YoLinkX3 Version Smart Water Leak Protection Kit: X3 Valve Controller, Bulldog, (4) Leak Sensors & Hub

Really easy to set up, if you view the video online.

I installed this on my house main water. Installation and app setup was smooth and diy. The valve closing action has to be added as an automation item in the app. Else, the sensors and the valve are not tied together.Make sure your valve is not hard to move before installing. This part is not diy for most people.It still needs wifi though. I tested with my wifi router off (but hub was on), and the valve didnt close. However when the router was powered on, it closed even though the sensor was no longer wet. It remembered that leak had occurred and that it should turn off the valve.

I give the YoLink X3 Smart Water Leak Protection Kit 5+ stars. It is just what I was looking for and it worked perfectly.I bought and installed the YoLink X3 Smart Water Leak Protection Kit, it came with the Bulldog Valve Robot, the valve controller, four leak sensors, and the YoLink internet hub. I tried to install the Bulldog Valve Robot on a 1” PEX ball valve. The mounting bracket had to clamp directly on top of the PEX crimp ring. See first photo of PEX valve. This didn’t work very well. If I tightened the clamp tight enough so the Bulldog Valve Robot didn’t move during the valve close cycle the crimped PEX connection started leaking. I replaced the PEX ball valve with a Shark Bite ball valve. This new valve had a perfect place to mount and tighten the clamp ring. See other pictures of the final installation. The wire you see in the photos holds the Valve Robot in a side position. I did not have room to install the Valve Robot in the upright position as the valve handle would hit the PEX pipe when in the open position. I did have one problem. After I connected the leak sensors to the Valve Controller, so they would work without Wi-Fi and internet, two of the sensors would Open the valve instead of Closing it when the sensor saw water. I called the YoLink tech support. This was a great experience. The technician was very helpful and friendly. He said I needed to reconnect the sensors to the valve controller while the valve was in the closed position. He remotely reset the valve controller and I reconnected all my leak sensors. After I did this every thing worked perfectly. I give their tech support five stars. The manual shutoff valve you see in the fourth photo is the original PEX valve I reinstalled in the PEX line. You can’t have too many shutoff valves!

As a home builder for over 40 years I highly recommend this product. Every home should have this system. We had our basement flood over $50,000 in damage. If I would have had this device installed then the flood would have never happened! The installation is simple, support team is fantastic and it gives us a piece of mind knowing we have this incredible device to protect our home and our belongings. I did a deep dive into several outer "competors" and nothing comes remotely close to this product. It does not depend on wifi to function. Wifi is just an added convenience feature. Cheap insurance! Steve

Last October, while in the office, my neighbor called at 4:00 pm with the News that Water was coming out of my front door.After months of dealing with the insurance, adjuster, contractors etc. We said NEVER again!!!There are a lot of devices that will let you know about a house flood going on, but by the time you shut off your water, is going to be too late.We wanted a way to shut off the main water line as soon as a problem was detected.My research took me to Yolink bulldog valve.I must say that in my case the installation wasn't as easy as they show it. The sensors are very simple to setup. But we had the wrong kind of handle to close the Water incoming into the house which by the way, was like two feet underground. Our solution was to call the plumber to do the setup in order to install the bulldog valve. It wasn't cheap.Even though I love technology, we had been trying to avoid the use of a house automation assistant because of privacy concerns, but our decision of "Never again" was stronger this time and we went with Amazon Alexa as part of the new setup. After creating a simple routine I was ready to try the new system.The following Monday our maid went home to help us with the cleaning. At 11:00 am my wife received the call ”I'am in the middle of cleaning the kitchen sink and suddenly there is no water anymore”.But of course, she was throwing so much water around the sink that it dropped underneath the cabinet and activated the sensor. Immediately, Alexa ordered the Yolink Bulldog Valve underneath the ground outside the house to close the main water valve. Bingo!!!After the maid dried the cabinet, I turned the water back to normal from my office.It just doesn't work better than this.If you're considering a system that can stop a house flood in its tracks, Yolink has it right.

Did not work at all. Customer service is abysmal. I was able to register the device with the app but the valve controller doesn't move the mechanical arm. Called customer service and they requested me to reset the device. Didn't work. They said their Engineering team will call back but never received despite following up. Returned the item.

This this works as soon as it detects a leak , also tech support was great walked me through the process and wait till I tested all devices . I recommend this to anybody that wants a clear head of worrying about a leak