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@inchpincher
So this is the one I bought, the Harvst Mini. It's totally stand-alone version - solar powered with a pump into a water butt. Yes it was pricey but really well thought out and manufactured, if anything it's a bit too over complicated for a tech luddite like myself but luckily I can't connect it to wifi anyway. The only upgrade I got was the 10W panel.
The drippers it comes with can only provide 4L/h and the battery in these stand alone units can only run for ten minutes total in a day (in two 5 minute hits) which considering the pump can deliver 10L/m seems a bit daft. I modified the ones it came with and have ordered some 'shrubblers' and 'misters' which should give me what need: 500ml per pot per day and misting when the temperature gets above 40ºC.
It took a medium level of faff to install, made all the more difficult by having a greenhouse full of plants! Understanding how to get the module to talk to my phone was the hardest part but now it's set up I feel a sense of relief that I'm not constantly thinking about watering. Now I just worry about the rest of the garden and allotment.
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