Sonoff LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor vs X-Sense Smart WiFi Indoor Thermometer

Sonoff LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor, thanks to its 2.5 inch LCD, automations and support for Google Home, Alexa and Home Assistant, plus two year battery life. X-Sense Smart WiFi Indoor Thermometer wins on price and on its 5 year warranty, the longest in this comparison.

Both do. Sonoff LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor needs a Zigbee coordinator such as Home Assistant or a Sonoff dongle. X-Sense Smart WiFi Indoor Thermometer needs an X-Sense base station, which carries the 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi link and is shared with X-Sense smoke and CO alarms.

Sonoff LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor, on a 2.5 inch LCD. X-Sense Smart WiFi Indoor Thermometer has no display at all, so every reading has to be checked in the X-Sense app, which is the main complaint owners raise about it.

Sonoff LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor, which reports to Google Home, Alexa and Home Assistant and can trigger automations directly. X-Sense Smart WiFi Indoor Thermometer supports Alexa only, with no Google Home, HomeKit, SmartThings, Home Assistant, IFTTT or Matter, and no automations.

Sonoff LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor runs about two years on a CR2450 with a 1 year warranty. X-Sense Smart WiFi Indoor Thermometer runs about a year on two AAAA cells, an unusual size, but is backed by a 5 year warranty.

Anyone monitoring a cabin, garage, greenhouse or an elderly relative's home from a distance, especially if they already own X-Sense alarms sharing the same base station and app. For readings you can see and automate locally, Sonoff LCD Smart Temperature Humidity Sensor is the better sensor.