Smart timer garden hose faucet unboxing/setup/review-Irrigold Wifi/Bluetooth irrigation controller.
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- Need a WiFi or Bluetooth enabled device that will turn a regular old garden hose faucet into an automated irrigation zone? We first tried B-Hyve which was very difficult to setup, but once done, worked flawlessly and there are NO MECHANICAL ISSUES. Unfortunately we couldn't find another and we are not sure if they are no longer making them, so we ordered Irrigold Smart Water Timer from Amazon. It had good reviews and was the same price as the B-Hyve.
Here's an unboxing and setup video that shows the good, the bad and the ugly of this device. While it looks great and the app was very easy to understand and use, there were some critical physical things that make us doubt this product. Watch to the end to see what happens!
It's being used in our greenhouse for orchids, tropicals, subtropical, houseplants, etc. Can also be used to control a sprinkler, drip line and many other irrigation components.
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UPDATE: Even though our system only runs when scheduled, the app still is giving us notifications that the device valve has been going on/off even during the times it's not schedule. However, upon inspection, nothing is happening with the valve. It's a flaw in the app that gives "ghost" updates. It works when expected, only on the programed times. There needs to be an update to fix this ghost notification!
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The leaking is not due to plumbers tape. You need to add a hose gasket.
No you don’t
So cool to have wifi controllers almost everything now. Thanks for the review on this hose controller.
Leaks with garden hoses are so frustrating. I’d try using two washers. Sometimes I never get the lease to completely stop. Garden hoses just seem like the wrong technology for a waterline that your going to leave on all the time. But I’m with you in the struggle as I’ve not found a better solution.
awesome to hear i'm not alone :) you know the weird thing... as soon as i put on just enough of everything i was trying and it stopped leaking, it has never leaked again once... and i am not touching it again until it does lol lol
I was having problem with leaking at the connections. Try adding an additional washer.
Are you sure you have the right threads on the metal connector? If it was difficult to turn and you even put plumbers tape on i'm going to assume it's not the correct thread There doesn't need to be plumbers tape on the connector that goes to the faucet. EDIT: I see you actually used a rubber washer like you're supposed to and it stopped the leak.
I appreciate the video. Im going to be buying a better quality one lol. That saved me some money, thank you!
Any time and I am so glad I was able to help. You know I’ve been watching Amazon and they change the brand name so often it is definitely suspicious. I just bought a better quality one myself. I’ll try and do a video of it. Glad you did the same.
forget the tape. insert hose washers.
Are you sure you get the right connectors ? if you mix 11.5 TPI and 14 TPI that's the result you get : continous leaking. Seeing your timer's male threads (0:53) you got 14 Threads per inch timer, which is the internation standard for hose system. If you're leaving in US - Canada hose threads are 11.5 TPI. Check that, it's quite easy to see the difference withour measuring.
You skipped a lot of steps on adding the gateway, please show it SLOWLY!!!
At 3:38 I would bet your faucet is 11.5 TPI ! You can screw mixed threads but it's always leaking.
i would advice you to buy hermetic, to place into gaps where battery are,
Mine did not leak. My hose does have a washer on it thou.
Timer sometime working sometime not work I don't no why
Can you use this from anywhere in the world ? Or you have to be near the device?
That’s an excellent question. The Wi-Fi part of it is supposed to make it from anywhere in the world but I’m telling you this all of these devices that say they’re both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are buggy and most of the time you have to use just the Bluetooth, would you need to be 150 feet from the device. Not so global. 😂
How to connect with wifi...for control out of house?...only Bluetooth.....thanks
After this video I could almost never get Wi-Fi to work either. Then the device broke. I won’t be buying this again.
Do you experience water pressure drops when you connect this device?
When it turns on maybe for a split second but then returns to normal
If I connect via Bluetooth and set the time, but the Bluetooth is cut off, does it return to the default settings?
I believe once you set the settings, including the time, it will all stay even if the Bluetooth or Wi-Fi goes down. Those settings are stored locally I think.
@@FancyPlants thank you for the reply. I'll try it soon
The wifi hub won’t connect for me. I can only control these over Bluetooth. The wifi hub gets to 100% of the pairing and then says the device timed out.
That sucks! So odd! I heard there was a problem with household that have 5 GHz instead of 2.5 GHz. Do you think that has anything to do with it?
@@FancyPlants so I got a replacement from Amazon and I think the wifi hub was just bad in the first one. I can now control the timers through 4G LTE with the new hub connected to my wifi.
@@iangrogan5261 that’s awesome! Glad they were able to replace it for you. I hate it when it doesn’t work right out of the box.
Unbelievably ignorant.
The reason it’s leaking there is a rubber sealing washer that’s either missing or…. You have so much tape on it it can not bottom up against the sealing washer.
So simple.
I do own the Orbit B-Hyve XD 24511 that I bought from Lowes along with the optional WiFi. Does Irrigold has automatic rain delay and rain gauge? I noticed that the Orbit B-Hyve XD 24511 is not as weatherproof as compared to Irrigold. Should I switch, because the HOT SUN did damage the LCD Screen on the Orbit B-Hyve XD 24511.
These are very good questions and I’m going to have to research that. Since I use it in the greenhouse I didn’t check for rain delay but I think I remember reading it does. I do not think it has rain gauge however. We also have both of our Wi-Fi irrigation controllers in a shady spot so I can’t talk about the sun issue with those but we do have another brand up front that gets full sun but he has a protective covering on the front and it’s doing OK years later. It’s not WiFi though :(
Can you show us how to program a dual water timer? The front lights do not go on mine?.
Which brand do you have? This brand caused a water leak a few weeks ago which will cost us hundreds of dollars. We were away when it just busted and water was everywhere. I would never buy this one again. I bought one that was more heavy duty and twice the money but I think it’s going to be worth it.
Weather forecast shows nothing each time I run/use the app with my timer. Anyone else have this issue?
Yes. The device doesn’t automatically turn off watering due to weather. It’s all up to us to manually tell it to take a break. 😑
Device keeps timing out when I try add it. I'm about to return the MF and get my money back.
Totally get it. I’ve heard a lot of people experiencing this. And the sucky thing is that mine is set and I can’t touch it because every time I do, I go through the same thing you’re going through. It’s awful with Wi-Fi and almost never works with Bluetooth. It was working OK when I first got it, but all of the updates have almost disabled it completely. Hope you get it to work.
Do you need buy Bluetooth getway together?
The one I purchased came with it as a set!
Cheap plastic connectors. Works great reliable but not the hardware
He shows as the unimportant thing.