A ‘Sprinkl' For Your Sprinkler

From a small shed in a typical Texas backyard, two entrepreneurs have constructed a "factory" where they are building their future: The Sprinkl.

In the shed, Daniel Pruessner and Noel Geren developed a state-of-the-art watering system. It's where they did the research and manufacturing — they even used a microwave to help heat the wiring in the product.

"We literally built all of our prototypes in that," Pruessner said. "People that have an existing sprinkler system can use our product to make their system smarter.

The product replaces your sprinkler's rain sensor with one that is more reliable. It talks to blue tooth, it connects to Wi-Fi and it’s code compliant — maybe what sets it apart.

“We can also subscribe to municipal conservation systems as well,"Pruessner gushed. "For instance, here in Richardson, even houses can water certain days, odd other days. We can automatically determine when to water.”

And Sprinkl also knows the forecast.

"If it's down pouring outside and I look at my neighbors and their sprinklers are on, I just want to walk up and hand them our product," Geren, company CEO and co-founder, said. "We can look at the forecast information and know whether to water or not.”

So basically, if it rained yesterday or it's going to rain tomorrow, your system will know not to water today. And it's easy to install.

“It’s four wires," Geren said. "Two go into power and two go into rain sensor terminal, and that’s it.”

And the kicker here is ultimately, this is going to save you money. Traditional rain sensors alone can offer savings, but Pruessner and Geren say their sensor can take the savings to another level.

The Sprinkl costs $99 and it's already available in Home Depots all throughout the Southwest, and online at Amazon and sprinkl.io. And this is a company definitely connected to Texas.

“We are trying to be a true Texas company," Geren said. "That was something that was really important to us starting out.”