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Water Timer Automatic | List Price: $20.29
Discount Price: $10.95
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Brand: Melnor
Binding: Misc.
Features: - Flow meter water timer, automatically shuts off measures exact amount of water at any pressure,
- Never over water again, simply set and forget.
- Flow meter water timer.
- Dimensions (L x W x H):4.05 x 3.3 x 6.2
- Great Gift Idea.
Good for the money [Posted on 2007-05-26]
I have owned a dozen plus of these timers. I have 0.6 acres. 140 Psi water pressure. Temps range form light frost to 100F in inland southern CA. I use them mostly connected to hoses I drag around to water trees and shrubs (50 plus).
Pros: Delivers the same amount of water at a trickle or at full blast. This is a plus if your water pressure varies due to what you have on. I'll run 5 or 6 going at a time and the water pressure to each can really vary especially when they shut off at different times. All mechanical so no batteries to every change. Really simple to operate: just turn the dial the the amount of water you want delived and go. Too many of the battery operated items have lost power and I have no idea how to reset them unless I've stored the manual or google (I do run some battery operated units for drip...). Most of mine have lasted 5 plus years. I have some close to 10 years. They stand the high pressure well. Although I don't do it on purpose, I semi-regularly forget and leave one or two on with full water pressure applied for a couple of weeks while in the full sun: I've yet to have one break. I am more dilligent when on vacations...
Cons: With my high water pressure most units (not all) have a little spray where they connect to the faucet when the valve shuts off. Over a year or two in full sun the numbers begin to wear off (the unit still works easliy as you can feel where the valve shuts on and off when you rotate the dial but you're approximating the setting). The printing for ones I've had for 7 plus years in the shade is fine. I've had a couple of the connections at the faucet split, but I think this is mostly because I was over tightening the plastic connector trying to get the ones that leaked during shut off to stop. I was over tightening hard. (remember I have 140 psi pressure). Note: tightening does nothing, the light spray is a quality or design issue and my high water pressure so tighten snug and you got what you got.
Summary: These are good units that would be great if they improved the faucet connection for leaks. I haven't found a better mechanical water meter.
BTW: I did have one become hard to rotate after about 6 years. Found I was leaving it in the water position when not in use and the platic stem inside to shut off the valve was bending. Thus if you shut off the water at the faucet you may want to turn the dial to off to take the load off the valve stem.
For Estates [Posted on 2007-07-19]
This item is not designed for small garden beds. For example, if you want to put one inch of water on a 30 square foot garden, don't use this product.
Does what is suppose to do [Posted on 2007-08-08]
Works very effectively and limits either time or gallons to prevent excessive water flow. If you have a hose break this will minimize loss of water.
Reliable Garden Watering [Posted on 2008-04-06]
There are plenty of devices which will let a hose run for X number of minutes, but if your water pressure varies a lot, time is not a reliable indicator of the amount of water delivered. The Melnor "Timer" is really a flow measuring device - exactly what you really want. We use it with about 75 feet of soaker hose to dispense 200 gallons.
it fell apart [Posted on 2008-05-31]
I bought four timers. I set one of them and when it closed it snapped so hard the lid flew off and it cannot be fixed. The other three have had light use and, so far, have functioned properly. I have not complained to see if I could get a replacement.
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