RAINPOINT Smart Digital Wireless Plant Moisture Meter Houseplants Indoor WiFi Hub Kit with Low/High Moisture Alert,Real-time Monitor Hygrometer Sensor Outdoor Gardening Push Notification&Email

This is the only smart soil meter I can find on the market that has a display screen on the device itself,so I don’t need to use my phone all the time. Connectivity is stable. APP is easy to navigate and quite functional for plant owners. If wanna check remotely and record moisture level data via the app, buy the sensor + hub version and you can add many extra sensors under the same gateway. This is fairly useful if you have multiple plants or hanging plants. Otherwise, the sensor only version is good enough. I grow dozen of perennials and some veggies either indoor or in backyard and always forget which ones I have watered or not. To keep my plants alive and healthy is never easy! THIS SOIL METER DOES HELP A LOT! Now it is so easy to tell if my plants need a drink while I walk by or check on phone when I’m away. The app allow monitoring moisture level changes over time,so I can adjust my watering plans accordingly. Have 5 of this for now, might get more later. The only downside is the probe is not long enough for some large potted plants. Other than that, this is one of the most useful plant care tool I've ever used. It does bring me peace of mind and keep my plants happier.

These work fantastic at keeping track of moisture while we’re away. It also gives outside temperature which is super helpful. Had them 3 months so far have not needed to change batteries.

Spyware - beware. Rainpoint’s newer items aren’t supported by the old app (which had no processing of user data, allowed manual set up of items), instead users are directed to a new app which processes user data, is deceptively designed to not work unless additional permissions are granted (access to your location, WiFi permissions, etc.) which are not actually required to pair the probes to the hub and your WiFi network. I have a separate IOT network for all my devices and could not get this stuff to work securely without compromising access to personal identifiable information. As for the probe itself, I bought one stand alone probe and liked it. Decided to get the kit with WiFi and was shocked to find out they weren’t compatible with the Rainpoint-TY app, then disturbed by the design of the new Rainpoint Home app. Additionally, the probe that came with the kit seemed lower quality (reads 85% moisture when in a glass of water?!). Maybe a fluke, maybe a sign of Rainpoint’s new corporate priorities - data mining over product quality. So sad, they had historically provided good products. Suggest to avoid them going forward.

This RAINPOINT WiFi plant moisture meter monitors soil humidity in real time for indoor houseplants and outdoor gardens, sends low/high moisture alerts via push and email, makes garden care far more convenient and worry-free.

It reduced my water usage since I can now track the humidity of the soil. Did not work with home assistant consistently so I had to return it

Comes with the hub it needs so no confusion there. This runs out of juice faster than the the one without a display (of course). I just use rechargeable batteries and have it sent a notification/message to my email when the batteries get low. If you have multiple of these have you message include the number you lable it as (i forget if you write the message yourself or if its a pre-set/template)

UPDATE: After investigating our connection problems further, I discovered that our Alexa units scattered throughout our house connected to each wireless moisture sensor without permission! I believe this is another attempt by Alexa to collect more private information, and in doing so, they seem to have malfunctioned the RainPoint application on my phone, costing me four or five hours of time sniffing through the Alexa skills application to find the problem. Their Homgar smart application was screwing up the application. The Alexa group just turned it on us without asking. That is pretty rich! Enough is enough Hey Alexa, keep your hands off my private stuff unless I say it's okay! That was a small invasion of privacy, but seriously, STOP sneaking around inserting stuff into our programs and applications and slowing them down or fouling up applications that we want to use without Alexa's attempt to grab additional information. That's pathetic! I think it's about time to delete the Alexa application. Your intrusive behavior is not welcomed. CORRECTION, this RainPoint unit is a great product. Highly recommend it. Just make sure to delete or at minimum Disable the intrusive Alexa skills that forced it's way into their the RainPoint program.

Although the sensor is rated to -20 degrees C (or -4 degrees F), it gets a lot colder than that around here, so I intend to use this moisture monitoring kit primarily in the late spring, summer, and early fall. But fortunately, we had a spell of warm weather, so I took advantage of the milder temperatures to test it out. First, the setup of the hub and sensor was a bit more difficult than necessary, primarily because of some minor editing issues. For example, in section 3.2 APP Connection, the Hub User’s manual directs you to “… click Switch Mode in the upper right corner to switch to AP connection.” APP connection and AP connection are almost undoubtedly the same thing … or are they? But in any case, the directions were much better than many others I have seen for electronics, some of which seem like they have hardly been translated to English. But with all the options for setup, the QR codes for more help, and a support email address, it’s clear that RainPoint wants you to be successful. And with a few minutes of trial and error, everything was working. After setup, where I kept the hub, sensor, router, and my phone with the app near each other, I moved the hub to the basement and the sensor to one of the trees in my front yard. I never lost the connection while taking readings from several different places inside my home. I can’t verify the exact moisture readings I got, but when moving the sensor from places I knew to be wet to drier locations, the readings changed as expected. I didn’t implement the push or email notifications and probably won’t. I already have enough electronics nagging at me, although others might feel differently. It would be nice if the sensor was USB rechargeable, but the manufacturer’s description says “Battery not included”. To be a bit picky, that seems to imply one battery, when in fact, the sensor requires three AAA cells. But if the battery life is good and the hub and sensor are reliable, I’ll live with that situation. The overall construction seems good, but only time will tell how durable this kit actually is.