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Looking for ZigBee or 433MHz soil sensors! (blimps.xyz)
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Looking for ZigBee or 433MHz soil sensors!

Hello to #HomeAssistant gardeners! I'm unsure what's good right now as far as those go. Smaller sensors are better, not as small as coin cell, and especially if I can get illuminance as a sensor.

Just unsure what to pick. Reviews are mixed on so many options it feels like. Some complain ThirdReality's are too huge, some complain of disconnects.

Right now I've a generic larger ZigBee one and a tiny BLE MiFlora, and open to others.

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[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Have a look on yoochoob for "the guy with the Swiss accent" (I forgot his real account name) - he did an interesting article on soil sensors.

I bought a zigbee sensor off Ali Express and it's fine, but it's waaay to.big for a small pot plant, but fine for a large one... so "big" vs "small" is kinda relative to the plant you're monitoring.

[–] syaochan@feddit.it 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Andreas Spiess

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago

Thst's the guy!

Thanks.