Yesterday we attended a trade show put on by one of our suppliers, Central Irrigation Supply. It was a nice mix of fun, food, and education. Jeff Carowitz from Strategic Force Marketing was the headliner while other vendors gave quick presentations on their new products. While Mr. Carowitz did a great job inspiring everyone to rethink their business for the upcoming year, I think Hunter stole the show.
Our regional rep from Hunter, Jeff, went over everything new at Hunter Industries. Although he had an entire half hour presentation for everything new, we wanted to let you know about the three updates most interesting to us. Follow the links or drop us a message if you want to find out more about any of them!
1) XC Hybrid controller – Basically a hybrid between an AC and DC sprinkler timer. It can operate up to 12 stations either by battery power or AC. If you needed to water an area where it was difficult to get AC power this could be your solution. The great part is you can use it with AC and if the power ever goes out the battery backup will actually run your programs as normal and not just save your program for when the power comes back on.
2) Solar Sync – Think rain sensor on steroids (except it won’t be kept out of the hall of fame). It still does the basic function of a rain sensor (if it’s raining it won’t water, if it’s dry it’ll run it’s normal program) but much more. It also records solar radiation and air temperature to act as an ET or “Smart” controller. You set your program up once and the solar sync will increase or decrease your run times as needed depending on rain, temperature, and sun. This addition alone provides substantial water (and $) savings.
3) PGP Ultra- This is actually so new they don’t even have the information on their site yet (I should have taken a picture). Basically they took the worlds best selling rotor and made it better. The biggest thing for the homeowner is that you no longer need a special tool to adjust it.
That’s all for now…. about 8 hours of new material highlighted in five minutes.
Oh… and Irritrol has the best new hat for 2009.
New Irritrol Hat!
