RAINPOINT Smart Digital Wireless Plant Moisture Meter Houseplant Indoor,WiFi Hub Needed,Capacitive Probe,Leave-in Soil Hygrometer Sensor,Real-time Monitor Humidity Tester Outdoor Gardening

EXACATLY WHAT I NEED! If you’re a veggie grower who travels a lot or just hates the guesswork of watering like me,try this‌. It's affordable and accurate. Just insert them into the soil and leave them there. No need to remove it from soil. No need to clean after each use. The moisture level will be automatically detected and displayed on the sensor or app if you connect it with RainPoint wifi hub. Bought the gateway+sensor kit and six individual sensors to take care of my veggie garden during my 4-week business trip in Europe, so that I don’t need to pay for plant-sitting. The app is quite user-friendly and connection is stable. Integration the sensors with my existing RainPoint smart watering system is a breeze. I checked the app daily during my trip to see how my veggies doing and feel stay connected with them while I am away.I am very pleased that all my veggies are doing well when I am back. It's a huge help to save my time and water bill in my daily plant care routine no matter where I am. P.S. Different plants have different watering frequency and change of season or ambient humidity/temperature also affect their watering needs. I utilize the sensors to help determine the preferred moisture level for different plants and the appropriate watering schedules, which is great. Love the reliability and convenience this product brings!

Finally a moisture monitoring system that works! I've been looking for a way to monitor the moisture level in my Bonsai trees, outdoor planters, and indoor plants for a long time. I've tried a couple other products on the market and they're no where near as advanced and well thought out as these! Pros - System can monitor more sensors than you'd ever need - Ability to create alarms that send notifications based on humidity and or battery level. - interface is very intuitive. Creating alarms "scenes" is easy. - Wifi device seems to be fine connecting to devices located ~20ft away and through walls. - So far it's proving to be waterproof. - Ability to chart and log historic moisture levels. - Sensors seem to be working in 4" deep pots. - Individual sensors display % Moisture. Cons - Requires a 2.4Ghz wifi connection and will not connect to a SSID that was broadcasting both 2.4 & 5. - Connects to alibababa hosted servers in China. - An absolute bear to setup if you have an advanced firewall running Suricata / Snort! This tripped 3 Snort rules. - The sensors require a Phillips screw driver (included) to access the batteries. - There doesn't appear to be a rubber gasket sealing the battery compartment. - The sensors require ~ 6" of soil to fully seat. - Instructions are near worthless! I could write better instructions in my sleep!

Nice design, decent iOS App (RainPoint Home), small WiFi bridge that's easy to setup and connect to WiFi (2.4GHz only) and to sensors, as well as easy firmware updates and comes with a screwdriver to install and replace the sensor 3 x AAA batteries that are NOT included, but that's where the good things stop. The purpose of this device is to alert (and potentially trigger events) based on soil humidity levels and thats not working! The RainPoint Home App has "Smart Scenes" where you can setup events and alerts but they don't work/trigger. I managed to to get one alert to appear in the log section of "Smart Scenes" but there was no push notification or email sent out. Subsequent tests with the bridge and sensor in immediate proximity showed the sensor itself is detecting moisture (LCD showed 99%), but the bridge had no idea, created no log events, no notifications and no emails went out. That's a showstopper and defeats the purpose of the device. I emailed support with timestamped screenshots and pictures but don't hold high hopes. If support manages to resolve the issues I will return and provide an update...

This is the only smart soil meter I can find on the market that has a display screen on the device itself,so I don’t need to use my phone all the time. Connectivity is stable. APP is easy to navigate and quite functional for plant owners. If wanna check remotely and record moisture level data via the app, buy the sensor + hub version and you can add many extra sensors under the same gateway. This is fairly useful if you have multiple plants or hanging plants. Otherwise, the sensor only version is good enough. I grow dozen of perennials and some veggies either indoor or in backyard and always forget which ones I have watered or not. To keep my plants alive and healthy is never easy! THIS SOIL METER DOES HELP A LOT! Now it is so easy to tell if my plants need a drink while I walk by or check on phone when I’m away. The app allow monitoring moisture level changes over time,so I can adjust my watering plans accordingly. Have 5 of this for now, might get more later. The only downside is the probe is not long enough for some large potted plants. Other than that, this is one of the most useful plant care tool I've ever used. It does bring me peace of mind and keep my plants happier.

Last year I purchased their older Bluetooth model which was okay but had shortcomings that this new model overcame. The biggest improvement was this model has a digital readout right on the meter so you can check without your phone. The Wifi also allows for email notifications that tell you when water levels are low which is a gamechanger. My older model had issues with sun causing inaccurate soil temperatures, I have not had an opportunity to check that this year. The biggest criticism is that you need to remove two very small phillips screws to replace the battery. Most people will have to buy a specialized small phillips screwdriver to do this, not cool! The company also should have offered older bluetooth customers a bigger discount to replace their hub for this newer model. I've not been impressed with their customer service. Update March 2025 - Because this is a Third Party seller, they get your contact information on a review so you are not anonymous. Shame on Amazon for giving this info to them! Now customer service is offering to credit me for my old outdated Bluetooth models. So apparently customers have to leave reviews to get service.

The RAINPOINT Smart Digital Wireless Plant Moisture Meter makes it easy to monitor your plants’ hydration in real time. The sensor gives frequent updates and pairs seamlessly with the app, so you can check moisture levels without digging around in the soil. It’s compact, easy to set up, and works well for both indoor pots and outdoor garden beds. The alerts are super helpful and have taken the guesswork out of watering. Since using it, my plants are healthier and I haven’t overwatered once. It’s a simple but powerful tool for anyone who wants to keep their plants thriving with less stress.

nice design and seems to work as expected BUT only with the Rainpoint Home app. Beware that the Rainpoint Tuya app also list this as compatible unit, but it is not working at all with it (confirmed with RP customer support). this is a major turndown for me because the vast majority of smart home gadgets are based on the Tuya ecosystem, so purchasing this Rainpoint unit will significantly limit your possibilities to expand and integrate with other accessories. I have a orbit b-hyve system that run on its own proprietary network and connects to the internet through a hub, similarly to this. However the b-hyve app has integration with Alexa and Google home, which makes a major difference for IFTTT automation schemes

This works! I had previously bought the Ecowitt system for soil monitoring .. its was very old technology so I retuned it. The RainPoint system is a much more modern system. I had this connected within 5 minutes and then added the soil monitor .. its the similar technology to something like Arlo Cameras or SimplySafe where you connect the hub to Wifi and then add the various pieces to build your system .. RainPoint is like Arlo for gardening .. I'm using the soil monitors to make sure my citrus trees get watered in the summer months while I'm gone.. last year the water timer died and it was a month before I figured out the problem and the trees were damaged .. This Rain Point system will hopefully catch it sooner this time .. it saved 24 or 30 days worth of data .. the app on the iphone is easy to use. I now have both 2 more soil monitors after the 1st one connected and worked so easily.