YoLink Smart X3 Version Outdoor Temperature Data Logger with Probe, Thermometer, 1/4 Mile Range, 5+ Years Battery Life, Emails, Text, App Alerts, Alexa, IFTTT. Pool, Hot Tub, Fish Tank. Hub Required!

My family grows cranberries, and during the spring, we need to know the air temperature on the bogs so we know when there is a frost. We protect the budding vines by running our sprinkler systems when the temperature drops below 35 degrees. Previously, we would go to our pump houses and check the temperature gauge there, usually in the middle of the night. We have six, and they are spread out. We bought one of these YoLinks to test how well they work. We placed the sensor out in the middle of one of the bogs (Just an FYI, cranberries do NOT grow in water) a good distance from the house, and it works great. It reads the same temperature that the sensor that controls our sprinklers reads, and it is great to be able to open the app and see what the temperature is. We will be purchasing more for the other bogs.

I needed something to monitor the glycol temperature and my boiler system. This is a very easy set up easy to use app and it works as well as I had expected. You just have to keep in mind in order for the battery to last as long as it does, it does not give you Constant real time temperature readings. It just waits for fluctuations before Checking. You can set it to monitor every five minutes 10 minutes half hour pretty much whatever you would like but if the temperature is a 180° for a half an hour, it will not report a change because it didn’t change. That’s how it saves battery Life Other than that it is a fantastic product.

Has been working flawlessly for over a year. Highly recommend this produce. I use it to monitor my water line temperature from my cistern tank to house and have alarms if the temperature drops to low and control my heat tape. Great product.

Getting reliable and accurate pool water temperature seems easy but most thermometers, especially digital ones are not very accurate or not calibrated properly from factory. In an effort to ensure the most accurate readings I’ve used multiple analog (alcohol and even mercury) thermometers with varying degrees of success. Getting all thermometers to agree seems impossible while most of the good ones do come very close to each other. Now using analog ones is great since they never need calibration, however they are not practical as you have to go to them rather than get remote readings, and of course there is no historical data. In my case I wanted accurate remote readings often and nothing floating around in the pool, so I took advantage of a water pit in the pool concrete deck, and installed multiple temperature sensors in the same spot and begun testing and gathering temperature data. Before getting the YoLink LoRa Temperature Sensor YS8014 X3 I had both several Aqara and YoLink YS8004 sensors. I had some connectivity issues with the other brands due to the “underground” location, however all the YoLink sensors connected perfectly and quickly, so I narrowed down my options to YoLink. While all YoLink sensors seemed to work very well, I was curious to see how much better the new YS8014 X3 sensor was and how it compared to the others. While the end results proved that all sensors were very close to each other, I really liked that the new YS8014 X3 allows for more samples more often, as low as 1 minute and as long as 1h. Interestingly 1h is the norm with most such sensors. The YS8014 X3 also has a convenient LCD display that will also automatically turn off at your choice timeout to save batter life. Just like the other YoLink temperature sensors the YS8014 X3 uses easily replaceable batteries but now there is a 2y and 5y battery option at purchase, so more flexibility and longer battery life overall. It also saves temperature data internally in case the hub us off-line then sends it once it re-connects so no data is lost! I will end up keeping the YoLink YS8014 X3 sensor in the pool water pit and move the others to my kitchen refrigerator and garage fridge, to keep an eye on them and get alerts should the cooling stop. I lost a full fridge of items a while ago due to a failure of the garage fridge, and at the time I had no sensor to monitor the inside as all I tried could not communicate from inside the fridge, except YoLink! Anyway, I am very pleased with ALL the YoLInk temperature sensors and would certainly recommend them for almost any need given the flexibility features, great support services and long range LoRa technology.

I purchased this about 18 months ago to monitor water temperature of our (unheated) pool and it's worked flawlessly. The app is basic, but easy to setup and configure notifications. The original battery still shows 75% capacity after 18 months of continuous use. The case is left out in the rain and full southern California sun. The Homebridge-YoLink plugin has also worked perfectly — allowing easy review of the temperature, as well as triggering automations in Apple HomeKit.

This is probably the single best purchase I've made for my pool. Does exactly what it is supposed to do, accurate, easily connects and syncs with wifi/app, and gives me data trends which I love. Phenomenal product, I would repurchase 10 times over but the beautiful thing I don't have to!! Battery life is still going strong 2 years in! Couldn't be happier.

This temperature monitoring system software failed when our deep freezer compressor stopped working. The system sent one high temp alarm notification at 5 degrees and never sent another notice that the temperature continued to raise to 70+ degrees. Over 7 days the freezer temp increased and the software shows all the temperatures logged by the sensor on the app, but no further notification was sent to me letting me know of the continued temperature raise. This is the only reason we purchased this system because of the alert system, unfortunately I was not aware it is not programmed to alert you after one alert is sent. The entire freezer contents around $1,000 worth of food were found because we opened the door to remove food and found the contents to be completely thawed, spoiled and had to be disposed of. I notified the company regarding this software/equipment problem, and they said this is how their equipment works, and the alarm software and equipment worked properly. There was NO compensation for the food loss and was told "Sorry" when I contacted the company letting them know of this equipment and software failure. I requested some food loss reimbursement since I have all the logs showing the system was aware of the temperatures and I was informed if they covered food loss for everyone they would be out of business. That says the company knows they have a problem with their products failing and still are happy to sell them with the loss being placed on you. I DO NOT recommend this product. I would NEVER use this product ever again and have replaced my system with a ThermoWorks Node product.

I use these in a couple of different ways and they have been extremely useful. For my pool and hot tub, I mount the sensor under the skimmer cover and let the probe dangle into the water. That lets me see the water temperature at a glance, and I can set alerts so when I am heating the hot tub, I get notified when it reaches the temperature I want. The sensors are not fully immersed, but they have held up well to outdoor exposure. I did have one instance where water got inside a sensor, but after cleaning it out, it started working again without issue. I also use one in my pool filter shed with the probe attached directly to the filter motor. After having a pump fail to prime once and overheat, this has been a great safeguard. I now get an alert if the motor temperature goes too high, giving me time to shut it down before damage occurs. For monitoring temperature and getting timely alerts, these have been very effective and reliable for my use cases.

Bought for my freezer.. works like a charm!!

Sensor and hub work brilliantly, easy setup, excellent range and battery life. Integrates with home assistant easily and YoLink app works well. Unfortunately US and UK devices are incompatible, which wasn't mentioned before purchase, so importing YoLink from Amazon US is best avoided. Sadly it appears a UK/EU version of the weatherproof temperature sensor isn't available yet.

The photos show an outdoor YoLink temp sensor with probe being used to check temperature of compost and send alert when temp reaches 150 degrees F. It has worked for this application flawlessly since the end of May. Note that the thermo well and the black connection housing have been supplied by us and allows the probe to be inserted into the compost with little effort. One of the photos shows a monthly readout of temperatures. For anyone looking for a very reliable reporting device for compost or soil temperature this could be what you need. I plan to add many other YoLink sensors over time and eventually replace at least part of our security system especially in buildings that are constantly losing connection with our panel. I highly recommend YoLink products for ease of setup and their ability to work when beyond communication range of many other sensors.

Worked great for the pool hooked up to our existing hub for water leaks easily with scan code

I've decided I just love YoLink products and this remote wet or dry temperature probe is no exception.