Product features
- Matter compatible
Staircases, garages and entrances feel more welcoming with light. This sensor reacts to movement and turns your lighting on automatically, both indoors and outdoors. Based on the universal standard Matter.
Article Number306.246.95
Product details
This motion sensor for both outdoor and indoor use makes sure you always have light where you need it – helping you make life at home easier, more comfortable and safer.
Perfect for garages, bicycle storage areas, entrances, outbuildings, staircases and other spaces where you want the lighting to turn on automatically.
Can be connected to up to 10 light sources at the same time, and they all work in unison.
By connecting this product to a DIRIGERA hub, you get even more out of it and can also control it, together with other smart products, in the IKEA Home smart app.
This smart product uses the universal standard Matter, making it easy to install, operate and add to DIRIGERA hub and to other well-known systems.
Designer
W Braasch/M Arvonen
Good to know
Built on the open standard Matter and is compatible with smart systems from, for example, Amazon, Apple, Google, Homey and Samsung.
Approved for IP67.
Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
This product uses Matter over Thread, which means that you need a Thread Border Router to control it through your phone, for example our DIRIGERA hub.
IKEA of Sweden AB SE-343 81 Älmhult, IKEA.com
Materials and care
Material
ABS plastic
Assembly and documents
Assembly instructions
MYGGSPRAY Wireless motion sensor306.246.95Advice and care instructions
MYGGSPRAY Wireless motion sensor306.246.95Declaration of Conformity
MYGGSPRAY Wireless motion sensor306.246.95Weight & measurements
- Width: 40 mm
Package details
MYGGSPRAY
Article Number306.246.95- Width: 7 cm
- Height: 5 cm
- Length: 8 cm
- Weight: 0.09 kg
- Package(s): 1
Reviews
Great Value Motion and Light sensorAnonymous reviewerThis has proved to be a great value sensor. I assumed it was only an occupancy sensor. However, it also is a light sensor, provide lighting measurements that can be used in Apple Home (and similar) automations. Because it is Matter over Thread protocol it was an easy set up with the Apple Home setup. I used my Home app on my iPhone and scanned the Matter QR code provided on the instructions. This is also available on the physical sensor, along with the printed numeric code. It was an easy add to the setup. It is working well and triggers lights and brightness automations in my kitchen. Superb value money.
No idea how this worksAnonymous reviewerI followed the instructions in the leaflet. All they showed me to do was to insert batteries. I did that. Light did not work.
Something popped up on my phone asking me to scan the qr code on the product. (It isn't on the product but it is on the box.)
Nothing happened. Again and again.
So it said I could enter a code.
But I have no code and it didn't tell me where to find it.
I went onto tube which suggested I could use another IKEA product I do not have.
Or I could use apple....providing I have an iPhone. I don't have an iPhone.
Or I could use Bluetooth. I tried that but my phone said that won't work.
So, an hour wasted and a product useless to me. Back to Oxford st tomorrow to return it and the batteries.
Please improve your instructions IKEA, especially for we old folk.
Needs more information in the shopAnonymous reviewerI was interested in the new smart home range of products but Ikea needs to provide more information in the shop to explain how these work and what you will need to make them connect. For example do you need to buy the Deriga hub or can you use anything else if you simply want to connect the Myggspray sensor to activate a light?
I found it would connect directly to my Amazon Echo and it would then connect to a SonOff mini light switch. Unfortunately this was intermittent and seemed to have a delay of a couple of minutes before it would reactivate the light.
I appreciate that this may be a problem caused by any of the three systems being used and I may be able to solve it eventually. But Ikea do seem to be thin on providing information about their products and how to start using them.
OK if you are an experienced user of smart home products and can sort it yourself but not for the new customer attracted by the attractive price and keen to start adding smart products to their home.
Excellent PerformanceAnonymous reviewerResponses very quickly to human movement, good. Linked to Alexa via matters without any problems.
Good basic operation in HomeKitAnonymous reviewerI have three of these sensors, positioned both inside and externally. They connected first time to my Apple Home/Homekit thread network via Matter and they have been stable and reliable so far. I don’t use the Ikea hub, utilising an Apple TV as border router.
I paired them with my Homey set up as well, but they became unreliable in Homey flows so reverted to HomeKit only control. Multi admin in Matter is a problem shared with many brands so no real surprise there.
The physical design is excellent. IP67 rated for outdoor use and with a mount that is flexible for freestanding, wall and corner mounting.
Yes there are some limitations. The motion detection range cannot be altered (and they do trigger at 10m) and the lux readings at typical indoor lighting levels report much lower than the actual levels. Brighter levels outdoors seem better calibrated.
For £7, these do the job for basic sensor duties provided you can keep to one admin system and don’t need precise calibration.
Great Matter Sensor in Home AssistantAnonymous reviewerYou do need a thread router so some Apple TV's will work or Eero routers. But once installed works perfectly and uses hardly any power. If you have Home Assistant look for the Myggspray Blueprint as it's brilliant.
Good but not greatAnonymous reviewerThe sensor's well-designed, in terms of placement/mounting, size, and functionality. I noticed a nice feature, the mount is subtly designed to prevent mounting the wrong way round, with one side flat to prevent someone unknowingly placing it the wrong way in!
While 90% of the time it is reliable, it can sometimes not detect me, for example, this morning, when it was dark, 2 sensors missed me when I needed them to activate my lights, whereas now, they activate normally.
Normally, the results are satisfactory, and I really cannot complain about the price; the value is terrific!
PS, there are a lot of reports of poor connection issues at the beginning, I bought a few ikea smart home bits on the new Thread protocol. Resetting the device by pressing the button for 10 seconds sorts this out!
The worst part about these is that nowhere on the product page does it inform the customer of the thread protocol. It's a great protocol, but misinforming a potential customer is not something good!
It worksAnonymous reviewerYou do need a thread border router e.g. Apple TV/mini or Amazon echo or as you are in Ikea the Ikea Dirigera hub
Terrible qualityAnonymous reviewerI bought 8 of these at the first round one of them failed after a week. Dropped the network and never connected again. Even factory reset was not working. Took it back to the shop and bought a replacement one. The replacement item is even worst, no lights at all. Also faulty. IKEA do you have any quality control or something? Sorry but that’s not right.
One already died after a week of useAnonymous reviewerI recently bought nine of these motion sensors. One already died after a week of use. It is powered up but not communicating. Tried factory reset it but not able to add again to the system. It sounds like some fault with the radio part of thr unit.
Patchy at bestAnonymous reviewerAdded to a thread network and it only triggers a handful of times, I’d say 80% of the time I can walk around 1 to 2m in front of it and it doesn’t detect anything, then an few hours later it’ll work for a while, then stops again for a few hours. Using the IKEA recommended batteries which it’s reporting at 100%.
The thread switch beside it is working flawlessly so far.
Excellent sensorAnonymous reviewerThis is working with matter over thread and is as easy to set up as a zigbee device, this device has never let me down yet. If it's not working on your network it's likely your home network and not this device. My only wish is if it exported some sensitivity control
Fine with HomeKit Anonymous reviewerBought for £7. Watched a YouTube video (in German!) for installation help. Works fine!
Zigbee no moreAnonymous reviewerunlike (all?) the other new Ikea home sensor devices, this isn't thread and zigbee, seems to be thread only. Shame. It'll sit in a box and not be used :(
Does it MATTER?Anonymous reviewerThis new Matter over thread device was a pain to set up. Pairing not as simple as its Zigbee predecessor.
Sticky pads uselessAnonymous reviewerThe sensor seems to work - connected fairly quickly in Home Assistant using my Apple TV’s Thread Border Router.
However, despite cleaning the tiles well, the sticky pads only lasted about 3 hours before it fell off the wall. Luckily it didn’t break.
Also disappointed that there’s no magnetic mount as with other IKEA sensors.
Good when it worksAnonymous reviewerWhen it works, it works really well. Unfortunately in the week I have had it installed it has only worked a handful of times. I bought the ikea hub too. I have it connected over thread and integrated into HomeKit. Often it shows no presence when I am in the same room. Can’t really recommend until this problem is fixed
EffortlessAnonymous reviewerAutomatically detected by my Google Home system within seconds of me inserting the batteries, and seamless setup via QR code. Its response time and area of affect is good, and it was easy to install. Unlocks a huge range of options for home automation. Brilliant.
Buggy when connected through Matter over ThreadAnonymous reviewerConnected the sensor through Matter over Thread to Apple Home as Hue bridge is being used already (so not further buying the Ikea Bridge).
It works at first but random bugs appear at random times (light not turning on with motion, light not turning off without motion, light turning on at strange brightness).
Excellent productAnonymous reviewerThis sensor connects instantly to Apple Home, where it shows up as two sensors. One for occupancy, the other for light level in Lux.
The occupancy sensor operates reliably and has a good range.
I wanted to set it up to light a lamp when anybody was near my kitchen door, however the initial location of it allowed it to sense people elsewhere in the kitchen. Presumably it was responding to reflections in the glass door. Relocating it to one side completely solved the problem and it’s now working perfectly.
I’ve tried using the light level sensor within Shortcut scripts and it worked well, opening and closing motorised blinds at dawn and dusk.
Like the rest of this range, it offers incredible value for money.
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