Rachio 3rd Generation VS. Rachio 16ZULW B

Set your own schedules and then let Rachio to automatically water your lawn with exactly what it needs to thrive without dropping more water. It uses Weather Intelligence Plus technology to automatically adjust irrigation schedule basing on comprehensive forecasts in your exact location.

This unit comes with a Wireless Flow Meter that will help you to monitor and manage outdoor water usage on your Smartphone. Additionally, this device can even monitor flow rates and detect leaks with sensitive Vortex Technology in-order to prevent water from getting wasted.

It uses Exclusive Weather Intelligence Plus Technology that collects and uses data from satellite, radars and weather-stations to provide accurate and precise weather-conditions. In fact, this accurate weather-data can be used to provide scheduled adjustments for rain, wind or snow.

It comes with a Wireless Flow Meter that will help you restrict water-usage remotely using your Smartphone. Likewise, this device will also use data from different weather-stations to ensure that you are never caught watering in the rain, wind or snow.

Features a Wireless Flow Meter that seamlessly integrates with Rachio-App in order to provide you with alerts on your smart-device if the water-system gets a problem. In fact, this device will protect your plants and property with instant leak notifications.

Features a strong Wi-Fi reception that can support both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz WI-Fi connections. This implies that you will be able to receive a strong signal without any interference when using this device remotely.

This unit features 8-customizable zones that can be setup with confidence in-order to optimize watering for your specific yard-sections. So, you can tailor watering to your yard using customized zone details.

This device is fully-compatible with rain and soil sensors in-order maximize watering for your specific yard-sections.

This unit supports 2.4-GHz Wi-Fi and networks in-order to provide you with a strong connection when controlling it remotely on your Smartphone or when using a smart-home-device.

Device is fully-compatible with Amazon-Alexa so as to facilitate for remote voice-control. Additionally, this unit can also be connected to other smart-home-systems like Google-Assistant, Nest, SmartThings, IFTTT and a lot more for remote-control.

Download the Rachio-App in-order to remotely this smart-sprinkler from your Smartphone, tablet or laptop. Additionally, you can even use connected home system to remotely control this device when at home.

It can be easily installed inside your house in about 30-minutes using simple tools. Additionally, this device will connect easily to your existing wiring and it’s even very easy to setup Wi-Fi, zones and other connections.

It is slightly affordable compared to some advanced smart-sprinklers with the same features. However, you need to know that its actual price depends on the store where you purchase it from.

This unit can monitor water usage, flow-rates and even detect leaks using sensitive Vortex Technology. On top of that, this device features a Wireless Flow Meter that monitors water-usage and increases watering accuracy thus protecting your home-yard at all times.

Yes, you can actually create and set your own schedules and after let Rachio to automatically water your lawn with exactly what it needs to thrive without wasting water.

It is available in 2-models with either 8-zones or 16-zones that are fully-customizable in-order to meet your specific lawn watering needs.

It comes enclosed in weatherproof casing that completely shelters it from the sun or rain but you should remember to use only an outdoor certified electrical cord for best results. On the other hand, this device offers a secure and encrypted information exchange when controlling it using any smart-device.

This is a low-voltage device that uses less than 45-watts for power.

Yes, it will save you a lot of money on water-bills because it comes with a Wireless Flow Meter that will help you to monitor and manage outdoor water use at all-times and remotely. Additionally, this device will provide you with instant leak notifications and even features an instant zone shut-off triggered by leak detection.