Aqara sensor door : MCCGQ11LM vs MCCGQ14LM

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Hi,

It’s seems that there are a new sensor Aqara for door MCCGQ14LM, with zigbee 3.0.
Anybody test it, and difference ??

Thanks,

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I’ve received today MCCGQ11LM, i had MCCGQ14LM, i can say you the MCCGQ14LM hasn’t temperature sensor and the (oldest) MCCGQ11LM has.

Also there was a problem with the MCCGQ14LM + ZigBee2MQTT + Conbee 2, but it was solved 2 weeks ago (or so) with both lastest Z2B and Conbee firmware.

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What’s your experience so far with the newer version in terms of reliability, range or battery life?

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I have same question, Has anybody experience on both?

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any news on this?

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I have no plans to swap out my dozen or so older units, but I’m only buying newer model model going forward. The newer model will move between routers if needed. I think that’s worth the price difference.

The older model is pretty much married and stuck to whatever router it initially pairs with. You’ll end up manually re-pairing if the router it initially pairs with is removed/dies/is not always on, etc. I have seen the older ones eventually move, but it can be days if it happens at all.

The only disadvantage I’ve noticed is the newer model does not expose a temp entity. The older unit’s temp entity is limited and is not ambient temp, but the internal chip temp. Still, it could be useful for relative changes, even if not really accurate to the ambient temp.

Still too soon to know for sure about battery, but mine are still reporting 100% after 3 weeks.

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You’ll end up manually re-pairing if the router it initially pairs with is removed/dies/is not always on

I cannot speak for router being removed or dies, but this is definitely not true for the router not being always on. My router went south for a couple of hours more than once and I never had to repair my two MCCGQ11LM models.

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Hi,
I do have both, main difference being compatibility with third party routers.
The old version do support a limited set of router model/brand.

I’m using a Legrand router which is not supported by old version of zigbee sensor from Aqara (as Aqara did not implement the zigbee stack as per standard).

Conclusion : if you do not want to introduce limitations on routers compatibility, take the new one, otherwise the old one is fine !

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