RAINPOINT WiFi Water Timer with Brass Inlet, 2 Outlets Sprinkler Timer,Automatic Irrigation System Controller, APP & Voice Control, Irrigation by Weather/Quantity/Soil Moisture

Let me start by saying I have the Rainpoint sprinkler timer, too.It uses the same app, which is convenient. The strange thing is that the app is a little better for this water timer than for the sprinkler timer.Set-up is easy. There's step-by-step instructions to follow. Install the app on your phone and create a log in. Then plug in the WiFi hub. The hub will start blinking and you use the app to connect a new device, choose the hub (everything is represented graphically, so you choose the item that looks like the hub), enter your 2-g Wi-Fi password, and blam-o, it connects.Then put batteries into the water timer and repeat the process. The app automatically connects the water timer to the Wi-Fi hub. Now you're set to start watering.My hose spigot is already pretty crowded. I have a 1-4 expander, so I have hoses that go to the driveway, the backyard hose reel, the soaker hose, and the raised garden bed. Because of this setup, I did not want to hang the somewhat heavy water timer from the expander, so I made a short piece of hose so I could mount the water timer somewhere unobtrusively.Connecting the hoses to the water timer is much as you'd expect. Hand tighten, watch your threads, and use the provided Teflon tape. Before I connected my outlet hoses, I tested the on-off of the water timer, both manually and on the app. This also helped me look for leaks.Because nothing is a manual switch, both the manual buttons and the app have a slight delay to open and close the water, but it isn't more than a few seconds.Then I connected the outlet hoses and tested it again. Good to go!Much like the sprinkler timer, you can go into the app and set up a schedule for the water timer to run. You can set start time (and end time), days to water, and whether you want a rain delay of 24, 48, or 72 hours. You can set up to 3 schedules for each side. If you'd prefer, rather than an end time, you can choose a water amount. Once it reaches the specified output, it'll shut off. I never tested for accuracy, because I'm used to turning on the hose for the garden and setting a timer for 30 minutes, so that's what I did here.The rain delay is a mixed blessing. If the app receives a weather forecast where rain has or is falling, it won't run for the set time. Usually, this is great, but sometimes we might have a forcast of rain and nothing reaches the ground, but the app doesn't know. When the rain delay is on, it will also prevent you from turning on the hose manually.Fortunately, you can turn off the rain delay temporarily, but I think there should simply be a rain delay over-ride. The sprinkler controller is the same way.I get alerts--zone 1 has started. Zone 1 has finished. I like these alerts because with set-and-forget things if it stops working I might not realize until my garden looks dry. Here's what's odd to me: The sprinkler controller (the same app) doesn't notify me when my sprinklers are running!One bonus that I was not expecting: The Wi-Fi hub has an outlet on it. I thought that was nice, so it doesn't take up an outlet. But no, it's better: It's a smart outlet. Plug a light or something into the Wi-Fi hub and control it remotely! You can even set up a timer in the app (not as good as the water timer).The app is not the most user-friendly, and what I mean by that is I didn't pick it up and immediately intuit how to use it. It took me a few minutes. It feels strange to navigate, the first page is all your devices. In my case, that's the Wi-Fi hub, the Wi-Fi hub outlet, the water timer, and the sprinkler timer. Click the Wi-Fi hub and the devices connected to it are presented. Clicking on them here is the same as clicking on them on the prior screen. There are four menu icons on the bottom:Parameter: Shows the two zones, how much water the prior run used (no history beyond last run), battery status (the outdoor timer takes 4 AA's), and the next scheduled run.Manual: Set a run-time up to 60 minutes and turn the zone(s) on. I do like that there's not an option to run forever.Plan: Set up Plan A, B, C for each zone (total 6 plans). Turn plans on or off. So you could have a cool-weather plan, a warm weather plan, and a heat wave plan. Set the Rain delay. This is also where you turn off the rain delay to manually override it.Sensor: The Wi-Fi hub can connect to several soil sensors (I don't have one), so you can see if you need to water or not. I don't know if there's a way to have the soil sensor trigger a run. I doubt it, but it would be awesome. Also, you can see your historic water usage here for the past 10 days.My: Instructions and Contact, as well as where you can connect the water timer to Alexa or Google Assistant. I have not done this.The Wi-Fi hub can connect to other items, so you could add additional water timers and soil meters. I think if you don't have an in-ground sprinkler, this would be a great way of using sprinklers and hoses to replicate that setup. Have a pool and add water in the hot months, I can think of many uses for a bunch of these devices, and Rainpoint seems to have a lot available.Overall, I really like this product a lot. I used to water my gardens manually and the manual timer I had would sometimes stick or I'd forget to turn the water off. Having a simple to use app to control it simplifies things a lot.The only gripes I have: I'd like the rain delay to be easier to override. I'd like the sprinkler controller to send notifications like the water timer. But I wouldn't take away a star because it's not significant enough of an issue.

This is an easy to set up and reasonably long-lasting timer. I bought the “2 zone timer” initially - it comes with both a timer to hook to your hoses, and a hub to place indoors. Mine had a plastic fitting on top but I see they’ve upgraded to a brass fitting now, which is very helpful. It was easy to set up, from connecting to wifi to adding the device in the Alexa app, and it’s so helpful to just say “Alexa, turn on the gnome garden water for 10 minutes.” The original set lasted 3 years, stored indoors during winter to prevent freezing. This year though when I put fresh batteries in, the yellow timer was dead.I was very pleased to see they now sell just the timer - the hub was still working fine. So Amazon twisted my arm with a 15% discount and I pounced. Setting up the new timer was even easier; I just deleted the old one in the app, pressed the buttons per the directions to pair, and the timer was immediately ready to use.The two big physical buttons on the timer are very helpful - your spouse doesn’t have to unhook the timer to get a quick fill of water, you can just push the button. It blinks to show when it’s on.I also love how they include plumbing tape and rubber washers, so you get a good seal without drips.I did add a pressure regulator right above the timer to help the new one last even longer. There’s also a 5-year warranty now so I’m extremely pleased with the company’s support.

This 2 zone controller has been reliable and I would recommend it.I bought it last year 2024 to use it as a timer for my hose at the one of my outside faucets. Worked great.This year I am using it farther out in the yard(60 feet from the house wifi) to remotely water a flower bed and to fill a bird bath. I moved the hub to an outlet in my pergola which is between the house and the water valve.The valve works perfectly. Better than I expected as it's wifi.The app is well done and has enough features and functions to make schedules.The only con I have is that the hub lost connection once to the valve and remote receptacle in the hub for an unknown reason. But it was easily fixed by adding them again.

This is an awesome product, I wanted something I could monitor, my original system worked great, but was completely manual ( I couldn’t delay for rain) without being there to shut it off, we take care of our grandkids two days a week and are away from home, I wanted something that I could shut off if it was going to rain while we were away, so I bought this, what I was not expecting was that it would not water on its own if you set up that parameter, as in when you set up the app it you indicate the town you live in, it’s updated by the weather forecast for your location, and will automatically delay watering, also let’s me know when it turns on and off, how much water has been used! It was a snap to setup, use’s our WiFi, it has a five year warranty, the only thing I’m sorry about is that I didn’t buy this sooner, it is truly set it and forget it, wow who knew something so wonderful at such a reasonable price, the brass fittings make it quite durable, there is no screen that becomes obscured during the bright sun, as all the functionality is on your phone, you can also operate it manually both on the app and at device, this is an amazing design, it operates amazingly, thank you for a great experience.