Amazon is offering a great new chance to optimize your sprinkler systems with the Rachio Smart Hose Timer with Wi-Fi Hub for $69 shipped. Normally fetching $100, we’ve mainly been seeing this package bobbing between $99 and $79 throughout 2024, with the former $75 low having only been seen once back in March. Today though, instead of returning to that rate, we’re getting an even better 31% markdown that drops costs to a new all-time low price.
This smart hose timer that comes along with the Wi-Fi hub will work in sync together in order to provide smart controls over your water supply as it flows from out of your spigot. Through the Rachio app on your smartphone, you can monitor flow rates, set schedules, and even have it send you alerts when things aren’t running properly. A neat bonus feature here is the timer using Wi-Fi to update itself on weather forecasts and skip scheduled watering times before or after expected rain, keeping your lawn from drowning while saving you some money too. You can also pair up to four of these timers to one Wi-Fi hub for maximum coverage.
That’s not the only new low price we’re seeing today for this system, as Amazon has also dropped the Rachio 3rd Gen Smart 4-Zone Sprinkler Controller to $85, down from $150. If you want to take your control over your water supply to its best levels, pairing this model with the above device is recommended. It also uses weather forecasts to skip scheduled watering periods, with functions like rain skip, wind skip, freeze skip, and more to save you money and save you from headaches of a dead lawn. It’s ready to be installed straight out of the box with no extra charges or subscription fees lurking around either.
If you have a much larger yard that the 4-zone can handle alone, there are other options, with the 8-zone sprinkler controller down from $230 to $177 right now, while its 16-zone counterpart is going for $217, down from $300. You can find a few bundle options on all these too, throwing in waterproof outdoor enclosures for added protection with the 8-zone controller for $209, while the 16-zone bundle here is down at $249. There’s also two more bundles worth considering of sprinkler controllers and the hose timer, with the 8-zone controller package for $246, or the 16-zone controller for $286.
You can upgrade your home’s smart functionality further with any of the many devices found in our smart home hub, or for more environmentally-friendly upgrades check out our Green Deals hub.
Rachio Smart Hose Timer features:
- Requires Rachio WiFi Hub – Purchase a Rachio Smart Hose Timer Kit with included WiFi Hub before or in addition to this Valve-Only product
- Extend your smart watering – Pair up to four Smart Hose Timer Valves per WiFi Hub
- Control From Your Phone – Download the FREE Rachio App to easily manage and monitor your hose watering
- Smart Rain Skips – Rachio will watch the weather for you and skip a scheduled watering if rain has occurred or is expected
- Quick Run with Confidence – Start a manual Quick Run in the app or directly on the Timer by pressing the blue button
- Patented Flow Monitoring – know when your hose is running or more importantly, if it’s not running when it should be
- Ditch the Dial – Upgrade to a smarter way to water
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