Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors
by Thomas Ricker from The Verge - All Posts on (#6GQ9Z)
(Left) Badring water leak sensor; (Right) the Parasoll door and window sensor pair. | Image: Ikea
Ikea's push to democratize the smart home continues with the introduction of three new Zigbee sensors that won't break the bank. There's Parasoll, the door and window sensor; Vallhorn, the motion sensor; and Badring, the water leakage sensor. They'll all be priced less than $10 when they go on sale globally in the first half of next year.
Parasoll is a typical window and door sensor that can be discretely mounted to trigger an automation when an open / close event is detected. It can also be paired directly with an Ikea light bulb right out of the box without needing to buy and configure an Ikea Home smart hub. It's priced at 9.99 in Europe, but exact US pricing is yet to be confirmed for it or any of Ikea's three new sensors.
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