Raindrip #R672CT Analog Electric Water Timer

Discount Price: $21.39

Features:

• Raindrip #R672CT Analog Electric Water Timer
• RAINDRIP INC

Customer Reviews:

Garbage [Posted on 2008-01-26]
Although I usually quite like Raindrip products, this timer falls flat on it's face. Living in a hot climate, I opted for root watering to conserve water and having had excellent prior experience with Raindrip, I did not hesitate to purchase 8 of these little timers along with an abundance of other Raindrip items.

After just one year, none of these timers work any longer. I have had several timers which, despite having rubber seals to protect the battery compartment, collected enough water inside to either corrode the battery connectors (which can be easily fixed) or to destroy the electronics operating the actual valve (which I have not been able to repair). Mind you, this did not happen as a result of me immersing the timer in water nor by exposing it to constant water emitted by the very watering system these timers used to operate. No, the water inside the timer was simply due to condensation.

Needless to say, if eight out of eight timers fail within one year, there is no reason to recommend them. Be warned, though - Raindrip makes a double timer as well which can operate two different watering circuits - I had purchase one and it failed after two days!!!

If you are reading this review, you are probably in the market for such a devise: I have since purchased various other timers and have found Gilmore products to be fine (they work reliably although you can expect occasional breakdowns - two of the eight Gilmore's I purchased have since failed ) and Gardena products to be excellent - although considerably more expensive - with zero failure rate.

unreliable  [Posted on 2008-06-06]
We had two of these timers ..... one worked for three months and had a mechanical failure ....... one worked for six months and had an apparent electronic failure ...... (the warranty is only three months)

All 8 failed [Posted on 2008-07-19]
While we like most of the Raindrip products the timers were a total failure. We purchased 8 of the timers. After one season all have failed. We live in a northern climate and took them inside our home to keep them from freezing. We do not recommend any of the Raindrip timers. I wouldn't give them one star but the system made me select at least one star.

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