Orbit B-hyve XR Smart Sprinkler Timer - 16-Zone - WiFi-Enabled Indoor/Outdoor Irrigation Controller - App Control - Weatherproof Watering System - Multi Zone - Custom Programs - 57995

We have a lot of sprinkler valves. We had an older Orbit controller that would do 5 stations in our front yard and another controller for 8 stations in our backyard. Both controllers were in my garage/workshop but mounted on opposite walls. The one for the backyard was always blocked by my woodworking equipment so it was a hassle to get to when we wanted to run a station manually or test a station for whatever reason. Additionally, if we were in either yard working on a sprinkler or planting new plants and wanted to test it, we'd have to go all the over to the controller, push through the buttons and run it. I know, i know, first world problems. We've been considering this B-Hyve unit for a while and now that we finally pulled the trigger I can't believe we waited so long! Wiring the sprinklers into the unit was easy. I recommend having a small flathead screwdriver and needle nose pliers handy as these might make it easier to get the skinny wires into their slots. Programming the unit was very straightforward and our phones were connected to the app in no time. It's so nice to be able to name the stations AND associate a photo with each station. The most helpful thing on the planet is to be able to be working at the far corner of the yard and be able to just run a specific sprinkler within about 8 seconds. Just open the app, click "water manually", select the station, the duration, start! This B-Hyve makes it so easy to run the sprinks. Inside the panel cover you can find instructions for running the stations in old school manual mode in the event that you may be having wi-fi problems at the moment. The print is very small though, so keep that in mind. *ONE CONCERN* After the first week of using the B-Hyve we noticed the button lit up RED and said we had a fault at station 5. We did a quick search online and came to the conclusion that it could be our solenoid at that station was bad. After testing the solenoid we found that to be the culprit. We replaced it with a spare we already had and we were back in business. About a week and a half later we had another RED fault, this time for station 7. I thought okay, i'll take care of that this weekend. A couple days later I noticed the RED fault for station 8 as well. So now I e got faults on 7 and 8 at the same time. One day later I noticed the fault for station 8 simply disappeared. So I replaced the solenoid on station 7 and it was all good. It's been a couple weeks now and no new faults have shown up. I was concerned that the B-Hyve was perhaps sending too much electricity to the valves and blowing the solenoids but I also realize solenoids go bad and maybe it was just coincidence. Time will tell. I don't use the water saving feature...i don't really care about "saving the planet" and I have my program set to run on a schedule that works best for the beauty of our landscape. The B-Hyve supposedly shows your local weather info but even after entering my 92026 code during setup, i've noticed the weather it tells me is FAR from accurate. No big deal because I have eyes and an actual weather app. *MY ONLY COMPLAINT* While this B-Hyve can do 16 stations, it still can ONLY have 4 programs (A,B,C,D) which has caused me to adjust the schedule of a couple of my stations and I have to run them at time when I wasn't running them before with my old system. ORBIT...if you read this, PLEASE do a software update that allows us to add more programs....like at least A,B,C,D,E,F,G. That would be SO SO SO HELPFUL!!🙌🏻 All in all, very happy with the B-Hyve. Wish we would've gotten this thing a few years ago!

The controller itself was easy to install, and the layout is clean and seamless. The little wire terminals have the push button clamps in them, so if you don't have the solid copper wire to insert into the individual wire ports, I bet it will be a pain with soft threaded wire. The real draw here is the app. It's got a ton of functionality I didn't have with my old sprinkler controller. It takes into consideration the soil type, the sun level, the slope of your yard, and number of sprinklers when doing the smart watering program. And I can take a pic of each zone and save it on the app, to remind myself which sprinklers are controlled by which zones.

Love the fact that I can program from my phone. Dynamic updating based on local weather reports help save money. Now if it can just mow my lawn this will be perfect.

Absolutely love this! Mainly for the phone interface - I make manual adjustments all the time. It does have smart mode that I use on my lawn circuits - I'm not really sure when it will be running and for how long but I don't really care - it seems to adapt on weather conditions and the lawn looks great. So much better than the old style with buttons and the dial and you spend a ton of time in the garage pressing buttons and changing the dial. Highly recommend this unit.

This controller must be used with software on phone, tablet, or computer, so it is fair to rate the product based on the problems with the apps. The controller itself fires off zones as expected. But the software has serious issues. The app interface is intuitive and seemingly easy to set up. In fact, I bought this unit because of satisfaction with another Orbit smart controller in another location. The smart watering featuring really impressed me. I've had nothing but nightmares trying to get the software to work predictably. Symptoms and saga are too lengthy to describe, but the schedule would change on its own accord. After three calls with customer service, all of whom were polite, but unable to diagnose and solve problem, it seems that the app on the iphone is the offending part of the ecosystem. The information online (yes there is a web page to do all the programming if desired) and the information on an andriod based system seem to reflect what is expected from the programs. But the information on the iphone has a mind of its own. Worse, it is not just reflecting bad information, the theory is that the corrupt calendar on the iphone then instructed the controller to water on the wrong day and skip watering on the right days. If I were not so invested in making this work, I would have started over with another brand. I'm now proceeding without using the iphone app, doing all the programming on the tech-support web page, and monitoring only through an andriod tablet. This is surely not the set-up Orbit intends.

This is an excellent smart controller and installation didn’t take 15 minutes. I can not wrap my mind around the smart watering. I entered accurate data for all fields on every station and the first week I averaged over two hours of run time per station which is well over twice what I need this time of year. I would adjust moisture levels to try and stop the excessive watering only to find that 24 hours later the schedule would update to the excessive watering again. I purchased a Flume device as well pairing with the B-hyve but the B-hyve will not recognize the GPM (gallons per minute). Orbit has submitted a support ticket and I am waiting on a resolution. All that said, I still give it 4 stars as I have not had any connectivity issues and being able to turn on/off stations when working on sprinkler head maintenance is a game changer. Also if I’m out of town and rain is forecasted I can simply pause and not be that house with sprinklers running while it’s raining.

I like it. One of the few outdoor WIFI capable sprinkler controllers. Easy to install, although I didn't care for the limitations of the cable entrance on the bottom. Of course I left the WIFI interface and programming to my daughter so that my age didn't screw things up. I was hesitant in that it was unclear if this could be controlled manually without the WIFI. Yes, it has tactile buttons and display on the face that allow for limited manual control.

I was able to program, move wires and connect them all with ease. It took me a total of 30 min to set it on the wall and program it. Was a breeze right?...not exactly.. I have 10 zones and when I manually tested the zones. They all came on live but the valves were not opening. I called tech support and here came Francine (spelling?) 1) patiently watched me rewire stuff, As they were all labled, ot wasn't hard. 2) as you seeing the hunter picture.. there is no Com wire. There are only White wires for the zones Two sensor wires Three wires from the Hunter Adapter ONE RED GROUND WIRE. Connected to the Ground bolt on Hunter. 3) Since there was no Ground nut in the BHYVE, I ignored that. 4) Since the adapter is already wired into the transformer of BHYVE. I did not worry about connecting that. 5) Sensor wires were connected back.. 6) only thing left hanging was the thick red Ground wire. Then again Ground was needed...as there was no nut to connect it to. 7) when we restarted the unit noting working. It was not turing the Valve open. Since it was an old Hunter, and they may have rigged it for a work around we tried every permutation of the sensor wire, as it actually Green lit the BHYVE, yet the valves did not open. Manually went and opened each Valve and they all worked. Oh. The hunter was working before I moved it to BHYVE... throwing out there. 😀 So she figured that We need to have a COM connection, and asked me to look around to see if anything is connected to a relay.. etc. Nope these were the wires..and only thing that was a lone ranger was the Red Ground wire that was connected to the Ground nut in hunter.. Then she came up with a suggestion to put the Labled Red GROUND WIRE, to the first CoM in BHYVE unit...well. that did it.. works like a charm now. Thank you Francine...

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The best sprinkler timer I’ve had. It was simple to install and the programming was child’s play. There are so many different options and the smart watering is genius. I now get notifications that my grass is being watered and when it’s done. My lawn hasn’t looked so good.

So far I love this timer, (only have it installed for a week) ….the app is so user friendly and monitors the weather and tells you when it’s initiated a rain delay based on the weather forecast….which is easily canceled or extended. Love that you can take a picture of each zone and it attaches to that zone for easy recall.