Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras

Looks like blogspam, outbound links to each product include an affiliate ID commission link. I would recommend investigating zwave800 based combination human presence sensors (motion sensors) which also include temperature, humidity, light detection.

https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/collections/best-z-wave-sen...

Or just more basic human presence sensors

https://sonoff.tech/products/sonoff-zigbee-human-presence-se...

They missed that IKEA has just released a new smart home suite including a motion/light sensor for $9.99 [1]. Full thread/matter support and some also have zigbee to maintain backwards compatibility to legacy IKEA stuff.

I’m migrating from my zigbee stuff bridged through home assistant to HomeKit. Now I have thread to HomeKit directly

[1] https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/myggspray-wireless-motion-senso...

>This radar system is ideal for protecting larger properties, with its range of up to half a mile and adjustable detection zone. It’s old school: With no Wi-Fi or app needed, you simply turn on the receiver and pair the detector. It then sounds an alarm whenever a person or animal moves into the area

This doesn't sound that useful without a camera unless you're using it in an indoor space where you know animals aren't going to trip it. Otherwise, what do you do when you get an alert at 3am and you don't know if it's a racoon or a burglar?

Post kinda accidentally gives away why most/many people long for cameras - price. Pretty much every single amazon link is more expensive than plug’n’play Tapo camera and for many the security/privacy question remains secondary

Hi. We make the Kini referenced in that Wired article. If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them.

Alternatively, if someone wants cameras (say, for monitoring of a property) but without a subscription or privacy concerns, does anyone have a recommendation?

Another option, which is ESP32-based: https://github.com/francescopace/espectre