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For example, if you have a small landscape with a front yard, back yard, and flower bed, you would need a trio of Zilker Valves to independently control irrigation of the three areas. A single Zilker Bridge can support up to 8 Zilker Valves, plenty for most landscapes.įor setting up our test bed, we acquired one Zilker Starter Kit plus an add-on Zilker Valve.

You can think of Zilker Valves as being analogous to zones in an underground sprinkler system. Image: Digitized House.Īdditional Zilker Valves are available for expanding the system and sell for $69.99 each on Amazon. Here, (left to right) the bridge power adapter/cable, Zilker Bridge, and Zilker Valve. The starter kit also includes a power adapter/cable for the bridge. Austin Devices packages these two components into the Zilker Starter Kit, which sells for $109.99 on Amazon. And in keeping with the sustainability-centric grounding of this product, Zilker arrived clad in brown packaging made from recycled materials.Ī base Zilker system consists of at least one Zilker Valve-an outdoor module that resides between the hose bib and garden hose-and a Zilker Bridge, an indoor device that wirelessly connects the valves to the home’s Wi-Fi network. The production Zilker components we received for testing were nearly indistinguishable from the look, feel, and functionality prescribed for the prototype, a testimony to the undeniable adroitness of Hanna’s original designs. Zilker Smart Water Timer: Out of the Box A Zilker Starter Kit with a Zilker Bridge and single Zilker Valve sells for $109.99 on Amazon. Voice control is also missing in action, but there are plans to develop an Amazon Alexa skill down the road.

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We are enthusiastic about Zilker, how well it works, and how it uses pragmatic AI algorithms to deliver just the right amount of water-or no water at all-to your lawn and garden.Īnd the caveats? Well, right now the required Zilker app only runs on Apple iPhones and iPads running iOS 10 or higher, but Hanna says they are working on an Android version-though there is not yet a committed release date. How well does this greenfield design translate into garden smarts? After spending a few weeks testing Zilker in our Digitized House Connected Home Labs, in the yard, and in the garden, it’s clear Austin Devices has hit paydirt. They later secured investor funding to help get Zilker across the finish line, and the rest is history: Following a successful beta program in the summer of 2018, Zilker finally began shipping early in 2019-some 5 years after Hanna began development. While the Kickstarter failed to generate sufficient crowdfunding, Hanna and his startup, Austin Devices, remained undeterred. Zilker is ideal for automatically watering large turf areas with spike-mounted sprinklers, such as this Orbit Gear Drive model.

relying on garden hoses, above-ground sprinklers, and drip emitters for irrigation of their landscapes. Here, he eyed the roughly 50% of homeowners in the U.S. Frustrated with woefully inadequate, garden-variety water timers, Hanna sought to bring an intelligent irrigation alternative to market. We first looked at the Zilker prototype 3 years ago, when former Apple engineer John Hanna was launching a Kickstarter campaign to get his ultra-smart garden hose timer design off the virtual drawing board and into production. The left valve was connected through a garden hose to sprinklers in the front yard, while the right valve was configured for drip irrigation of potted plants on the patio.

Rural delivery and dangerous goods may take longer.In our Zilker test bed, we installed 2 Zilker Valves for automated watering.

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