New leak sensors

[pdxh20man]

Just got my new leak sensors. We are leaving for an extended time and are looking for something to ease worried minds. Last time we did this we shut the water off to the house. That was fine until the toilets dried up and a rat came through the drain plumbing and up through a toilet. Hoping to avoid that this time. I tested the first sensor in the kitchen sink. Put in the stopper and let water run slowly. The sensor was in standing water for several minutes without an alert. Only when there was enough water to make it float did it detect and alert. It seems to me that our one story, built-on-a-slab house could still flood if water has to get that deep. Can anyone assure me that they work better than that?

[spkc]

No, they are not trustworthy in my opinion & prior experience. Get another brand before you leave!

[StevenA]

@pdxh20man

a rat came through the drain plumbing and up through a toilet

How about shutting off the water to your house and put chicken wire over each toilet bowl with the lid down?

Turn the water back on when you get home and flush all toilets a couple of times before lifting the lids.

[B57]

I lived in a South American country for a few years, and this was a problem even with water in the toilet. We always kept the lid down, with a brick on the lid.

[CatHome]

Note to self…. Test my Leak Sensors this weekend…..

Question to others that have Leak Sensors: Once a Leak Sensor has alarmed by a water event, how long does it take to ‘dry out’ ?

[spkc]

@CatHome

Test my Leak Sensors this weekend…..

My experience with the v2 leak sensors is that they often don’t tell you when there is a connectivity issue.

@kgoff

I purchased and installed Wyze water sensors 3 years ago. The wyze app shows all devices are normal and online. Never received an alert. I found that we had $10,000 in water damage that was never alerted as the device doesn’t work. I took the probe and put it in a glass of water and still didnt alert.

Others seem to have similar and varied issues. If they work when you test them, great. But will they work in X weeks or months when you need them to?

@Meazz1

I had 3 water sensors paired and worked for over a year but recently noticed they all 3 stopped communicating to the hub. I replaced the battery in one of the sensors but did not communicate. I decided to delete them and tried to pair again but couldn’t get any of them to pair successfully.

@ssummerlin

I have held off on the hub since it has been reported that hubs don’t recover after a power failure.

@bdublu

What if my water heater had popped & I didn’t get the notification from my water sensor. OUTRIGHT WYZE FAILURE!

@lishinn

this leak probe not seal well, it will keep water in the case that makes the sensor body false alarm for leaking,

@johncooksystems

Most of my sensors are missing as well. I can’t seem to communicate with the Wyze Hub although it indicates it is connected in device info.

@kiblinger

If leak sensor offline (little cloud with a line through it icon), Wyze App should ALERT notification to phone. Otherwise human goes about human business for days not knowing leak sensor is not reporting anything to hub. Leak sensor is effectively a doorstop, and if leak happens while it is offline, human will not know about leak. Human is not going to open Wyze App every hour to check if sensor is still online.

@kgoff

Mine failed to notify. Lots of water damage. Don’t trust they will work

@kiblinger

I guess Wyze leak sensors are a good idea, but I don’t feel like I can fully trust them. If I’m out of town and there is a leak while they are randomly offline, I cannot know anything is wrong.

@Clairmarie

I’ve deleted and re-added it several times but it ignores the water it’s sitting in. When I re-add it to the system, it detects a test leak, but then won’t clear the allert. What the heck? These used to be reliable.

[ssummerlin]

@ssummerlin

I have held off on the hub since it has been reported that hubs don’t recover after a power failure.

Than was an old post. Hopefully they fixed the hub by now.

[spkc]

I chose posts from 2023, 2024, 2025… do you have any more relevant years I could include?

In fact, instead of fixing the hub, it isn’t even compatible if you have AI Descriptive Alerts on. So I don’t think Wyze is very invested or interested in the sense & hub components.

I wouldn’t trust on them for vital alerts like water leaks.

[ssummerlin]

@spkc

I wouldn’t trust on them for vital alerts like water leaks.

Yolink looks impressive for leaks.

[spkc]

Thanks for sharing the recommendation.

I can say my SimpliSafe v1 and v2 systems have reliably reported leaks for many years now, so I can recommend them. There is a subscription to get alerts outside the house, though.

[StevenA]

Popular Mechanics likes YoLink and has some good tips when shopping for a leak detector.

These Editor-Approved Water-Leak Detectors Can Help Prevent a Flood in Your Home

[spkc]

Magazines like Popular Mechanics and Reader’s Digest are commissioned for good reviews. Hopefully they don’t also fill the forums with bots recommending them; hence first hand info seems more beneficial for these critical products.