![]() ![]() The good news is that, while it’s a bit less user friendly than Rachio’s app, the B-hyve app is reasonably simple to use once you get the hang of it. I ended up doing the latter, whereas with Rachio, I simply tweaked the recommendation and left the rest of the smart watering program-which increases or decreases water delivery based on ambient weather-intact. It’s either on and left to its own intelligence, or off and you set up a schedule on your own. As with Rachio, this felt like much too much water (though less than Rachio’s recommendation), but unlike Rachio, there’s no way to manually change the Smart Watering schedule within the B-hyve app. Christopher NullĪttaching leads is simple, but make sure you don’t lose the tiny, included screwdriver!Īfter plugging in my data, I got the recommendation for my test zone: Four watering sessions of 12 minutes each spread out over several hours, three times per week. ![]() B-hyve will also automatically skip watering if there’s rain, based on your zip code. This works almost identically to Rachio’s: You supply data about the type of soil, type of plants, amount of sun, and so on, and B-hyve spits out a watering plan for you to follow. Within the app, you can set up programs manually, or use B-hyve’s Smart Watering system to automate the watering plan. Setup is similar to many Wi-Fi-based smart home devices you first connect to the B-hyve’s own homegrown Wi-Fi network, then you enter your home network settings to have it switch over to yours. The B-hyve is, of course, much, much easier to work with (and is much more powerful) if you download the app to your smartphone and interact with it that way. ![]()
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