Nice video review, thank you. My question is if the Wifi in the home goes out/disconnects, will the detector units and base station still talk to each other? i tried contacting X-sense but i could not get a straight answer.
Chances are it is a liablity thing with xsense. I did a test where I turned off my wifi and smoked my detector. Even without wifi access the base station still wend off as well as the other interconnected detectors. Granted I did not get a notification on my phone so if I was not home I would not know. But everything else does seem to work.
Question if you know, X-Sense claims an optimal range of 1700ft I'm assuming in a clear and open area. We all know that's not really possible so what is the "real world" range? Also, does the base station only take up 1 wifi spot on your network vs. the non-"base station" wifi versions using 1 wifi spot for each device? That would be a real advantage to having a base station if you were limited on the amount of devices that are connected to your router
Range is trickey as it can depend on building materials of the home. I have a 1400sft home and they work just fine. With a hub your wifi network only sees one device and the rest of the X-Sense devices connect it it.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Thank You. We live in a larger house so I'm sure centralizing this and being in a more open area would be the key to success here. Still, we'd only need to go maybe 100 - 150 lineal feet in all directions at most to hit each smoke alarm. It would just be through several walls (drywall and wood). We currently use a mesh wifi system which works well in deifferent areas, but if we were to add 7-8 smoke alarms and maybe 5-6 water sensors, etc. it would take up a lot of device room on our wifi system so using a centralized solution would seem better
@@bigtrace67 Very true you would either need a good wifi setup or something like this. I have around 48 smart devices on my network, but have a very good wifi system and 1gb speeds from my provider. The X-Sense hub is great because once you get it setup it only needs power so placing it can be simpler.
Some helpful time stamps:
Intro: 0:00
In the box: 0:44
Base station: 1:23
Smoke detector: 2:03
Setup Base station: 3:44
Setup Smoke detector: 6:40
App Base station: 8:50
App Smoke detector: 9:56
Testing: 12:09
Cons: 14:44
Conclusion: 15:53
Nice video review, thank you. My question is if the Wifi in the home goes out/disconnects, will the detector units and base station still talk to each other? i tried contacting X-sense but i could not get a straight answer.
Chances are it is a liablity thing with xsense. I did a test where I turned off my wifi and smoked my detector. Even without wifi access the base station still wend off as well as the other interconnected detectors. Granted I did not get a notification on my phone so if I was not home I would not know. But everything else does seem to work.
Question if you know, X-Sense claims an optimal range of 1700ft I'm assuming in a clear and open area. We all know that's not really possible so what is the "real world" range? Also, does the base station only take up 1 wifi spot on your network vs. the non-"base station" wifi versions using 1 wifi spot for each device? That would be a real advantage to having a base station if you were limited on the amount of devices that are connected to your router
Range is trickey as it can depend on building materials of the home. I have a 1400sft home and they work just fine. With a hub your wifi network only sees one device and the rest of the X-Sense devices connect it it.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Thank You. We live in a larger house so I'm sure centralizing this and being in a more open area would be the key to success here. Still, we'd only need to go maybe 100 - 150 lineal feet in all directions at most to hit each smoke alarm. It would just be through several walls (drywall and wood). We currently use a mesh wifi system which works well in deifferent areas, but if we were to add 7-8 smoke alarms and maybe 5-6 water sensors, etc. it would take up a lot of device room on our wifi system so using a centralized solution would seem better
@@bigtrace67 Very true you would either need a good wifi setup or something like this. I have around 48 smart devices on my network, but have a very good wifi system and 1gb speeds from my provider. The X-Sense hub is great because once you get it setup it only needs power so placing it can be simpler.
@@Wanderer001_Reviews Thank you, that's very helpful :)