battery and signal levels. The other has temperature and 'occupancy sensors and also transmits battery and signal levels! OOH THE ZIGBEE!

Edit: Hive resolved this issue and I know have 1 sensor switching on 4 bulbs perfectly every time so I've changed my review from 4 to 5 stars. I've recently kitted out my home with a number of smart devices including Hive Thermostat, bulbs and sensors and being wheelchair bound their making my life that bit easier. I have one of these sensors in the bedroom which turns on a lamp as I enter the room and that works perfectly. I put one in the kitchen to turn on 4 GU10 bulbs. It would work for a day and then stop working, if I deleted the routine and redid it then it would work for a short time. I returned a sensor thinking it was faulty but a second one was the same. I was considering what the difference is between the two rooms and decided to try only linking 2 bulbs to the kitchen sensor and that resolved the problem. I've ordered a second sensor for the kitchen to turn on the remaining 2 bulbs. It's less than ideal to have to spend that amount of money twice but for me it's worth it. Incidentally, I do also have a door sensor and that manages to turn all 4 bulbs on when coming into the kitchen.

Connects up to hive hub easily. Had it lock up eight in 9 weeks, requiring removal of battery and back in which is rather useless. Not recommended as it's useless.

The top review is negative for this item and this did put me off purchasing this for a while but then I checked the recent reviews and this had positive feedback so thought I might as well try and if I have issues Amazon’s return policy will protect me. I needed a motion sensor to turn on the bathroom light especially during the night. Once set up which is easy to do via the app this is working great. I have set multiple schedules to work at different times with different brightness’s. There is a lot of flexibility available. I still can’t understand the negative reviews as a lot of external factors can affect these, network speed, number of devices, signal strength of the device so it will work differently for everyone. I cannot fault this product it also looks great and is small and discreet. I will look to add more in the future.

Couldnt get it to connect to hive hub so returned for refund