Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 11.5 x 14.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
- ASIN: B000BH7KQO
- Item model number: 62032
- Batteries: 3 AA batteries required.
By : Orbit
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Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Fully automatic yard watering kit turns your hose faucet into a 4-station sprinkler system. No digging is required to easily install this watering system. Operation range 5-80 PSI, flow range 2.7 GPM to 18 GPM, and temperature range minimum 35° F to maximum 110° F.
Yard Watering System, Connects To Standard Hose Faucet To Provide 4 Hose Outlets With 4 Dependent Controls, 3/4' National Hose Thread Manifold Connection To Hose Faucet, Ability To Pre-Program Up To 4 Stations With 3 Start Time Of Up To 99 Minutes Each, Installs In Minutes, Requires No Digging.
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Product Features
- Connects to standard hose faucet to provide 4 hose outlets with 4 independent controls
- 3/4-Inch national hose thread manifold connection to hose faucet
- Preprogram up to 4 stations with 3 start times of up to 99 minutes each
- Installs in minutes; no digging required
- For outdoor use with cold water only
Customer Reviews
some of the reviews here are not phrased well, similar to the manual.
You can water 4 different sections of the yard separately, one-at-a-time (so no worries about low water pressure). The manual actually implies that you can't do this- it sounds as if all go on at once.
You can adjust duration of watering for each section separately, and program up to three repeat times per day to water (I don't find the last useful).
The main complaint is that the sections always get serially watered- first one, then two, etc- you can't skip a section if you want one on a different schedule.
I've had this thing up for 5 months now with no broken valves, and while it would be nice to be able to skip a section, I can limit watering times to work around it. I have not found an alternate device that will let me skip sections at will without going to an underground system.
A good-quality brass 4-hose connector is $15 at WalMart, let alone a garden store. For the price, it adds a huge capability and works well here.
FOLLOWUP: Worked great all summer, sits on the S face of the house full sun 95F, driving 4 hoses-- love it. Never changed batteries. Use good alkalines, not cheap ones.
If people are breaking valves perhaps check your water pressure, wells and some water districts markedly over (or under) pressure their systems, it is a big problem if you use equipment that notices the out-of-spec pressure.
We've owned this product for 4 years...each year adding more zones. We now water our entire outdoor flower and vegetable gardens with it, using a total of 4 controllers and 11 valves. In 4 years we've had 4 valve failures and one brass manifold failure.
The system has been incredible. Before we owned it there were constant battles, with ourselves, and our children to keep the garden watered. Invariably a section would be missed and plants would wilt. It is a huge relief to let this system take care of it for us.
The trick is to buy a drip irrigation system (I recommend Mr. Landscaper) and hook the system up to it. These systems come with about every kind of head you can imagine and some you didn't. In a few hours of laying hoses and putting in sprinkler heads you have a happy garden. It took us a couple weeks to refine the heads to optimize the watering, and each year you have to check for bad heads (they clog or break from foot traffic or squirrels who decide to taste them.)
I also recommend the tiny 1/4" dripper hose to be placed in pots. A couple inches of hose in each pot is all you need.
Pros:
1. There is no product out there to compete with this one yet...other than an updated system also from Orbit, or a full indoor controlled irrigation system, which would be considerably more expensive.
2. Can water 4 stations up to 4 times a day. Can pick a day of the week, every other day or every day for watering.
3. Batteries last an entire summer watering season. In fact, I've used last years batteries the following year.
4. Stations are very reliable. I've not had one fail.
Cons:
1. Valves do fail. We've lost 4 out of 11 in 4 years. However they aren't expensive at about $15 a piece. My only concern is that Orbit continues to provide them since they have redesigned this system this year and the new valves have a different connector.
2. Orbit changed the design this year. The new valves use a different connector with better sealing to the control unit. I've never had an issue with the old connectors, and I'm concerned they will obsolete this generation, requiring me to buy new stations.
3. Stations can not be programmed independently. That is to say that every station must run at every programming time, though you can program each station for different amounts of time. So, for example you can program your garden to water for 40 minutes, and your pots for 5.
4. Programming is on the level of some poorly documented VCR's. Once you get it figured out, it isn't such a big problem but I still find myself frustratingly pressing the wrong button and having to start over. The button sequences are confusing.
All in all I'd give the system a big thumbs up. Not perfect, but the best available at this time (though one should consider buying the newer sealed system if it isn't much more expensive because replacement parts might be easier to find in the future.)
