I never knew Ikea had temperature sensors, might replace my current ones with Ikea even if they don't use Zigbee. AAA batteries are great!
Sometimes they either stop updating or drop off the network permanently.
I wouldn't really trust them for anything even remotely important.
Shame since they're pretty cheap, perhaps they'll fix the firmware and then they'll be excellent.
They have a more expensive variant looks more like desk alarm clock, that also measures particulates and carbon dioxide (and tells time), and that one can stay always-on (and act as Thread router) - but they wisely remembered to add remotely triggerable switch to switch the display off, too.
¹ https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/p/alpstuga-air-quality-sensor-sma...
² https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/sensirion-ag/SEN63...
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I have a lot of qualms with Threads, such as Thread device internet access through TBRs that do not allow you to disable NAT64 (or even worse, getting globally routable IPv6 addresses in Thread 1.4), but complaining that people have to buy another device is not one.
People are far more likely to have a TBR already than an IKEA Zigbee Hub. And even if they hadn't, they could get any other TBR/Matter Server besides IKEAs. So it's not a great way of selling smart home hubs.
[1] https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/09/18/apple-enables-dir...
Like, IKEA's Zigbee water leak sensor (BADRING?) with 2 AAAs (1.2V; they don't like 1.5V) has a battery life of 9-12 months. My Aqara water leak sensors (CR2032) have been going strong for at least 3 years. They predate me starting to track it with Battery Notes and that has to be 3 years ago (and yeah I test their functionality every 6 months or so).
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