Honeywell Lyric Water Leak and Freeze Detector review: Single-sensor simplicity

December 14, 2016

The best thing about Honeywell’s Lyric Water Leak and Freeze Detector is that you needn’t be a smart home aficionado to use it. That’s also, in some ways, the worst thing about it. Compared to other water leak sensors, the Lyric is dead-simple to set up through its companion smartphone app, and it connects to your network over Wi-Fi, eliminating the need for a separate hub. It also runs on battery power, so you can place it anywhere in a room. But at $80 per sensor, Lyric isn’t the most cost-effective way to monitor multiple spots throughout the house. For that type of use, you’re better off buying a hub and several cheaper sensors.Setting up the sensor Hub-based systems can be somewhat intimidating to deal with, but that’s not the case with the Lyric. Just pry open the Lyric’s rear cover, throw in the few included AA batteries, and run the Lyric app. As long as your phone’s Bluetooth is enabled, the Lyric will pair itself and prompt you to enter your Wi-Fi password, bringing the sensor onto your network.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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