A cheap Zigbee contact sensor for doors and windows, suited to homes that already run a Tuya or MOES gateway.
Typical Amazon.ae price for the device, checked 13 Sept 2026. See the listing Installation is quoted separately after we check your property.
Supplied, fitted and configured by our own Dubai team. We check compatibility with your property before you commit to anything.
A budget Zigbee contact sensor that reports open and closed, and the honest catch belongs in the first line: it will not work on its own. This is a Zigbee 3.0 end-device, so it needs a MOES or Tuya Zigbee gateway in the property before your phone sees anything. Two pieces stick to the door and the frame with the tape in the box, a 40mm sensor body and a small magnet. Move them more than about 20mm apart and the sensor sends an open event to the gateway, which passes it to the MOES, Smart Life or Tuya app and on to Alexa or Google. Power is one CR2032 coin cell, included, and the app warns you when it is low. There is no wiring, no back box and no tools, so a tenant can fit it and take it away at the end of the lease. It suits Dubai buyers who already run Tuya kit and want cheap coverage on several doors: a villa store room, a maid's room, a shaded garden gate, or the balcony door that gets left open with the AC running. Treat MOES as the value brand it is. Aqara and Sonoff have better build quality, longer firmware support and more UAE service history, and MOES wins mainly on price and on how neatly it slots into a Tuya system you already own. If you have no gateway, budget for one too, because the sensor is useless without it.
Tells you the moment a door, window or gate is opened
Sticks on in a minute with tape, no wiring and no tools
Triggers Tuya scenes for lights, AC, a siren or a phone alert
Cheap enough to fit on every door in a villaModel ZigBee door/window contact sensor
| Wireless protocol | Zigbee 3.0 end-device, with no WiFi radio inside |
| Gateway requirement | Requires a MOES or Tuya Zigbee gateway. It does not connect on its own |
| Power source | 1x CR2032 3V coin cell, included and user-replaceable, with a low battery alert in the app |
| Sensing method | Two-piece magnetic reed contact, sensor body plus magnet, around 20mm detection gap |
| App and ecosystem | MOES, Smart Life or Tuya app. Alexa and Google Assistant through the gateway |
| Installation | Double-sided adhesive tape on the door or window frame. No wiring and no tools |
| Automation | Open and close events trigger Tuya scenes and other Zigbee devices such as lighting, AC, thermostat or siren |
| Dimensions | Sensor body 40 x 26 x 13mm, magnet 26 x 9.5 x 11mm |
Fitment does not apply to this one. It is a battery sensor in two adhesive-mounted pieces, so there is no back box, no BS1363 Type-G plate and no mains wiring to match. The no-neutral question that decides most Dubai wall switch jobs is irrelevant here too, because the unit runs off a single CR2032 cell. Nobody has to touch a live circuit and you can fit it yourself. What does matter locally is heat and dust. Adhesive pads let go on a hot aluminium balcony frame in July, so we wipe the surface with alcohol first and, on frames in direct sun, screw or cable-tie the body rather than trust the tape. Villa gates only work if the sensor sits in shade and out of the rain, since the housing is not weather-rated. On sliding balcony doors the frame return is usually too narrow for the magnet, so it goes flat on the face of the moving leaf. Coin cells also drain faster in a hot store room, so check them yearly.
MOES in the UAE. A value brand in the Tuya and Zigbee ecosystem, sold in the UAE mainly through its own Amazon.ae store with genuine local stock and review history. Best known among smart-home enthusiasts for retrofit modules, no-neutral switches and scene controllers rather than as a household name. Most devices run on the Smart Life or Tuya app, and the Zigbee ones need a MOES or Tuya gateway. Note that MOES rarely states the wall-box pattern on its switch listings, so we confirm back-box fit before fitting one.
