LeafyPod
pros and cons
- Adjusts watering to its surroundings
- Learns how to maintain each plant
- Long battery life
- Bridge required
- Costs add up with each planter
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As a stereotypical plant-hoarding, book-loving, socially anxious millennial who writes about smart home tech for a living, I live for inventions like the LeafyPod
Why a smart planter?
When I repotted that plant to the LeafyPod, I just added soil as needed and filled the water reservoir. The LeafyPod is rechargeable, so you don’t have to keep it plugged in to use it. I fully charged it before putting it in its permanent spot, and the battery is still only a third depleted after almost two months.
When setting up the LeafyPod app, you can add the plant that you’ve potted, and it’ll tell you about its water and light needs. Once the planter is charged and set up in the app, the LeafyPod will learn to adjust its watering based on its surroundings. The planter learns whether your home is dry or humid, and how much sunlight your plant gets, so it can water it more or less often.
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You do need a bridge to connect the LeafyPod to the app and see your planter’s status remotely, which must remain plugged in to work. Each bridge lets you connect multiple planters (LeafyPod doesn’t specify how many), and costs $48, though you can buy it as part of the starter pack with a planter.
The app shows you all the plant’s details, how much sunlight it’s getting, and keeps a record of each watering session.
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The LeafyPod starter pack is currently on sale for $127
Source : ZDNet