Question

Who here uses the Rachio 3 smart home sprinkler unit? Do you like it?  

Answer 1

Yup, though it gets confused about the weather.  

Comments

@bair9 Double check the weather stations it is using for you location

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@lixivium3 Yup, did that. I ended up switching to the general option. I'm going to add my own weather station in due course.  

Answer 2

Works great

Answer 3

OpenSprinkler Running in a rPi

Comments

@dunn754 Would love to hear more about this. Do you have a link to instructions?  

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I run it In a Docker container along with my home assistant, grafana, node-red, organizr, mqtt server, and pihole

Answer 4

It’s awesome - just done and client is blown away, integrated it to c4 also

Answer 5

Yep, I like it.  

Answer 6

Have had mine for a year and it’s great.  

Answer 7

Love ours.  

Answer 8

I have a v2 on my house and a v1 on my parents, highly recommend!  

Answer 9

It’s great, highly recommend.  

Answer 10

V2 here and works well

Answer 11

Absolutely love mine. It has all of the cool weather features, but what I really like is when I’m working on my sprinklers I can turn on a zone right where I’m working from my phone to see if I have things the way I want them. It couldn’t be any easier to set up and for two seasons has worked flawlessly.  

Answer 12

Love it. Saved me a TON of $$$

Answer 13

Love it. Have a v3 and a v2.  

Answer 14

Had it for over a year. Lawn has never been greener. ✔️

Answer 15

I have the Rachio 3. It has saved me $$$ on my water bill. Set it up to water based on weather and forget it. I only manually operate mine when I fertilize the grass.  

Answer 16

Version 2 here. Works great for me.  

Answer 17

Just get a rain bird unit with a rain sensor. Flawless units

Answer 18

I’m a sprinkler guy and i hate rachio

Comments

@self474 may I ask why?  

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@self474 my irrigation guy hooked mine up at my house and it was his first one ever and now he uses them as a selling feature because he liked it so much

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@gman6 there are better ones out there

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@self474 Would you mind sharing a bit more of your experience with Rachio and "better ones"? I'm considering getting a sprinkler controller that is network enabled and your experience could help me and others in this group. Thanks in advance.  

Answer 19

I bought an Orbit b hyve this year. Couldn’t justify the price difference between the orbit and the Rachio.  

Answer 20

Love it

Answer 21

V2 and love it. Works flawless. Never had any issues.  

Answer 22

8 zone v2 here, it's been fabulously reliable.  

Answer 23

6 zone v2 here and I love it. Can’t really say I compared it much to others aside from the original dumb controller. If you’re thinking of integrating with another home controller maybe check compatibilities.  

Answer 24

‍♀️ I love it

Answer 25

I installed it late last year. I love that I can control it from my cell phone when I’m adjusting heads. Also nice that I can upload pics of each zone. One anecdotal downside i have seen so far is that the “hyper local weather” doesn’t seem to work for me. Here in the East Bay SF we had a rained out March and Rachio still wanted to water. The weather info does not line up for me. Not sure why

Answer 26

Love my v2. I under estimated the amount of water it would save me. The intelligent weather software is really smart.