It used to be better. suddenly we can no longer control the order of zones - which in a case where ditch water comes and goes unpredictably, it's important to prioritize the needs of different water zones in different orders while limited water is available. Now with the new app update it always runs our zones 1-7 in that order no matter what you do. so the only way to do what we need to do is manually run one zone at a time. ...which somewhat defeats the purpose of a programmable timer.
Rick C
I was having good success using this app as well as the hub. But over time it became very buggy. Hard to connect Bluetooth and other issues but with the recent update Bluetooth setup was quick and easy wifi hub setup. It's all up and running? I'll be watching and see and keep updating. Over the past five years I have been using Orbit products, and I owned two of these Bhyve timers.And I have recommended their products to many friends and family, Orbit is great at honoring their warranty.
R G in SS
Your android app for the 12 zone controller cuts off the last letter of the menu and zone names. Pretty much all last letters even when there is room on the screen. It's caused by font sizes on cell phones and tablets. I can use the smallest font, and it works, but the phone is near unusable for me. Other apps work fine, so i know it's the way you have written the appI have an a20 and a A12 tablet. Also tried on a S22 cell phone. Your app needs to adjust for fonts. Lots of white space
Ellen Doutre-Burgess
It has constant connectivity issues. Sometimes you can fix them by resetting other times it does nothing and there isn't anything customer service can do to get the unit to connect. If you want to track water usage using the water history and properly use the smart watering feature it's only going to work part of the time because it's not going to log watering in all the places it needs to so it'll water too often. As just a way to run the sprinklers on programs, it works fine.
Adriano Vieira
They use a very unreliable weather forecast , but that wasn't too much of an issue when you could ignore it. Now with its increased focus on "green" we end up with a brown lawn. Now it only relies on the wrong weather forecast and ignores the data from the rain sensor,so if the forecast was wrong it would rain your lawn will dry. sure one can use manual programs, but what is the point of a (not so) smart controller? Will do replace it with either OpenSprinkler or Yardian that are much better.
Kevin B
What a nightmare this app has become, along with my XR device. About a week ago it stopped working... or should I say the sprinklers no longer come on, even though the app and device tell me it's running. Tried deleting the device and adding it again to my app, but now it won't reset. So I am doing great... Sprinklers won't come on. Device won't reset. Can't add the device again. Lawn is dying because there is no manual override.
James Smith
Your latest update makes it hard to see the stations on the app when watering manually. Plus, it no longer waters in the order I select to manually water. It now always starts with Station #1. It does not matter if I select #8, then #4, then #7, in that order. It's going to start with #1 and count up. Last year, I never had this problem. I love this app. But HATE the new update!
Victoria Rose
the "smart" watering is a joke. we live in an area that gets tons of sun & is quite dry in the summer...yet you'd never know it based off the weather displayed in-app (always "rainy"). it lets you select a weather station nearby, yet I cannot find ANY weather report remotely close to what the app forecasts & keeps delaying sprinklers for. If I did not scale the weather delay function way back to nearly being off, the lawn would be crispy & my new trees on drip would be toast.
Steve Rothe
Haven't used it yet, but easy connections and mounting. Reasonable Bluetooth connection. However, the firmware update ran long, I'm not sure it's done yet. Also, manual watering is not possible to set up as a true manual option; it can only be set up for watering at specific times. There's no simple Run Now button. Also, I see no way to easily manually run one circuit during maintenance; you have to navigate to it. At least it should save me running from the spray head to the controller.
Don Beard
App simply does not work. Programs are set up to run every 3rd day. But when it's time to run, the app simply skips that interval and displays when it will run again... three days from now. So I have to water manually... every time. Even then, the display used to show status, but not anymore. Smart watering is off, no sensors are used, and it's set to ignore the weather forecast.
