Leakbot. Any experience?

[Somebody]

New home insurance provider can supply one of these devices which monitor leaks for free.

https://leakbot.io/for-homeowners/check-eligibilit...

Before I sign up for one, has anyone installed one, and if so what are the pros and cons?

TIA

[.:ian:.]

Call me cynical. A device that detects potentially hidden leaks. Or more likely obvious ones like a dripping tap or a ball cock that never quite shuts off totally.

Then .. "If you have access to our repair service through your insurer, you can book a qualified LeakBot plumber directly through the app to find and fix the leak, often at no extra cost to you."

Just a claim on your insurance, presumably.

[ridds]

I've had one for a while. Got it free from the Local Water Supplier.

Batteries went flat pretty quick. After the second time I didn't replace them.

Leakbot then called me constantly as it clearly reports back to their servers, not just the App on your device.

This wasn't clear to me when I got it and thus it is now removed.

Ironically I had a leak last week.

[Junglebert]

NFU? They’ve been trying to give them to us for years, the reviews are awful.

[PhilboSE]

I was given some by an insurer on some properties with high insurance costs. I eventually fitted one and it gave me false positives when my automatic watering systems kicked in.

I don’t think the principle is fundamentally unsound, just didn’t work for me.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

We've got one.

It's been handy a few times. Seems accurate enough (I get an alert if I'm pressure washing the patio )

We've had it over two years and have just recently replaced the batteries.

We also got it for free so I can't see any downside.

[Jeremy-75qq8]

I have one from my insurers.

It seem to be an acoustic device that listens for continual water use.

I had some false alarms and then moved the unit to a more appropriate pipe as the one I used also fed the water softener which was triggering it - so on the face of it it works.

The batteries went flat and like above I was in receipt of lots of calls.

No downside

[MyM2006]

Had ours 18 months, was free through the house insurance, I assume their leak repair service is where they make their money
Had no issue with ours, pointed out a dripping tap we hadn't noticed but other than that has been fine, battery level is still showing as high.

[Crasher242]

We've had one for years - we got it free with our insurance (Hiscox) when they were doing a pilot roll out.

I think we have had 2 alerts from it both of which turned out to be true leaks (one was kitchen tap leaking almost imperceptibly) - both times we had a plumber come out to replace parts free-of-charge.

The last guy that came out said he only did jobs relating to Leakbot call-outs!

[mdw]

20 years ago I fitted a waterguard system, worked very well and fully programmable. Just looked and the modern version is 1k plus😲. It allowed unlimited use at certain programmed times then a quick cut off if flow detected after a set time afterwards. Modern version is the waterguard flow 7

[hidetheelephants]

Why make the bloody thing battery powered? What a faff.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

hidetheelephants said:

Why make the bloody thing battery powered? What a faff.

Changing the batteries once every two years? I've worse problems (and like most people no power socket near where the water enters the building)

[Somebody]

Thanks, chaps. I've gone for one.

[Byker28i]

Hive used to do a leak detector. Clip it on you're main pipe in to warn you about possible excessive usage.