Netro Sprite 12 Zone Smart Sprinkler Controller for Lawn 2.4GWiFi App-Based | Weather Service, Plant Database, Rain Skips, 24V AC, Log,Watering Schedule, Auto Watering With Netro Plant Sensor,Indoor Use

I bought this controller to replace an old, dumb Rain Bird controller that had stopped working. I installed it yesterday, and it took me about 30 minutes to get it installed and setup.The unit is sleek and attractive. Yes, I know, it just sits in my garage where no one else will see it, but it illustrates the thoughtfulness that Netro has put into this product. I like that the faceplate is held on by magnets which makes it easy to revove. The connectors for the wires were much easier to use than the ones on my old system. I also appreciated the included bubble level.Setup was easy, and the instructions were adequate. I did have to reboot my router during setup, but this is something I've had to do while installing other smart devices. Once the router restarted, the Netro was connected, and I could controller it from the app.The (Android) app is intuitive and easy to use. I setup my zones as Smart Zones, so I have not used the manual scheduling feature yet. If your schedule does not show up immediately, just be patient. It took a little while for mine to show up. The only thing I don't like about the app is that it doesn't auto-rotate. This is not a big deal on my phone, because the layout might not look good in landscape on a smaller screen. However, I also use the app on my tablet, and it would work fine in landscape on a larger screen. I suggested this feature to customer service. This leads me to my final thoughts.As others have mentioned in their reviews, Netro customer service is outstanding. They contacted me on the same day that I setup my account to make sure everything was working correctly. I had one question about the schedule not updating, and they responded quickly. This seems like a great company, and I am very pleased with my decision to purchase this product.

I recently replaced an older rain bird control panel with this little guy. I can't say enough great things about it:1) Installation was simple. It took me longer to find a drill bit to mount it than it did to hang and wire it.2) The installation quick start guide was well written and easy to follow. Each step worked exactly like it should.3) The app is extremely intuitive and has tons of flexibility.4) The fact that my programs are stored in the cloud is SO much better than when it was on the device. Power would go out, and of course the 9V battery in my old unit would be weak, so I'd have to turn the dial and set each zone, etc...no more!5) the app also gives you tons of data on how much you've watered and the moisture in the soil.6) the price. I don't understand how this is so much less expensive than other smartphone controlled units. I had to keep rereading the description about what the device does because I couldn't believe what I was getting for my money.7) Alexa enabling work flawlessly...I can't think of when I would use it except if I wanted to turn a zone off or on manually, but it was easy to set up.I've put this through the ringer, and I can't really find anything I dislike about it!Great Product.

The complete installation(including the app set up) took me around 1 hour. Spent more time figuring out the wires not needed anymore on the new unit. The set up process in the app is VERY simple with step-by-step guide. The unit itself is well made, there are no screws for wiring which make things easier/quicker. The APP - It is fantastic, very responsive and easy to navigate. Input lag I would say 5s from the time you push the button and the sprinklers start to work. I have also created "Programs" which is essentially custom watering times and duration for each zone as we do have restrictions here. Another plus, Netro Inc won't charge you "extra" fees for using their cloud services.- So, why I'm not giving 5 starts.Nowadays, WIFI devices for home automation should support Amazon Alexa and Apple Homekit. That would make this device unbeatable considering the price and features. For now, a solid 4.Keep up the good work Netro Inc. Well done.- Update Jun 21 2017The controller stopped working. The lights were on however on the APP it indicated as offline. So, I called Netro Inc and Support spent around 10 minutes trying to debug and indicated my unit was faulty. They are sending me a new unit at no charge. Expecting it in the next couple of days. Great customer support !

I wanted a controller for my sprinkler system but didn't want to jump into a super expensive option. This controller fit my budget and has more than exceeded my expectations. The app is intuitive and the install was a breeze. Although we've been in the cool months and it hasn't watered very much it is smart enough to know that when it rains it doesn't water and I haven't had to touch it once since installing. It's addictive to check the app every day and see how the dynamic smart schedule has changed and is forecasting upcoming watering. Anybody wanting a smart controller for the sprinkler system can't go wrong with this one.. The design is attractive and didn't require me to hide it in a dark closet. Pairing with my wireless LAN was a snap. The Whisperer was a little more challenging but reading their help section and contacting their staff, solved my problem. I was amazed at the speed of the response and reply to my inquiry. Just remember to pair it with the GUEST Wireless on your router if your having difficulty. Once I did that I was up and running. I'm going to purchase a controller for my parents so that they don't have to worry about turning sprinklers on or off and let them enjoy their golden years with one less worry.

This smart sprinkler system is wonderful and, what makes it amazing and puts it at the top of list for me is the customer service, and I mean customer service that I didn't think even existed anymore! My town has water restrictions that are different than most (interval restrictions allowing watering only every 3rd day, which is different depending on the house number, and only during certain hours), which was not an option when creating a new water restriction in the program. I emailed customer service and got a response the same day (thank you so much Xi!!!!). Xi took the time and effort to research my town's water restrictions, ask me specific questions and then create the special water restriction just for my system. I cannot speak highly enough of the customer support I received. Just the fact that they have a setting for areas with water restrictions is wonderful as the manual sprinkler systems were so challenging to set up around odd restrictions and some of the smart systems do not offer this option that I could find in my research.As for the sprinkler itself, set up took 5 minutes or less (installation and linking it to my smart phone). When I first starting setting up the zones I set up a schedule as I did not see a smart schedule populate (or was simply messing with it before it had a chance to set up a smart schedule) so I set up a watering schedule. Doing this created 2 sets of watering that I later had to go back and remove. I guess my eagerness and excitement of setting up the system caused the extra effort but maybe a window or pop-up to notify the user that a smart schedule will be created and/or a notification that a smart schedule has been created would be beneficial.The only other thing I found was that I had to play with the settings for a little while after my 2'x10' strip of lawn got 30 minutes of watering to figure out that there is an option to set the square footage of each zone so a smaller sized zone doesn't get the same amount of water as the larger zones as the location of this setting is not in a place I would have originally thought to look. Now that I know it is in the advanced settings within the schedule preference it was easily modified. I would recommend to the company that this be a part of the initial setup process or locating somewhere more prominently than within the schedule itself.I also had one incidence where I manually stopped the watering but the sprinklers did not respond (they continued to water despite the system saying they were off). I was able to fix the issue with a little more playing (I turned on a manual schedule and then turned that off and that fixed the problem). I cannot say if this issue was the system or a side effect of my playing with the schedule though so can in no way fault the smart system for that.I look forward to many years of watering that I don't even have to think about and am really excited to receive the 2 sensors I pre-ordered to complete my system and make the most of this smart sprinkler system, especially since I live in an area where water is almost more expensive than gold!

I got my Netro Smart and installed it yesterday. This is a new company and they are great working with you to make sure everything is great. I had a 22 year old controller that was going out. The price of the Netro Smart was the same as the other manual setups and a couple of hundred below the automated ones. The instructions and setup are very basic and easy. You need to realize that the control box does not have controls on interface on it, everything is ran from your smart phone application.Setup:I took a picture of my old wiring and used it to connect to the Netro Smart. I then pulled the old one off the wall and put the new one back in the same place. There are very small buttons that at first I did not realize you had to push hard to get the wires inserted far enough to hold. These buttons need to be a little bigger or have an easier way of pushing. After getting all the wires connected you install the application. Note: The application is very hard to find on a iPhone. You have to look through all the racing games and find it 20 or 30 down. The application will walk you through all the setup. It will connect to the Netro Smart WiFi then to your wireless network.Programming Your Watering:After the application is setup you have to go to settings and settings and enable all the zones (sprinklers ) you are using. I put everything manual to start with. If you do that, you have to go into the Schedule page and tell the application all the days and times you would like to water. Anytime you want you can go to the home page and manually run any zone that is enabled.Support:I wish the had a good video on the setup and how to use their application. The one thing they do have that is great is in the application under settings there is a "Support" selection that allows you to send them an email. They respond very quickly 7 days a week.Final thoughts:In full automatic mode this system does everything for you and will help you save water and keep you from killing your grass and plants. Do your self a favor and purchase one of these before they move the price up to what it should be.

Like many of the other reviewers who also bought the Sprite, I too was skeptical about this item.Installation was simple. Just to make sure it would work I sent a photo of the old controller wiring in an e-mail to their support asking for feedback, and they replied 45 min. later with a detailed message. Awesome!They say 15 minutes to install, and I am sure it is true - but it took me 30 minutes because my c-wire was connected to a rain sensor (which wasn't even working by the way) and I wanted to make sure its the c-wire. Looking back now, if my family or friends order this thing I will install it for them in maybe 10 min. tops. Turned it on - connected the app - walked around the house and messed with all 7 of my zones turning them on/off from my phone - oh the power at my fingertips - I remembered when I would have to run back to the controller to figure out which sprinklers are for what zone - ughh.I was able to find one broken sprinkler, one that needs to be adjusted, and a few that need some maintenance. After having fun with turning them on/off, and labeling each zone with a unique name - then came the real stuff. The app didn't find regulations or restrictions in my area (North Texas) but I knew them anyways. I put the restricted days and times, and viola - the app gave me a schedule within no time that even I couldn't say no to. I put the soil type for each zone (I know my house is sitting on clay), and viola (again), schedule readjusts! That is truly awesome. If it rained, is raining, or will rain, again, the schedule will adjust. If you don't like that, you can turn that feature off. I can go on and on about this awesome product, but here is why you need to get it and stop thinking about other ones like I was:-The controller has no buttons on it because there is no point in going to your garage/outside/wherever you put it to do the same thing you can do on your phone (or tell Alexa, btw, which I have done and it is awesome)-You can buy sensors and put them next to plants for unique watering schedules, and more - it is just like the ecobee and their temp. sensors - no other product has that (which I don't have by the way, but its nice to know its possible)-It is significantly cheaper than all other units that don't do as much as thisI can go on and on, but I highly recommend this product. I thought I didn't need it - but after realizing how much water (and money) I could save by irrigating smartly, I went for it and as you can tell I am now a fanatic.

I used to have a Rachio in my old house and when I moved into my new house, I was saddened to see the outdated sprinkler system. So I was tempted to buy another Rachio. However, I ultimately went with the Netro for the following reasons:1. My new house actually has two systems - one that's 12 zones and another that's 6 zones. That fit the Netro specs perfectly! Rachio comes in 8 and 16 zone models so now I don't feel I'm wasting zones.2. The price was cheaper than the Rachio. Who doesn't like saving money? :)3. My new house has watering restrictions where I can only water on even days (since my house number is even). It was great to see Netro hooked into the water authority here and knew that right away. Trying to water every other day with the Rachio was a little annoying because you can only pick what days of the week you want to water so you would always inevitably end up watering two days in a row (or skip two days in a row).4. Netro apparently comes with a plant database and a separate "Wisperer" unit that tracks sunlight, temperatures, and soil moisture. I have yet to use these features but it's nice to know they're there.One pleasant surprise was that this controller was smaller than I thought. I had actually purchased the Orbit outdoor box to go along with this because one of the old controllers was outside. Turns out I didn't need the recommended Orbit box because this unit fit perfectly inside the old box I had (see photo). I just had to take out the old controller, which came off easily at the hinge and reuse the weatherproof box. I was so great that I didn't need to unscrew and re-screw anything. I can tell you there's no way the Rachio would have fit in there.So with that said, here are some of the improvements I'd like to see:a) It would be great to see have some manual controls on the controller itself. Right now the only way to control it is on your phone. There are cases when my landscaper might need to adjust something and to be honest, I'm not sure how tech savvy he is.b) The user interface can use a little improvement. I don't find it super intuitive how to create my own schedule. I find myself fighting with what the controller wants to do based on the weather.c) Better diagnostics. For whatever reason when I first hooked up everything, none of the sprinklers were actually turning on. So I had to take out all the wires and redo everything from scratch. And it worked this time. Shouldn't this unit at least be smart enough to know when wires are plugged into it or not? So if I want to turn on zone 1 and there's nothing plugged into zone 1 (from it's perspective), shouldn't it know that?d) Alexa integration. Like I said, I have two of these units. Alexa only supports commands such as "Alexa, ask Netro to water zone 1 for 5 minutes". But zone 1 of which unit? I can easily switch between units on the app but with Alexa, it seems there's no good way to do this (or at least not that I found).Other than that, the controller does it's job and I'm happy with it!

Been using this for a couple seasons and realized I should write a review. When something actually work well and lasts, we need to promote the product to push out the designed obsolesence products.I replaced my commercial priced hunter controller with this for 1/3 of the cost after it broke after one year and this is much, muuuuch better. Really easy to install, program via the phone app which works awesome, I go through the cycle of 6 zones for 5 mins but 4x (20 minutes total) so it gives a nice soak in time. I can run a cycle/zone or cancel from anywhere in the world for as long as I want, it’ll factor in wind and rain if you want. It’s as easy or as customizable as you want it to be. Want basic? Done. Want intricate and complicated, it can do it. Setting up a sprinkler head? Run the zone standing in front of you without having to go inside and to start/stop. A great product, if you need a controller-buy it.

Après quelque temps de fonctionnement je suis satisfait. Les fonctionnalités sont riches, facile à installer.Il est juste dommage qu'il ne soit pas vu par Alexa comme un objet connecté, mais bon ça fonctionne quand même via Alexa.

Bought this and installed in Sep-2022 and is still running well. I really liked the option to control the irrigation remotely via the App on my mobile, and response control is excellent.I was away overseas last month (Jan - Summer) and knowing there is heat wave coming in, I was able to turn on the irrigation and get some watering done. Saved the plants !!Highly recommended for ease of control, installation and simple but effective device.Thank you Netro !!

J'avais avant un controleur Rainbird qui fonctionnait correctement mais il n'avait aucune intelligence contrairement à Netro qui est connecté et possède des modes d'arrosage intelligent.Je recommande

This is easy to setup and use. Let the weather integration adjust everything and you are good. Add soil type and plant selection for each zone to fine tune things. Easy to swap over from my previous manual irrigation controller - just remember to take a photo of your old connections so that you reattach the wires correctly in the Netro controller. I found inserting the wires into the Netro spring loaded press buttons a bit fiddly but got there. Easy to setup to the wifi network. Beware if you have a 'guest' account in your network (Netgear Orbi mesh network) - I was getting this cutting in and replacing the main network which threw the Netro offline randomly (because it wasn't the network access I had set it up on). So I deactivated the 'guest' network via the Orbi app and haven't had a problem since.