Hydrawise Pro-HC 24-Station Outdoor Wi-Fi Irrigation Controller

Replaced an old controller with this wi-fi enabled unit. It's smaller than the old one. It has much more functionality. The accompanying app adds lots of convenience like mapping out each zone/station with images and other details. Flexible watering schedules based on the weather and more. Now I can monitor and adjust my sprinkler activity from anywhere. It was worth the money. Glad I have it.

Built a house in 1999 and had a Rainbird ESP-16LX Plus installed. The system started having electronic glitches in terms of the LCD screen and operation. Read about all wifi access controllers. Rachio was tempting but the reviews on lack of service are concerning. Seems like they either work great or not so great. Hunter seems to outperform the Rainbird options. Decided to get the 20 station outdoor indoor model because of the ability to direct wire to a pigtail plug. Bought the wire numbering kit, methodically numbered all wires. Removed old controller and installed new one in about 30 minutes. The Hydrawise program is a little clunky in terms of options but once you figure it out, it is very easy to use. Signed up, found the controller. I did have the issue that the program only recognized 12 out of the 16 zones. Tried to search for solutions but could not find anything on the internet. Sent an email to service and the next day had a link to a lesson on how to add the last zones. Did it in 5 minutes. That is the kind of service I expect at a sub $400 price. It is almost exhilarating to walk around your yard with your cell phone turning zones on and off. I know this sounds crazy but it is the way things should work. This will save so much water because there is always one area that needs more attention. In a hot market, I could not find a company that would install a controller for under high $700s. If you are getting $1000 worth of work done, the controller prices drop but not if you just want a swap out. I understand the need to charge that. But I wanted to say, easy to install and excellent in terms of performance. Thank you Hunter.

Stopped working after 16 days. Hunter says I need to return the unit. No suggestions provided for troubleshooting. The installation of the 24 zone controller took several hours.Repeating this installation when there is no explanation of why it failed seems like a bad idea. It could just fail again.

We have a large property with 24 irrigation zones. We swapped out our Hunter i-Core system for this since the i-Core did not have WiFi.It took about 2.5 hrs to remove the existing controller, wire this up, and set up the system. The only hiccup was connecting to my WiFi network. The controller connected without a problem, but could not contact the Hydrawise servers. I switched the setup from using DHCP for auto IP address assignment to static IP and then it worked flawlessly. The web browser setup on the Hydrawise site was easy, and it’s now very convenient to test zones without having to make the trek back to the controller and back out to the zone. The iPhone app works well. This is a solid product. I’m so impressed with this controller, I purchased a another one for our second home.

The package had been opened and resealed. The keys are missing. So if it was located on outside that would a problem.

I've been wanting to replace our ancient sprinkler controller but couldn't find one with the right set of features. This Hunter Pro HC 2400 does what I want perfectly. We needed at least 18 zones and I wanted something that monitored the wiring to the valves for opens or shorts. I also liked that it has a flow meter option to monitor bad valves and water leaks.It has a nice mobile app and also a web app for use on a laptop or desktop computer, nice when a bigger screen is available.Redoing the pipes to add a flow meter was a lot of work but well worth it IMHO. It lets you see how much water goes to each zone to help balance the times and watering cycles. By loosing the security screw the flow meter face plate can easily be rotate so that the cable exits on the opposite side, closer to the wall in my case.The controller is very easy to install and set up using the very responsive touch screen. Because the previous wiring had a huge bundle of underground splices I decided to add a junction box just above ground and then run new wiring up to the controller.I'd highly recommend this to anyone who needs more zones or likes the idea of monitoring for wiring or valve problems and thus knowing about issue before your plants or grass dies.

Easy to install, just tedious connecting 20 wires to all my zones (avoiding $600 installation fee from my irrigation contractor). Set up via wifi link using my tablet was straight forward. It allowed me to authorize my irrigation system contractor to access the controller from their account.