Happy Saturday everyone! Thanks to Stu and Lewis for being hilarious and awesome. Aqara smart thermostatic radiator valves are an awesome alternative to a complete central heating overhaul, and they work locally! Check them out below... BUY THE AQARA E1 SMART RADIATOR THEMOSTAT BELOW As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. By buying through any of the links below I will earn commission at no extra cost to you :) *You will need a Zigbee hub from Aqara, or if you're using Home Assistant a conbee stick or similar and must always leave one "bypass radiator" do NOT install one of these one every single valve or you might blow up your boiler!* UK: amzn.to/3URTxrm US: N/A Check out Stu's Reviews review here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIuLusd_ctnMpag.html Check out Lewis of Everything Smart Home's review here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/m5Z6u6mccd3fdLA.html

@Trenjeska

Жыл бұрын

Local! the good word to hear with 'smart' stuff

@johanswart3985

Жыл бұрын

This one is just for you Paul (All about Yachts) PS. Love the channel kzread.info/dash/bejne/o3mXyMSdoMvdiM4.html

@daze1945

Жыл бұрын

I followed your link and amazon want £93.27 plus £10.60 delivery. Not exactly cheap is it?

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

They've sold out. You're looking at scalpers prices.

@HiruS22

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhibbert Bummer , I missed out too, that'll teach me to watch your video a day late :(

These videos always make me smile. I watch them even if they are not relevant to my setup :¬}

Thank you very much for the review! I live in the US and have 8 radiators. I've been wanting something like this for a while now. Several years ago when we purchased this home we swapped the seized valves for new manual valves. Which helped out a lot at the time. With costs constantly increasing I've been thinking about converting them to TRV. Now with this as an option I believe this summer when the boiler is not running I have a new project 😁

@TheIronWaffle

Жыл бұрын

Hello radiator person in the US. I’m about to become one, too, so I’m doing my rEsEaRcH. That’s when I happened on your comment. So far, I don’t see indication this came to the US market. Were you able to get your hands on it? If so, what’s your experience? Are they compatible? What’s your experience either with this or whatever other solution you may have gone for? I’ve never had radiators and this move is to a cold climate in a house I expect will have costlier utilities so any wisdom is greatly appreciated.

Well done, easy and simple concept. Not sure why it hasn’t come out before

Bought 6 of these in the Black Friday week sales for like £46 each! So far I like them and they work well with my Hive thermostat with a few automations in HomeKit and all is good. Can start saving ok heating bills now thanks to Aqara!

@mrsuperpants6019

Жыл бұрын

Hey Tom - when you say works well with your hive thermostat, do you mean it works well for you controlling with hive and these separately. Or have you managed to get them to talk to each other??

Got one of these and on the whole works really well, pairing it with the external temperature sensor does mean temperature control is much more accurate. Only thing that lets it down for me is the smart scheduling which is basic, no option for 5+2 for example and you can only three separate temperature options in the schedule itself

@gerysteylaerts

Жыл бұрын

going to look into these because of the external sensors, we have water based under floor heating with an external distribitor, that way i can put sensors in the rooms, and the knobs in the technical room on the distribitor..... FINALY THERE MAYBE A SOLUTION FOR US!!!!!! thanks paul for bringing this video.

@DorsetSaferRoads

Жыл бұрын

@@gerysteylaertsas all the physical controls are in one place you might be better to have dumb electricial actuators into something like a raspberry pi with a relay board. Much much cheaper..

Loved the crossover, very funny

Thank you 👍, Please more collaborations, I Need It!! More from Lewis (awesome channel)

You have really made me laugh this morning. Great review I did look at smart thermostats a while ago and decided against it but now found myself revisiting cheers 😂😂. Hope you have a great weekend

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! ❤️

never stop doing this : ) i think your hilarious paul

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! ❤️

your videos are always hillarous! Even if I'm not interested in the product I still watch just for the fun! 🤣

I love these - I've had these for a few months now

maaaaaan I had such a good laugh during this review. Thank you for it, it was awesome! :)))

I'll never get tired of your master bait jokes Paul! It's one of the best jokes I've heard multiple times, yet I still laugh anytime I hear it from you! Keep it coming!

Happy Saturday Paul! Thanks.

You are hilarious I absolutely love it! I come here for informative entertainment, but most importantly to be baited!

I didn't know that there were that many people still using radiators. Great video and as always great slap and comedic entertainment. Thanks

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for!

Always laugh when I see a video from you, even before clicking on it. Love how you show us humor and facts. 😍

By far one of your best videos

Another good video. I am setting up a home assistant platform at the min. Good point about using these in rooms where I want to reduce heating while not in use.

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

They works so good with home assistant!

I needed this laugh today. Loved how Lewis and Stu are now involved. Please do this crossover more.

Love the collaboration smuttiness really did LOL ... more!

This would actually be really useful for me. I live in an apartment with centralized heating that I have to pay for how much I actually use. So limiting the tempatures during day time and when not at home would help me reduce my bills even if I don't have a boiler.

Collab of the year!

good one paul. I don't even have radiators and loved this video!

Thanks for the information... and the barrels of laughter.

Do not stop the jokes, keep being you, it's why I tune in every week! On a tech note, I haven't seen a radiator since I left the UK 20 years ago, these would have been really cool back in the day, now if only you could review some sort of smart forced air register device for those of us that live in the US, though I guess you'd need a US house to test it in! You can use mine and I get to keep the devices! lol

Man you make me laugh every time with your antics I view you vids

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! ❤️

Intriguing. Love the humour. 😂

This would be perfect for my house. I hope it comes to the USA at some point. Great video as always!

I’ve installed a Drayton Wiser of 3 TRVs, replaced the boiler hub by removing the existing one (which happened to be an older Drayton unit) and mounting it on top with a couple of screws, very very easy DIY.

@TheDarylSharp

Жыл бұрын

Mariano have you installed the Drayton wiser system?

@luke3917

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDarylSharp Im also not clear on what @mariano means. I bought a wiser kit 2. I was looking for cheaper compatible zigbee TRVs to add as I have 14 radiators in my home. Just found out my local plumbers shop has the wiser TRVs for round £32. Will buy as many as possible

@marianobarcia

Жыл бұрын

@@TheDarylSharp yes. It does require a hub to talk to the boiler, and is more capable.

@marianobarcia

Жыл бұрын

@@luke3917 the property I’ve moved to had a Drayton Digistat 3RF connected to a combi boiler. I’ve easily replaced it with a Wiser system of 3 TRVs + hub. And I’ve integrated it to Home Assistant with the integration available. Works a charm.

@luke3917

Жыл бұрын

@@marianobarcia Ah OK. I am replacing my old Drayton LP 241 with the new Wiser kit. Should be plug n play. I need to sort the thermostat on the wall meaning disabling so as not to interfere with the system. Thanks for the response

Thanks for this, Paul. I Have been contemplating smart thermostats for a while. I saw these on offer a month ago after watching your video but sat on it and they went back up to full price! Just seen them go back on offer and was sure to use your affiliate link as a thankyou for the review.

Mate, I giggled out loud with your master of bating skit. Brilliant to get Stu involved.

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Stu is awesome ❤️

Thanks for the review and bought a full lot of Aqara gear in the strength of it (using your link, of course). Keep up the good work, please. Yours, bated as ever, ...

Hi paul. I have a amazon alexa 4th gen with zigbee hub built in. Would these Trvs would with it so I dont need a different zigbee hub?

Could you set up a routine with Alexa so when the room hits a lower threshold it tells a nest thermostat to come in for say 30 minutes. Then the trv could then do the opposite?

When moving house I inherited and then expanded a Netatmo Smart Thermostat and Radiator valve set up. Good concept bit in practice breaking all the time and sucking batteries dry (in days in some cases). Turning heating on in Autumn just became a stress. Yesterday, following good feedback from x2 family members, I bought the full Evohome set up - controller and radiator valves. Quite expensive, but I'm hoping high quality and with none of the Ne-shat-mo issues!

Nice video, thank you. I went for TADO.

First off - great info. Many thanks! The external temperature sensor pairing in the app is something that I'm failing to find an equivilent on Hive, not sure if it doesn't exist or if my Google-Foo is poor. Does anyone know if this "external temperature sensor" can also be done in the Hive ecosystem?

Hi Paul, will these work with the drayton wiser thermostat and controls?? The controls look easy to fit to existing connection so was leaning that way. Thanks.

You literally told me to 'not skip the "joke"' as I had my finger on the arrow key. It's like you read my mind!

I think I am having range issues with Aqara E1 TRVs (Large house, walls etc..) I currently have a G2H Pro Camera acting as Hub but wondering what (UK) device I could use to extend Aqara's zigbee network? Can't see they have a UK smart plug? I thought TRVs would repeat signal but I have read that battery powered devices don't act as repeaters? Can an additional hub act as a repeater? Any help appreciated.Tks

Hi Paul just a question do these need the hub if you have the echo plus or studio with a ZigBee hub builtin.

So what do i need in order to start the heating in the flat?. At this moment i have a dryton wiser system and when removed the radiator thermostats and installed this ones, nothing happened ( obviously). P.S. i have the thermostats, temp sensors and the hub e1. What else do i need to buy/ do? Thank you

Would be good to see you do a full review of smart heating systems Paul. Genius Hub and Salus Smart Home are both worth a look

Hi Paul, Very Interesting Video, Always great to hear the "Master" Joke!!!! and I loved this week's slap. Take Care.

I saw this channel because of your unfoctunate video about abuse, and i am glad i made the descision to stay. Youre a smart, funny, and a good person. I hope your life never gets that grim again.

What incredible timing, I’m installing these myself today😅

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

You'll love them! They're ace 😊

@daveblanche1

Жыл бұрын

Did you make the funny noises, too?

30 seconds of all those lights running looks like it will run me about half my light bill!

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

🤣 It's actually not so bad because they're all LED based lights and most of them set to a reasonably low brightness for ambience. But yeah, they are on most of the time because I work and live in that room!

If you make automation with smart relay or plug you can supply switchable live as call for heat to boiler/heat pump every time you have TRV on, right?

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Maybe! You'd need a plumber to answer that one I think!

hi Paul I did buy radiator stat and a Aqara hub E1 but I can't get it to pair together could you shun some light on it thank you

I didn't skip the joke. I was playing a game and couldn't. 🤣

Can ypu do a video on zigbee hubs that work with all zigbee devices and actually shows on alexa ...I have tried sonoff (crap) moes (didn't even connect its own devices) And now on a woolley hub (there motion sensors are tiny and what would you know I can get there devices but not sonoff or moes , don't even get me started with broadlink ble they just don't work

Love your reviews great alternative to using tardo TVRs which I love but can't control is the internet is lost work well with my nest thermostat, love how your turning all the other Tech KZreadrs into British inuendor nerds. British humour is the best.

How are you finding these? I bought one of the Tuya ones and the batteries last 2 weeks. I had it in manual control so the actuator was constantly moving

Hi Paul thanks for your video could you help me with this issuing i am facing i plan on purchasing aqara thermostat and google nest. my problem here, do i purchase the nest temp sensor or the aqara temp sensor, which one would recommend?

It was a good video, and more people should see it.

Loved this episode. 😂

I dont understand the explanation in the "whats wrong with it?" section, regarding it's interaction and controlling of the boiler. If i have 4 valves in a house and one room/valve drops below a desired temperature, will it fire up the boiler and heat just 1 out of 4 rooms?

This dude is a Genius i subscribe

Aqara had these on offer for £46 so I bought one, great little device until Screwfix last mont started selling the TCP TRV for £19.99 which is an exact copy of the Aqara E1 in design, functionality. Pity they stopped selling them though 😢

Will this work with the zigby hub built into the echo or not ? Does it have to be the specific hub ?

Just ordered 6, as this is closer to what I wanted for my house than tado. Black friday deal and a kick back to Paul. Nice.

A small tip. I have set the Immersion for 30 minutes a day @ 6am (unless the bath automation triggers) and I always fill the kettle with hot water to save energy and speed boiling. I also fill the dishwasher with hot water when I am filling it immediately before a wash, makes a 15/25% difference in power usage per wash, since it has to warm water to 55c and then to 65c. I also use WiFi bulbs as tell-tales for the Immersion and heat, humidity, movement for my Tegu.

Best video EVER. I'll never skip the joke and yes, I've been baited by the master and bought a bunch of this things. thanks a lot.

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! ❤️👍

Ooh the Conbee (thrust, thrust). See it's pretty easy to write new material. Have I baited you... 😊

I do like these devices, i bought something similar from AliExpress for around £20 and it works well with Home Assistant. However im not sure about cost savings, if the boiler is on the boiler is on. Turning off a radiator in a room thats not used wont result is lower usage as its heating regardless?

Hi Paul, as usual funny and informative at the same time. Love your videos. Just one question .. can you connect Aqara products to an Aqara hub and home assistant at the same time and use both?

Paul, love the videos. Just weird how my wife is always walking in when the ‘oh yeah’ parts are playing, and wondering what nonsense I’m watching. Your reviews are fun to watch!

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

🤣👍

Paul, great video, just what I was looking for!! Do these have any competition? Stand-alone smart TRVs that can work with an existing smart thermostat, to limit individual rooms/zones? TiA

Yea, my energy bill is mostly the standing charge... so if you can halve that I'd be amazed! 🙂 Love your videos though!!

Question: can these be set to specific (not Pacific) % open or do they have to be set to a temperatur? I currently use LightwaveRF but they are giving me grief. They can however be set to position 1,2,3,4,5 like a traditional TRV which means they don't keep auto adjusting and making noice whilst your trying to watch TV! One valve is being a royal PITA so think might get one of these and try and add to Home Assistant (HOME ASSISTANT!!)...

@saintpara1980

Жыл бұрын

Writes all of that and can't type temperature properly 🤦🏼‍♂️

Will this work with any ZigBee hub (like say the zemismart hub) or will it only work with the aquara hub?

Does the ikea hub act has a zigbee hub

Assuming these will also be Matter bridgeted shortly?

Soooooo I really want these types of things but I have no idea what you were on about for 98% of the video! This would be my first smart home product. If I get these for all the radiators in my house (except 1 "bypass radiator") they will talk to the "Home Kit" app on my iphone? Or do I also need a hub thingy? I don't have a smart thermostat for our boiler. Please help! Very much appreciated!

I hope someone can help, I have these thermostats all set up with hub and work great with the app. However I can't get them to work with Google home. I've linked my aqara account and the devices show up but they aren't able to be interacted with and don't show temperature or anything "smart". Any help would be much appreciated!

Think you’ll find it’s 6 million and 1! Lol Bright weekend ahead thanks to your awesome video!

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks as always dude! ❤️

I don’t usually comment to video’s, but I wanted to let you know. You are my kind of humor! Please keep it up, don’t let others ruin that!

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man, I needed that this morning! ❤️

Hahahaha more smut please! Paul you kill me.

I have an echo studio which I have read has zigbee hub built in to it. Do I still need to buy an Aqara hub?

Paul, if it makes you feel any better, I watched this video and the other one about the other radiator thermostat, beginning to end, and haven't seen a radiator in a home in at least 25 years. I have been baited by the master at the highest level!

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

🤣

This is awesome! I wish it was available in Canada. Anybody know the best option here? Could I just buy the UK version and MacGyver the fittings?

I run Long Range infrared panels using shelly plug s and home assistant, where i use BroadLink RM4 with temp sensors (real time measuring) as a thermostat.

Nearly stopped watching, then got baited In. Very pleased!

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

You have been baited!!

Right when I think I'm not going to be baited by the master, you go ahead and bait me, oh great master.

Paul, what about the display being on the end of thermostat? Our houses in Denmark hardly ever allow access to that part of the radiator thermostat. So design flaw

Ok I’m err going to say something I’ve never said to another man let alone one I’ve never met. I love you man, Paul I’ve been looking for this precise answer to such a prescient situation for many of us. God bless your sir!

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! ❤️

Nice vid. Need advice. Best plugin smart plug for use in 'HOME ASSISTANT'. if it has power consumption measurement also, that's a bonus. Cheers. Keith

Lol, "There's a bloody fire in the way now, now we'll never get to Obi-Wan Kenobi". 🤣

Dude, i really enjoy watching your Videos even this one joke, we all know 😀

But you can use E1 in corelation with a T1/T2 relay that can control the boiler (heat / turn off heating), right?!

i managed to buy 4 tado rad stats for £199 (toolstation). and a starter kit for £99 (screwfix) so about as cheap as you can get (i do have another 3 rads but with the traditional trvs turned down in the room we dont use, and the others are on medium (hallway and bathroom) it has a good balance. and a full control system with the boiler being controlled too. the house is warmer in the rooms we needed it to be, but i can tell from the smart meter we have used less gas than previous months even with it being colder. so a big thumbs up from me

Regarding the "limiters" case: how does your boiler then now when it needs to heat? If no heating is needed, or 1 room needs heating, how to set that up then? I don't get it how this can be used properly without any controller giving commands to heat or not.

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Your existing thermostat is in your entrance hall I assume?... When that gets cold your boiler comes on. These devices then limit heat in whichever room you choose, in accordance with your normal whereabouts, thanks to the schedule you set.

quick note - you can install the tado TRVs without the boiler controller. They’ll open/close on schedules/manually just like normal only they’ll restrict the heat like these will - you set your boiler controller as normal. I moved from Tado to Nest as the thermostat but I’m still using the Tado TRVs for room temperature monitoring and adjusting

@gavinnoname1424

Жыл бұрын

Need to be careful that the boiler isn't on when all trv's are closed though

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

There should always be a bypass radiator without any TRV. I've updated the description and pinned comment to this effect ❤️

@robert.wigley

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhibbert Unless you have an auto-bypass valve fitted, in which case you can have TRVs on all radiators.

@luke3917

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhibbert yes. Bathrooms n hallways by door radiator valves

Well, I've been baited. Ready to use that link.... question though. Presumably I shouldn't put one on a radiator which is in the same room as my hive thermostat? Im thinking this could cause confusion with the target it's trying to hit vs the rest of the house. Guess it's one to make sure the temperatures don't conflict....

I made a video about that one some time ago, and it shows all sensors through z2m 😊

Had some mixed advice on this so want to check - will these work if I have a Nest Thermostat (3rd gen), please

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Yes, they'll work alongside it, they will be reliant on the Nest to start the boiler when it's cold and from there the Tado's just limit each room to whatever temperature you set, do you already have thermostatic radiator valves where you can adjust the temperature of the radiator? If so then these are just the smart equivalent :) I forgot to mention in the video, don't put them on EVERY radiator, leave one as a bypass, either a towel radiator or the entrance hall. Having them on every radiator can damage your boiler.

@robhall1222

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhibbert thanks, yes have adjustable on all except one. that’s brilliant I’ll buy a few now!!!

Why do I need an Aqara (oh the) Zigbee bridge if I have an echo device with (oh the) Zigbee?

@paulhibbert

Жыл бұрын

Sadly the echo will find the valves but won't know what to do with them because amazon haven't programmed the echo to recognise them.

@neilthompson8766

Жыл бұрын

@@paulhibbert thanks.