I do have a WiFi mesh system in the house as well which makes the signal in the garage a little bit stronger.

Most people are probably not connecting multiple devices and don't care about web access, so once they're connected, if they have a strong wifi signal at the control panel, they're OK and happy.

I am guessing because of poor wifi signals

This requires a really, really strong wi fi signal to work at all.

Has not functioned properly and continues to lose signal from a VERY STRONG WIFI signal.

and I get really solid signal with little noise

However, like others who have left reviews, the product now struggles to stay connected, despite being close to a VERY strong wireless signal

the trick is to have it near enough to get a good signal strength.

I could not get this to connect up to WiFi despite a strong signal.

Once it gets signal its pretty cool but getting it strong enough signal with out the hassel and money of boosters hasn't happened yet at any

Worked for one month, then stopped "connecting" while having perfect signal and shows it is connected to home network

The typical sprinkler controller has the unenviable task of being outside of the house and not near a strong wifi signal, even at the lower 2.4Ghz speed which reaches farther than the higher frequency bands

Good quality thanks you for your business,anything working good easy to use strong signal

It constantly tells me weak signal.

I had a pretty healthy WiFi signal, but the initial setup kept bombing out at the tail end of the setup wizard.

This device is rather small, so it's not surprising that it must have a strong Wi-Fi signal in order to connect reliably.

so my signal is strong

Signal is a little weak but works great.

Signal is a little weak but works great.

Signal is still weak but still communicates to panel and works well.

Easy to use wish the signal was a bit stronger and worked with VPN based devices, other than that excellent product

Had to get a WiFi repeater to get a strong enough signal, and seems to reboot often, but seems to work.

It automatically loaded existing settings, and the signal (in our garage) was strong.

The iPhone app found it on our wireless network and it got a strong signal with the router one floor above and about 30' away.

I should note that I have an excellent wifi signal

Get the app and make sure you have a strong wifi signal from your network.

Even shows if you are getting a weak signal where your controller is

When I can connect to the device via my phone, It says I have a strong signal.

I have a commercial grade router and access points spread around the house that blankets the whole property with great signal

Strong signal at controller

Has not functioned properly and continues to lose signal from a VERY STRONG WIFI signal.

I think a lot of people are getting a weak signal to their box and this is the reason for some of the negative reviews

With a much stronger signal in my garage, this item works the way it was supposed to.

Signal is not stable

So make sure you have a very good Wifi signal to your controller or you may be out of luck.

Our house is not very big but the Wifi signal was traveling through about 4 walls which likely caused the weak signal

Strong Network Signal, Strong Phone Signal...

Make sure that you have very strong signal where your controller is or it may not work

If there is good wifi signal in the house setup is super simple

I have the same weak signal as others but it works.

It looses its signal quite often and has to be re-initialized to get connected again

I have a 4 antenna router which provides a strong signal and less communication issues than others have had.

System is frustrating to setup, weak signal power.

I do have a strong Wi-FI signal so that could be the reason for no issues.

Still had too weak a signal even though the wireless extender was placed in a window less than 10 feet from the controller

Would like a stronger wi-fi signal.

I even purchased a wifi network extender to boost the wifi signal and it sits literally on the other side of the wall from it, my cell phone see all full bars, but this thing, it just will not connect to the wifi no matter how many times I try

More importantly, the biggest flaw is it's weak signal strength - didn't even work with a WiFi extender installed right next to the Rain Bird console and when it does (1/20 times), the connection is always spotty.

it will claim poor signal when other devices work perfectly at the same location. not worth the price for a defective design.

You have to have a very strong signal for this item to work

I have a strong wifi signal throughout my home and that includes my garage where my rainbird controller is located.

Plugged it in, connected to strong WiFi signal receive message

It's okay, but my other devices have a stronger signal but they are closer to the WAP

Kept loosing a signal at first, but it has been up and running for over a year with no issues.

very good, the only thing is , make sure you have a strong signal to the controller

I have 2 smart plugs farther away in the same garage and they get great signal

However, be aware that it relies on having an adequate Wi-Fi signal at the unit.

it will claim poor signal when other devices work perfectly at the same location. not worth the price for a defective design.

I needed a WiFi extender to improve the signal despite the 25 foot distance to my router

It was tough to make the app work for the first time, maybe due to weak WiFi signal, but once I could turn it on... voilà!

My iPhone showed strong WiFi signal which meant that this device would too

Sure enough, the device showed “strong signal”.

I have the same weak signal as others but it works.

I originally had a weak signal to the

Based on the negative reviewer’s experiences with the Rainbird app, I assume that Rainbird has made a lot of quality improvements since they wrote their reviews

If you have a modern 5G type modem it will not work

If you have a modern 5G type modem it will not work

Only supports 2.4G which is the one with the greatest reach.

The pencil takes you into edit mode (which you find later is also control mode), and the raindrop is manual station control (the only thing that kinda works as it should)

The unit show online both in my network scanning app as well as when logged into my router with max signal strength