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I'm Andrew Gebhardt for CNET today I'm reviewing the plant link smart sensor this plant sensors job is to give your plant a voice so that when it needs water it can tell you that we do you place this guy near your plant in the soil this is going to communicate with the base station the base station is attached to your router router goes to your computer and boom you can check on your plant remotely at home anywhere the online set up is going to ask a little bit more of you than the physical set up you're gonna have to identify your plant type the soil type and then you actually get to nickname your plant but the first hiccup occurs when you're identifying that plant type the online database isn't gonna give you much help there's no pictures there's no plant information so if you don't know what type of plant you're dealing with this online database isn't gonna help you once you're up and running this device is going to tell you the moisture level of the soil surrounding a plant then it'll compare that to the range your plant likes again it knows your specific plant type and it can make a very specific recommendation within an hour others to give you plant specific info take a full watering cycle about a week at least by the time a full watering cycle passes this guy is gonna have a full calendar for you ready to go with scheduled watering dates it's cool and it does what it says it can do extremely well they're gonna send you an email when it's time to water from the perspective of the plant you nicknamed your gonna get your own plant emailing you humorously begging for its life it was great motivation for me to actually get up and water the thing all of this together cost $79 that said additional links for this are only 35 meaning if you've got multiple things to measure and you want that smart technology it's actually a pretty good buy the plant link might not be the smartest or the most comprehensive system out there but it will give your plant a voice too when it needs to be watered and if that's something you need help with the plant link might just be a smart plant sensor that is worth checking out for Cena I'm Andrew Keppler