Reddit reviews Melnor 73280 Digital Water Electronic Hose Timer, 4 Zone, Black/Gray
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Flexible programming - set up to 4 cycles per day, each with it's own start time on specific days of the week. Easy Manual watering by simply using the "Manual" buttonThe new larger Rectangular screen is 25% bigger to better display Information for the simplest set up and programming that can easily be seen at a glanceRain delay - if there's rain in the forecast, the rain delay mode will stop all watering for up to 7 days. The watering program will begin running automatically after the delay periodLow Battery consumption. A new set of batteries lasts up to 6 months. The water program remains when batteries are changed or between seasons. Two x AA alkaline batteries are required (not included)Backed by a Melnor 7-Year Limited Warranty. Melnor stands behind its products. Leave a question/feedback below. We value your experience with us.
I bought 7 Rain Bird P5RLSP and really liked them. I used them with a 4 zone Melnor timer to water my grass when I over seeded my back yard. Worked out great. 4 zones 2 sprinklers per zone. Used my oscillating sprinkler to cover the last spot, didn't cover as much as the rain birds but still got the job done.
This Oscillating Sprinkler was pretty decent as well for our garden.
Also for reference our PSI I believe was ~50 for reference. Either way I believe both of them had comments of working great on lower psi. I bought for that reason since the last 3 I had bought from the big box stores before them sucked not reaching 1/4 of their rated distance.
Hope this helps narrow it down for ya.
We recently bought a house and it had an irrigation system installed. It is currently pretty leaky so I was hoping to find parts to repair it, but I can't seem to find anything that matches this. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places or using the wrong search terms...
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On the same note, what would it take to set these on a timer? I was looking at something like this, it seems to be for garden hoses, but I don't see why it wouldn't work with mine if I could find the right parts. Is there a better way to go about this? Any advice? Thanks r/Irrigation