Rain Bird ESP-TM2 8 Station WiFi Ready Indoor/Outdoor Controller | TM2-8

Cost effective and works great with our sprinkler system. Actually, our repair person told me to buy this particular model because it is easy to program & could handle all our zones. Happy customer !

When looking for a timer/controller I wanted one that that had both a phone app and a fully functional control panel - not a lot of choices out there - but this gives both.Note though to get all the functionality out of this unit you need the wifi module and highly recommend the Rainbird Rain (and Temp) sensor. Wifi module lets you control from your phone and allows you to enable the automatic season adjust feature that will update watering time each day (i.e.duration not start/stop times) based on weather forecast (in your zip code). Season adjust works on the forecast and will adjust run times to a minimum of 5% of normal (will never bypass watering altogether - this is common with timers having this feature), so if it monsooned yesterday it will still water - this is why I recommend the Rain Sensor which will completely bypass watering until drier conditions exist.The built in panel is easy to use and read under most lighting conditions and is fairly intuitive. A reference card is included for the most commonly used functions.The phone app has saved me miles of walking to the timer mounted in the garage when adjusting/replacing sprinkler heads. It also provides status of your system and allows you to fine tune on the fly.Installed in 2019 and still happy with my choice with no regrets.

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My last rainbird station lasted 17 years. Hopefully this one will too. The old unit was slightly more intuitive than this one but the new one is working just fine.

easy to install! works well. i can not believe i waited so long to replace my old one, just limped along for a couple years as I could not afford to hire someone to install a new one ( 1k) then I started watching YouTube and did it myself. saved over 800.

This timer is a dream to install and program.... 2 anchors inc/ an 110v outlet and it's mounted.EASY PEASY set-up put in time/date, how long for each zone, what time to start watering and turn to auto !! BAM !! FINISHED .....It will do any combo of events and times you can dream up BUT you don't have to go through those hoops if you just want to water the grass ....EZ Hook up to your internet and water from anywhere/anytime you have internet service !!(optional but a nice feature){Mine is a replacement for 1yr old still working brand X (hunter) too complicated to function !! }

The Rain Bird controller has saved me so much running back and forth to the controller to test and time sprinklers! Our controller is in our daylight basement with concrete on 3 sides and walls and doors on the other side. It was a long trek, often muddy, from the controller to a zone to see if sprinklers are working, then back into the house to change zones and check the next zone. Wifi solved everything! The wifi to the controller is as good as if not better than within the house. Our house is 100 feet long and the controller is at one end of it (and like I said, behind concrete), and our lot is 200 feet long, yet I can control the zones from the far end of the property. Takes a few seconds to establish the connection, then from zone to zone it's virtually instant. No more traipsing back and forth from controller to zone, having to take off my shoes (mud, debris) and put them back on. Saves a ton of time. Works perfectly. And you can name your zones if you can't remember which zone is which by the numbers. Go to Edit Controller, then tap on the zones below, and you get a keyboard. And I can adjust everything from my recliner or from the coffee shop or wherever I am, even traveling. I could not be happier with this thing, and I appreciate Rain Bird's attention to quality. I just hope it keeps going, but our previous Rain Bird was 15 years old and performing perfectly -- it just didn't have wifi.

Product came with no damage hook up was straight forward we had a 30 year old rain bird controller just go out hopefully this new rainbird will last is long recommend this to all who need this model

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Easy to set up and works great! Love being able to control from my phone!

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Excelente quedo muy bien y lo mejor el precio la verdad si valió la pena nos brindo una solución, lo único malo el envío tardo mucho más de lo previsto.

My old controller had ceased to work.This is the replacement model of the same controller.