Product Test - WeatherSmart Pro

The WeatherSmartPro is part weather station and part sprinkler system controller.  The two components work nicely together to manage the amount of water delivered to your landscaping.

The weather station component is a wireless remote that provides temperature and rain amount information to the controller.  It comes with a sturdy aluminum bracket and mounting screws.  The bracket is designed such that it can be mounted in most any position you need.

The controller is well designed and consists of two pieces.  The controller and the base.  The base gets mounted to your wall and holds the connections to the power source and valves.  The controller slides on and off the base and has a battery backup.  This means you can take it to your easy chair to do the programming.

Programming is highly flexible and easy.  For starters, the controller can handle 6 circuits.  Add to that a ton of flexibility in when it cycles.  You have multiple start times with options to water on odd or even numbered days, every day, or selected days of the week.

Then there's one of the best features.  The controller uses the temperature and rain amount information from the wireless remote to adjust the amount of water delivered.  This provides easy and automatic water conservation.  As I think back to when I lived in California, this would have meant I didn't need to reprogram the controller between winter and summer.

The documentation for the system is well written being clear, accurate, and well organized.  About all you will need it for is the steps to establish the communications between the controller and the remote.  It's not that it's hard.  It's just easy to get excited and do things in the wrong order.  Programming the controller is intuitive and quick.

All in all, this is a great product that I would highly recommend.  And hey, the box came with labels that said it was next to nothing or free for some areas.  I don't think you can go wrong.