Orbit B-hyve Gen 2 Smart Hose Watering Timer with Wi-Fi Hub - Smart Hose Watering Timer - Wi-Fi System - App Controlled - Weatherproof AA Battery Powered - 90204

Compared to the older water timers, this is the next generation. Easily programmed, it has been reliably watering my new grass seed 4 times a day for the last 10 days with no hitches. It keeps me in the loop with frequent status reports, and it even watches the weather reports to save water when it rains or add a bit when it’s extra hot. All this is fairly common for whole-yard irrigation systems, but above and beyond for a faucet switch. The app interface gives flow rates, which my main irrigation system does not. I’m very pleased.

Worked fine for about a week then it failed with the valve open and kept watering until i notified it. Was not able to connect to it until i removed batteries to reset it. Works now but im not taking another change with this failing again. This should be designed to close the valve if it fails.

This work great for gardens, drip lines and such. Have had the older model for 5 years. Bought this newer model to use in my garden and still using the old one for some drip lines.

4 instead of 5 stars. I can remote control it, but requires a dongle plugged into a USB adapter inside the house to bridge the bluetooth to WiFi gap. I have the BHyve app at home for my wired irrigation system and THAT integrates to Home Assistant. The app design could be a LOT better, but it works and smart watering kinda works too, but not intuitive and difficult to use. The same app is what you use for this timer, but you have to add it as a second device. The second device does not have the ability to show up in Home Assistant, so you can't control it with home automation, only with the app. The other annoying thing is when you go to manually water, there is a 4-5 second delay to turn it on, then another 4-5 second delay to turn it off (delay between telling the app what to do, and delay to the action itself being taken). It's a step forward from the dial-based one outside. After a few months in the sun, the dial never turns smoothly and the timer eventually dies. This one there is no dial just a sealed manual button and complete app control. Hopefully this will be better. Connectivity is sketchy sometimes, even with the dongle on the other side of the wall inside the house from the timer, but you have to keep it close (50ft or so).

Battery life reporting keeps messing up and telling the app that the battery is at 0%. When Bluetooth connects it shows 100%. The app stops the connection with the unit when this happens. Makes the wifi connections useless and affects if the unit waters anything. Needs work to be a good purchase. Used energizer lithium batteries.

Great drip irrigation controller. Use with my phone to adjust schedule.

for whatever reason, the app tries its hardest to convince you the device does not work. upon startup, it immediately attempts a bluetooth connection indefinitely, despite having a wifi connection set up. (on iOS) you need to minimize the app and re-open it, ignore the bluetooth connection errors, and resume using it as normal. if you suspect connectivity issues, apparently the rssi value in the app is totally bogus. it always shows me a -88 value, even if i put it within a millimeter of a starlink satellite. i had to check my router administration page to see the actual connectivity, which was OK (-38 dBm in reality). finally, what really gave me high blood pressure, is when you first get the device, one would probably attempt to set a test schedule (outside of the device test step) to validate all is working fine. but what the device will do is skip your program schedule if it is not far enough in the future. for example, i have everything set up at 6:35pm -- i want to make sure everything is fine so i set it to run at 6:40pm, in 5 minutes. it will not run, and you will waste time troubleshooting the issue. what is not communicated to end users is that there is a schedule threshold -- it will not run if the scheduled time is too soon. i couldn't tell you what the threshold is, as it is not documented anywhere, and the manual doesn't even tell you how to install batteries. i found that scheduling a watering session at least ~20 minutes into the future will trigger as expected. despite these issues, 3/5, great device, works after tinkering. more than i can say of previous attempts using devices of other brands!

Just love the app that is used

Came with a US plug not UK

This came with US style plug, I don't understand why. I can't use it now.

So happy with this unit! The set up took only a few minutes, and it worked perfectly right off the bat. I love being able to control it from my phone. I will be purchasing more of these!

Used only a couple times.so far. Easy to setup. So far so good. I would buy again.

Can't afford or want an inground irrigation system? Want less hassle keeping your lawn watered? Want to water your flower garden while sipping a tropical cocktail on the beach? This product is your solution. Easy setup and operation with a intuitive app.