00:00So, a few winters ago I came home to about an inch of water in my laundry room, a burst
00:04supply line
00:05that had been quietly spraying for who knows how long. $2,000 in damage from a part that costs $4.
00:12That's why I went down the rabbit hole on water leak sensors, and today I'm walking you through
00:16the top 5 ZigBee leak detectors I've found, all with genuinely great deals right now.
00:21Let's get into it.
00:23First up is the ZigBee 3.0 water sensor that works with any Tuya ZigBee gateway,
00:28and the thing I love most about this one is just how dead simple it is.
00:32You pull the battery tab, pair it in about 30 seconds, and stick it wherever water shouldn't be.
00:38The moment the two little contacts on the bottom get wet, you get a loud onboard buzzer plus an
00:43instant push notification on your phone. And it's $6.44. Nearly 5,000 people have bought this thing
00:51with a 4.9 rating. At that price you're not buying one, you're buying four and covering your whole
00:57house. Next is the Tuya ZigBee 3.0 smart water sensor, and this one's for the tinkerers out there.
01:04The headline feature here is that it plays nicely with ZigBee 2MQTT, which means if you're running
01:10home assistant, you can pull this thing in locally with no cloud dependency at all.
01:15Set it up to shut off a smart water valve, flash your lights, whatever you want.
01:20It runs $6.77, sitting at a 4.6 rating with almost $4,900 sold.
01:27If you want a leak sensor that fits into a real automation setup instead of a walled garden,
01:31this is your pick.
01:33Coming in at number 3 is the Tuya ZigBee 3.0 Leakage Alarm Detector,
01:37and this is the cheapest one on the list at $6.20.
01:41What stood out to me is the remote alert side of things, you get app notifications wherever you are,
01:47which honestly is the whole point. A leak alarm screaming in an empty house doesn't help anybody.
01:53It's got a 4.9 rating with over 4,800 sold, and the battery life on these is typically a
01:58year or two.
01:59For the price of a coffee, it's the easiest insurance policy you'll ever buy.
02:05Number 4 is the ZigBee Water Leak Sensor with Linkage Alarm Support,
02:09and this one's built specifically with kitchens and bathrooms in mind.
02:13The linkage part is the real feature, it can trigger other devices in your system automatically,
02:18so a leak under the sink can kill power to a smart plug or set off a siren in your
02:22bedroom at 3am.
02:23It's $7.50, a 4.9 rating, and works with Tuya, Smart Life, and ZigBee 2M QTT.
02:31Slightly more money, but you're getting a sensor that actually does something instead of just
02:35complaining. And finally, the Acura Water Leak Sensor. Yes, it's $16.65, more than double the
02:43others, but there's a reason this one has a following. The build quality is a different
02:48league, it's properly IP67 rated, and it hooks into Apple HomeKit through the Acura Hub,
02:53which none of the others on this list do. Over 4,000 sold with a 4.9 rating.
02:59If you're already in the Acura or Mi Home ecosystem, or you just want something you can
03:04put behind the water heater and forget about for 5 years, this is the one I trust.
03:09All 5 links are down in the description with the current deals attached,
03:13so grab whichever one fits your setup. If this saved you from a flooded basement,
03:17do me a favor and hit that like button, and subscribe if you want more smart home
03:21stuff that's actually worth the money. Catch you in the next one.
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