LinkTap D1 Wireless Water Timer & Gateway - 2 Zone Smart Hose Faucet Timer, Built-in Flow Meters, Real-Time Fault Detection & Notification, Automatic Rain Skip, Better Range Than WiFi, IP66, Alexa

Används till att styra bevattningen till mitt trädgårdsland samt nyplanterade thujor Synd att appen inte är på svenska Väldigt många inställningsmöjligheter

Last year we lost many plants while we were on vacation due to a prolonged drought. Replacing them proved costly so this year we decided to set up an automatic watering system as such 'extreme weather' seems increasingly common. The LinkTap water timer looked robust and well-designed so we opted for it even though it's slightly more expensive than rival models. Having used it for several weeks, this seems to have been a good decision - it's easy to set up, highly controllable and works reliably. We opted for the two outlet model (model D1) so that one outlet controls a 13mm supply hose (from Hozelock and fitted with universal dripper units) running along flowerbeds on the lefthand side of the garden while the other controls the hose on the righthand side. This arrangment means there are no worries about possible low water pressure as we can irrigate one side of the garden first, then the other. The hardware is robust and well-designed. There was a minor problem with the physical installation of the water timer unit due to its width (~163mm). The easiest way to attach it to our threaded tap was to rotate the unit clockwise until it fitted snugly. However, its width meant that it barely cleared the brick wall during rotation. Other than that, installation was easy. Installation of the app and creation of a watering plan was also easy. I particularly like the way the app informs you about the water flow rate. This allows you to fine-tune the system after installation to deliver the optimum amount of water to your plants. It's clear that a great deal of thought went into the design of this versatile software - even down to the judiciously-chosen gurgling sound effect!

I'm absolutely delighted about this product. It's extremely easy to install and it just works - even tough my modem sits in the living room and the LinktapValve it communicates with sits in the greenhouse which is 15m away. The app is also very easy to navigate and the functions are just awesome - you can have even/odd schedules (which my expensive robot lawnmower from another company doesn't have), you have weather forecasts which pauses the schedule available, you have a flow meter so you know how much water you're using and you can even add your personal water costs per cubic metre. Of course you can manually start the device physically as well as in the app any time. So in short this product has any functions you may wish for plus cool functions you may not even expect. This is not a given since I know apps of other companies that don't even have the simplest options like even/odd schedules. So thank you LinkTap for a product that just works!

I bought this to replace a different hose timer that I had to return because the gateway would not connect to my wifi. This TapLink D1 two zone timer connected to the cloud within about 10 seconds, just as the instructions said it would. Everything about this timer is positive. The instructions were clear and in perfect English. As suggested, I downloaded and read over the manual for the app. It was clear, detailed and well written. I had read some reviews that were critical of the UI. Some reviewers said they couldn't do a manual watering from the UI without trashing the watering program settings, but I was able to do that easily with the Instant Watering button on the UI and there is a drop down with several different choices for duration. You can also just use the buttons on the timer. This has many features that are very useful. There are bar charts that show water usage in gallons each time the zone is turned on, with cost (provided you enter the cost/1000 gallons in the settings.) There is even a real time usage display, with a countdown timer when you use Instant Watering. Buttons on the UI for weather forecast, zone in use, Pause the zone and Restart the zone. Also buttons for watering history, Watering plan and Batch Watering. The Watering plan is easy to set up. There are multiple alerts, such as for low flow, excessive flow, etc. You can skip the watering plan due to rain and the app will also do ir automatically if you input rainfall amounts to trigger the rain delay. You are also alerted if the timer should fall of the hose spigot (it contains an inclineometer). From initial setup to setting watering plans and everything in between, I could not find anything negative about this product. It's more expensive than most but worth the cost.

This is a fantastic product that is clearly the result of a lot of engineering effort. The network link architecture is best of class with zigbee short hop to the gateway device (not a cheap rubbish thing) that has a proper wired ethernet interface. Setup was flawless and it has been rock solid since then. Wish I could say the same for my cameras and other stuff... I've tried some of the cheap zigbee/wi-fi irrigation controllers and they are all frustrating by either poor network connectivity, instructions, control software, control options or all of the above. The unit has integrated flow meter and straight away it helped me identify a leak that has been taking about 20% of my water. Probably paid for itself right there? Interface has enough options to satisfy a systems engineer and a data scientist. If you're going away this thing gives you confidence you'll stay in remote-control and won't come home to a flood as it can detect a range of problems. Now I've only had it for a few weeks, so cant comment on battery life or other longevity issues, but signs are good. Don't settle for anything that doesn't reliably give you control and access to your watering status, averages and history from the coffee shop!