Davey TankSense

The app sort of works but has a lot of problems. Foremost of these is that scanning of the sensor is unreliable. After a successful scan, if the sensor is rescanned a minute later from exactly the same position it fails to read (sensor not in range). The app logs you out randomly and their is no option to use fingerprint or face scanning, which is a pain. It’s not possible to leave the options section without rescanning the sensor (which may or may not be successful). Similarly there’s no obvious way to leave the rainfall forecast section without closing the app. The biggest problem is accuracy of the pressure sensor. In my situation at least it’s not good. At the start I used the known max water height and tank volume but it under reported the known volume by about 15%. In the end, I reduced the height of the max water volume in the app until it read 100% which equated to the max water volume in the tank (working with a tank at max capacity of water). It was a bit of a fiddle I didn’t expect. At this stage it’s a bit ho-hum, which is pity because it deserves to be better.

Managed to get a reading a few months ago, must have been a fluke! Now, unable to connect at all. Have deleted and reinstalled app to no avail. Seems to drain battery. Chose this sensor over cheaper types despite the high price as liked the install and app. Would be ideal if it worked! Davey, you need to recall and refund this sensor. Definitely won’t stand up to a Fair Trading claim. Update...Unit replaced. Battery ok. However, always shows Tank level as 100% and never any rainfall showing as well. Still not happy.

Pretty much have to be standing right next to it for it to connect and read the tank level. It won’t connect when I am in my house, and my tank is directly outside (less than 10m from the centre of my house) From what I can see you can only have one sensor. What if you have multiple tanks on different levels and want multiple tank sensors? The app has crashed completely on my phone and I can’t seem to get it to work again despite shutting the app down and restarting it. Very disappointed