HOZELOCK - Drip Watering Kit 20 Pot : Complete Stand-alone System with Select Controller Programmer, Ideal for Potted Plantsand Window Boxes, for Precise, Water-saving Watering [2803 0000]

Setting up was easy. The AC1 timer (Also known as AC Plus) is plasticky but feels reasonably sturdy. You unscrew the battery panel, insert 2 C Size batteries (not included) and screw the panel back on ensuring you don’t lose any of the rubber seals provided. You then attach the timer to your tap with the provided threaded fittings and attach the pressure reducing adaptor to the bottom of that. The tubing feeds out of the adaptor. You get a reel of tube (15 metres) that you cut to lengths with scissors and push connect together with the adaptors supplied. You use them to branch off the pipping to your pots as needed. At the end of each branch just push on a Dripper stake and stick it in the plant pot soil. When the water is flowing you get a nice constant dribble of water direct into the pot. All parts have good seals with no leaks. Only problem is, 15 metres really doesn’t go a long way. You may need to buy more. The AC1 timer itself is a bit trickier to work out. You have 3 coloured sections on the dial. RED – For Manual watering. GREEN – For ‘Auto Start’ timed watering periods. BLUE – For ‘Auto Start’ predefined program watering periods. RED Manual allows you to override any ‘Auto Start’ settings and simply turns the water On and Off. It also has an option to stay on for 60 minutes (no idea why). GREEN ‘Auto Start’ timed watering periods has options for 2, 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes. Once you’ve set the ‘Auto Start’ time, it will turn ON for this period of time and turn itself OFF again. BLUE ‘Auto Start’ predefined program watering periods has a set of 8 predefined schedules that you cannot edit but are kind of useful e.g. On for 10 minutes every 12hrs. On for 2 minutes every 6hrs etc Again, you need to set the ‘Auto Start’ time first. SETTING AUTO START TIME. In the Blue section of the timer is an option for ‘Auto Start’. To get the Auto Start to work you first need to turn the dial to this position to set the time. At the time you turn it to that position, it remembers it. So if you want to water your plants at 7am, you need to get up at 7am and turn the dial to that position. Note: That you don’t get any visual indication that it’s worked, but it does. ONCE THE TIME IS SET, THE TIMER WILL MEMORISE IT. YOU DON’T NEED TO SET IT AGAIN. Once you have set the time, just turn the dial to the Green / Blue Auto Start watering period you desire. So if you want to water you plants for 30 minutes at 7am. At 7am, turn the dial clockwise to ‘Auto Start’ then turn it back round anti-clockwise to the green 30 minutes option. If you then turn the dial to Manual ON/OFF, you can override the timer but once you turn it back to one of the Green / Blue ‘Auto Start’ watering settings it continues at the last time you set. If you subsequently want to change that time you need to turn the dial to the ‘Auto Start’ position at that new time. Overall, all good. I’d give it 5 out of 5. There are better timers out there with more options but for the price of the kit, it’s pretty good.

Good price, I bought the 20 Pot Drip Watering Kit for £57 (12th July 2025) Slightly underwhelmed when I unboxed it all, as the Select Timer (2803) instructions were a nightmare to follow. I have attached the instructions which I downloaded off the Hozelock site, which were much easier to understand. The Timer does not have a digital display, to confrim the settings, but after setting it up and having a play with the settings it is perfectly OK. Just set it up and go. I chose the 6 hour settings and 5 minutes duration, so every 6 hours it turns on for 5 minutes, this equates to 500 mls of water from each dripper 4 times a day. Which is perfect for my pots, troughs and tomatoe plants Timer: Great once you get your head around the settings. Ease of use: Very easy to install Watering capacity: Perfect for pots, troughs etc Value for money: Best value for money I could find, with all of the components you need to have a complets irrigation system Quality: Solid, well built, quality components, not the flimsy rubbish that breaks and leaks from China Persevere with the timer settings and you will have a solid reliable system that works.

I expect good hanging baskets this year regularly watered! It is not a difficult job to put the system together but requires planning and you may need additional bits and pieces. So NOT a 15 minute job. Tap end. You will probably want to preserve your regular hoseline, so you need to buy a Y shape 2 way connector, this screws on your tap. You will need to purchase a screw end adaptor from hozelock to fit on to one arm of your 2 way connector. The screw end of this adaptor fits onto your timer, the nipple end pushes into your Y connector. Thread your hose through the pressure reducer (tight fit) and on to the base of the timer and screw up tight. Thats the business end done. Micro tube. You will almost certainly need to purchase more. My run was 15 m. but I had to place 6 'T' connectors at intervals and approx. 25cm lengths to mount the drippers to reach into my baskets. Use sharp scissors to cut. If you have spare hose you can always repair - just connect in the straight connectors. Cable clips. They give you 5? You will need more if you are wall mounting. B ad Q electrical 5mm clips does the job and allows you to pull the hose straight when attached. The drippers. A few reviewers comment that the holes are too tiny. I opened mine up a little (could be fiddly but I used one of the cable clip nails and a hammer - wedging the drippers hole side up in my garden table slats to get a slightly bigger hole). You can get lots of different connectors elbow pieces to go around corners - you dont want to kink the hose, 4 way X connectors, sprinkler attachments to connect into the 4mm hose. On Amazon they are cheap and nearly all free delivery. Hortifix seams one of the sellers of these. The timer is easy to set up (make sure you put in the correct batteries before you assembled the business end!). If you want to start watering at 6.00 p.m. You wait until 6.00 p.m. then turn the dial clockwise to auto start and then anti clockwise to choose your pattern, I chose P3 and with an initial whizz away it went. Its working well. I was going to put in another run to my greenhouse tomato plants off my length but I think the extra metres of hose may be more than the system can cope with. I'll see. No harm if I try as I can always repair the hose with a straight connector! Loss of one star: not enough cable clips, poor instructions with hopeless pictures.

I saw the reviews on this product and purchased for my pot plants (situated outside) whilst planning a holiday. The timer was easy to set up and worked well. My problem is with the dripper stakes and their connection to the hose. Despite turning my water tap to very low,(which meant the control unit dripped) the pressure control in the device was obviously not up to the job, resulting in many of the hose to dripper connections blowing apart. This meant the water supply stopped at where there connections should have been, drowning some pots and leaving others dry. I have tried to secure the hoses to the dripper stakes with duc tape, but no go. The whole system is now back in its box, probably awaiting a rubbish collection. A complete waste of money in my case. I wonder if this system is more suited to a greenhouse environment where external factors like wind and rain are unlikely to put pressure on the joining of the hoses to the dripper stake?

Decent basic set with timer and enough drippers & hose to get you started. The timer is simple, but does the job with a reasonable range of options for watering. This set just has 4l/hr drippers, which are fine to put in pots. A decent amount of hose and appropriate connectors for the 20 drippers in the set. Everything you need and seems decent quality - the hose looks like it should last reasonably. Good value given you can pay almost as much just for the timer! Runs on 2 AA batteries - no idea on life yet... 🤞

Why did you choose this product over others?: I needed an automatic watering system for my greenhouse to keep things alive while away from home few a few days. I checked out quite a few of these systems online as I wanted one that was suitable fir a water butt supply instead of the outside tap. My greenhouse is only 8ft x 8ft and this kit supplied 20 dripper spikes which was perfect. This kit required a change of water butt tap as it comes with a selection of standard tap thread fittings. After reading the instructions, I checked the timer operation and everything was good to go. I ran the 4mm supply hose around the growbags and fitted the dripper spikes. After turning on the water supply i was disappointed to find that only two or three dripper spikes were working. These are non adjustable. I disconnected the hose from the spikes and there was a good supply of water. I changed a few spikes, but no improvement. The water butt was full at 270lts. I have now changed the dripper spikes for an adjustable type and everything is working fine. I'm assuming that had I fitted this to a mains water tap with the pressure reducer, I wouldn't have had these issues.

Excellent. Main points to know. 1. Could do with more instructions, just to clarify how to connect the thin tube to the tap/timer. Swap the default end of the pressure limiter for the one with the smaller hole and push the tube through. 2. The tap connector is robust, good screw system (don't overtighten), I don't expect leaks over the weeks away. 3. Timer works well. Easy to set up, just trust it. Instructions on the back of the box 4. Easy and flexible to set up. Easy to extend. 5. Would like a 20mins every 12 hour function but for the money the options are pretty good. Really good for 50 notes. So far, most excellent 👌

Great item, seems like a pain to do when you first open the pack, you need to measure lengths of hose and cut it and clip in the drip spikes but actually it takes about 20 minutes all in. Look for instructions to the timer unit online if not clear, the enclosed pictogram instruction sheet leaves a lot to be desired.

Great product. Easy to follow instructions and saves huge amounts of time watering patio plants. Recommend

Le système de gouttes à gouttes est correct. Toutefois je trouve le kit assez cher pour sa simple fonctionnalité. Aussi le minuteur n'est qu'un simple minuteur manuel qui ne permet pas d'automatiser sur la journée l'arrosage. C'est un timer qui permet de définir le temps d'arrosage. J'espère que mon commentaire vous sera utile.

Très bon rapport qualité prix Programmation assez aisée Fonctionne très bien