#HA Tuya Thermometer

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trim shore
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I am searching for a Tuya Thermometer which works with HA on Aliexpress. Can someone recommend one? I already ordered one and i am getting this Error: T & H Sensor with external probe (unsupported)

latent jetty
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But in general terms, avoid Tuya if you can 🙂

devout raft
# latent jetty But in general terms, avoid Tuya if you can 🙂

my experience is that (ZigBee) Tuya stuff is pretty much fine. Been having far more issues with Ikea Zigbee devices thus far. And either way, most alternatives usually cost like 3-5x as much or more, so I think having like 1 in 20ish devices DoA is bearable

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I have one of these in every room as well as the plant growth boxes (I just look for the general style, not a particular brand or something usually)

grafik.png
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Wifi-based Tuya devices are a bit icky to me, because I'd be letting them into my network and the internet. That said, I like the general concept, from how I understand it, "Tuya" produces microcontrollers that IoT device manufacturers use to build their stuff. The microcontroller is essentially configured in a way slightly similar to something like ESPHome and talks to Tuyas servers. That way, you don't end up with every manufacturer running their own, badly secured cloud, that they're going to shutt off within a year of shipping your device

minor burrow
devout raft
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but yeah, Sonoff is generally pretty solid

minor burrow
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hmm they must've gone up in price - i bought mine for about £3.50 each a couple of years ago (though that was in a set of 12 so there was probably some discounts)
fair point on the battery though! rechargeables are much more convenient provided the lifetime doesn't drop too much

devout raft
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I love the Sonoff thermostats though, so much better than the Bosch thermostat I used to have, while being 6x cheaper