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eufy Security T8910021 motion sensor, 100° × 30 ft review

Thirty feet over a hundred degrees with a two-year battery in the box — and sensitivity instead of a pet weight.

The conclusion Thirty feet over a hundred degrees is the longest reach among the app-based sensors here, with the cell in the box and up to two years claimed — a sound, plainly described sensor for a eufy HomeBase household. Two things to hold against it: the two-year figure carries no published assumption where a rival's does, and pet immunity is a sensitivity dial rather than the stated weight limit this shelf's own tag asks for.

What the maker puts in writing

  • Detects motion within a 100° field of view up to 30 feet away
  • The included battery provides up to 2 years of power
  • Adjustable sensitivity, so it only alerts when humans are in range rather than your playful pet dog or cat
  • App alerts through the eufy Security app, wherever you are
  • Optional 24/7 professional monitoring: police, fire and medical response
  • “This motion sensor is not waterproof.”

No pet weight. No battery type. No protocol. No mounting height.

A dial, where this shelf asks for a weight

Which is the one real gap.

A stated pet immunity weight describes the lens: lower zones masked or weighted so an animal below a given mass at floor level does not register. It works without tuning.

Adjustable sensitivity turns the whole detector down. That raises the threshold for everything — including a person moving slowly, and a person walking straight at it, which this shelf’s introduction says often fails to trigger even at full sensitivity.

One detector on this shelf publishes a weight. This offers a dial.

Two years, unqualified

Which is not the same as wrong.

A PIR sleeps and wakes to transmit, so two years on a cell is ordinary for the category. The question is how often it wakes.

The Tapo sensor on this shelf gives the same two years and adds the condition: fewer than a hundred detections a day.

Hallway: expect much less. Spare room: plausible.

Thirty feet, which cuts both ways

The longest among the app-based sensors here.

Enough for an open-plan living room from one corner, which is the use eufy states.

And this shelf’s introduction is the warning: a longer field sees more heat sources, and sunlight tracking across a floor eight meters away is inside this range.

The Tapo sensor can be cut to three meters for exactly that reason. This one cannot, so placement does the whole job.

Availability

On sale at around $25 on the American Amazon store at the time of checking.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on October 8, 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What reassures, and what does not

Strengths

  • Thirty feet, the longest range among the app-based sensors here
  • The battery is included and rated up to two years
  • A published field of view, which three detectors here omit entirely
  • Sensitivity is adjustable rather than fixed
  • Optional professional monitoring with police, fire and medical response
  • Part of a eufy system with no monthly fee for the basics

Compromises

  • No pet immunity weight: sensitivity is offered instead
  • The two-year figure has no published assumption behind it
  • The cell type is not named, so replacement is a guess
  • No radio protocol named
  • No mounting height
  • A eufy HomeBase is needed for it to do anything

Specifications

Detection100° field of view up to 30 ft — stated as more than enough to secure an entire room. Thirty feet is the longest range among the app-based sensors on this shelf, and a hundred degrees is the narrowest angle published on this shelf, against the hundred and ten of the wired panel detector here and two others at a hundred and twenty
BatteryIncluded, with up to 2 years of power stated. The cell type is not named and no assumption is published — the Tapo sensor on this shelf gives the same two-year figure and states the condition it rests on, fewer than a hundred detections a day
Pet immunityNOT published as a weight. eufy states adjustable sensitivity so that it only alerts when humans are in range rather than a playful pet dog or cat — which is a setting, not a limit. This shelf's introduction and this shelf's tag both say pet immunity is a stated weight, and only at least one of the thirteen detectors here gives one
SystemApp alerts through the eufy Security app as soon as motion is detected, wherever you are, with an optional 24/7 professional monitoring service for police, fire and medical response
RatingsExplicitly not waterproof, stated in the same bullet as the range. At least four of the thirteen detectors on this shelf say so outright; this shelf is indoor
ProtocolNot published. The sensor talks to a eufy HomeBase over a radio eufy does not name, where one detector on this shelf names its protocol
Mounting heightNot published
TypeA system sensor: silent in itself, with the alert raised by the app and the HomeBase
Dual technologyNot published, and nothing on this shelf is dual-technology
Amazon referenceB083KHPB8R
EAN0194644180782

The questions we are asked

Is adjustable sensitivity as good as a pet weight?

No, and the difference is worth understanding. A stated pet immunity weight describes the lens: the detector's lower zones are masked or weighted so an animal below a given mass at floor level does not register, which works without tuning. Adjustable sensitivity means turning the whole detector down, which raises the threshold for everything — including a person moving slowly, and including a person walking straight towards it, which this shelf's introduction says often fails to trigger even at full sensitivity. One detector on this shelf publishes a weight. This offers a dial.

Should I believe up to two years?

As a best case, yes. A PIR sleeps most of the time and wakes to transmit, so two years on one cell is ordinary for the category — the question is how often it wakes. The Tapo sensor on this shelf publishes the same two-year figure and adds the assumption: fewer than a hundred detections a day. eufy publishes the figure without the condition, which does not make it wrong, only unqualified. In a hallway, expect considerably less; in a spare room, two years is plausible.

What does 30 feet buy over 23?

The far wall of a larger room, and a false alarm you now have to think about. Thirty feet at a hundred degrees is a big field — enough for an open-plan living room from one corner, which is the use eufy states. This shelf's introduction is the warning: a longer field sees more heat sources, and sunlight tracking across a floor eight meters away is inside this detector's range. The Tapo sensor here can be cut to three meters for exactly that reason; this one cannot, so placement does the whole job.

Against the rest of the motion detectors

Between security devices of the same category and nearby price. Shown: what they all state. A half-filled column says nothing.

Model Price DetectionPet immunity
eufy Security T8910021 motion sensor, 100° × 30 ft $25 100° field of view up to 30 ft — stated as more than enough to secure an entire room. Thirty feet is the longest range among the app-based sensors on this shelf, and a hundred degrees is the narrowest angle published on this shelf, against the hundred and ten of the wired panel detector here and two others at a hundred and twentyNOT published as a weight. eufy states adjustable sensitivity so that it only alerts when humans are in range rather than a playful pet dog or cat — which is a setting, not a limit. This shelf's introduction and this shelf's tag both say pet immunity is a stated weight, and only at least one of the thirteen detectors here gives one
BESTOONE MSA-21 motion sensor alarm, 2 sensors and 1 receiver $25 About 20 ft of infrared detection distance — stated, and stated in the SAME bullet as the 300 ft radio range and distinguished from it. That is the clearest handling of the two figures on this shelf, where three listings lead with a radio distance and one publishes no detection range at allNot published, in any form. No weight, no sensitivity and no mention of animals
CPVAN CP2 Pro motion sensor alarm, 125 dB, 328 ft remote $25 Up to 40 ft, with best performance typically within 10–26 ft — stated, and that qualification is the most useful sentence on this shelf. A PIR's rated maximum is a laboratory figure for a warm body crossing the field; the working range is always shorter, and CPVAN is the only listing here that publishes both numbersNot published as a weight. CPVAN states PIR sensing that helps identify human movement and reduce unwanted triggers, which is an adjective
TECKNET HHA01001WA01 indoor motion sensor alarm, 125 dB, 328 ft remote $25 Approximately 16–26 ft over a 120° field of view — stated, with the caveat that range varies with installation height, angle and environment. The body rotates 360° so the field can be aimed down a hallway without moving the mountNot published as a weight. TECKNET states PIR sensing with intelligent signal analysis to distinguish human movement from environmental interference, which is an adjective where this shelf asks for a figure

What this one costs among motion detectors

Details checked on October 8, 2026.

The buyer this one serves, among security devices

A eufy HomeBase household wanting the longest range on this shelf among the app-based sensors

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 100.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for home security products and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.

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