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Pros

The rainforest eagle-200 is a great way to monitor your energy usage. The data is stored for free by rainforest automation so there are not recurring costs after the first cost of their secured meter interface product. App is okay but the best part is...  Read More

The eagle gateway broadcasts a wifi signal that you can connect to with a laptop or smartphone. Relocating the unit closer to the physical meter resolves these issues.



Cons

Rainforest automation is a joke. The api returns malformed xml, and their xml tag usage is very inconsistent. Pg&e says it's a rainforest problem.

Works sometimes. It frequently breaks requiring a reload. Further, the unit crashes regularly, requiring a hard reboot.

Should have been shipped with updated firmware. All i'm probably waiting for is the correct sequence of button(s) to press to reset communication with the meter, and another call to pge to reset their end.

So cal edison no longer accepts registration of such devices. I concur with other this thing is an absolute piece of junk. I know there are others available, and i will be researching the possibilities as this is ridiculous!

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Quality


Easy set up some new features is made to add new features in the future


My device uses ethernet rather than the built in radio and has been rock steady for about six months now and gives me what appe...  Read More


I spoke with pge support and they checked everything they could and even confirmed that the smart meter has the latest firmware


Over the weekend december 7 2019 the smartmetertexascom performed some system change and now apparently these type meters no lo...  Read More

Price


This is one of the lowest priced option and does the work well


Youmay also receive your projected next bill and billtodate energy costs by enrolling in budgetassistant alerts


Com worthless and does not even notify you or have the option


Being on variable rates i cant get cost information

Shipping


So far rainforest automation device and cloud service is delivering on the promise and im very happy


It took 1 day for sce electric company to register the device to my electricity account and then the data came streaming in


I created an account on their cloud service for free and then went to southern california edison‘s website logged in and then a...  Read More


Waited months for the eagle 200 to get back in stock and as it stands now it was worth the wait

Packaging/appearance


I am a bit of a data junkie so this tiny box is perfect for me to monitor my electricity usage


Apparently the device was supposed to be preprovisioned in their systems and mine somehow wasnt before it was packaged into a box and sold

Competitiveness


The eagle200 does not even show up on the pge approved list only the original eagle does


Ive also hooked this into wattvision as a 34sensor34 and latter has more reporting capabilities


I like that this device will still work without a connection to the rainforest automation cloud compared to the cheaper emporia vue device


The eagle200 charting is more simplistic and doesnt offer as much information as the legacy

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  • This product had a total of 130 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 22 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Look for the developer guide at the rainforest site if you need more information


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I wrote a plugin for the vera to pull the data into my home automation system


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If youre not signed up by then this great device is effectively a paperweight


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Existing enrollments and devices will continue to work and if youre buying and activating before 02012020 you should be good


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Contents of faq below which you will not find on the sce website as it was sent to existing enrollments only


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If your device is currently connected to the meter it should remain connected and shouldcontinue to provide you wit h your usage reads


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Sce s closing of han on january 31 2020 shouldnot impact the existing device to meter connection of your han device

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