Hello,
On a quest to get my home fully enabled with “smart” technology, I purchased my latest accessory the Eve Motion. I currently own the Eve Light Switch (Siri enabled light switch for my bedroom lights) and the Eve Energy (smart wall outlet adapter which I used for my Christmas tree lights schedule this last holiday season) and loved them, so I was looking forward to using the Eve Motion.
Initially I purchased the product with a primary use case and intention of notifying me on my phone if our garage door was opened. We have young kids who have found the garage door opener more than a few times in the house and have “accidentally” opened the garage without us knowing. I figured this would be a good way to get notified when the door was opened when it was not suppose to be.
Pairing the Eve Motion to the Eve App was just as simple as the other 2 Eve products. You snap a pic of the built-in QR code and then it automatically pairs. All my eve products show up nicely in the single App and I can configure them this way. I forgot that you had to go into the Apple Home iOS App to enable push notifications for the Eve and stumbled a bit on figuring this out (The Eve website reminded me that when I did a quick search).
The product has 2 nice screw holes on the back and is very light weight, so I mounted it in the garage in a good location to catch the door opening. I think it is so light weight you could actually just hold it with Velcro, if you didn’t want to drill holes in the wall to mount it.
I ran into a snag with this plan. Our garage is detached from the home and does not get Bluetooth range to it. Therefore while the Eve Motion was detecting the motion of the garage opening it, my iPhone was not able to get notifications.
I decided to go to a backup use case and to place the Eve Motion in the house outside the 2 kids rooms. That way when they wake up in the middle of the night, to either go to the bathroom, try to get into the sweets, or go watch their iPads way before they should be up, I will get notified. As soon as I brought the Eve Motion in the house and it was in range of Bluetooth, all the push notifications started occurring.
I am very pleased with this product am glad I found a secondary use case for it!
| Brand | Eve |
|---|---|
| Color | White |
| Power Source | Corded Electric |
| Item Weight | 0.19 Pounds |
| Maximum Range | 30 Feet |
| Mounting Type | Wall Mount |
| Number of Batteries | 2 AA batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacturer | Eve Systems LLC |
| Part Number | 10027806 |
| Item Weight | 3.04 ounces |
| Product Dimensions | 3 x 1.5 x 3 inches |
| Item model number | 10027806 |
| Batteries | 2 AA batteries required. (included) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Style | Eve Motion |
| Item Package Quantity | 1 |
| Included Components | Hang Tap, AA battery (2), Booklet Safety Instructions, sticker (4), Eve Motion, Quick Start Guide |
| Batteries Included? | Yes |
| Batteries Required? | Yes |
| Battery Cell Type | Alkaline |
