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| Brand | Orbit |
| Colour | white |
| Country Of Origin | USA |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (7,567) 3.9 out of 5 stars |
| Enclosure Material | Plastic |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00046878210042 |
| Importer Contact Information | ATM RETAIL 1st Floor Beside P and T Building Lakdi Ka Pul Hyderabad Telangana 500004 |
| Item Type Name | timer |
| Item Weight | 467 g |
| Manufacturer | Orbit |
| Manufacturer Part Number | 21004 |
| Model Number | 21004 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Upc | 046878210042 |
User
Good value, difficult to configure
The B-Hyve will not be easier to configure than a regular digital timer with buttons. If you want to buy this because you think it will be easier to use an app on your phone than press buttons on a timer, do not buy this timer. The UI is not great, the setup has bugs, and the instructions are sparse.If you want a timer which will apply water (semi) according to the weather and (sort of) according to soil moisture without spending money on sensors, this is a decent timer.These are the steps that worked for me in July 2020:* Plug in the hub* Put batteries in the hose timer* Attach the timer to the spigot, turn the spigot on.* Download the app (I used Android)* Make an account* Choose the hub to setup first. Don't choose "hub and timer." This may be fixed with an update, but hub and timer did not work for me after trying several times. As well, hose timer first then hub does not work for smart watering.* Enter your zip code for the hub.* Choose the hose timer for setup.* Allow firmware to install.* Zip code should be populated on timer.* Use the hub group for the timer.* Run the calibration.* Set up smart watering.Go to zones, smart details to tweak all of the smart watering settings. If you want to increase watering time more than 50%, open it up more than once.To change the rain/wind/freeze delay settings, go to devices, timer, weather adjustments.I have mine hooked to drip line for flowers, herbs, and berries. With all the settings tweaked correctly, it has watered very well so far. It will skip fewer days if is sunny and more if it is not. Despite the software being not great, this is the best timer I've had at this price. And, even though I wanted to return this after the first two hours of trying to get it to work, I will probably buy more to replace my other timers.Update: the smart watering corrected the schedule to accommodate the latest couple days of extreme heat. I have been temporarily watering manually on my other garden areas with "dumb" timers going by soil moisture, but when I logged into the B-Hyve app I saw that the schedule had adjusted itself. I checked the moisture in the B-Hyve watered soil and it was fine.Update July 2021: I've moved my review up to 5 stars since the Android app was updated and works much better now... or at least acceptably well for what it does. Smart watering is, for example, much easier to set up correctly than it was before. I've expanded to four timers to cover all of my landscaping, setting each for a different type of planting. I also have added inline fertilzer injectors so that I don't have to introduce a manual rain delay to timers after applying liquid fertilizer.
User
This model is unreliable
The connection to the hub is unstable and drops off from time to rime. It can only be reset in person. Hopeless for a holiday house. Had to do a 6 hour round trip to reset during a drought.
User
Great product
Very simple to setup it works perfectly
User
Aussi difficile que possible
Juillet 2024:Plus de 4h pour le brancher et le configurer.Comme le disent les autres commentaires:- conçu pour fuir, plusieurs problèmes différents à plusieurs endroits variés qui causent des fuites; faut se casser la tête pour avoir un truc correcte.- chargeur en prise US, donc, j'ai utilisé un autre chargeur en stock perso- ENORMES difficultés pour détecter, connecter, synchroniser, mettre à jour, reconnecter les deux appareils.Après plus de 4h de guerre, ça fait semblant de marcher. Reste à voir la fiabilité dans le temps.Au final, j'ai enfin réussi:- branchement sans fuite d'eau- alimentation du hub- implantation à des endroits ou ça capte- calibrage du débit- configuration des zones- configuration des programmes- configuration des calendriersQuand vous n'arrivez pas à connecter au début, n'hésitez pas à faire un réset usine, ou, power cycle. Après la mise à jour firmware, il faut aussi faire un power cycle.Le programme SMART fait l'arrosage à 6AM, ce que je trouve étrange, car les plantes préfèrent un arrosage le soir que le matin. C'est la nuit que les plantes pompent dans le sol et grandissent. C'est la nuit que les plantes vivent.Quand tout fonctionne en wifi, et que vous n'êtes pas chez vous, l'appli se plaindra que le bluetooth ne fonctionne pas; faites annuler le message, et ça marchera par internet.Et la grosse inconnue: est-ce qu'il sera capable de se couper quand il détecte une fuite, ou casse de tuyau ??? il est censé le faire d'après le site du constructeur.J'aurais aimé une sonde qui mesure la sécheresse du sol, à plusieurs profondeur (tous les 5 cm sur 30 de profond). Un machin qui se rentre dans le sol à 30cm, sur piles ... c'était pas compliqué à concevoir. Avec une mesure 4 ou 6 fois par jour, la consommation serait microscopique, les piles pourraient durer des années.Nombreux bugs et erreurs de traduction dans l'application.Aout 2025: finalement, je baisse la note, j'en ai marre:- indicateur de niveau batterie non fiable- nombreuses erreurs de traductions- de nombreux écrans ne sont pas clairs, mal traduits, sans unité, ou mal pensé, avec des informations incomplètes- interface globalement complexe- mais surtout, j'ai eu deux fuites (tuyau cassé), et je truc ne m'a pas averti de la fuite. C'est pourtant une promesse du produit, de pouvoir au moins avertir qu'il y a un problème, ou idéalement couper l'eau quand il y a un problème. J'ai bien trouvé une option pour fournir un message quand il détecte un problème, mais rien pour configurer la détection de problème. Donc, jamais de mesage d'erreur relatif à l'arrosage, ni quand le débit est trop faible, ni quand il est trop fort. Donc, quand mon tuyau casse, et que ça arrose 270L au lieu de 56 sur une cession, RAS. Quand le tuyau s'use, et passe sous 20L par cession au lieu de 56 ... RAS. Donc, j'ai eu des fuites, avec des innondations sans que ça arrose mes plantes, et sans message. Et avec l'usure du tuyau , mes plantes ont eu soif sans aucun message non plus.- impossible de raccorder une sonde de mesure d'humidité du sol du jardin. Je n'ai pas trouvé l'accessoire.Bref, considérez ce truc comme une vulgaire minuterie. C'est pareil qu'une électro vanne branchée sur une minuterie basique. Le seul avantage, c'est que c'est pilotable par internet. Mais y a aucun retour, aucun feedback, aucune intelligence. C'est une minuterie avec internet, comme on en trouve à 15€ chez Aldi, ou moins chère sur Ali.
User
Great control system for remote watering.
I purchased this to replace the Orbit 58911 Complete Yard Watering Kits I was using at the time. I was going on an extended vacation and wanted to reduce the workload for my house sitter and control and monitor watering remotely. I started out with one unit for testing and quickly realized this was an ideal solution.Make sure you update all your devices to the most current software version.The hub which connects your Bluetooth valves to your wifi needs to be in relative proximity on the inside of your house to the exterior location of your valves. Signal connection between the two had no issues even through 2’ stone walls. The valves communicate with each other creating a mesh which increases stability.Figure out where your valves will be to calculate how many hubs you need for larger systems. I needed 8 more valves and 2 more hubs so I purchased 2 Orbit 21044 b-hyve Smart Hose Watering Timer 4-Packs each included a hub and a 4 way Hose Manifold. There are different b-hyve packages on Amazon so figure out the most economical way to get what you need.Although the b-hyve software isn’t great, (at times it can be downright frustrating) setup is easy. Download the app, add your hubs and valves (this part is a little frustrating as there are redundancies that could be avoided even with having an auto fill option). Regardless setup process is worth it, as this system gives you great flexibility and functionality with your watering schedules.I set up multiple watering schedules for each zone each day in order to supply water to each plant when they need it most while maintaining water pressure to the house for high usage times.You can setup your own watering schedules or use the WeatherSense® feature for watering based on live weather feeds through wifi connection. I was hesitant to try the smart watering feature while I was away but upon my return I found it was very useful and reliable.OverviewI like being able to easily change schedules remotely especially useful when you are figuring out the water requirements for new situations. The app lets you attach a photo of the actual zone for easy reference of each zone.Smart watering saves water, as well as adjusting watering to specific soil and seasonal weather conditions preventing overwatering and allowing you to fine tune each zone to its specific needs.Overall this is by far the best system I have used.
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