No WiFi? Power out? Your cottage still calls you.
EDGE Essential Cellular PLUS Temperature Alarm with Probe
Its own cellular link, up to 2 years on 4 AA batteries and a probe you place right by the pipes. Keep it on USB-C power and within minutes of a power cut, everyone on your list gets an alert by push, email and text. Year one of cellular included.
- Calls + texts to unlimited people with Premium
- Power-outage alert
- Up to 2 years on AA batteries
- Loud buzzer on the unit
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- Cellular: no WiFi or router needed. Runs up to 2 years on AA batteries, and on USB-C power it alerts everyone within minutes of a power cut.
- WiFi is for places where the router never goes down. Empty buildings and power cuts? Cellular is the safe pick.
- PLUS measures with a fixed probe on a 1 m (3 ft) cable instead of a built-in sensor, and reads down to -40 °C (-40 °F): place it by the pipes or in the crawl space.
- Calls + texts to unlimited people with Premium
- Power-outage alert
- Up to 2 years on AA batteries
- Loud buzzer on the unit
- Cellular: no WiFi or router needed. Runs up to 2 years on AA batteries, and on USB-C power it alerts everyone within minutes of a power cut.
- WiFi is for places where the router never goes down. Empty buildings and power cuts? Cellular is the safe pick.
- PLUS measures with a fixed probe on a 1 m (3 ft) cable instead of a built-in sensor, and reads down to -40 °C (-40 °F): place it by the pipes or in the crawl space.
Will it get signal? It connects to cellular networks in Canada, the US and 170+ countries, with no roaming charges. Not sure about your spot? Call a real person at 1-888-365-8880 before you order.
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Specs, manual & datasheet
What It Measures
External Temperature
-40°C to +125°C (-40°F to +257°F)
Fixed probe with a Sensirion SHT45 sensor. The PLUS has no built-in temperature or humidity sensor: it measures at the probe tip.
Relative Humidity
1% to 99% RH
Mold Index
Predicts mold-growth risk from temperature and humidity
Power-Outage Alert
Alert within minutes when the USB-C power drops; the AA batteries keep it running
About EDGE Essential Cellular PLUS High-Accuracy Temperature & Humidity Data Logger & Alarm
High-accuracy cellular temperature and humidity alarm and data logger for cottages, cabins, rentals and remote buildings with no WiFi. Text, call, email and push alerts to as many people as you want. Built-in SIM and an included 1 m (3.3 ft) probe that reads -40 to +125 °C (-40 to +257 °F). Up to 2 years on 4 AA batteries (USB-C optional). Cellular plan: first year included, then about $26.67/yr (about $2.22/mo) per device, billed annually.
Not a quiet notification. A phone call.
Your phone rings, a text lands with the reading, and email and push follow, for every person on your list, again and again until the reading is back in range.
Sunday
3:07
Incoming call
MaxLinc Alarm
MaxLinc
ALARM: Cottage is at 3 °C (37 °F). Your limit: 5 °C (41 °F). Alerts repeat until it's back in range.
Cottage: low temperature
Also sent to Dana and the neighbour by text, call and email.
MaxLinc Alarm
Cottage: low temperature
What EDGE Essential (no probe) owners say
Reviews of EDGE Essential (no probe), WiFi and Cellular: same app, same phone-call alarms. PLUS measures with a fixed high-accuracy probe instead of a built-in sensor.
“The system has protected our cottage from freezing conditions more than once.”
“Perfect for monitoring our cottage during the winter. Easy setup and reliable notifications.”
“We use it in our baby's room and receive alerts whenever conditions change. Very reassuring.”
Year one of cellular included.
Included in year one
- Cellular data, unlimited
- Premium: full history + PDF reports
- ~$3.70 alert credit: about 250 texts or 100 calls
From year two
- ~$26.67/yr (~$2.22/mo) per device, billed annually, unlimited data
- No contract, cancel anytime
- Email and push alerts stay free; texts about 1.5¢, calls about 3.7¢
Example: a text and a call to 4 people costs about 21¢ in total.
You add a card when you register the device. Nothing is charged before year two.
Power out? WiFi down? EDGE Cellular still alerts you.
When the building loses power, the WiFi router goes down with it - and unless it's on backup power, a WiFi-only sensor goes silent. EDGE Cellular doesn't need the router.
01
Power drops
Everything plugged in goes dark - the WiFi router included.
02
Batteries take over
4 AA batteries keep EDGE logging and alarming. No outlet needed.
03
Cellular gets it out
Its built-in cellular link sends the alert. No WiFi or internet needed.
04
Your whole team is told
Push, email and text - to everyone on your list.
The outage alert fires when EDGE runs on USB-C power and that power drops. It goes out at the next recording: within 10 minutes at the default 10-minute interval, about a minute if it records every minute. The AA batteries keep it running through the outage.
A power cut takes the WiFi down too. EDGE Cellular still gets through.
When the power cuts
WiFi-only sensor: The router dies too, so it goes quiet (unless your router has backup power)
EDGE Cellular: Keeps watching on AA batteries and gets the alarm out over its own cellular link
No WiFi on site
WiFi-only sensor: Can't connect at all
EDGE Cellular: Built-in cellular, 170+ countries
How you find out
WiFi-only sensor: Many send only an app notification or email
EDGE Cellular: A phone call + text to unlimited people
For the places you can't check on.
Cottages & cabins
Put the probe by the pipes or in the crawl space. If it nears freezing, your phone rings while there's still time to act.
Rentals & vacation homes
Heat, cold and damp between guests, with a mold index built in. Add the neighbour or your property manager to the call list.
Pump houses & remote buildings
No internet out there? It brings its own cellular link and runs up to 2 years on 4 AA batteries.
Ready when you are
No WiFi? Power out? Your cottage still calls you.
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- 2-year limited warranty
- Ships within 3 business days
- Set up in under 5 minutes
EDGE Essential Cellular PLUS Temperature Alarm with Probe
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Questions before you buy
What happens in a power outage?
Keep it on USB-C power with the AA batteries in. When the power drops, everyone on your list gets a power-outage alert by push, email and text (each person on the channels turned on in their own profile) at its next recording (within 10 minutes at the default 10-minute recording interval, about a minute if it records every minute), over its own cellular link, so a dead router can't stop it. The batteries take over and keep it logging and alarming through the outage. Running on batteries only? It still watches the temperature and calls you if it goes out of range.
What is different on PLUS?
It measures through an included, fixed 1 m (3 ft) high-accuracy temperature and humidity probe instead of a built-in sensor. The probe reads -40 to +125 °C (-40 to +257 °F), so you measure the exact spot you care about: by the pipes, in a crawl space or inside a cabinet.
How cold can it get?
The PLUS probe reads down to -40 °C (-40 °F). Put it by the pipes, set your low limit at, say, 5 °C (41 °F), and your phone rings the moment the heat quits, while there's still time to save them.
What does the cellular plan cost?
Nothing in year one: cellular data is included. After that it's about $26.67/year (about $2.22/month) per device, billed annually, with unlimited data, no contract, cancel anytime. You add a card when you register the device, and nothing is charged before year two.
What do phone calls and texts cost?
Email and push alerts are free and unlimited. Texts and calls run on prepaid alert credit. Your device comes with about $3.70 of credit, enough for 250 texts or 100 calls. After that a text is about 1.5¢ and a call about 3.7¢ (a text and a call to 4 people: about 21¢), and you top up anytime from your profile. If the credit ever runs out, email and push alerts keep going.
Will it work at my cottage?
It connects to cellular networks in Canada, the US and 170+ countries, with no roaming charges. Not sure about signal at your cottage? Call a real person at 1-888-365-8880 before you order and we'll talk it through.
How many people can get the alarm?
As many as you want: family, the neighbour, your property manager. Everyone gets the call or text at once, the alerts repeat until the reading is back in range, and the log shows who acknowledged it.