WIFI Smart Water Valve Shut Off Tool Automatic Remote Control On And Off Electric Gas Shutoff Valve Main Compatible With Alexa

I'd give it 10 stars if I could. This thing works great! I have a water leak that we can not locate. I believe it's underground beneath my house, but we can find no wet areas. My water bill has doubled the past three months. The main water shut off valve is in my cellar, so I installed this device on it so that I can control the valve from inside my house. It has never failed to work perfectly. It has plenty of power to turn the valve handle and I believe it will last. Make sure to tighten the mounting bracket snugly to the unit before tightening the screw on the back side of the pipe. This bracket is designed to add strength to the unit when installed properly. *The small click you hear in the video is the back end of the valve handle slightly catching on the bracket. I need to adjust the bracket back slightly. Easy fix. It took about 5 minutes to install. Update: I still haven't had a chance to find my (slow) water leak due to weather and my waterline is buried about two feet deep under my house. I'm having to dig a ditch to even craw under the house. So I have Alexa turn the water valve on and off multiple times each day. I'm sure this device has operated over 1000 cycles by now. I'm very impressed with its durability. Most people would never use it this much in their lifetime. I'm thinking about buying a back up in case it does fail from excessive usage.

Installed and set it up, without any problems. Tested it multiple times, without any problems. Fast forward 4 months... We had a water leak in the house. A small crack on our refrigerator line. We were not home at the time. But fortunately I have water leak detectors in areas of the house, like the refrigerator, toilets, washing machine, dishwasher... But! When I tried to shut off the water remotely. The device was offline, and completely useless in an emergency! I had to call my neighbor to go over and shut off my water. Once I got home to take a look at it. I was finally able to get it back online after unplugging it, re-plugging it and reconnecting it a few times. But it still won't do anything. While the app said it did open and close the valve. I stood there and watched to do absolutely nothing. So I guess it's a blessing that it was offline. Otherwise I would assumed the valve was off, meanwhile who knows how much damage would have been done to my house, if the water would continue to run. So obviously it's past the return date. In the garbage it goes.

Initially I had problems installing it. It did not shut the valve completely. But I went back and re-read the instructions and realized that I had mounted it too far from the center of the valve. I re-installed it and it works perfectly. Also the app and WiFi installations were quick and simple. Since I have several leak detectors around the house that can message me if there is a leak, I can now remotely turn off the water should a leak occur in the house.

This is way cheaper than the Moen unit so I gave it a shot. I have 3/4" pex-b in my garage which is about the same OD as 1/2" copper. The rubber bushing they include to put inside the hard bracket is too soft to tighten down over the pex. The pipe is also too small for the hose clamp bracket. The unit will wiggle around when its trying to turn the valve if not secured really well. I ended up replacing the rubber bushing with some scrap pex cut down the middle. If you have PVC, CPVC, or copper piping, this install should be super easy for you. If I did this again, I would have cut out the pex valve and replaced it with a pipe thread valve with threaded pex adapters on each side so this thing would have solid metal to be secured to. It popped right up on my smart home app that I use for some wifi plugs. I am going to pair this with a set of leak detectors for when I go on vacation.

I installed this in a humid, hot, underground valve well, with a plastic bucket on top acting as a water proof air bubble, it’s working great so far, no problems with the WiFi connection, surprisingly easy and reliable considering the price point.