RAINPOINT WiFi Water Timer, Smart Hose Timer WiFi Irrigation Controller, Wireless Watering System Valve, APP & Voice Control, Weather-Based Automatic Rain Delay, Brass Inlet

I have really enjoyed having the RainPoint timer / water controller. It made a huge difference in keeping our yard looking fresh this past summer and provided flexibility well beyond 'set it and forget it' timers. With the bluetooth connectivity and straight forward interface, you always have full control. Flow rate does not appear to be affected by having the controller in line and the scheduling function is spot on. These things alone would lead me to providing a 5 start review.When I went to start using the controller this spring I noted that the unit had 'sprung' a leak. I reached out to RainPoint customer service via email and got a response within 24 hours. A couple of clear photos of the issue later and my replacement was on its way. I received it after a few days and I am back up and running.Great product, great service, this is the way it should work.

I've owned two of these units for 2 years, and they have worked flawlessly where others have failed. I finally replaced the last traditional programmable valve with this purchase. As before, the setup was quick and easy. Since the device is Bluetooth only, you must have a gateway device to use. When adding this valve, be sure to use the Add Device option AFTER selecting the gateway, rather than on the Home screen. Also, be sure the gateway device is functioning properly before attempting to pair the valve. Bluetooth range is reliable, and covers at least 30 feet even through the exterior wall, but consider where you place the gateway to allow a reasonable distance to the valve. The water metering feature is helpful to accurately predict watering needs, and really helps with one of my use cases, where I use one of my valves to maintain our pool's water level. Knowing how much water you are adding in the hot summer months helps manage chemical demand and prevent accidental over-filling. This also makes it easy to keep up with pool levels if you are on vacation!

I've had great success with Rainpoint products in the past, and so I was excited to try out this hose timer. I like the granularity and configuration that you can do with an app-based timer instead of a manual one, and the ability to have it save water by skipping watering based on weather, etc. The setup on this does take an extra step or two from what you might be used to. The device comes with a hub that communicates with the devices, so you need to set that hub up first before you can add the smart timer. Setting up that hub did present a few issues, it would not sync using the standard wifi method, and so I had to switch to the local wifi broadcast from the device and connect to that network and then setup. Not the end of the world, but not just a straightforward click and go. Once that was setup, adding the smart timer was easy.The device works well, you can manually push the button to test, from the app you can easily create multiple plans and you can add additional sensors from Rainpoint if you'd like. However, you can't seem to pull in weather forecasts from other apps or sources to automatically do a rain delay skip on the system, which I was hoping it would do. Overall, the device works well, it has integration to Google Home and Alexa which is nice, but as far as comparing this to a programmable, non-wifi timer, I'm not sure yet that the added cost is worth it. Also keep in mind where the timer will be, ensuring that it is close enough to where an indoor outlet is to plug in the WiFi gateway so that it can connect.

It took me a few minutes to figure out how to connect the devices to my wifi. The auto connect didn't work for me but it was very easy to connect manually. Once connected, everything worked great. This unit is used with the RainPoint app. The app is great because you can set multiple schedules, hit a button to turn on rain delay for either 24, 48, or 72 hours, and turn on manual. I love that you can set schedules based on time or how many gallons you want used. We go by time for our garden and it still shows me how many gallons we used at the last watering. 379 gallons! Yikes! Time to make some adjustments. I didn't know I was using that much and don't think I need that much. This unit will let me zero in on exactly how much to use so I can lower the water bill. Fantastic!Also fantastic... the app enables me to control the irrigation from inside the house. Who doesn't like control? LOL. It shows me when the next watering is and even the battery status. We've been using another RainPoint timer without wifi at home and at the community garden we operate and we have been very happy. The only problem I had was 100% my fault. Note - freezing water in winter and plastic do not play nicely together! :) Otherwise, the units work great. I think I'll add another one of these and some more irrigation to my landscape beds this fall. Pretty sure you can connect multiple devices to the app and run everything seamlessly.Oh, and I think the app does some other cool stuff too, like monitor soil temp and humidity. Of course you would need a soil sensor. I'll look into that next. Go ahead and get yourself one of these. I think you'll like it.

I have a rain bird diy irrigation system and the rain bird timer crapped out on me. A friend recommended this product and I was interested being I can control everything on my phone. I just installed it today. No leaks, works great, very straightforward installation and it’s extremely simple to navigate within the app. Highly recommend !