Aqara Zigbee Vibration Sensor, Wireless Mini Glass Break Detector for Alarm System, Home Automation, Requires Aqara Hub (not 3rd-Party), Compatible with Apple HomeKit, Alexa, IFTTT, Home Assistant

I purchased two. These work great and are an acceptable price. They are not fully functional in Alexa routines. I used these to tell me when my washer and dryer completed their cycle. I didn’t purchase the feature on the machines when I purchased them 14 years ago.

I have an older Generac home generator. I use the sensor to determine if generator it does its weekly 15 min test. I used a waterproof case purchased from Etsy to protect the sensor. Works great.

Disclosure that I do not use an Aqara Hub, but have this connected to Home Assistant via a ConBee II ZigBee Gateway. (Original Post - Updated Below) As an On/Off binary sensor, yes, these work. But as a vibration sensor, that’s a bit of a stretch. As the device sends signals back to any connected ZigBee gateway, it is the function of the sensor to report action/inaction, and thus my experience is not due to missing some feature only provided by an Aqara hub. I was hoping for a true vibration sensor, but found that it didn’t pick up on vibrations so much as reporting jarring events. For instance, when attached to the frame my truck’s engine is mounted on, turning the internal combustion engine on did not cause a vibration alert. When attached to the internal mechanics of an automatic expresso machine that grinds and packs beans – no vibration. Same with a washer, a dryer, and the floor of my old school metal mailbox. In fact, it didn’t detect vibration when attached to the front of a running machine. I got a trigger when attached to the seat of a rowing machine, and if attached to the back under belt frame of said rowing machine. Even then, what I got back was sporadic at best. For instance, in a 30 minute constant rowing machine session, it toggled between “clear” and “vibration” almost every minute. In other areas where it was a jarring event, like opening a door/cabinet, or other single big movement object – it worked fine. But nothing more subtle, and not a true vibration happening – not a vibration happening sensor. This might possibly be a good replacement for an open/close sensor when you don’t have room to place both components, but it is not a vibration sensor. UPDATE: The sensitivity level can be adjusted programmatically using either Home Assistant's Developer Tools\Services utility, or the deCONZ\Phoscon API. The device has a 21 step sensitivity range, and when adjusted to more sensitive, it picks things up as expected. Still not a 5 as you have to go through a few hoops that most users won't want to try.

I bought this device to attach to a dishwasher as part of a home automation system. It has poor pairing behavior. If it cannot pair within a few seconds after entering pairing mode, it turns off. Once on the network, it has trouble staying connected. Once I got it connected, the vibration detect was inconsistent and erratic, and required an absurdly high amount of force before it detected anything. For example, placing it on a bass guitar and strumming a string does not trigger vibration. Dropping it onto a firm but padded surface from about 4-6 inches does. Not sure what the use case is for this product but the one I used was not a vibration sensor, more like a crash sensor, which is not what I need. If the sensitivity settings can be changed, it's not through ZHA.

I have chronic headaches and often need to take an abortive medication but have to be sure I don’t take it too often, lest I start getting rebound headaches. I’m really bad at remembering when I took my last dose and even worse at manually tracking it. Then, I saw a YouTube short from Aqara showing this sensor being used atop a pill bottle lid to help track when a medication is taken. Bingo. It requires a hub, so I waited for the M2 to go on sale then got both. It’s super important to follow the instructions for setting up the hub first, then the sensor to a tee or you will find yourself frustrated enough to toss it out the window. But if you do things in the correct order, it’s simple and fast. The sensor works fine inside the Aqara app, but really shines in the Alexa app. I quickly created a routine to send a notification to my phone that says “headache medicine taken” when a tilt is detected. If I move the bottle around and haven’t taken a dose, I simply clear that notification from my phone screen. It does disconnect from the hub on occasion, but there’s a button on the side to reset it, and when pushed, the hub will tell me the sensor is online and working correctly, then it’s good to go. It still gets 5 stars because I’ve finally found a system that’s working for me and a simple way to track data to share with my doctor. Does this sound like a lot of money between the hub and sensor to spend on a medication reminder? Sure. But, it’s worth it to me, since it means I’m not taking too much headache medicine and that I can help my doctor more accurately treat my headaches. And now I can buy all the sensors…just because.

I actually purchased two of these devices and have issues with both. After a couple of days they totally stop working. The first one I wrote off to just a defective unit, and since I did not have the original packaging anymore I could not return it. Plus the cost of the sensor wasn't a big deal that I did not get a replacement. I really wanted it to work, so I purchased another one. On the first day I paired it to my Zigbee controller, it reported the battery at 35%, so I put a new battery in it. Then it reported the battery at 98% and it worked for about a week. Then the Aqara app showed it was offline and I cannot get it to pair again, not even with a new battery. I have Aqara sensors all over my house and they work great. For some reason this vibration sensor just does not seem to be up to the task. I guess I cannot recommend this sensor, but all the other Aqara sensors are a good by. Three stars because it is Aqara, but for this device, no star.

I ordered this to swap out the door/window sensor that I was previously using for notifications when a package was delivered in the bin on my porch, since the it was getting knocked off constantly from larger packages. This works much better as I was able to attach it to the inside of the lid so it is out of the way and the opening/closing of the lid has been very reliable so far with notifications. I have the round hub with the light ring around it in the dining room that turns green when the sensor detects movement to alert us. The sensitivity on high is very responsive, I actually turned it down to medium because one day it was raining so hard that it was setting it off.

I'm using HomeAssistant with a ZBDongle-E with Zigbee firmware 8.0.x running in Zigbee2MQTT. Even with the sensitivity set to "1" of "21", it still wouldn't acknowledge vibrations. It's slow to respond with the timeout set lower than default. It did pair up right away and some values took a little while to appear like battery. However, I can't tell when the timeout is up and when it actually does what it's supposed to. This thing is very inconsistent and I can't trust it to last long. Your mileage may vary. I'd rather have a larger device with a better battery (and more reliable) than trust this. Some people have had good luck with Aqara products. The only luck I've had with their devices are the FP2 sensors which are Wi-Fi (HomeKit) and connected to mains power. The water leak sensors I have are hit and miss, too. I will say the one in my attic has saved me quite a few times now, but the other two are inconsistent. I'll stay away from Aqara products from now on.