Rain Bird - WR2-RFC - Wireless Rain/Freeze Sensor Complete Kit

Fantastic product, it shuts the system down when it rains saving water and energy. easy to install and connects to Wi-Fi flawlessly.

I have had this sensor installed for the past month and it works fine. I don't have the temp feature with mine. The install took only a few minutes. I installed the LCD to the right of my timer so I could flip up the cover to read the screen. The wireless WR2 sensor is mounted on a wooden fence about 15' away. The signal goes through a garage wall that is made with 2x6's and has sheet rock and plaster on the inside. The signal strength on the LCD shows 3 out of 4. The battery strength is also read on the LCD and is still 4 out of 4 after 30 days use. The LCD also shows when the system is shut off. There will be a pic of a rain cloud and an X through the sprinkler on the LCD. When the Rainbird sensor shuts off the controller the controller should also say OFF if you have the sensor switch on the controller in the active or ON position. One word of advice is.... If installing with a Hunter Pro-C controller, and possibly other Hunter controllers, make sure you remove the jumper plate that connects the 2 sensor inputs on the controller. You have to take both sensor screws out and the plate pops off. Then just connect the white and green sensor wires from the Rainbird. I would recommend this product to a friend. Follow up: I have had this sensor now for a full season and it has paid for itself with the savings in water. It still works as well as when I first installed the unit 02/15 Follow up: Still works fine. I do change the battery in the sensor every year.

Purchased this item several months ago to attach to a Rachio Sprinkler system. The instructions were clear and easy to attach to the sprinkler system. The unit is roughly 25 feet from the device that connects to the sprinkler controller and we've never seen any sort of connectivity issues. It's setup is basic, but it's very straight forward and easy to use. There has been several storms with hail large enough that we've had to replace our shingles, however the wireless sensor has remained undamaged. This may be slightly due to luck that a large piece of hail didn't hit the wireless sensor, but it has held up well considering the drastic changes in weather we get here in Nebraska. Over all, it does seem to be quite durable. We will see how it holds up during the winter. I'm giving it 4 stars since the connector for our gutter system was a bit tricky to get on and we had to bend a small metal lip on the edge of the gutter to secure it. It seemed like the plastic piece that hooks to the gutter was almost about to break before we were finally able to hook it on. Over all a good product, and I would recommend it as a good addition to any sprinkler system that can accommodate a rain sensor.

I just received and set up the WR2, attached to my Rachio Sprinkler Controller. Installation was quite easy, especially with YouTube videos that proved helpful. Rachio provided a pictorial guide to wiring the WR2 to it, which was very straightforward and worked fine for me. The manual called for me to pair the units, but it seemed that they were pre-paired, so I skipped that step. I mounted the transmitter to an eave point that will not push too much water in its direction, and is relatively close to the receiver. It shows 3 bars at that point, so I'm pretty comfortable with that. I left the water level at the default 1/4" for starters. I'll monitor it against my rain gauge to see it calibrates against it, and perhaps tweak the setting later. I had considered the Hunter unit, but the feature set on the Rain Bird is just much better, I think, especially the fact that the battery is user replaceable, the receiver signal strength indication on the remote transmitter, for easy installation point selection, and the helpful displays on the receiver. I didn't opt for the Freeze Detection unit, since I expect to shut down my system late every Fall, before we get to the time when freezing is a risk. It's all brand new, so time will tell how it performs over time, but I have a pretty high confidence in the Rain Bird brand. The vendor, Sprinkler Supplier of Idaho, Inc,, did a good job of packaging and shipping it promptly, and they used Priority Mail 2-day service, so it arrived about as fast as it would have using Amazon Prime service.

Integrated well with my present system as a replacement. Just followed the instructions. I only used the outside sensor.

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The rain sensor unit is mounted remotely outdoors and needs no wires between it and the receiving unit. The connection is string and no issues. The receiving unit (highlighted in red border) is easily installed and comes pre-programmed for both freeze temp and rain volume. The pre-programmed points can be easily changed within a few seconds too.

The setup is quite simple with basic hand tools. It works as advertised. It would be nice if Rainbird offered a variable rain sensor that would adjust the amount watering based on the total rain fall rather than just an on off switch. Or better yet, a soil moisture sensor.

same as the original works fine