hey abby

Does what it needs to do for process automation… but any kind of “live help” assistance or guides are poorly designed, hard to follow, out of order or not on the right cycle of time… new updates break things and make it borderline if not entirely unusable.

You would think that for as much of an integral part the app is to their products, it’d be a lot better. The discord server is cool, a bunch of people sharing the same frustrations and a handful of knowledgeable folks trying to help keep things afloat. This app really could be a lot better and for this to be worth it, it needs to improve or be overhauled entirely. There is word of an update with considerable improvements down the pipeline and I hope that’s true. I’ll wait for that to come out before I consider revising this review but until then it looks like I’m stuck with this junk

This app bricks itself when I try to check messages from hey Abby support. I’ve never even been able to access the hey Abby store from it successfully

I’ve had nothing but problems and haven’t got a seed to fully sprout

But the a has too many issues. Ex: next stage unlock. The actions are in the log but the phase is still grey shadowed out and still closed.

Smooth sailing here.

I’ve been using the app for quite a while now. It works well for some things, and for others, it does not. When you take the fan off of the auto setting, the app works well and is very fast to adjust the settings in real time (you can hear the fans getting louder or quieter.) The weekly tasks with the videos are ok. Some things I do not like are that the app will say the plant environment is bad, but when I look at the water temperature, air temperature and humidity levels, they all say ideal. It also says the plant light is off when it’s actually on. I’ve reset it to see if that helps and it does not. This app still needs some work to truly be a better tool for the hey Abby users

The company does not stand behind the product.

The concept behind the Hey Abby is cool, the execution however is not. 1. Way too small of a container for nearly a grand, especially when the light is so weak. 2. It does not regulate the environmental conditions. 3. The app is clunky and logs me out often, requiring me to repair the device. 4. The information on the app is good for those who have experience, but saying anyone can grow while providing little help is false advertising. 5. It’s a crowd funded project yet they mark everything up to make as much profit as possible from that crowd who helped fund them. Overall, I highly recommend a tent along with the equipment for a fraction of the price to get 10x better results.

A great grow box from a new, up and coming company. The hardware is excellent (except for an overestimation of its odor filter - they say it can’t remove the smell entirely so maybe it’s my fault thinking that my entire first floor wouldn’t smell). Software … could use some work. Fairly buggy, could use some UI/UX improvements. That said, in the few months that I’ve had the box there have been several improvements to the app that have elevated the experience. Before long, as long as they keep soliciting feedback and iterating the app, I fully expect them to be ready for the mainstream instead of just early adopters.