Onvis CT3 Door and Window Contact sensor review - HomeKit over Thread

[@alanmurrie]

Great review as always. One tiny nit-picky point - at 9:13 you mention the Aqara sensor supporting “Thread” via the M2 hub. Did you mean Matter, rather than Thread?

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Thanks for pointing that out Alan. I will pin this comment for others to see as I did mean Matter

[@khalilchan2485]

ok thanks, I was getting a bit too excited

[@PreparedWolf34]

Why not tape or glue that side decal inside the device under the lid? That’s how you access the battery and your info should stay safe and out of sight.

[@ronaldstein8863]

I’m not sure where I would mount this for an overhead garage door. Thanks for your review. I am interested but unclear if this will work for my situation. I just want to know if the garage door is open or closed.

[@ashleyhaller]

Thanks for the review. Always good to have other options. I just wish these types of sensors had adapters available for rounded window frames. I went for Eve in the end, as I was just able to get them to stick to my windows frames, without them falling off. However, I'm not really that happy with them, after investing several for all my windows and doors. Some of them have really poor battery status stability. Some of them report a low battery randomly. And after swapping the batteries out for fresh ones. The low battery status remains, or shows random readings. Resetting them doesn't help, nor does removing them and re-adding them via the Eve app. Eve support have not been much help either. As all they were able to suggest was a reset. They are the older BT only ones, and are now out of warrantee now, so I can't send them back. Was hoping these might be an alternative, as these are Thread enabled. But, I don't think they'll stick to my curved window frames. Pity.

[@Bikepacking]

Can you do a complete guide for making a house in 2023 that has every thing thread and amateur that works with home kit

[@jasonstar9825]

Hopefully it works better than the camera that went in the bin

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Have you tried contacting them?

[@jasonstar9825]

@@HomeKitAuthority yes, nothing back and website is down

[@nicholas790]

I have the Eve ones in my HomeKit. The thread works nice, but battery life is not really a year. Also a big issue with me is that these devices don’t fit the door frame very well so the adhesive works but is not very secure because the curved surface of the door frame does not match the flat contour of the devices. I had to replace the sensor several times in my garage because the adhesive tape failed and the magnet or base fell to the ground. Looks like the same issue is on these examples. Also the larger part is not very attractive. it seems to me these device could be much smaller. And a better mounting contour of the sensors would go a long way towards more reliable performance.

[@cafultz92]

The Abode Door/Window sensors also exist. But can you integrate other HomeKit sensors to work with Abode Security?

[@HomeKitAuthority]

I was only considering thread sensors

[@kendrick.e.williams]

Can one use other THREAD Boarder Routers, such as an Ecobee? Other than Apple TV & HomePod?

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Not right now for HomeKit

[@BryanBortz]

Hey, false information at 2:04. I bought a set from your link and it did _not_ come with spacers. And now I cant use it where I needed to. You should fix this.

[@adamberry8263]

Don’t be a div! The contract of sale is with the seller, not a reviewer you fool

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Contact the seller

[@BryanBortz]

@@HomeKitAuthority what do you mean? This is definitely an over site on your part. Contacting OnVis won’t do anything for the review. It’s not like the box has room for spacers and they are missing. The two pack does not have spacers. Contrary to your review.

[@HomeKitAuthority]

I reviewed the single pack which had spacers. If you didn’t get spacers in your pack then that’s an issue between you and the seller. The pack I bought and reviewed had spacers, I cannot be responsible if the seller didn’t include them in your pack. Speak to them,

[@BryanBortz]

@@HomeKitAuthority So no updates to the description to clarify things for future people looking to learn about the CT3? Nothing? I'm disappointed. Not very authoritative ☹. Have a good day.

[@Polkster13]

And Aqara will be coming out with a Thread version of their contact sensor that does not require a hub and will be Matter compliant.

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Correct, but not at the moment

[@napoleong011]

Hopefully this one is reliable. I’m using the Aquara’s door sensor with Homekit to trigger restroom lights On/off. However, Aquara is not a reliable Homekit system. I got a lot of complaints from my family that the light is not ON/OFF when restroom doors close/open >>> Avoid Aquara at all cost !!!!

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Really? I have found Aqara worked well for me. You should contact them to troubleshot the issues

[@timmy8784]

I find this strange as well. I have some Onvis sensors now (not thread ones) and I ended up switching them out for Aqara which works WAY better and faster than the Onvis. No issues here with aqara

[@TMUR11]

and the Onvis website is....... 404 not found

[@HomeKitAuthority]

The company is working on a new website

[@01mememememe]

Nice one - an option to consider for sure

[@HomeKitAuthority]

It is a good option to consider

[@melklass4050]

Would never buy this until I see a review from HomeKit news

[@adamberry8263]

You mean sponsored review by HomeKit news 😅

[@melklass4050]

@@adamberry8263 John is well know to be a paid eve creator …. So what’s the difference?

[@HomeKitAuthority]

We do not take money for any review. Always honest about how we obtain a device. Others might take payment or not talk in a bad way to keep the brand onside. But that’s for them to worry about

[@adamberry8263]

Great Review JR

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Thank you watching and hopefully it helped

[@giovanniturco6428]

First I am glad your back keep up the good work yesterday I received from SwitchBot the new SwitchBot hub 2 to test I did notices they was no matter label on the box or hub I can’t see it on my HomeKit why ? If I could send pictures of it I would

[@HomeKitAuthority]

Hi, as far as I am aware the SwitchBot 2 hub is yet to get Matter support. In fact it’s not passed certification yet. So that’s why you will not see it in HomeKit and no matter code. Was they not clear with you about that?

[@giovanniturco6428]

@@HomeKitAuthority hi thanks for the reply no they did not mention anything about the Matter only they told me it would work?

[@HomeKitAuthority]

I am speaking with them later this week, I will ask

[@giovanniturco6428]

@@HomeKitAuthority hi I appreciate that thanks

[@giovanniturco6428]

@@HomeKitAuthority hi again I was wondering did you speak to SwitchBot about the SwitchBot hub 2 I received from them about the MATTER