Does it guess when you want the schedule to run? Ah OK 1.19pm I think I’ll turn on and run one of those 3 schedules?! Now your asking for programming. Unless you don’t care when it turns on.
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I do, it’s a programmable power strip, and I can turn plugs on and off from my phone. I run pumps and sometimes they irritate me so I turn them off during family time.
My lights have their own timers built in. They are managed via the same app
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The timers are pretty simple as it is and they provide options. Maybe some people want to finish on 11/13 instead of 12/12. I feel like the digital timer is far more complicated than a pin style timer a ton of people use.
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Being offgrid, I use to use the mechanical timers, but they don’t sync up well with generator power. I would lose about 5 minutes a day and end up having to adjust the timers about once a week.
The digital timers never skip a beat.
Now that I have inverters and a LiFePO4 battery bank, I could go back to the Mechanicals.
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I Honestly dont care when it turns on and goes off. So that isnt a concern for me. As long as it runs the proper number of hours that is my only concern.
Honestly wish I could afford lights like that. Maybe someday.
I get that, and for those who want all those options, that is great, I personally prefer simplicity. 3 buttons, the 3 most common schedules, ONE button press to change between them. Dont get much simpler than that.
They are unavailable right now, of course, but I got them for $40 during a sale.
Grow Light Full Spectrum… Amazon.com
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I got the Tapo P125M Mini Smart Plug, IT IS FREAKING AWESOME!!! Schedule changes on the app are a BREEZE. This is gonna be amazing when I do the photo crosses I have planned.
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