Hive
Hive Radiator Valve
- Cloud integration
- Cloud required
- Zigbee
Prices verified September 2026
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Only worth buying as an add-on to an existing Hive Hub and thermostat setup — not a standalone purchase. At £59 a valve it's more than double the £25.99 SONOFF TRVZB, a Zigbee2MQTT/ZHA-native TRV that runs locally with no cloud dependency. Hive ships M30, M28 and Danfoss RA adapters in the box, covering most UK valve bodies, and runs on 2x AA batteries — Hive doesn't publish an official life figure, but expect roughly a year, better than the SONOFF's ~6 months on three AAs. The catch is everything routes through Hive's cloud rather than local Zigbee, so state and boost commands lag behind a native HA TRV.
What can Home Assistant control on the Hive Radiator Valve?
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Climate | Climate | hvac_modes heat/off, current and target temperature, and a boost preset — values are only as fresh as the last cloud poll (30s minimum). |
| Boost heating | Service/action | Boosts a single valve or a whole zone at a custom temperature and duration; the mechanism behind the 'force valve open' workaround automation. |
| Battery | Sensor (%) | Per-valve battery level, reported independently of the climate entity's polling cadence and still populated when valves are grouped into a zone. |
| Mode | Sensor | Reports whether the valve is following its Hive schedule, holding a manual override, or boosting — needed to detect manual adjustments before an automation overwrites them. |
This is cloud-polling (30s minimum interval) against Hive's servers, not local Zigbee, so the climate entity's state and boost actions all round-trip through Hive's API. A well-documented flaw carries over from the native Hive app: the valve throttles itself nearly shut as the room approaches target temperature, so if it drops back below target it barely reopens even while actively calling for heat, stretching a normal 5-minute boiler run into 20+. The community fix is an HA automation that watches for the TRV activating, snapshots the current setpoint, forces boost_heating_on for a few minutes to fully open the valve, then restores the setpoint — HA compensating for a hardware/firmware quirk Hive's own app can't. Separately, grouping TRVs into a multi-valve zone in the Hive app can make individual climate entities vanish from HA without a replacement group entity appearing, so do zone grouping before building HA automations around specific entity IDs.
Specs
| model | UK7004240 |
|---|---|
| weight | 134g excluding batteries and adapter |
| batteries | 2x AA alkaline, included; Hive publishes no official life figure but user reports suggest roughly 10-14 months — avoid lithium or rechargeable cells, which can damage the valve |
| dimensions | 93.9mm height with adapter fitted x 54.9mm width/depth |
| requires hub | Hive Hub (current Hub or Hub 360 — original Hive Hub 1 is not supported) + Hive heating system |
| valve adapter compatibility | M30, M28 and Danfoss RA adapters included in the box; further adapters available free of charge from Hive support for other valve bodies |
How does the Hive Radiator Valve compare?
| Product | From | Protocol | Local control | Integration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hive Radiator Valve (this product) | £59 | Zigbee | Cloud | Cloud |
| Aqara Floor Heating Thermostat W500 | £69.98 | Matter, Thread, Zigbee | Yes | Native |
| Aqara Radiator Thermostat E1 | £54.98 | Zigbee | Yes | Zigbee2MQTT / ZHA |
| Aqara Radiator Thermostat W600 | £49.99 | Matter, Thread, Zigbee | Yes | Native |
Frequently asked questions
- Does the Hive Radiator Valve work with Home Assistant locally?
- Partly. The Hive Radiator Valve connects to Home Assistant through the manufacturer's cloud integration (hive), which relies on the Hive cloud. It works in Home Assistant, but commands go via the internet and stop working during an outage of your connection or the Hive service.
- Which protocol does the Hive Radiator Valve use, and do I need a hub?
- The Hive Radiator Valve uses Zigbee. To pair it with Home Assistant you need a Zigbee coordinator (for example a SkyConnect/ZBT-1 or Sonoff dongle) attached to your Home Assistant host. Hive's own hub is not required when you integrate through the manufacturer's cloud integration (hive).
- How much does the Hive Radiator Valve cost in the UK?
- The lowest price we have listed for the Hive Radiator Valve is £59 at Hive Home, with other UK retailers at up to £59.99. Prices were last checked in September 2026 and change often, so confirm on the retailer's page before buying.