Sure, you may have everything inside your house connected to a hub and controllable from your phone, but what about outside? Today’s Amazon daily deal is a very cool way to bring the outdoors online, but connecting your irrigation system to your home IoT setup. The Rachio IRO Smart Wifi Enabled Irrigation Controller is on sale at $200 for the 8-zone configuration today, and includes the following capabilities:
- Weather Intelligence – Watering is automatic based on real time weather and seasonal adjustments. No need to schedule it.
- Better data, smarter watering – Rachio Water Reports confirm how much water you’re using and saving. Feel free to share your water savings prowess with friends.
- Pays for itself – Saves customers as much as 30% on their outdoor water use, giving them one of the fastest paybacks on any smart home device.
- EPA WaterSense Certified Product – Check with your local water municipality for rebate options. Rebates can range up to 100% of retail value.
- Connected home – Integrates with NEST, Wink, Control4, IFTTT and other top tier home automation systems for expanded functionality.
Ken Denmead
Ken is a husband and father from the San Francisco Bay Area, where he works as civil engineer. He became the Publisher of GeekDad in 2007, and the owner in 2010. He also wrote the NYT bestselling GeekDad series of project books for parents and kids to share.
