Irrigation Caddy S1

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Simple, reliable, effective, and sustainable Review by Remote Australia

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I work in a remote desert region of Australia in the mining industry, and so does my wife, so ensuring watering is completed reliably is essential...we dont have anyone to check that watering is being done, and the last thing we want is to come home to a dead garden (with temperatures regularly getting to around 40C the garden wont last long.

With a simple config on a wireless router, I can now look at the home security webcam, and if one particular area of the garden looks like it needs more water, turn it on and off as required.

We lost about AUD$4000 of plants in just two weeks when our last irrigation controller failed while working away, very heart-breaking.

We have this controller hooked up with wind, rain and moisture sensors to get the very best value out of every drop of rain. (Posted on 1/4/12)

Great product Review by Gonzilla

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Please develop a simple iPhone client!! That is the only missing piece to an incredible solution. (Posted on 10/31/11)

Great Product - can't wait for improvements! Review by Discobaydon

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An IPad app would be nice (Posted on 9/25/11)

Excellent Review by Tim

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Installed two units for summer 2011. Both units ran reliably all summer with no issues. Recent FW upgrade allows easy manual running of zones. (Posted on 9/23/11)

Wireless remote control... Review by DAM56

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Installed a system at my Moms' house this weekend and it all went well. She was always complaining that the old controller was a pain to change; buttons didn’t work correctly, etc. Now she can see it from any browser and tweak at her pleasure. I used an ASUS RT-12N router (extremely inexpensive) in wireless bridge mode (dd-WRT) to connect to her AirPort Router. She’s 70+ but figured out the interface in no time, and now I can monitor or change something remotely. Nice job guys! (Posted on 8/15/11)

Just get it Review by Buzz

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Compared to anything else available out there? Don't even think about it. Throw Irrigation Caddy in the cart and forget messing with lame sprinkler timers ever again.

I am sitting on my back porch right now adjusting the timers for the lawn. My hand is not in a black widow infested corner of the garage trying to figure out some arcane combination of dials and buttons while holding a flashlight in my teeth.

Our timer has not functioned correctly for months, My wife was manually turning valves on and off to water the lawn and garden. No more.

The calendar view is awesome because the days to water thing can be complicated. For instance I had set a zone to water M W F. But I also had accidentally checked odd. So I had one program that was only being watered one week in the month because there were not very many odd days on M W F that month. The calendar view showed me that something was messed up with the program.

I don't know what else to say. It works great. Compared to other controllers made by "the big boys" in lawn care, I think Irrigation Caddy is a great value. I wanted a web based sprinkler controller and I think this product delivers on what you would think a web based sprinkler controller would be. You can't ask for much more than that in a product these days where many products only give you 80% of what you think it should be and then make you pay a premium for the other %20 as expensive "options".

This is a great product. Get it.

(Posted on 8/12/11)

First glance - great product! Review by Freezer

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Just finished replacing an existing controller with the IC-S1. It took about 30 mins from installing the HW to completing the configuration. The web interface is clean and easy to understand - very high WAF ('Wife Acceptance Factor') after only a few minutes of demonstrating the functionality.
Running the web interface from a wireless tablet gives me easy access to the configuration setting while walking my property.
Looking forward to implementing future release of the firmware (another great advantage of a web-based product) to take advantage of enhanced functionality. (Posted on 7/12/11)

Great product Review by RenovationLain

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I ordered and installed two of the S1 units at two different locations. Installation was a breeze. Took advantage of the rain sensor ports and added rain sensor to the systems at the same time. Updating firmware was very straightforward. Went ahead and updated straight to the beta version with no issues. One unit was a direct connection to the router access point and the other I used one of the Netgear WNCE2001 universal wireless adapter. Both installs went smooth and was great to walk out in the yard with my iPad and test the system. This is a product I would definitely recommend. As a contractor this unit will be something I will recommend to my clients. The two units I purchase went in my personal home and my in-laws home. (Posted on 7/10/11)

Very Good Product Review by Goutam Shaw

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A product very simple to use and that's what you need. I have used it last summer and continue to use it this summer.

The only thing I would like to see is a configuration page that allows it the user to assign static IP address instead of achieving it through the geeky way using "arp -s"

I would strongly recommend this product. (Posted on 6/24/11)

great product Review by Lou

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I bought it and installed it in 5 minutes. Very easy to program. It would be nice to have reporting to look back on actual usage. The product is well made and appears very durable. (Posted on 5/28/11)