Smart sprinkler controllers

[RxRated]

I am having a new in-ground irrigation system put in this weekend and I am curious to hear what smart sprinkler controllers with hubitat compatibility everyone is using.

I’ve been running two eve-aquas off the yard spigots, but I am now looking to upgrade to a more comprehensive solution with 8-zones.

I have several automations built with Ecowitt soil moisture sensors and would like to be able to incorporate these with my new system somehow.

Any one have any suggestions?

[jkudave]

@RxRated

I am having a new in-ground irrigation system put in this weekend and I am curious to hear what smart sprinkler controllers with hubitat compatibility everyone is using.

@RxRated

Any one have any suggestions?

I use a Rachio. There is a Hubitat integration, but I don't use it. I run everything using the Rachio app.

[wiegout]

Rachio Integration App

The only reason I did it for awhile was to turn on the sprinklers when neighbor kids cut through our yard. Did I say that out loud? I have since disabled it because it really is an unnecessary integration. Except for that kid thing.

[rlithgow1]

Rachio

[steve.maddigan]

I am using Rachio and like the others typically just let it do it’s thing based on direct programming via their app.

But I periodically do drive it through Alexa to HE to Rachio. I primarily set this up to increase the WAF. I have a virtual dimmers corresponding to each zone plus backyard (three zones) and front yard (two zones) so I can just set a dimmer to a certain level - corresponding to minutes of course - and away it goes.

[bill.d]

The community supported Orbit B-Hyve stuff works well enough too. It is a cloud-based integration if that matters to you.

[tomobiki.mn]

I use Rain Machine with the community app.