Inkbird Wifi Smart Temperature Controller, Up to 50% off ($32.5)

mine is sitting in my mailbox, waiting for me to get home.

 

Nice!

 

Just got mine today. Did you guys get it worked out? I hope so. My fermenter is not going to be in the same room as the router. In fact my upright freezer that houses my conical is in my garage. I hope mine works when I test it out.....

John

 

I am able to connect it in the same room and the room next to it, but not any farther. My chamber is down the stairs in the garage too and I can't get it to work there even though I have a full wi-fi signal on my phone.

 

Great.... Not good news. I hope that is just temporary and that it connects for you. I will try mine later this week and report back. I have a beer in the fermenter now and will be racking into kegs mid week. So I wanted to use this for my next brew.

John

 

I'm hoping it is just something simple. Maybe Inkbird can chime in since there is no support or documentation on the internet for this product since it is new.

 

Yes that would be good if they would. Maybe they could answer the question on how many feet from the router does this device have to be to work properly? This would have been good to list in the original description.

John

 

I haven't gotten a connection yet either...the controller is sitting about 12 feet away from the router. I did manually set the temp control and it's working great...just no WiFi connection yet.

 

I posted on the Inkbird Facebook page with the issue and they replied with this:

"The most available connect range is in the same room. Because the wifi signal will be weak from the next room. Sorry for the inconvenience bring."

This is not good news at all and I am very disappointed that this information was not shared prior to purchasing what was supposed to be a high quality product. This unit is basically unusable to me now. I doubt they'll take a refund.

 

Hey, the good news about bringing into work. We have been complaining to the boss that it is freaking cold in our office. According to this little device, it's 64 degrees in here, I can'f feel my fingers....... BTW, does anyone else think the iOS icon is a little Phallic looking?

 

Here's the interface for those interested. A keen eye will spot the typo.

 

Got mine today. Hooked it up to my heating pad on my fermenter and it's working like a champ! Thanks Inkbird!

 

For those having WIFI connection problems. I got mine home last night plugged it in, my router was right next to where it was plugged in (inches) and then I walked to my office about 20 feet away where my phone was sitting to make the connection. I tried for 2 hours off and on to get the connection and it would not work. Finally, before going to bed, I walked back over to my router set the phone right next to the device, tried the connection and it paired instantly and now works all over my house. Not sure why the device and phone had to be right next to each other, but it works now.

 

Good advice, I had the same problem and solution. Unfortunately it won't connect all over my house though only the room and room next to it. My chest freezer is only right down at the bottom of the stairs from the room with my router and it will not work that far.

Inkbird says it is only made to connect in the same room so your case must be good luck with the your signal/layout.

 

Did you snag this pic from your device? If so, how do you get the temperature to display on the graph? Mine only shows the set points with no temp. measurement.

 

I guess I was kind of vague about what I was saying. The device is still next to the router, I am lucky to have my keezer right next to the router. I meant to say, my phone now picks up the device all over the house. To use the device away from your router, just get a cheap logitect wifi extender and put that next to your keezer or fermentation chamber and you should be fine.

 

Anyone else have an issue with the App? When I try to register it tells me 'The format of E-mail is wrong'.

 

I had that, deleted it and re-entered no problem

 

I had that error. The email and password are case-sensitive. When I entered my email it automatically capitalized the first letter of my email address. When I changed it to lowercase it worked fine.

 

We should probably start a new thread for Reviews and how this thing works. Anyway, I thought from the description on the front page, that you would be able to monitor and control from wherever you are. I am not getting that, now that I am away from my home WIFI, it is not picking up the device.

 

I thought this as well. But if it only works via WIFI then Inkbird needs to update the description as it is misleading.

 

That is from the first post. Clearly says ANYWHERE OVER

 

I was 45-50 miles away from my house last night and I was still able to connect to the controller.

 

I see what you're saying now. The product description says it will work on your phone anywhere on 3G or wi-fi so I don't have an issue with that. I'll look into the booster.

 

Really? Mine is not. I see the device name, but when I click on the device nothing shows up, no graph no temp.

 

Anyone submit payment and not get one? Still waiting Paypal says they didn't accept it yet? WTF

 

I got mine today. Soon I realized it was for iPhone only and was somewhat less excited. I have android.

 

Yeah I snagged from iPhone. It just showed up. It doesn't show past data though. You have to leave your screen open to see the data:

 

I live in Southern WI and was in Northern MN this weekend and was able to check on the temps and have full interaction. You can access it from anywhere.

 

I've sent Inkbird two PM's and no reply.

 

Because of time gap issue, we can't reply you at your time. Pls understand. We have replied you and asked you to confirm your email address. Usually we send the shipping information through PP email address because we can't confirm who is through HBT ID. Pls understand. Thanks.

 

The interesting thing, as soon as I got outside my building and off my company's wifi I was able to connect with the device and see what was going on.... Must be some setting with our wifi.

 

Thanks for your questions.

When you pair the unit through cellphone, you need to connect the controller to the cellphone in the same wifi network near to router. After you pair it successfully, you can set the parameter and monitor the controller wherever you are. Of course, your cellphone must be in 3g/wifi condition.

BTW, we will collect your questions and complete the FAQ later.

 

Hi, did you complete the payment? If yes, pls confirm your email address and confirm the shipping information. If not get the information, pls PM us and give us your PP transaction ID. We will confirm with it. Thanks.

 

Thanks for your order. The android system will come in June. You can update it at that time. We will release another post when it comes. Pls pay more attention to it.

 

Well, crap! It looks like someone stole my Inkbird from my mailbox.... USPS shows it was delivered Monday, but I never got it.

 

You live in a town of 400 people, go find it.... That sucks.

 

Boy, do I feel silly... I did get it. Just not where I thought I had had it sent. It was delivered to my office, not my house. :smack:

 

@Inkbird -- I'm confused... if we want to heat AND cool, will we need a second controller??? There doesn't appear to be any way to control two separate devices on this.