RainPoint Smart WiFi Hose 1-Zone Drip Irrigation Garden Water Timer with WiFi Hub Socket | Mobile APP and Voice Controlled- Google Home and Amazon Alexa

If you know how to add a wifi light, its easy to install and the app is well made. My schedule can delay 24h watering when meteo announce rain. Very useful. Also, the gateway is also a wifi outlet.

It worked well at first, but went off line and I could not get it back on line. The app reported that the hub was connected but it would not find the water valve. Went to support and they concluded the water valve was faulty and they would replace it. After that all I got was the runaround. No replacement. They said they did not have a record of the sale. I sent a copy of my invoice . No reply. I gave up.

Original Review: This is a good product with excellent technical support. Jane even answered my email on a Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, it is quite restrictive in its watering cycles. I wanted to water 10 minutes every hour. The RainPoint app cannot do this. On the mist setting the maximum it can water is 59 seconds with a maximum interval (time between misting) of 15 minutes and 59 seconds. On irrigation mode you can water for a maximum of 11 hours and 59 minutes, so I could have set 10 minutes but there are only 3 programs, so I could only do it for 3 hours per day. I don't understand why the app is so restricted. Surely the app programmer can write a more comprehensive set of choices. A nice product but unfortunately it will not work for me.Updated Review: I am increasing my rating from 3 to 5 stars. RainPoint has an upgraded app called HomGar that comes with some of their newer models. When I swapped my original model (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08GC1BSG8) for a newer model (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C332DJ2F), I was able to do everything I wanted with the upgraded HomGar app.The HomGar app is far more flexible than the RainPoint app that came with the original unit I purchased. The misting time (how long it mists for) and the interval (time between mists) are both from 0 to 60 minutes (e.g. you can mist for 16 minutes and 34 seconds, then wait for 58 minutes and 27 seconds before misting again). You can run the misting program (duration) for up to 12 hours per day (in one-minute increments) or you can stop watering by water usage. You can repeat every day, odd days, even days or customize (e.g. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday). Irrigation mode allows you to set the start time, watering duration time (or water usage amount with maximum watering time) and repeat schedule. You can have up to 6 plans total (e.g. 2 mist and 4 irrigation plans). Just slide to the left to delete any previously installed plan. You can also use the app to set alerts for specific values of temperature and humidity.The hub display that comes with the new unit is excellent (see the photo). It displays weather forecast (you need to set your location in the app and if you want just today's weather or alternating between today's and tomorrow's), current UV level, time, date, inside and outside temperature and humidity, next water time, and last water usage amount. It also has a very useful automatic backlight setting, so you can have it brighter (a sliding brightness scale) during the day and darker at night (set by time of day). It does need to be plugged in at all times - the batteries are just for backup.I believe the hub's outside temperature and humidity are captured from the internet (along with the weather forecast and UV level), so there is less need for a thermo-hygrometer sensor, but you can add one if you want one (HCS014ARF), as well as a soil moisture sensor (HCS021FRF) and a water flow meter (HCS008FRF). Everything can be connected through the HomGar app.Videos are available for installing each of the sensors as well as the main units (hub and timer). I didn’t need any of them as the Wi-Fi connected easily and the HomGar app is fairly easy to use. The app did warn me that my phone was connected to a 5 GHz network and only 2.4 GHz was supported (I have a dual band router) but I just told it to continue, and it connected to the 2.4 GHz network without issue.I particularly liked the quality of the main units. The hub is bright, clear and colorful. The faucet timer is sturdy and connected without leaking (see the photo). Brass would have been nicer than plastic but that would just raise the price of the unit and the plastic is working fine. The faucet timer does reduce water pressure, but this seems to be an issue with every timer that I’ve read about or used. The manual says the unit comes with a 3 year warranty but my package had an insert with a 5 year warranty card if you emailed your order number to RainPoint. As I said in my original review, their technical/customer support is excellent.I found the charting features (called charts on the hub page but statistics on the timer page) that come with the HomGar app somewhat helpful. The hub charts indoor temperature, humidity and air pressure in 24-hour, 10 day, or max increments. The timer charts water usage in daily or monthly increments.There were a few minor issues with the manuals (grammatical and other) but I did not find it distracted from the ability to operate the product. For example, the water timer manual talks about a "Cycle & Soak" mode on the home page that doesn't exist. Apparently, it is now called "Mist".Overall, I couldn’t be more pleased with the new unit and the HomGar app. I fully recommend this product to anyone needing an automatic, Wi-Fi enabled water timer.

Rainpoint Smart WiFi Water Timer system has been a great addition to my garden. The setup was straightforward, and the app integration makes scheduling and managing watering times a breeze. The smart features allow me to control the timer remotely, which is convenient when I'm away from home. The system is mostly reliable, but there were a couple of instances where the connection seemed a bit spotty. Overall, I'm pleased with the performance and would recommend it to others looking for an efficient and user-friendly watering system.

Attention. Ce produit est problématique à intégrer au réseau wifiJ’ai essayé de l’intégrer au réseau sans succès au cours de l’été. Le contrôle fonctionne à merveille manuellement mais impossible de le contrôler autrement.J’ai acheté des prises wifi chinoise bas de gamme dans les mêmes fréquences qui se sont installées en quelques secondes.De l’argent jeté à l’eau. Très mal pensé comme système.