A real gardener does not need this sensor well ..

but I'm also not a real gardener! However, I wish that my plants are well maintained and also last a long time. And I'm already in my main criticism: a sensor is indeed great, but we have several plants in the house, so what plant it should be now, which is regularly "waiting" ???

The most expensive, the most beautiful or seemingly care-intensive? If you have made this decision, it is a better. There is a risk of course is that you may have to take a lot of money in the hand to its "essential" plants optimally supplied home knowing (of course Parrot pleased about more sales).

Of course one must not forget that the fun factor here is not neglected, also now you deal thus guaranteeing much more with his plant than was previously the case!

Long story short: app store, install, register (must here possibly fit data protection) and then it can use Bluetooth 4.0 for the iPad mini or start iPhone 4S.. If you have selected the correct type of plant, a solid support of the plant go. About alerts a certain time to get close to possibly communicate regularly about brightness, temperature, fertilization and soil moisture level and missed nothing. I was pleased to hear the first entry in the "calendar" right "sunlight: Place the plant in order" - yes, it is currently a bit dark, but this is now "officially". Otherwise you can be in the "Live mode" even once inform directly about some values, if only to deal with the app.

First of all: if the whole thing is now perfect, I can not judge expertly, but from the feeling seems to be solid, the data appear grds. plausible and as I said, it's fun. One can no longer forget the regular and sufficient for casting. B.. If you should be for. As a holiday abroad but actually should and watering the plant, you will hardly get on the next plane to resolve this issue .. :-) Here you get only messages "on site" via Bluetooth, from mobile data does not work the whole namely unfortunately.

The risk that you will by now referred to by their social environment as "Freak" is certainly real, but so I can handle well, because it is a perfectly sensible technical thing. But the idea is also contagious.

The price you can not completely hide, especially if you want to buy more than one sensor of course. But: it is not a toy and especially in really expensive plants or only for the "favorite plant" also a perfectly sensible investment- as I said, real gardener (s) do not need this sensor probably. But "need" is also relative.

Cost / benefit: thus it comes to so good to aureichend. I like the principle that power and utility. Thus I rate the whole total of 4 points.

Addendum 21:05:14: the sensor can take up no contact with the cloud for about 1 week, data is no longer recorded, everything is dubious. A battery change has brought just as cache etc. In "recognizing a Flowerpower" This is now grayed out, therefore one must lt "means" probably as a buyer (purchase date is indicated) contact the Customer Care team !! For this I have no desire, what does that ???? Defect, benevolent 2 points, especially as the database common plants as "betel palms" no holds!

Addendum 01:06:14: a try, I still got started. I have my account in the app each on iPod and iPad Air deleted (a new password over a link to my e-mail was necessary because I no longer knew the old) - I have now selected a "similar" plant and behold - Now data is collected again, it works for now again. Therefore, I forgive baw three points as well but there is no defect in the "Flower Power". I'll be watching the whole critically on.