Mi Flora battery life

[Mahko_Mahko]

@BrianAker shared some useful battery life tips and experience’s over here.

Zigbee flower and plant sensors for soil moisture + light + temperature + humidity?

The Miflora sensors have reasonable battery life if you just read data from them via passive BLE, no active scans or reads. I am on the latest firmware for all green/white models, which no longer provides battery information in the beacon. Passing reading the state from the sensor will significantly extend the life of the battery. Don’t even open up the “Flower Care” app unless you need to update firmware. The “Flower Care” app burns through the battery pretty quickly. Battery life for me is > …