8 Station Web Based Wi-Fi Smart Indoor Sprinkler Timer

I bought this to replace one of the same that I thought had failed. My previous unit was out of warranty, sent to the factory for repair at their request, and returned to me (six days total round trip) before I even received the new one I had ordered to replace it. I got the old one back, repaired, only the fuse which I somehow overlooked was blown, and absolutely no charge for their service or handling. We had recently had a power outage which when restored must have blown the fuse as intended to protect the unit. I'm so pleased with it, with their service, and the way it operates that I'm going to just give the new one to my son to control some water functions at his distillery.

This is one of the best value controllers I have seen on the market. Its capabilities are second to none and it is very intuitive and straight-forward to set up. I finally got mine installed and set up properly and it works well using my LAN connection as well as the internet based control. There are a couple of issues as with all products that I think need to be addressed. The first unit was WiFi only and I was unsuccessful in connecting to my WiFi router (Google Fiber). So the mfr. exchanged it very quickly for one with an Ethernet port as well. I used the laptop on WiFi to set up the device and ran a wired LAN connection to my router. Everything works great now. The other issue is mechanical ruggedness. The unit is a bit delicate in a few spots so you have to be deliberate about your installation. My system had a commercial Hunter control that failed so I stripped the PVC cabinet bare and installed my BlueSpray inside the old Hunter wall mounted cabinet.

I bought and installed a 16 station BlueSpray Indoor Sprinkler Timer in March 2017 at my home. This system is a web server connected to your home network and does not require an account or service from the manufacturer to operate. It uses a web browser to connect the BlueSpray to your home WI-FI. The web interface is not user friendly and can take some time to configure your zones and watering schedule. It uses a generic image of a home lot where you can use sprinkler icons to show the general locations of sprinklers on your lot. It you want to control the BlueSpray Timer from outside your home network, you will need knowledge of configuring your home network router to use port forwarding of the BlueSpray’s http and/or https ports to the external web. I set up port forwarding but found a security risk. I didn’t have a strong password to connect to the BlueSpray Timer. Some hacker broke into the Timer and flooded my backyard. After the attack, I isolated the BlueSpray Timer on my home network to stop future attacks. The biggest problem is with age the BlueSpray Timer has become unreliable. Starting around January 2020, the Timer keeps loosing connection to my home network and at times it has stopped turning on the sprinklers. The BlueSpray technical support was less than helpful. The response to my first email message was “reboot the BlueSpray Timer” which solved nothing. In my second message they told me I had a weak WI-FI signal. That is unlikely since my home W-IFI has been stable for serval years and I have WI-FI boosters in my home. I gave up. I replaced the BlueSpray Timer with a 16 zone Rachio 3 Sprinkler Control. It requires a smartphone or iPad connected to your home WI-FI to configure the Rachio 3. It uses an app installed on your device and an account on the manufacture’s server to configure the Rachio 3. It was easy to setup and can be controlled from inside or outside your home on the smart device. You can add images of your home zones to your account. I don't recommend the BlueSray Timer, save yourself the headache and try a different controller.

This product absolutly sucks. It loses connection and runs the zones for hours past the time they sgoulf have stopped. You havr to log back into the timer to actually get it to update and realize that it shouldnt be running. The UI is hard to work with and very clunky. Customer support, while always willing to reply insists that whatever the issue is, its your fault for not reading the instructuons or for not knowing how to use their timer correctly. Save your time and money and go with another product

It delivered as promised

Installation easy. Took 2 days to set up on device because some functions didn't work initially. (Date/time incorrect, unable to download google map of lawn and photo upload wouldn’t work either.) Spent hrs resetting and trying again. Manual/cust serv no help. Day 2 it suddenly worked. Now love it.

The original Blue Spray unit I looked at was all inclusive and I thoughts that was what I was getting. This unit required additional units to be fully functional as I needed.

Overall I like the controller but I didn't realize it did not come with a Lan port. There is an identical model with a Lan port which I needed because my wifi connection at work is unreliable. Finding out that there are two models by web searches is not easy as most vendors do not specify which one they carry. Tech support from the company was very responsive and helpful.