Third Reality
ThirdReality Gen2 Zigbee soil moisture sensor
Sensors · Security
Partly worksLocal
1 report: 1 says it partly works.
Reported with 1 integration: MQTT.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQTT | Partly works Local | Outdoors one user's sensors stop reporting; others have 13 working; one threw theirs outSaved copyHelp with zigbee outdoor network issues w/ soil moisture sensors. I was hoping to implement a fully automated irrigation system for my vegetable garden this year. I use HA for my home automation and already had a couple zigbee devices installed using zigbee2MQTT so I went in search of soil sensors and settled on ThirdReality Gen2 zigbee soil sensors. I have 10 of them. I use ZBT-2 as my main coordinator but I wanted to make sure I had a strong zigbee signal outside so I added a Sonoff zigbee router and set it up in bridge mode. I put it inside a weather-proof box and added an external antenna … Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit thread · 2026-07 |
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In ReReHome
Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.
Identifiers
| Brand | Third Reality |
|---|---|
| Model | Gen2 |
| Category | Sensors |