9/12/2023 0 Comments Bhyve faucet timerSource: The sample of this product was provided by Orbit B-Hyve.Screenshot_20200605-144615 1080×1920 160 KB Also available at many home retail stores like Home Depot, Wal-Mart, and Lowes. Where to buy: Visit the B-Hyve web site or buy it on Amazon. It’s a great tool to help conserve water as well. The management app is excellent and has the ability to accommodate both simple task-oriented users and power users who want to set up a whole watering management system (with easy expansion to multiple units for a whole-home solution). The hardware looks to be very solid after 6 weeks of operation, and setup is a snap. I really like the B-Hyve Hose Faucet Timer so far. Well-built hardware looks like it will stand up to multiple years of use.Ability to handle expanded/upgraded watering solutions.Robust functionality that you can manage to your desired level of complexity.So impressive, in fact, that I think I am going to look into multiple units and hydration systems to make the whole operation more efficient next summer. Other than that, I can control everything from my living room, or my hotel room, or WIFI at the airport. If I need to use the faucet for something else (like power washing), I can also turn the faucet on or off by pressing that button on the timer to do some other work without removing the unit. These were all starter plants five weeks ago: The system took care of all the watering needs, using the Smart Watering features to adjust for weather. While I was roaming the Earth, I trusted the watering of my garden to then B-Hyve and a standard oscillating fan sprinkler. I spent most of the month of June traveling between vacation and business trips. I haven’t had a chance to test all of these features yet, but we did set up a month-long test of the system on my vegetable gardens. What does this all mean? Well, you could add multiple timers to all of the watering/irrigation systems around your house (garden, lawn, flowerbeds, etc.), set up the zones, and get professional-level water management and optimization from a single app for every aspect of your landscaping and climate conditions. In each zone you can provide all of the details about the environment and conditions (plant types, ground slope, sprinkler type(s), sun coverage, soil type, etc.) and the app will automatically calibrate a watering program based on the zone’s requirements. Check out the screenshots below to get a taste of the available customizations: You’ll identify “Zones” for your watering. If you want to get really deep into watering management, you can fully customize your options. We found it to be pretty accurate in our actual tests, however, and we could manually trigger a watering if the storm passed us by. Pretty cool, right? It’s important to note that the app is based on forecasts, so it might miscalculate if that storm bypasses your immediate area. The B-Hyve app integrates active monitoring of your local weather into the system if you wish, and will cancel or delay scheduled watering events if Mother Nature is going to do the work for you! You’ll attach the unit to the faucet and turn on your hose an internal valve in the timer now controls the water flow. That yellow button on the right in the photo below is a multifunction manual operation and pairing button. Powered by 2 AA batteries, the timer is completely self-contained and waterproof. It has a range of 200 feet, but is also extended by your home network: The exterior faucet is below the window on the left, about 5 feet from the hub. I have mine plugged into the corner of my family room. It’s a tiny little one-piece unit about the size of a plug-in night light. First, you have a WIFI hub that plugs into a standard outlet in your house, preferably near the exterior faucet you wish to manage. The B-Hyve Hose Faucet Timer consists of two parts. The box contains the faucet timer, WIFI hub, and a quick start instruction guide.
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