SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)

SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)
Basic information
Founded	2013-07-01
Legal Structure
Industry	Home automation
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SkyDrop was a smart sprinkler controller company, founded in 2013 in American Fork, Utah, by Bret Cloward and Clark Endrizzi. The company launched its smart sprinkler controller with a focus on using weather data to create automated, water-efficient watering schedules.

Consumer-impact summary

Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation) category.

Cloud subscription model change (2019)

In 2019 they forced a change to a cloud subscription model, which led to consumer backlash.^[1] The subscription controversy and various technical problems led many users to switch to competitors like Rachio or Orbit B-Hyve.

Bankruptcy (2019)

Around 2019, the company effectively ceased operations or was in bankruptcy proceedings^[2], leaving many users with controllers that could no longer function as intended without the supporting cloud services. This is called Bait-and-switch.

Products

This is a list of the company's product lines with articles on this wiki.

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References

↑ "Skydrop introduces a new monthly subscription to control your device from the Web or App". Reddit. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
↑ "Skydrop is ceasing operations". Reddit. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

[1] "Skydrop introduces a new monthly subscription to control your device from the Web or App". Reddit. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

[2] "Skydrop is ceasing operations". Reddit. Retrieved 23 October 2025.

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