TP-Link Tapo Motion Sensor, Requires Tapo Hub, Long Battery Life w/Sub-1G Low-Power Wireless Protocol, Wide Range Detection, Adjustable Sensitivity, Real-Time Notification, Smart Action, Tapo T100

Tapo has quickly become my all-time favorite brand in home automation. The battery life on their wireless sensors is super, and the connectivity is almost always on-spot. I've had this motion sensor in a high-traffic area for over a year and have not yet received a low-battery notification. I haven't had anything fail yet and as long as the network connection is solid, they're very responsive!! These are Chineese-owned, so whatever telemetry data they're sending over seas can be questionable.. Especially at the pricing point most Tapo devices sell at. It just seems like a high quality, great value for your money!

Use to turn on and off Tapo smart plug for a water heater recirculation pump. Works very well. Easy setup in the app.

Edit: Looks like geofencing was turned on in the Tapo app today :) Edit2: I really love these things. I have 3 of them now. My oldest one is a year and a half old and no issues with the battery even though I walk by it many times a day. It's great. I have always liked Kasa products for my smart home. In the past I was not able to find good motion, humidity and temperature sensors for the Google Home side of things. I think this Tapo line is fairly new and i only noticed it recently, however, the Tapo line appears to fill in some holes that existed in their lineup. Important note, this device does require a Tapo hub, sold separately. I have a bunch of quite old Kasa bulbs and switches that were integrated in the old Kasa app. I was worried that this new Tapo app would not talk to the legacy Kasa app but that worry was unfounded. The Kasa app and the Tapo app linked to each other seamlessly. I can see all my legacy devices now in the Tapo app and it brought over all my automations. Connecting the motion sensor to the Tapo app was straightforward. Important exception, the Tapo app doesn't have geo-fencing yet. So be aware if that's a major selling point for you it isn't enabled in Tapo, yet. The motion sensor works pretty much the way you would expect. It's quite sensitive, I can activate it just by waving my hand at it from 10 feet away. It also comes with a stick on pad and a nifty ball and socket connection that lets you aim it just the way you need. It's a nicely implemented little motion sensor. On a side note, I used to have all kinds of issues with my smart devices and recently I specifically created, on my router, a separate AP that only uses 2.4ghz. Then when I connect devices that require 2.4ghz I use that AP (I named it router2.4 to make it easy to identify). I recommend that and most routers support doing it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five Stars – Highly Recommend! I’m really impressed with this purchase. The product arrived quickly, was packaged well, and worked exactly as described. The quality is excellent, and it has performed even better than I expected. It’s clear that a lot of thought went into the design and usability. Overall, this has been a great value for the price, and I’m extremely satisfied. I would definitely buy it again and recommend it to others looking for something reliable and well-made.

With 6 of these Tapo Motion Sensors now installed, I can say that all of them do their designed job. I'm using them to control lights in an Alexa controlled setup. Once set up properly and positioned correctly, they do not fail to trigger the lights that are assigned to each of them. The annoyance comes after the initial trigger and may well be an issue of compatibility between the Tapo firmware and the Alexa system. If you just want them to turn on a light, no problems. If you program it to shut off that light after a designated time of inactivity, you're in for some issues. The sensor seems to become arbitrary after the initial trigger. Repeated triggers during an "On" cycle seem to confuse the setup and the result is inconsistent and confusing. The light may turn off and on with varying time delays. Used as an "On" switch with no timed shut-off, they do the job. As an example, I live alone and enter the kitchen 4-5 total times each day. The sensor turns on the light and shuts it off after 30 min. Normally it does exactly that unless I stay in the room beyond the assigned 30 min. That will result in the light going into a totally arbitrary false On/Off sequence. Several min. of inactivity seems to return it to normal. I'm not sure who is at fault here, TP-Link (Tapo) or Alexa but, in any event, I keep installing more of them. Go figure!

I wanted to be able to actuate lamps on Kasa smart plugs, in two rooms remote to where we came down the stairs. I spent a few weeks screwing around with a PIR sensor and an esp32 and got it working until I fired up the esp's WiFi, which generated spurious triggers whenever there was WiFi activity. Before going down an arduous path of noise detection and isolation I decided to roll the dice on this sensor and a tapo hub. Total investment of $30 on black Friday deals. Works like a friggin charm. Took less than 5min to set up and has more flexibility than what I had come up with. I just semi-regret not starting here in the first place. While I learned a lot, I also wasted a lot of time. Kudos to TP-Link for integrating the Kasa stuff with the tapo app. Now, if they'd just add MQTT functionality into their hub/app it would be perfect.

Stopped detecting motion within a month, actually one day before return period ended. And we were out of town so have to pay for a replacement. It still shows up on the hub, but the motion detecting function is not operating. Tried changing batter with a new one and that did not help. Tried removing and readding and that did not help.

I put this on the basement stairs. Using Alexa I wrote a routine that turns on the basement lights when motion is detected. The routine only runs in the evening. You don't have to use Alexa, just my personal preference. I did turn down the sensitivity because in this placement I will pass close to the device. Other settings are notifications OFF and interval to 60 seconds (maximum). I also have an Echo (5th gen) in the basement which is supposed to turn off the lights when it realizes nobody is down there.

Good quality and perfect price!!

Even though the dimensions are literally on the second photo, it was difficult for me to visualize until in my hand. The sensor is quite small but very effective. I use this for my bathroom lights, and jimmied up a little box that the sensor sits inside. It only detects motion when walking past the threshold of the door. Walk in, lights on. Walk out, lights off. And I even have the sensitivity set to Low because it will detect even the smallest movement from a few feet away when set to High. Tapo products are well made and reasonably priced. I would recommend this sensor, paired with smart bulbs, to anyone wanting to automate their home. And the app makes programming very easy. There's now a 60 minute limit in the bathroom. If the lights are on and there's no motion for 60 minutes, the lights turn off. Truly a great product!

Funciona perfectamente, registra los movimientos y se pueden lanzar muchas acciones como tocar un timbre, enviar un mensaje, prender luces, etc.

Nifty little device that pairs with the app well, and can be added to a Google home for automation. Battery life is great for the indoor ones, but dies quick oitnin my non heated shed during the cold season. But it is nice to open the door and have it activate a light, and when no motion is detected, turn that light back off!

Muy bueno producto