Bluebot Mini alerts no longer working as expected — no resolution
Why get a Bluebot? My reason was to detect leaks and unusual water usage. But without notice, Bluebot Water reduced their alert functionality for the Bluebot Mini. I discovered the reduced functionality by accident. It’s now not very useful in detecting leaks in my home, which is why I originally purchased it. I have reached out to Support, and after many weeks of back-and-forth, cannot get resolution of why this occurred or when it will be resolved. I’ve been patient but do not feel Bluebot values their customers. If you have a Bluebot Mini, I recommend checking your alert settings to see if you’ve been impacted.
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Great little device
Been using this bad boi for months now and I have to say this device is incredible. Not only does it connect to my WiFi reliably, but it connects WELL with a sleek and totally unambiguous UX.
Horrible app
There is no way to add a device. The ai chat says look for a plus button or a hamburger menu. There is nothing. Such a poorly designed app.
took away features with latest version
used to be able to pick a day and time on the calendar and see water usage in that custom period, this latest version removed that feature which was pretty helpful for me. I’ve contacted support and was told they would look into it, that was a week or two ago and nothing since.
Cannot add older device for QR code
The new app has a bug that it won't let you manually add device unless you have QR code on your device otherwise the app won't go to the next step. As a result, if you accidentally deleted an existing device on your app, you won't be able to add it back if your device purchased a year ago which doesn't have QR code.
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No more calendar report feature?
The Bluebot app has suddenly removed the calendar icon, and with it the ability to run reports of usage over a specific period. This was a key feature of the system for me - very disappointed it is now gone!
Starting Charging Subscription for Previously Included Features
I can’t recommend this now that there is now a subscription. I paid nearly $500 for the meters and now features are limited.
Below 0.5 gpm is useless
Followed the installation and calibration steps. I still cannot accurately track any leaks below 0.5 gallons per minute - and that is quite a lot of water usage. So this is effectively useless to me as a diagnostic tool to catch leaks. It works fine for anything above 0.5 gpm. But I don't care when a toilet flushes or a shower is running.
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Bluebot
Bluebot is a money saving product and I love the app. I have one now installed on my home and am going to install another for my guest house. Great product, great savings, great app.
Inaccurate; discrepancies
If I “go live” I see a flow rate of 1.8gpm for my irrigation zone that runs for 2 hours. Ok, so 1.8 gallons / minute multiplied by 120 minutes is 216 gallons. Now if I switch to usage in that 2 hours it says
Best water meter on the market
There are many options but bluebot worked great for my irrigation and home water metering. Easy to install and the flow alerts keeps me knowing my water and I was able to save in overuse immediately. Great unit
Really great product held back by app
Really useful product but the app is just so buggy: lots of crashing, items (e.g. budgets) disappear, and clunky setup wizard. Serves a very important purpose but they need a new developer
Technology Seems Sound, App Needs Work
Have had the product now about two months. Once i installed my two devices i did a QC on rates, and both were very close to actual, no special correction factor needed.
My issue is with the app, when i view the weekly, the days tallies seem incorrect. I can go back to the individual days and the figures are different. For example, my weekly chart shows a usage today when in fact the system is turned off. If i look under the day tab for today, it show the correct 0 by hour. Please work on the app.
My issue is with the app, when i view the weekly, the days tallies seem incorrect. I can go back to the individual days and the figures are different. For example, my weekly chart shows a usage today when in fact the system is turned off. If i look under the day tab for today, it show the correct 0 by hour. Please work on the app.
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Love bluebot
I am giving the app 5 stars because it just works. I do agree with other reviewers that it sometimes shows missing readings -especially if you are trying real time readings. But what I have noticed is that after a few minutes it does show an accurate reading. Overall very satisfied. Would be nice to include option for metric system units.
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Great product, buggy app
The water sensor os great! Eqsy to install and works flawlessly.
Unfortunately, the app drops the stars in my review. Installed a month ago and immediately found issues with an app. It crashes often in different areas (poor quality control), there is no context-sensitive help, which is much needed as features are complicated (it’s feature-rich though). Was planning to buy few more units for my rental properties. But decided to wait and see how quickly they will address app deficiency. I know it’s a young company so i will give them a benefit of the doubt
Unfortunately, the app drops the stars in my review. Installed a month ago and immediately found issues with an app. It crashes often in different areas (poor quality control), there is no context-sensitive help, which is much needed as features are complicated (it’s feature-rich though). Was planning to buy few more units for my rental properties. But decided to wait and see how quickly they will address app deficiency. I know it’s a young company so i will give them a benefit of the doubt
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Nice hardware, graphs flaky
The graphing part of the app is confusing and hard to use, and also randomly shows no data for some graphs and shows data for the same time span after browsing around and changing from hour to day etc. The real-time data being collected seems accurate, but it’s hard to browse and I’m having trouble figuring out the water use of my irrigation system. It should look more like the Tesla Powerwall app’s graphs.
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Awesome product
This is a product that goes far beyond the other products on the market that Measure water usage. As a landlord of three different tenants, I needed to be able to measure water usage without interrupting my tenants and doing so. Not only has this product proven to be amazingly accurate but Also non-intrusive to my tenants, gives us the ability to print out where in usage amounts and bill accordingly, do you know if he web based and app based access allow great usage and monitoring what’s happening. I will mention it is imperative that you follow directions when installing. Once installed properly we have experienced zero problems. Awesome product!!!!
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Great hardware. Software unusable
The hardware is amazing:easy to install and quite accurate. But the software has always been bad and the recent update is basically terrible. I can’t get it to load/it’s incredibly buggy/crashes consistently/ and require reinstalling the app. Some basic UI concepts like a load status indicator are totally lacking. My guess is the business is contacting with some offshore development shop that has no idea how to build software. Hope the company can fix this soon / it’s really unfortunate to see a great idea suffer so much from a bad choice in software vendor.
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Great hardware, hobby-grade software
The software at every generation is consistently buggy and generates crashes, fails to load data, etc. Hardware is marvelous and simple to install. Will be a great system when they fix the user experience.
Demystifies water usage!
Living in a building with six other units sharing a single meter, the water bill can be a point of contention, particularly during a drought. Bluebot has given me such insight into how we use water, it’s just automatically made us much more conscious of how we use it. How much does a 5 minute shower use? How much does running the dishwasher use? You can figure it all out with this. I love it and would and have recommended it to friends and family.
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