Top positive review
1 people found this helpful
Addon - Gen 1 wifi compatible
By ChemE_75 on Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2024
Originally got the wifi “kit” with the hub and valve to see if it was worth the extra cost for wifi. With the rain delay feature alone, it saves on eliminating wasted water versus the old digital timer that required manual adjustment for every rain delay so not very convenient and unable to control remotely. After a few weeks, the orbit system has proven to be reliable. So I ordered a 4 port XD model for the other parts of the lawn but had to return it since it is not backward compatible with gen 1 wifi hubs. This is ultra irritating since these gen 1 are only single port. But since I already had the gen 1 hub it didn’t make sense to start over with gen 2 which offer very little other than the multiport timers. If anything, I’d wait to see what gen 3 or 4 brings for features since it’s apparent that’s the way these tech products go these days, a new gen every yr or two. So to remain compatible with existing investment, I ordered this gen 1 valve timer and a hose splitter. It was pretty simple to connect to my existing gen 1 wifi hub and so far it’s working well. I plan to reconfigure the sprinklers so I can daisy chain a soaker hose using a pass through fitting so that the one splitter will suffice. We seem to have enough water capacity depending on type of sprinkler, impact types seem to need the most pressure to flip them from side to side, so I can daisy chain maybe one off the impact type - the oscillator and soaker hose seem fine to add on after the impact but two impact types don’t work well, could be the particular models. Anyway, for reasonable cost I’m able to cover the majority of the lawn with a variety of sprinklers we luckily inherited from former owners who left them behind. Benefit with city water is savings on water usage/cost. Time will tell but just a handful of rain delays each month should pay for the hub and 2 timer system within 1 season.
Top critical review
17 people found this helpful
App + Timer + Hub = Terrible
By Joseph on Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2021
I rarely, if ever, complain about a product. If something doesn't work the way I like, hardly ever return it. This is different. Bought the timer and the hub separately. Time worked great, but I can't always be literally either in sight range outside of the timer, or right next to it inside through my cinderblock walls. If I'm anywhere else, it can't connect. So I get the Wifi Hub. Great, set it up. Sets up great. Here is the problem(s): 1) No way to connect an already established Timer to the new Hub. While setting up the new hub, it DID ask what device I wanted to attach to the Hub. Great. I put the Timer back in pairing mode (remember - I already have it on my account so it wont even let me go "hey, I already have this one attached, let's just "move" it over to the Wifi Group." Nono, it has me set-up the timer AGAIN. No-can-do since it's already attached to my account. Okay... Remove Wifi and Timer (remember to do the Timer LAST or you CAN'T LOG INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT SETTING UP A TIMER...). This leads me to the second problem. 2) After removing both of the devices from my account, I go to "set up" a new device. Choose the Timer+Hub. Cool, have me set-up the Hub first. Perfect. Judging from the previous experience, since the Timer isn't attached to the account yet, this should work great! It'll ask me what device to add to the Wifi group, I'll select the Timer. We'll be golden!... Nope. After setting up the Hub in "step 1 of 2" for the HUB+Timer device addition, it COMPLETELY skips that part. Doesn't ask me to add a device to a group. Cool... On to problem 3. 3) Now we're back to square 1. Timer and Hub are separate and not talking to each other so I can control the Timer anywhere via Wifi. Well great. Cue me searching through every setting possible on the app to see if there is a "groups" section to maybe Drag/Add the Timer to the ALREADY SET UP Wifi Hub. Nope, nothing. Can't remove the Timer from the account because then you just have to Re-add it and the app doesn't let you do anything AT ALL unless you have a Timer set-up. Can't "re-set" the Hub to make a group unless you disconnect it all together but then, AGAIN, back to problem 1 where you can't connect the Timer to the Hub since it's already on your devices. So that's useless. I'm just beyond frustrated. I shouldn't be. I get it, it's not worth it. But this SHOULD NOT be this hard. I genuinly don't see how others are NOT having an issue with this. Either my app skips the Hub+Timer set-up to connect the two into a group, or it just wont work at all. It's hot out, I'm mad, this is a waste of time and money. If you're fine with just using the Bluetooth for the the Timer: great. Have it it. We'll see how long it works judging by the other reviews. If you're looking to connect via Wifi w/ the Hub. Honestly, I don't know. Try it? I feel like I'm alone in this because I've looked up literally everything I could and it doesn't seem like anyone else is having this same exact issue. I'll try a few more times after I cool down, but I just spent 2 hours trying to reset both devices every way possible, multiple ways, and nothing worked. Honestly just a waste of time and money for me at this point.
Sort by:
Filter by:
Sorry, no reviews match your current selections.
Try clearing or changing some filters.Show all reviews
Show more reviews