RAINPOINT Sprinkler Timer Outdoor,Programmable Water Timer for Garden Hose Faucet,Irrigation System with Rain Delay/Manual(Metal)

Easy to install and setup, works exactly as expected. I've been using this timer to water my herb garden for over a year now. The only critique I have is that I had the unit fail, leaking water through, however Rainpoint stood by their product and replaced it with no hassle, so I can say they have excellent customer service. Remember to check the batteries!

Great system. I live in South Texas and we are dry! I got this to use minimal water but keep my plants alive. I have had other auto waters in the past but this one surpasses them with ease of use and reliability. Extremely simple to set up. All the supplies to run water to your plants come with it. You only need a pair of scissors to cut lengths of tubing and a cup of HOT water to dip the ends into to easily slip them on the fittings. It took less than 45 minutes to set up the whole system. I will be buying a second one for another area of my yard.

I bought two of these for a grass seeding project this past fall -- one for a small area in my front yard and another for a larger area in my back yard -- although in retrospect I wish I had gotten the two-zone timers. Still, it beat the pants off manual watering multiple times a day. The interface is easy to use but I do have two small gripes with it that I think would improve the product. The first is with making adjustments during the day. If I set a start time for, say, 8:00am but then realize I need to adjust the watering duration or frequency, it cancels watering until 8:00am the next day. I wish it would instead retroactively apply the changes to the start time and calculate the next watering time from that. The second is I wish I could limit the number of waterings per day, or else set an end time, because I don't need to water grass seed throughout the night. In my case I was watering for 5-10 minutes every couple hours during daylight hours, but each evening I would have to remember to go close the valve for the night and then reopen it in the morning. That frankly undermines the benefit of having a timer. At one point I did have one of the timer valves jam on me, to where water would not pass through even when it was supposed to be running. I tried running on manual mode several times like the Rainpoint website suggests, but to no avail. Rather than call customer support, I got a small screwdriver and opened the outer case and took the inner mechanism apart. Never found the source of the jam, but somehow just taking it apart and reassembling it fixed the jam. I probably voided my warranty in doing so, but it wasn't very difficult and it was useful to understand how the valve mechanism worked internally. And I probably resolved the problem faster than if I had contacted customer support. These are worth the money, in my opinion, but next time I have a large seeding project I think I'll upgrade to the two-zone timers.

Excellent. These work great. I ordered one and through fault of my own had an issue but had reached out to customer service and they were very quick to send out a new one. They are super easy to set up and don’t leak even when I accidentally left one in when the water froze.

I have many of these running my drip watering system around my yard. Out of all 9 of them, only one has ever been a problem - the timer would click off occasionally - but it was still under warranty, and the Rainpoint company was quick to deal with the issue and send me another one. I've tried a few different watering timers, and this has by far been the best. The batteries last a long time, and they're simple to program. I recommend them.

It's junk, it will just randomly turn off. Changing the batteries does nothing. I haven't even been using it for two months, I would not recommend this.

Needed to replace another brand garden hose timer which broke very quickly after use. Very easy to set up, install, and use. This unit is much more substantial than previous brand purchased, and is working beautifully. No leaks and reliable on/off as set. No need to worry about my flowers.

The timer worked great in my raised bed gardens.