The SmartDry wireless laundry sensor promises to make your dryer smart for a very reasonable $50. The sensor notifies you when your clothes are dry, when the dryer stops, or if the heat is out of control. And, by golly, it delivers!
My dryer is stupid. Don’t get me wrong—it’s an excellent, expensive dryer that dries clothes. However, I can’t hear its notification noises from most of the house, and the built-in dryness detection feature is awful.
Every time I try to use the dryness detection feature, it goes wrong. In most cases, the clothes are still very damp. Other times, the dryer doesn’t stop when the clothes are dry, which could shrink everything.
Usually, I just use the timer, but I’m not much smarter than the dryness feature, and I’m undoubtedly lazy. I don’t want to run downstairs to the basement multiple times to see if the dryer’s finished. So, I set the timer for an hour and hope for the best.
The SmartDry sensor detects dryness, temperature, and motion. It alerts you if the clothes are dry while the dryer is still going, or if the dryer stops, but the clothes are still damp. It can even warn you if your dryer is overheating.
You might be worried that such a complicated-sounding sensor would be hard to install, but that’s not the case at all.
A Straightforward Install
The SmartDry hardware is pretty simple. You get a rectangular sensor unit, a bridge unit, and a plug for the bridge. To install it, you just pull the battery tab from the sensor and tighten some screws (the company even provides a tiny adorable screwdriver).
Stick it in your dryer as close to the middle as possible, next to a dryer flap. Powerful magnets hold the sensor in place, so attaching it to your metal dryer is very easy.
Next, plug in the bridge unit as close to the dryer as possible. Once you have the hardware in place, you pair the sensor and bridge to the SmartDry app (available on Android and iOS.)
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