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Short flash promo -25% / Eve Room v2 test: air and temperature sensor with screen, HomeKit/Siri compatible

Update April 15: short flash promo (stock is going quickly) on the HomeKit sensor tested below at the end of 2018. An offerto be found here this Monday while stocks lastat €74.96 instead of 100

Eve Systems, formerly Elgato, is a well-established player in the accessories marketHomeKit. It offers different products for the connected home, some of which have already been tested in our columns, such as theEnergy connected socket, or eventhe Weather weather station and the Room indoor sensor.

Concerning the Eve Room precisely, the manufacturer presented this summer a version 2 improving different aspects of the case.

No more batteries for example, for this new iteration of the Room, but onerechargeable battery. An e-Ink screen also appears. We were able to test a copy, in order to fully understand these improvements. So, is this Eve Room 2 worth the detour? So here isour verdict, with supporting photos and screenshots:

Small case, sober and discreet

The Eve Room 2 comes in the form of a very small box.

Here are its dimensions: 54 x 54 x 15 mm. And despite its aluminum body, it does not weigh very heavy, barely35 grammes.

As for the design, sobriety is the key word here, with rounded edges, a black front including the e-Ink screen and a black back, too. And while the surround is made of metal, the rest is plastic.

The rear includes a micro-USB socket, useful for charging the device.

First start-up and use

After an initial charging via USB, the box can experience its first pairing with an iPhone or iPad. The procedure isvery simple, it is done via the appEve,available here on the App Store. Simply validate the steps presented on the screen, in particular by taking a photo of the serial number of the device visible under the Eve Room 2.

Once the device is successfully integrated into the HomeKit system, the user finds the data collected either in the Home app or in the Eve app.

Temperature, humidity and pollution

The Eve Room 2 sensor should therefore be placed inside the house, in a room where you would like to measure temperature, humidity and pollution.

The temperature is a classic measure, displayed in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit. Humidity is displayed as a percentage. Finally, air pollution is indicated on a scale of 5 stars, 0 being the most polluted air, 5 being the least polluted air.

On the screen of the box, we therefore find this information displayed in different ways. Two touch buttons near the edges allow you to change the E-ink display mode. We can in fact choose what information we want to highlight: pollution, temperature, humidity, or all three at equal display size.

If you want more information, particularly on the history of readings and the precision of pollution values, you must go to the app.

The latter is also a model of its kind. It is very well thought out with a clear display of data and a logical tree structure. The Eve Room data can be found on the home page.

Pressing each of them allows you to deploy a panel richer in detail.See here the test of the Eve Room and Eve Weatherto learn more about the app.

In particular, we have access to graphs showing the evolution over the past weeks and months of each of the data. The user can also see air pollution figures. This is now displayed in ppb for parts per billion. In summary, it measures the level of volatile organic compounds in the air, which can be dangerous if present in too large quantities. Often, simply ventilating the room can eliminate a large part of it.

Conclusion

Frankly, there is not much to complain about this Eve Room 2 sensor. Its E-ink screen is clear. This digital ink technology allows you to display data while preserving battery life. The announced autonomy is 6 weeks. We were not able to test for such a long period of time. The fact remains that the readings are taken several dozen times a day and the app, well designed, displays very precise reports. In addition, the case is small, discreet, light and rechargeable. If we had to find some faults in it, we could think of thesometimes high latencybuttons on the front andat the price, a little expensive. Other than that, it's all good and we can only recommend it!

What we liked:

  • Compact case
  • The design is sober and discreet
  • Accurate data
  • Successful and complete Eve App

What we liked less:

  • Latency of the touch controls of the case
  • Price slightly too high

And to find out everything about HomeKit, findour complete file here. To follow the latest news on HomeKit iPhone and iPad home automation,it's over there, including the publication of our HomeKit accessory tests, including:

And to go even further, here isour selection of more than 30 connected accessories to control with the iPhone and iPad, including several HomeKit compatible.

Also not to be missed are our other iPhone accessories files:

Accessoires Apple Watch :

And Airpods:

Without forgetting :

The Eve Room 2 sensoris rated 4.5 stars out of 5par iPhon.fr.

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By : Keleops AG

Editor-in-chief for iPhon.fr. Pierre is like Indiana Jones, looking for the lost iOS trick. Also a long-time Mac user, Apple devices hold no secrets for him. Contact: pierre[a]iphon.fr.

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