Customer Ratings & Reviews

Took about 10 min to swap out old 8 station with Rachio controller. App is very intuitive and extremely easy to operate. Old controller required many trips to the garage to operate zone control. Since it also samples weather trend information in the area, it makes it very easy to save water by missing a watering day or two. Very satisfied with the purchase.

Excellent controller, easy to connect. Working perfectly fine and with wifi ability and weather sensor that stop water sprinklers when raining, it saves good deal of water that could have been wasted

Our old sprinkler control was disfunctional. But this, I mean this is awesome. adjusts to weather, gives you advice on watering times and syncs up with the weather reports to adjust your sprinkler watering time. definitely saves money on water which eventually will pay for itself.

I love this Rachio!!! It was easy to install and set up. Works great. It was recommended to me and I’m happy to recommend it to others.

I had an older version on a previous property. This one is leaps and bounds above with the ability to map your yard using satellite, and using tons of weather stations instead of one. Great app, great device. Watering the lawn has never been easier.

This is one of the best products I've invested in. Installing was super easy, but one should be prepared with all the tools and plan out before just diving into installation process. Specifically location, mounting it on a stud or dry wall, indoor/outdoor. It took about 30 minutes to remove the old unit and install new unit. Setting up took another 20 minutes on phone app and testing another 5 min. All in all it was a breeze, already running for days now and no issues. I would definitely recommend this product, their app is also easy to use, one has to get used to it. I am hoping to save a bunch on water bill, let's see how it performs, I will update once I have it running for few months in Spring.

Love this wifi sprinkler. Easy to install, looks good, app control is easy and really cool. One of my friends went out to get one for himself. Would recommend to anyone. Thanks,

Easy to install and use. The app makes identifying zones and watering the lawn much easier than my old controller.

Was not more complicated than a regular sprinkler controller to install. App was easy to setup. If you install outside, you'll need a cover as these units are not waterproof.

I only have 7 zones so the 8 zone was all I needed. Easy to install took about 10 minutes. Easy to program too. It gives you all kinds on information and even takes the weather into consideration. Very smart devise.

Very easy install and great app that works anywhere. Love the wind skip and used my existing prior rain sensor to make it conserve even more.

Got the Racio-8-Zone 3rd Generation Smart Sprinkler Controller for my husband's birthday. I am glad that I did, that a few days before his birthday he complained that he wished he could set the sprinklers from his phone. Yep, good wife listened...lol Anyways, it is nice to set up your system on your phone, versus running back and forth to set the sprinklers on or off, or even just to ensure all zones are being watered. In addition, this system is very nice and sends you notifications to inform you that it will be raining and therefore, will not be waisting water. We are very please with this easy-to-use system.

I bought this thing on sale because I was getting tired of trying to catch the dumb sprinkler controller in the mornings when it would rain to prevent wasted water. We received a rebate from our local water utility that covered almost half the cost of the Rachio. The first month using the Rachio our bill was $100 less than the lowest previous month. Between these two savings, it has paid for itself in the first 30 days of use. Setup was super easy and the app has a lot of really cool features. It even allows you to draw the layout of your system and specify the type of sprinkler heads and plants on each watering cycle to most accurately estimate water needs.

Almost too many options but once you get it setup, it's nice to be able to control the irrigation system from your phone, web, or Alexa. Install time was right around 30-45 min. The main issue I had was not enough wire lead from my previous system, not any issue of Rachio. The phone and web app to me does seem a little ambiguous and takes a little trial and error to setup because you don't quite know if it's going to do what you want it to do till you review the history. Some watering options lock you into a specific schedule and you can't manually change so you have to setup again using a different method to gain more flexibility. But as stated, once you figure what works for you and setup, you can just let it go. Auto seasonal adjustments are nice but again, you have to let go and trust Rachio to do the right thing.

Replaced our old controller with the Rachio and it’s been the best decision. This controller can be controlled with a smart phone and can be linked with the local weather to optimize your watering. Also super easy to set up.

Easy to use, easy to install, works amazing and all of this for a great price. Give it a try.

Great product, easy set up, no issues at all, and amazing features from just a manual one. You start to learn a lot more about your lawn and it’s health.

This is easilly doable by yourself. Just take a picture of your wires and then disconnect them. Reattach them in the same slot on the Rachio and enjoy. The app is exactly what you want for a smart sprinkler system!

Easy to Setup- Excelent App , allows control and settings all on your phone and ability to personalize and photo graph zones to show in the App.. Very nice features..

This wasn't as annoying to install and setup as I thought it would be. Take lots of pictures and videos (in case you miss something with the pictures) of your existing wiring before you install. The only difficult part was setting up my rain sensor (required where I live). The software is easy to use. This has saved me some money as it skipped a few runs due to rain when I was out of town. Very happy with this purchase. You'll need to play with the time settings -- I feel like it overwaters in a few zones -- easy enough to change.