GoveeLife Upgraded Smart Water Leak Detector 1s with High Alarm, 5 Pack

These little leak detectors have already earned their place in my house. Setup was intuitive. All but one of the sensors connected to the network without any issues; the last one just needed the battery removed and reinserted before it connected. I bought them after having a few different water-related adventures. One of our bathroom faucets has separate hot and cold handles, and apparently it's surprisingly easy to leave it dripping just a tiny bit. The problem is that the water doesn't necessarily drip into the sink — it can run down the spout and across the countertop. Leave that happening overnight, and eventually you're looking at damaged paint, drywall, and baseboards. Exactly the kind of home project I don't need more of. I placed one of these sensors on the countertop in that bathroom so it will alert me if water makes it all the way to the corner. I also have them near the dishwashers, because I run those overnight and discovering a puddle with bare feet first thing in the morning is not my idea of a good start to the day. I've now outfitted all of our bathrooms and the wet bar. We even managed to test one accidentally when my son stepped out of the shower soaking wet. The siren is LOUD. You also get an alert through the app, so you don't have to be within earshot to know something is wrong. Bottom line: Small, unobtrusive, easy to set up, and well worth the money for the peace of mind.

This is the second group I've bought for these. I find them highly reliable. I was overseas for half a year and rented my place out and was notified by email any time the sensors went off (mostly just due to a little water during cleaning.) They did give a loud warning recently when my washing machine flooded and we definitely got to deal with it faster.

Installed a new fridge that kept leaking due to copper pipes in my home. After the third leak in two weeks my dad suggested these water alarms which I didn’t even know existed. Purchased the pack of five alarms. Super easy to set everything up. Took maybe 15 minutes to set them up and place them in their respective places. Gives you options to set alarm volume, email alerts, text message alerts, and notification options on your phone. Tested the sensitivity of the alarm and after only a few drops of water the alarm went off so they work very well and you’ll know there’s a leak way before it’s a significant amount of water. So far I love it but I will come back in a bit to update if anything changes :)

Absolutely the best water sensor system I have ever found and I looked at many! The set up was a bit confusing at first but once I figured it out it all made sense and was very easy. A quick tip that stumped me at first… To add email and sms notifications you must set it up for each sensor and not the hub. Although I didn’t realize this at first but it is really great as you can set each sensor to notify different people, emails and texts based on the individual sensor and not all of them to the same through the hub. So far I am very pleased with these and would highly recommend them!

This Govee product appears to work as advertised. If you will allow me a few minutes of your time, I will ramble a bit and share my thoughts/experiences with this water leak detector product. I noticed other reviewers have had similar experiences as I. It took me awhile to make everything work (with the help of their customer service), but I finally did. First off, I'm being generous when I say their “user manual” is limited. Manufacturers must be competing to see who can create the smallest manual. Ink and paper must be very expensive, hence the small pages and tiny print. After downloading and installing their app, and paying close attention to the instructions, I managed to get the sensors paired with the gateway. As you add a new sensor, make sure you rename it to something that makes sense to you, like... “hot water heater”. After all the sensors are paired, you will see icons for each sensor when you open the app. Here's what they don't tell you... You MUST enable the gateway AND each individual sensor to send “email” alerts. In the gateway settings page I did turn on the “Email alert” and checked the “Send to account email” box, thinking this would turn on the email alerts. NOT enough. You have to do this for all sensors. Otherwise, no email alerts. Why? I don't know. Would you want some sensors NOT to alert you of a leak? Seems like setting the gateway to send alerts should have been enough. Test all sensors to make sure they are working and you are indeed receiving emails. You can test them by simply wetting your finger tip and wiping the contacts on the top of the sensor. They do make a loud shrill sound. You'll definitely hear it. To stop it, I just wiped the sensor against my shirt until the contacts were dry. Do all this testing in one location, then you can distribute them accordingly. I found an unused, and likely not to be used, outlet location to plug the gateway into. It is somewhat centrally located to all the sensors, and about 25 feet from my wifi router. All my sensors showed four bars of battery strength, except one. It showed only three. I installed new batteries in it to bring it up to four bars. Time will tell how long the batteries actually last. I'll monitor the sensor batteries from time to time, and when they drop to two bars, I may replace all the batteries just to be safe. It will be fun retrieving them given the location of a couple of them... like under the dishwasher and behind the washing machine. After disributing everything, I repeated the "wet finger" test on the sensors to ensure the walls and other stuff didn't interfere with their function. All was well. Now, although I was able to get the email alerts to work, I couldn't get the “text message” alerts to work. No text messages. Then I reached out to the Govee customer service (again), and they helped me. There is another “on” switch in the settings of the sensor called “Message alert”. I just missed it (was looking for a “Text alert”. My bad.) Anyway, after turning this switch on, and entering my cell phone number... it worked! As it turns out, you only have to turn the switch on for one sensor. All the other sensors will automatically be set up. Now... everything works great. Although they state otherwise, this system is working fine on my 5G home network. Also, the little book states “Ensure there are no obstructions between the gateway and the detector”. Don't know about this warning since “walls” and “appliances” would be considered “obstructions”. I have a sensor behind my washing machine, under the kitchen sink, under the dishwasher, and in the basement under the hot water heater. (I haven't placed one behind the refrigerator yet.) There are obviously walls, metal, and distance between the gateway and the sensors, and they all work fine. Now, I want to give a shout out to the Govee customer service team. While trying to get the email/text alerts to work, I exchanged a couple of emails with Mandy, and she was very responsive and courteous. Wish all customer service representatives were this way.