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Screek presence sensor (sub.wetshaving.social)

submitted 3 months ago by walden@sub.wetshaving.social to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I'm using a run of the mill motion sensor in the living room that turns the lights off after a certain duration of no motion (unless the TV is on). Sometimes the lights turn off when I'm still in the room because I'm stationary.

I know people seem to like the mmWave sensors for this and I'm considering getting a Screek 2A from eBay.

I'm curious if anyone here has used one. Thanks!

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You watch TV with the lights on‽ What kind of a monster are you??

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 6 points 3 months ago

Soft white (2700K), ~800 lumen bulbs. It's pretty cozy with the lights on. Not harsh at all.

[–] giacomo@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

its the x-files tho

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

So show me yours, I'll show you mine, "Tool Time"
You'll Lovett just like Lyle
And then we'll do it doggy style
So we can both watch X-Files

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am using one and I found it quite unreliable. Sometimes too sensitive, catches motion that happens far away. Often blind, just ignores the most obvious motion.

Plan on combining it with sensors of other technology to compensate that.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 3 months ago

That's a bummer.

[–] thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve got two of the Screek 2A sensors and think they’re good. Mmwave technology isn’t a magic bullet that automatically works every time, like all radio tech there are some limitations.

I use one to turn on a light in a hallway and the other to detect when someone approaches the front door and issue an alert via ntfy.sh. Once in a while it misses some motion, so I’d probably not recommend it if you were building a human life kind of scenario, but they’re fine for me.

More importantly, they’re well supported by HA/ESPHome, open source, inexpensive and compact.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 3 months ago

Thanks, good info.