Which grass sprinkler?

[ambuletz]

Looking to get one for the rear garden, never had/used one before

Dimensions lets say 5m wide 7m long.
the lawn curves inwards on the lengths (almost like a H-shape)
flat grass

it's fine if the sprinkler reaches beyond these dimensions as it's just paving. if it can be adjusted to a smaller/narrower length it would be advantageous as it can then be used on the (smaller) front garden.

£40 max. nothing fancy. just something to turn on in the mornings and evenings to turn on and and forget instead of standing there for 20min watering grass in the morning and 20 in the evening.

london, so hard water area.
any suggestions?

[ambuletz]

the karcher one does appear to be impressive.. although screwfix seem to have an oscilating one that's £4... is the karcher really worth 10x the price? how much longer will it last. many of the reviews of the £4 one say it functions as well as ones costing £20-30

[ambuletz]

Blockbuster said:

Timothy Bucktu said:

You have to water very regularly to have any effect. I water mine every day for 20 minutes.
If you only do it occasionally it won't have much effect.

Agreed. That’s why you should combine it with a battery powered hose timer.

The idea is that we'd turn it on for maybe 20-60min in the morning before work. and the same in evenings. We only have a regular hose, so would save alot of time every day.

[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