Aqara P1 Motion Sensor... Worth Another Look?

With the popular Aqara FP1 & FP2 mmWave sensors expensive and hard to get your hands on, is the Aqara P1 PIR worth considering?

Or is it even worth getting the Original Aqara motion sensor instead?!

In this video I add it to Home Assistant using ZHA and then do some range testing at different distances.

00:00 Intro
00:52 Unboxing
02:21 Pairing Process in ZHA Home Assistant
04:24 Range Tests - High Sensitivity
06:17 Range Tests - Medium Sensitivity
07:04 Range Tests - Low Sensitivity
09:19 Wrap-up & Outro

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I just recently purchased the P1 sensor to automate my stair lights that I was hoping could be triggered by motion from both floors (placing the sensor on the wall of the landing) so I can use a single sensor for both floors. I knew that it would be a challenge to detect motion based on vertical angle due to the height difference between both floors, but I never even got to testing that part. I could never reliably get the P1 sensor to detect my motion unless I'm around 6 feet or less away from it. And even on high sensitivity, it won't detect my presence if I move slowly towards it, until I'm almost near it. I was so bewildered by how unreliable it is that I took my really old Wyze Sensor V1 and compared it with the P1. 80-90% of the time, the old Wyze Sensor would instantly pick me up as I move slowly into view, while the P1 will just sit there idly untill all of a sudden it triggers. I felt so frustrated with how bad the detection was that I returned the 4 P1 sensors I bought and had planned to replace various manual sensors in the house.

I wonder if I should try and get my hands on the original Aqara Motion sensor and see how that works.