Orbit 62034 Mechanical Water Timer for Lawn and Garden Watering

I have had one for 5 years on the front yard to control a sprinkler and still working fine. Now I am getting a second one for the backyard. I have tried many programmable ones, including those with Bluetooth and smartphone apps. Although there are flexibility with "smart" water timers, they are all short-lived, due to mechanical or electronic failures. This one, with just one dial is simple, inexpensive, but lasts a long time.

I flood my horse arena.A lot.A whole lot.This has ensured I may make it a tad wet, but I do not flood it. Literally it is a set and forget, so I set it for 15 minutes, put the hose in the trough, and I can leave. It's a brilliant idea, does not require batteries, held up when my pig decided to scratch on it and broke off the entire hose bib, held up when the pig then came back and dragged it, and then held up when I attempted to fix it, so I'm going to say it's durable. Super easy to use as well, and has a manual setting for when needed.I'm not allowed to use the manual setting because I forget it's on.I'm ordering more for every other hose outside as well.

There should be better contrast on the label. For example, Black on White, instead of black on gray. Maybe even a larger font.The person I bought this for said "oh, I'll need to get out by reading glasses... :-(".They aren't wrong - I have a similar one, and cannot read it very well. But in my case it doesn't matter too much anymore as I'm no longer running a sprinkler, and just use it instead of the faucet knob (which stays open) to turn the water on and off, plus the other end has a nozzle where I turn the hose end on the off when i get to where it's needed. I also turn the "timer dial" to off when I'm finished, Though I suppose I should just turn the faucet off instead. Point it, most of the time the timeI dial can fudge a lot. In the current use case, the time set is important, and different for each house connected to the splitter underneath this timer.Since it will not be used, I didn't test this one out, though I ASSUME is works as expected, like the similar looking one I have, branded by ACE I think. (In fact I bought this one thinking it was the brand I have & a good chance it'd work well. Maybe it is the same manufacturer behind the label, I dunno?)I'm replacing this with one from another company that will be much easier to read as it's label is black on white. Unfortunately it's main color is a stand-out red, instead of the nice blending, inconspicuous green that this one has.And in this location blending matters. What to do?Please consider replacing the label with one that is easier to read, especially for ageing eyes. The average age of the population here, and in most countries, is getting older, so it's a good long term strategy ;-)

Love this timer because it doesn't need power. Been using one for over a year and it worked great. Tried to use it recently and it was leaking bad. Could've been my fault because I didn't have it secured in one place.It's very affordable. I bought a new one so we'll see how long it last. I'll be more careful with this one.

Very simple. Very strong. Easy to use. Made my time in the garden 10x more pleasurable, my first purchase was the greenI followed up and purchased a second one which was red (less expensive). Not the sameCan’t even see the digits on the red..

Easy to connect, easy to use. High quality timer for watering or whatever else you might want to time water delivery for.Mine is hooked to my patio misting system. Turn it on when we go out to the patio, set it for whatever time you need.

Ordered one for trial, worked perfect. Ordered second for another tap, would turn on and water would run but would not time down and turn off. Notified seller, received replacement in a few days. Works perfect.

Easy to use and no batteries required. Of course it can't start on a specific time, but when I get up in the morning, I set it for an hour and walk away. It runs for that hour and then stops. Grass is looking greener and I don't have to be around to stop it.