New Govee Thermo Hygrometers with Swiss made sensors

[GWBowman]

I am curious on battery life i have been using the xikar purotemp and it works good only 3 sensors can be set up for that and it only goes to the base unit. Works good but I could be convinced to try something different.

I have some that I need to replace the battery. Unfortunately I don't recall when they were last replaced. Haven't seen a spec for it that I can recall.

[WNYTONY]

Right now, I have 10 running on the app. (Different ones they have sent me to try over the last few years) Don't know if there is a limit.

Oh that's nice that you can mix and match as well. Great job on the write ups and reviews

[Emperor Zurg]

Are any of these Govee sensors wi-fi capable or maybe does Govee have a wi-fi hub that they'll bluetooth to and the hub will connect to your wi-fi? I've been looking for a decent temperature sensor that would let me know at a glance, either on smartphone or desktop, what the temp out in my barn is and ideally, the outdoor temp as well. It's too far for bluetooth but I have cat-5 to a WAP out there so I do have wi-fi in the building. Actually, doubly ideal would be to know the wood stove stack temp out there as well. There are units that would do stack temp and one other input with K-type thermocouples but they're a small fortune and they're only the 2 channels. I'd like 3 channels if I'm going to spend a small fortune - so I can know the outdoor temp as well. (I don't really care much about rH although on a muggy day it might be interesting to know.) It's starting to look like rasberry-pi territory but I really don't feel like messing with that either. I don't care about graphing etc. and watching the temp via internet anywhere in the world, blah blah. I would just like to know from anywhere on my home network. Seems so simple but try to find something...

[GWBowman]

Are any of these Govee sensors wi-fi capable or maybe does Govee have a wi-fi hub that they'll bluetooth to and the hub will connect to your wi-fi? I've been looking for a decent temperature sensor that would let me know at a glance, either on smartphone or desktop, what the temp out in my barn is and ideally, the outdoor temp as well. It's too far for bluetooth but I have cat-5 to a WAP out there so I do have wi-fi in the building. Actually, doubly ideal would be to know the wood stove stack temp out there as well. There are units that would do stack temp and one other input with K-type thermocouples but they're a small fortune and they're only the 2 channels. I'd like 3 channels if I'm going to spend a small fortune - so I can know the outdoor temp as well. (I don't really care much about rH although on a muggy day it might be interesting to know.) It's starting to look like rasberry-pi territory but I really don't feel like messing with that either. I don't care about graphing etc. and watching the temp via internet anywhere in the world, blah blah. I would just like to know from anywhere on my home network. Seems so simple but try to find something...

They do have ones that have WiFi, one I need to post a review on soon.

[Ljutic]

I have some that I need to replace the battery. Unfortunately I don't recall when they were last replaced. Haven't seen a spec for it that I can recall.

I ended up with 6 of these 5101 models. I keep two in the desktop for top and bottom humidity readings. 4 more in the finished crawlspace scattered about in different areas. Govee spec calls for 3 months of battery life. I got 5 months out of my first set of batteries. What I didn't like was not receiving accurate notification within the Govee App that the batteries were about to go dead. They went dead (and stopped logging data) while the in app gauge still showed half power. I only noticed the problem when visually seeing a blank screen on one of the crawlspace units. The rest did the same thing after another day or two.

I won't buy more of these. Instead I like the H5102 model that isn't much bigger, but runs on a single AAA battery. If you can afford the space, this seems like a much better solution for the lazy that want to get as much battery life as possible from their units.