DIY Automatic Drip Irrigation Kit: Self Watering System with Timer for Hassle-Free Plant Care

Yawzer: seems to work well enough. Some performance details only mentioned in the manual you may want to know before buying.
things to note:

- the plugs are really hard to connect/disconnect without a bit of olive oil as they suggest.
- its not really stated that the volume output decreases over distance, so the last pot will get less water than the first one.
- i think some of the spigots leak some water at the top of the bend which is above the soil.. i'm not exactly sure if that intentional or not

Canada on Oct 17, 2023

lovewastate: We used this for the first time on a 2+ week trip. It is easy to use and took excellent care of our houseplants while away.

We installed it the week before we left so we could figure out how much water was needed. Highly recommend this.

United States on Oct 08, 2023

ElizabethElizabeth: This was very easy to assemble. The plastic hose connected securely to each splitter and have not had any leakage. The water flows smoothly and you can hear it working without it being overly loud. I have it watering my plants that are not easily reached since they were being neglected due to how high up they are. I chose to install batteries but you can also connect it via the USB cable provided. I was a bit messy with setting it up (I could have cut the hoses much neater so that they weren't visible from the front but I didn't care much for that) but chose to set it up rather quickly. Do make sure you are checking your water source so that there is no mold buildup. You can try activated charcoal in the water to ensure it stays pure.
I have mine set to water for 60 seconds, every twelve hours.
The options provided are how long the watering session is, how often (every few hours or days), and the delay in starting. If your delay start time says 0, this means it will start watering them immediately, then water them again in as many hours or days that you set. If you want it to start watering in a few hours (let's say it's 1pm and you want it to start at 3, then you would put...

United States on Sep 19, 2023

Gerhard: So far (for a few days), it works well and does what it should do. I have two complaints that caused me to subtract a star, though.

When adding it to the Tuya app, the written instructions weren't quite clear which of the irrigation controllers I should add, or where to even find these. Eventually I figured out that they are listed in "Industry & Agriculture". And since it's a WiFi device, I initially tried the two WiFi irrigation controllers, but no luck. At this point, I doubted whether I had even the right category. Then I tried the Bluetooth controller ("Irrigators (BLE)"), and that one worked. It seems it uses WiFi for operation, but Bluetooth for device setup. Documentation could be clearer here.

After I had it working, I tested the notification for when it is out of water. It works, but strangely it doesn't show up in the device's history list ("Irrigation record"). You can deduce it there from the abnormally short run times (it shuts down after some 10 seconds without water), and it does show up in the Tuya app's notification history (if you have notification history enabled in the OS and are not in the Tuya app at the time it happens), but these events...

United States on Aug 18, 2023

Tom B.: worth every dime, but not much more. If you're wondering if drip irrigation will work for you, this could be a fine starting point. It's certainly kept my strawberries healthier than they have been for years, but changing batteries is a nuisance, and the "filters" it comes with are useless.

Canada on Jul 28, 2023

JTWJR: It works well but I wish I had bought the more expensive one. It does what it says it does but if you want to have something watered at a certain time, you need to program it at the time you want it to work. There is no clock setting in this unit. Is that a deal breaker not really. The status light only works when it is watering so it is hard to tell that it is armed. If these things are not important to you I would buy it but I wish I had bought there more expensive model. If money is a concern for you then this unit does work fine.

the quality seems to be good.

United States on Jul 19, 2023

Matt Rathbun: The first unit I got was broken and wouldn't power on no matter what I tried (Batteries, different cables, different outlet etc.)

However the company responded to an email quickly and sent me a replacement which worked great. The turnaround was excellent as well because the new unit got here in time before I went on holiday and I came back to a plant that's still alive so yay for that.

So I've updated my review to reflect that process, it wasn't quite perfect but I appreciate everything they did!

Canada on Jun 25, 2023

Kathy O.: We are using it out door to water 25 drips. It is being used in an outdoor environment while we’re away for a few weeks. We put it inside a plastic Ziploc as it’s not waterproof. After I figured it out, it was pretty easy to set up. Unfortunately, our larger plants are getting the same amount of water as our smaller ones. We did add two spigots to each of the larger plants, we water twice a day for four minutes. It seems to provide the perfect amount of water on our hot summer days. We bought a large tote and have 18 gallons of water which should be good for weeks and weeks. The only thing I wish is that I could’ve ordered it with 30 spigots and all the couplers and extra tubing from the manufacture. I had to buy an after market product which only allowed me 10 extra spigots and couplers and tubing. We think in the winter we’re going to buy a second watering pump so that we can control our larger plants separate from our smaller ones.

Canada on Jun 24, 2023

John Hawkins: I did a lot of searching and review reading before I made this purchase. I got what I expected and I thought I'd share my experience so far.

There were a few key features that had me make this purchase.

First was that this model lets you program the watering time in seconds. Others only allow minutes. Depending on how large your plants are, minutes can be too much.

Second was that it didn't have a WiFi option. Most may think "wow that would be awesome". I don't. First I want this to last a long time. Adding on WiFi is just more hardware that can eventually fail and render this useless. Also on the WiFi, I can't honestly come up with a scenario, as shown in some of the marketing photos, where I need to be adjusting my watering time, or schedule, while I am walking down a city street. I'd want to see why I need to make a change, then I'd want to be sure I got it right and I don't come home to dried out plants or a wet floor.

This unit was the best choice for me.

Where it lost one star:

1) The programming on it is a bit quirky when you start the first time, but as other reviews share, you can figure it out.

2) The drip units "watering...

United States on Nov 15, 2022

Amazon CustomerAmazon Customer: So this pump worked fine at first but quickly became more work than it was worth.

I have a hydroponic herb set up on my window. nothing too fancy. Basically 11 net pots in a row.

This pump set up has a bunch of issues that have me wishing I just paid more for something better.

1. The clear hose is a nightmare to get on the T-joints and everything else. Make sure you have an extra large bucket of hot water, olive oil, and pliers.

2. It comes with a clear hose. For any competent gardener (not me at the time) when you put water in sunlight you get algae. The clear hose was clogged with algae in no time. That's why its black in the pics. had to replace the whole hose set up.

3. After struggling to get all the T-joints attached, every single one of them leaked. I had to silicone the joints to get them water tight. Hot glue might also work for this.

4. After a few months the pump is wearing out. I have 11 net pots over 1.5 meters. The pump no longer produces enough pressure to move water past the 5th net pot. I know its a pressure issue because the water will start coming out of any of the irrigators as long as I move it down below the level of...

Canada on Sep 18, 2022