In my opinion, this is the best small-scale water timer out there, if you only need watering for one or two stations. It's easy to set up, reliable, and runs a long time on a set of batteries. It's hard to find water timers like this one, that have two time-controlled outputs so you can have, say, one watering cycle for the potted plants, and a different one for the vegetables, without having to buy two separate units.
I have 7 of these timers. When I started setting up automatic watering several years ago, I knew my system would eventually be complex. Perhaps a more logical choice would have been a central control box and a separate valve for every zone. That might have saved me some money, but it would have meant running control wires to every valve. Also, winterizing a centralized system means blowing out the water lines with compressed air. so freezing doesn't damage the vales. As it is, I just bring in all the water timers every fall before freezing weather.
I've had these timers about six years, and they have been reliable. I bought this one as an extra, just in case one of them goes. It's too bad this model is getting so hard to find.
Looks good for a used piece, tested good and delivered early. I was disappointed to find that the 3rd outlet is not programmable. My fault for not doi
Looks good for a used piece, tested good and delivered early. I was disappointed to find that the 3rd outlet is not programmable. My fault for not doing the research. Thanks for the good work.