Weather Intelligence Plus - Settings / Weather - Rachio Community
post by Bioreef on May 7, 2018
Bioreef
I wonder if that is some sort of manufacturing error (someone put the stickers on the Rachio 2 instead of 3’s). The Rachio website clearly says that Weather Intelligence Plus is a Rachio 3 exclusive (https://www.rachio.com/rachio-3/).
Would be nice to hear back an official word.
post by boldblue737 on May 7, 2018
boldblue737
ouch, that has to be a mistake with the Rachio 2.
post by cheezmo on May 7, 2018
cheezmo
Has anyone seen a Rachio 3 box? I would be surprised if it didn’t mention WE+ on the box already (wouldn’t need a sticker). But who knows. I was wondering if this is some kind of special deal with Costco to help blow out the Rachio 2’s. If so, it would be a cheaper way to get WE+ for current Rachio 2 owners. Just buy a new one for $149 at Costco that comes with WE+.
post by mckynzee on May 7, 2018
mckynzee
Hey @cheezmo @Bioreef @boldblue737,
We are offering Weather Intelligence Plus on all Rachio 3 models and as a special Costco model! Hope that helps.
post by cheezmo on May 7, 2018
cheezmo
So if I want to add WI+ to my gen 2 I can do it by buying another gen 2 from Costco? I already have the hardware and don’t want to add to a landfill. This leaves me with a very poor impression of Rachio. My next sprinkler controller will be from a company that does not lock out features, forcing one to throw a perfectly good product in the trash adding to our landfills.
post by fpuig on May 7, 2018
fpuig
You get Weather Intelligence Plus but you don’t get support for Wireless Flow Meter. If you don’t need the wireless flow meter this is a no-brainer purchase. Any way its a good deal 🙂
Wi+ is something that we will see how it compare with the existing Wi.
post by briansusername on May 7, 2018
briansusername
Except those of us who already have a Gen 2 unit. That’s not quite a no-brainer.
I would be interested in a modest upgrade fee to add WI+ to my existing unit. This Costco model seems to indicate that is possibility.
post by cwagz on May 8, 2018
cwagz
I would be interested in upgrading my current Gen2 with Weather Intelligence Plus as well.
post by zpaiulsgrove on May 14, 2018
zpaiulsgrove
I would like to echo earlier comments, I would be more than willing to pay an upgrade fee to get Weather Intelligence Plus if it would get me more accurate weather information and help save water.
post by bigjohns97 on May 28, 2018
bigjohns97
I am in the process of possibly buying a weather station to install but if this new service doesn’t require that then I would just purchase an upgraded Rachio.
post by boldblue737 on May 28, 2018
boldblue737
bigjohn97: weather intelligence plus requires a Rachio 3 or the purchase of an Rachio 2 from Costco with a specially marked box. it does a smart analysis of local weather stations combined with weather forecasts to estimate weather at your location specifically.
post by fightinaggie08 on Jul 31, 2018
fightinaggie08
SO WI+ is compatible with Gen2? I do hope you will enable this for other Gen 2’s, that is why we paid a premium for your product.
post by eckirchn on Aug 27, 2018
eckirchn
@franz is it safe to assume that Weather Intelligence is based on the Weather Underground API and using that community to inter/extrapolate data that is more accurate than standard NOAA data?
post by franz on Aug 27, 2018
franz
Your PWS will always have the best precipitation (assuming it is working) which is very important for our models. Evapotranspiration and forecasting are not derived from PWS stations.
post by Lmc805 on Dec 10, 2018
Lmc805
I had my Rachio 2 fail and replaced with Rachio3 (for the water meter). I have a local MESOWEST weather station that is setup and maintained professionally.
post by franz on Dec 10, 2018
franz
If you’d like I can have the team remove that feature and get you back to PWS weather, just let us know.
post by Lmc805 on Dec 11, 2018
Lmc805
Thanks for answering and for the offer!
post by franz on Dec 11, 2018
franz
If you get a personal API key from WU that will give you similar data.
post by Lmc805 on Dec 14, 2018
Lmc805
Am I understanding this correctly? All the local weather intelligence and personal weather station stuff is only used for precipitation!
post by franz on Dec 14, 2018
franz
I agree with you in that it’s not a perfect solution.
post by jebgg on Dec 15, 2018
jebgg
I’m trying to understand how a “national” station that may be 11 miles away is going to forecast ET any better than the PWS in my backyard.
post by cubisuro on Dec 20, 2018
cubisuro
I can relay my experience with ET: my weather station is marginally good at temperature and useless at wind.
post by marked on Apr 29, 2019
marked
I just installed my 3.0 a couple of weeks ago and put it on a flex schedule.
post by franz on Apr 29, 2019
franz
@marked It looks like flex daily is pushing out the front yard past 5/13 based on precipitation forecasts.
post by chrisn on Oct 11, 2020
chrisn
I have a top of the line David Vantage Pro 2 with solar radiation sensor.
post by chrisn on Oct 13, 2020
chrisn
Can anyone comment on this? I’m failing to see exactly what the issue is here.