Which grass sprinkler?

[David A]

Arnold Cunningham said:

David A said:

What you really want is a rain train sprinkler which are great even with our appallingly low water pressure. However you do need to coordinate it with the robot lawn mower else they end up fighting.

I am the robot, so this it OK.

You mean this one?
https://1garden.com/product/rain-train-garden-trav...

All the others I found are £1000.

It looks great - but not convinced I can justify nearly 200 quid. Mmm. Birthday present for the Mrs or a new sprinkler. I wonder if she'd like a sprinkler for her birthday.

Edited by Arnold Cunningham on Tuesday 5th July 13:56

Yes mines not exactly that but similar. Mine was from eBay and used

[David A]

David A said:

Yes mines not exactly that but similar. Mine was from eBay and used

Obv still have to stick googly eyes on it but here's a pic.

[netherfield]

FFS stop watering the lawn, it'll recover come autumn. If it looks brown just suck it up, more important uses for water than your lawn.

Unless you can suck some soup out of the Thames.

[Arnold Cunningham]

Reservoirs in my locality are all >90% full, so I think I’ll keep watering thanks. Obviously if we start approaching a water shortage like some countries have, I’ll reconsider, but I don’t think we’re anything near a shortage.

[dhutch]

I have a Hozelock oscillating rectangular type, no fills but simple and seems reliable. I only use it for spot watering, but you can adjust the angle of throw for the length, if not the width. Will work on almost any water pressure, but is a smaller area with lower pressure.

Do also have the Screwfix impulse rotary unit, and it does work fine, but gardens are rarely round and as said, although it is designed to, I can get it to reliably reverse direction (to do a semi circle) even with fairly good mains pressure and flow.

[dhutch]

Arnold Cunningham said:

I am the robot, so this it OK.

You mean this one?
https://1garden.com/product/rain-train-garden-trav...

All the others I found are £1000.

How do they steer/control their direction?

[David A]

dhutch said:

Arnold Cunningham said:

I am the robot, so this it OK.

You mean this one?
https://1garden.com/product/rain-train-garden-trav...

All the others I found are £1000.

How do they steer/control their direction?

Front wheels sit either side of the hose so follow the hose where you lay it round the garden. It pulls the loop behind itself.

[Snow and Rocks]

David A said:

Front wheels sit either side of the hose so follow the hose where you lay it round the garden. It pulls the loop behind itself.

Always fancied one of these!

Is there a way to adjust how quickly it moves along? I like to really soak things once a week so it would need to travel pretty slowly.

[David A]

Snow and Rocks said:

David A said:

Front wheels sit either side of the hose so follow the hose where you lay it round the garden. It pulls the loop behind itself.

Always fancied one of these!

Is there a way to adjust how quickly it moves along? I like to really soak things once a week so it would need to travel pretty slowly.

I guess point the ends higher so spins slower?

[LeadFarmer]

I use a Gardena sprinkler like this one..



Can adjust the range of reach, and the width. Here it is at work on a 10 x meter long border I’ve recently made…

[Arnold Cunningham]

I "might" have just ordered a Nelson Rain Train. If it's as good as advertised it should last me a couple of decades and I can both annualise the cost and offset against my hourly rate for less time spend moving the existing sprayer.

And also it looks like a tractor and the kids wanted me to get it.

[ambuletz]

RIght then, I've tried the £3.99 oscilating sprinkler frrom screwfix today. It does the job, although it appears the holes are just pre-drilled holes. not all of the angles were perfect so 2 of the hole's off center have a slightly larger gap than the others, it's minor.. but probably means thaton the extreme ends of the oscilation there might be areas that are slightly less watered than others.

Does the job by all means, and for the price it's a steal. though I wish it had twice as many holes. 8/10

[Human]

I tried few sprinklers since we moved to our new house with freshly laid turf on a rather unusual large garden for a new build.
So far, this been the best one I used. I actually had to use the lower setting as was spraying over our neighbors fence.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F1YWC7C/ref...

Edited by Human on Sunday 10th July 09:29

[roltyid]

ambuletz said:

RIght then, I've tried the £3.99 oscilating sprinkler frrom screwfix today. It does the job, although it appears the holes are just pre-drilled holes. not all of the angles were perfect so 2 of the hole's off center have a slightly larger gap than the others, it's minor.. but probably means thaton the extreme ends of the oscilation there might be areas that are slightly less watered than others.

Does the job by all means, and for the price it's a steal. though I wish it had twice as many holes. 8/10

I was in two minds as to get one from Screwfix or spend a bit more. I was in B&Q on Saturday and picked up one of their own brand Verve oscillating sprinklers with pressure control, angle control and a timer for £25. Useless - oscillating function didn't work and the timer kept 'popping' and switching itself off.

Took it back for a refund yesterday and pushed the boat out with the £4.99 Screwfix version which did the job perfectly last night.

[dhutch]

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-oscillating-sprin...

It's amazing you can get something like that for the money. But also happy with the £10 second hand Hozelock off marketplace!

[DoubleSix]

What about quality water guns for watering flower beds? The karcher one gets poor reviews annoyingly.

I want a premium water gun that will last if dropped or left outside.

[UTH]

DoubleSix said:

What about quality water guns for watering flower beds? The karcher one gets poor reviews annoyingly.

I want a premium water gun that will last if dropped or left outside.

Like this? haha

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Super-Soaker-N-A-SOAKZOOK...

[dhutch]

DoubleSix said:

What about quality water guns for watering flower beds? The karcher one gets poor reviews annoyingly.

I want a premium water gun that will last if dropped or left outside.

we have a

Hozelock 2684 'Multi Spray Gun Plus' which is £20 in Argos, £16 if you have a Toolstation nearby, and I would say it's bang on for the money.

Good rose setting
Good jet setting
Good 'tap' setting
Wide fan setting also useful
Can lock the trigger down
And also adjust the flow rate

I am sure you could break it, and I don't aim to drop it into the patio/tarmac but it will take a drop and I have no worries letting go at waist height on the grass.

Comes in over winter, but out all the rest of the time, good as new after a year.


We also have a couple of the twist and go Hozelocks that get package with the hose kits that are sometimes goes value on special, cheap and effective, very hard to kill.