Prevent THOUSANDS in damages with these smart water monitors.

I tested all the major brands and best selling smart water monitors. Not all technologies are made equally, and the FLO by Moen stuck out as being the best by far. Smart Water Monitor Buyers Guide (Moen FLO, Flume, Streamlabs, Phyn)
Monitors Tested (Rankings):
Flo By Moen: amzn.to/3jRrok2
Flume 2 Water Meter: amzn.to/3A88TgE
Phyn Smart Water Assistant: amzn.to/2WYtvdf
Streamlabs Monitor: amzn.to/2Yta8sX
Streamlabs Control: www.streamlabswater.com/control
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[@zaytooni]

Flume just got rid of their yearly subscription, making it the best value at this point 👌

[@johnwhite2576]

Suggestion for all those having professional inst all-get your plumber to also install and manual ball valve in parallel so if the device shuts down inappropriately,breaks etc, you can by pass-also be sure to have them use couplings on BOTH sides of the valve so YOU can easily replace when the tiem comes without another plumbers fee-plumber will balk but make him do it!

[@PPPDCO]

Any monitoring system without automatic shutoff is just a total waste of money!

[@Catsrules1]

Ahh such a bummer these devices are so heavily cloud integrated it would be so cool if the meters themselves had MQTT or Modbus or some other common standard you can connect a local server up to.

[@fosterslover]

Flume no longer requires a subscription.

[@j36606]

Where is the non cloud, local api, open source one? A mechanical meter will last decades. These will last until the manufacturer decides to shut them off because it's not profitable.

[@publicmail2]

Streamlabs company as of 2022 has gone downhill, they have a 3rd party company take calls and are supposed to call you back, but didn't return my calls. Push texts stopped which is very important feature and I have enhanced subscription. When you call they ask if you are the plumber calling, doing an install, so you may have to say that for them to give you the privilege of talking to them to support their product.

[@davenz000]

Smart home products should not have a monthly fee to enable connection to Home Assistant (or other compatible HUB), a fee for value add cloud services - maybe, but it's no guarantee the company will stay in business.

[@CMDRSloma]

The goal of smart meters is to save money by being able to monitor usage and detect leaks. Subscription kills the first critical point of replacing the 'dumb' meter with the smart one. Naaa thanks but no, thanks. Otherwise Rob, good video as always.

[@CPickler]

I've got the Moen Flo as well as their smart leak detectors positioned around the house. It has already paid for itself in detecting some issues we otherwise would not have found for quite some time.

[@huskerminion9937]

Nice video, confirmed my decision to install the Moen Flo at both my homes. They are both installed and working great!

[@nevillevanderwesthuizen5517]

Great video as always! Just a note from someone who is in the industrial automation trade on the ultrasonic flow meters, you should get better accuracy is you install the meter at an angle in relation to the pipe, if you install it on top of the pipe small bubbles in the line an affect the readings. Also, the rule of thumb with flow meters is to install the meter in a straight section of pipe that is 10x the diameter of the pipe after and 5x the diameter before any bends, fittings, valves and couplings to ensure laminar flow. That said, I’m not sure if it will make a major difference as 1.5% is already a small error.

[@groto27]

Man you are so thorough! Amazing job as always. So awesome you get to do this full time now. There may be a Moen in my future 😁

[@bradkrekelberg8624]

Thank you so much for posting this! We had a leak develop recently while we were on vacation and ended up with a $500 water bill, so naturally I became very interested in these. I've struggled to find much information about them until this video. I was very skeptical about the non-plumbed options, but found the info here very interesting. I had been leaning towards the Moen Flo, and was happy to find that you came to the same conclusion after conducting thorough testing. Thanks again!

[@dankelley9361]

Excellent and timely review! I love the way you talk clearly about the different products and explain their differences! The Moen seems very promising, now if they can only reduce the cost, I’d gladly go that route!

[@Corgitronics]

Great video! And, good timing as I had come across the Moen FLO a couple of weeks ago and was considering it.

[@PaulDinwiddie]

Thank you for posting all these VERY informative videos. I know it's a lot of work, I have done it myself. (I have a BFA in Computer Art. ) I appreciate you and all your hard work! Keep them coming.

[@dennismoore3678]

Love the videos man. You test things like I would

[@ChristianLappinOFFICIAL]

Great video as usual. I was on the fence about the Moen Flow and seeing all the research and testing you put into this I am feeling better pulling the trigger and getting this project going. 2 years ago I was out of my house for a year due to a water pipe break while I was out of town. Don't want to relive that again!

[@G00359285]

Very helpful and informative. His in-depth analysis was spot on!