I’m one of those that prefer if Rachio dynamically adjusted watering start times when using the “end by” schedules (since that’s what the user has signaled as being the most important aspect to them) with the Flex daily system.
In my case, I have my regular flex schedule set to finish by 7am, which is when our dogs go out. Unfortunately, that means that it’s starting at 4:15am, regardless of however many of my 7 zones are running.
That’s not a problem when sunrise is just after 5am (early summer in Massachusetts), but more problematic when sunrise is ~7:30 (just before daylight savings time kicks in).and there’s 3+ hours before sunrise for water to sit and likely 6-7 hours until shady areas start drying out, so more exposure to lawn disease factors than I’d like.
I’m also a fan of having the a “start at sunrise” scheduling option, but that’s another rant 