Proteus M5 - Wi-Fi Motion Sensor Device

I did originally post a 5 star review in January 2020. It seemed to be just what I was looking for. Set up was quite easy and their help team were prompt. As with all reviews, check the ones that are not based on 1 weeks use (like mine) but those after a period of time.In the past year, I have made over 20 messages to their team and whilst helpful, perhaps they suggest I am just not using it correctly. i have persevered and like to think I am techno competent, but so many false positives, false negatives and unit 'jamming'. I have reset the unit, reconnected to the wi fi countless times, moved the unit nearer to the wifi router and away from other electrical devices. It is simply not reliable or stable enough for the important purpose people may wish to use if for, including sending an alert to another person if no movement has been detected over s specified period of time. I will look on the market for something else.This did want the Echo Move did not do for me. It reliably sends a text/email when no movement detected in a house during a set time period. The email is free, so if you have email notifications on your mobile phone that is as good as a text. As a UK resident, the free text option did not work. The paid option is only 7p a text which is fine if you have "no movement alerts" (i.e. sending a text will be a rare exception). If you were looking for mutliple texts a day when movement IS detected, that could add a significant cost over a year. The customer help is prompt and very useful. In the UK, it came with 2 conversion plug sockets which was uneccessary. It only needs to plug into a single USB plug socket and shame they do not provide this simpler option. Set up instructions are easy to read, but for the cost, a more comprehensive manual could have explained all the impressive options better.

Works excellent as expected

This is a provisional one star because this product has potential for best in class but is not ready for prime time. Sensor arrived today, plugged it in and immediately was able to log onto their local wifi. Entered my email address - all good. Went to my email and saw 12 messages from Proteus cloud within a few minutes saying "Proteus Water Sensor has not detected Motion for 0 Hrs 10 mins". Disturbing when they get the device function wrong in the alert email, plus I had not actually set the alert function, so it was just spam to me. I did get an email a few minutes later asking me to sign on to their cloud, but could not get past their login screen - my email address was known, but of course I had no password yet. So it's going back (for now). Think this will be a great device when they sort out the kinks, maybe lower price point. Note that there is no contact info that comes with the device, but you can go on their web site and try to call them (but I got no answer).

It's a shame this is the only product on the market with this capability, because I'm sure it's something a lot of people could use. For the first few weeks it was great. But then it went down, so I reset my router and it started working again. Then it went down a second time and would not come back up; it could not reliably interface with my wifi for some reason.At first I thought it was a problem with my wifi or router, but I tested it on multiple computers and it works with everything except the motion sensor, so...that's $99 down the drain.

I bought this to monitor my 80 year old mothers movements. It took about 5 minutes to set it up and test it first in my house and then again when I installed it at her place.The product is well designed and has been installed for a few months now. Iit actually triggered an alert this weekend when she didn't enter the kitchen for over 12 hours. It turned out she was OK but sleeping very late. She was using the bathroom so I need to move it there.