Everything You Need With SwitchBot’s Security Products (Contact/Motion Sensor and Camera)
3 Security Products From SwitchBot! || Contact and Motion Sensor + Indoor Camera
Our review, unbox, and setup of the SwitchBot Contact Sensor, the SwitchBot Motion Sensor, and the SwitchBot Indoor Camera is here! I’m ready to show you everything about these 3 new security products from SwitchBot.
They haven’t been perfect, as the scenes tend to have a delay based on the internet requirement and the hubs themselves. In fact, the Contact Sensor and Motion Sensor both require the SwitchBot Mini Hub (and can’t use the existing SwitchBot Hub Plus).
Either way, these are fairly inexpensive and do work with Amazon’s Alexa app and even the Google Home app. However, they won’t work well with SmartThings at this time, and with Google, you’ll only be able to stream the camera on their smart displays. With Amazon Alexa however, the SwitchBot Motion and Contact Sensor, as well as the Indoor Camera can all trigger Alexa Routines, plus speak to people through the Echo Shows.
The SwitchBot Contact Sensor has some interesting things about it, as it’s not just a door or window sensor, but also a cabinet and a motion sensor too. It also has a button on it that you can use to tell SwitchBot you’re leaving. This can trigger scenes inside of SwitchBot’s application.
The SwitchBot Motion Sensor is really different too, as it sports a 9 meter sight. It’s battery powered and should give you 3 years of run time before you need a couple AAA’s.
The SwitchBot Indoor Camera looks pretty good and does fairly well when compared to the new Google Nest Camera and Wyze Cam V3.
All in all, these are different security devices, but they’re all pretty good. Just be aware of the delay and the fact that you need internet for them to work!
Links for today’s video:
Tips for Easy, Reliable Wi-Fi – https://youtu.be/avwtJYBiiUM
SwitchBot Tags, NFC Tags For Home Automation – https://youtu.be/PBn7uDO5pKM
And that dual sided sticky tape? https://geni.us/DoubleSidedTape (Amazon affiliate link)
You can buy all of SwitchBot’s great products using the links below. Here are some deals available now though:
– Use “25OFF1” on SwitchBot Curtain and Bot Combo for 25% off, until September 4 – https://www.switch-bot.com/pages/deal?sca_ref=465261.lnJUzVYgn2 (Affiliate link)
– Use “25Automate” on SwitchBot Indoor Cam for 25% off, until September 13 – https://www.switch-bot.com/collections/new-arrival/products/indoor-cam?sca_ref=465261.lnJUzVYgn2 (Affiliate link)
– OR use our lifetime channel specific promo code “AUTOMATEYOURLIFE10” to enjoy 10% off all SwitchBot products at the following links
SwitchBot Indoor Camera – https://www.switch-bot.com/collections/new-arrival/products/indoor-cam?sca_ref=465261.lnJUzVYgn2 (affiliate link)
SwitchBot Motion Sensor – https://www.switch-bot.com/collections/new-arrival/products/motion-sensor?sca_ref=465261.lnJUzVYgn2 (affiliate link)
SwitchBot Contact Sensor – https://www.switch-bot.com/collections/new-arrival/products/contact-sensor?sca_ref=465261.lnJUzVYgn2 (affiliate link)
Other Products – https://www.switch-bot.com?sca_ref=465261.lnJUzVYgn2 (affiliate link)
Buy SwitchBot products on Amazon US/UK/FR/ES/DE/IT/NL for 25% off, ends September 6th:
SwitchBot Hub Mini – https://geni.us/SwitchBotHubMini (Amazon affiliate link)
SwitchBot Curtain – https://geni.us/SwitchBotCurtainAYL (Amazon affiliate link)
Timecodes for today’s video:
0:00 – 3 New SwitchBot Security Devices
0:59 – SwitchBot Motion Sensor Unbox and Review
3:22 – SwitchBot Motion Sensor Installation
5:19 – SwitchBot Motion Sensor Setup
8:02 – SwitchBot Motion Sensor Settings
12:28 – Scenes With SwitchBot Motion Sensor
14:20 – SwitchBot Contact Sensor Unbox and Review
16:28 – SwitchBot Contact Sensor Installation Details
19:04 – SwitchBot Contact Sensor Setup
20:10 – Physical Mounting of SwitchBot Contact Sensor
21:22 – SwitchBot Contact Sensor Settings
25:03 – Scenes and Automations With SwitchBot Contact Sensor
27:41 – SwitchBot Indoor Camera Unbox and Review
30:07 – SwitchBot Indoor Camera Installation Details
31:12 – SwitchBot Indoor Camera Setup
32:29 – SwitchBot Indoor Camera Settings
38:56 – Automations With SwitchBot Indoor Camera
39:49 – Amazon Alexa and SwitchBot Security Devices
41:59 – Google Home and SwitchBot Security Products
44:03 – Camera Quality Comparisons
45:11 – Reliability of the SwitchBot Sensors
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