Electronic Dual 2-Outlet Water Faucet Hose Timer Ball Valve Allow Garden irrigation system Color Blue

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Hello!Bought it about a year ago now (July 12, 2021, now it's July 2022) but did not use it until about three months ago, because we had to leave for a month. So, we programed it very basically: 10 minutes every 24 hours one outlet, and three minutes every 24 hours the second outlet.Well, after a month, plants were in perfect shape; so, success (refused to work for the last few days due to weak batteries, but worked Ok while it could).What makes it so great are the programming capabilites it has and the simplicity. But you have to figure them out; with fresh batteries:With the outlet reset and in zero minutes, turn to ON and it will open that outlet until you turn it off. That is (and remaining instructions) for each outlet, independently.With outlet reset and in zero minutes, turn the duration to a desired one (let's say three minutes); it will open and will keep opened for the duration selected, and then will close.With outlet reset and in zero minutes, turn cycling to the desired value (let's say every 24 hours) and then set duration to the desired value (let's say 10 minutes); nothing will happen until 24 hours later (the desired cycling) when it will open for 10 minutes (the set duration), and it will repeat every 24 hours, as set. But, what if you want to open the outlet immediately? Well, you will set the cycling and the duration, AND will turn cycling back to rest without changing duration, and it will open at once (well, it will take a second or two, while it figures out what do you want) and will close after duration; at that moment set the cycling again. The draw back is that you have to be there, for the first duration to set the cycling back again.We're pretty sure that if you set the duration and after that duration you set the cycling, it will work Ok, but we didn't test that specifically (we just did it today, let's see what happens tomorrow).So, there is no clock to set; just reset it and it will cycle as selected. Some people hate this, but I like it not to have to set a clock, this makes the unit cheaper, and works flawlessly. The second thing people don't like is that you have to set the unit up at the time you want it to work (if it is at 3 o'clock in the early day, well, you have to be there at that time). But we set it for 8:00am, so we are very happy with that. At the end, it's cheap, and it's simple, without the hassle of setting up a clock.The LED:Slow blinking (about every four seconds), batteries are Ok; faster blinking, batteries need replacement and unit will not work at all.'Adjustment':Well, it filled with water, even that it was covered; so, the water 'came from inside'. It happens that it leaks internally, through the valve actuators. We had to open the unit to find out the motors submerged and corroded. We cleaned it the best we could, and tightened the screws holding the valve actuators, and it seems it's working OK now. Anyway, we made some perforations to allow the water to come out, if that flooding happens again. If you are going to drill, be clear that it will void any warranty (that we never though of anyway) and make sure you do not drill the water channels. If you are going to do it, do it at your own risk, we assume no responsibility at all.We think that the unit did not last the whole month we were out, probably because of the flooding and not necessarily because of use.Why five stars then? Well, we like how it works, plants look good, it was not expensive, and we think we overcame its deficiencies.Extra:We connected it a 3.2 battery from one of our yard solar cheap lighting system, and we hope the unit will not complaint on battery power any more, it is covered anyway.Final thoughts:This is what we think you can do on your own risk and forgetting about the warranty:Buy it, open it (take the four buttons out, carefully peel off the decal, and unscrew), tighten the valve actuator screws, consider drilling a very small holes at each of the valves sides without drilling the water channels, close it, put decal back, put buttons back, and enjoy it. Remember, do it at your own risk.Best regards

Annoying timer and manual settings. Blue setting knobs are hard to determine where pointer is set. But far worse is the procedure to set the timer. One has to set the timer at the precise time when you want it to work, so if you want the sprinkler to come on at 5 am, set your alarm. And even then, you have to wait a full cycle before it starts, so if you want watering every 24 hours, you will have to wait that long until it starts. Even worse, if you want to change the frequency to 48 hours at the same time, you will actually have to omit watering for 72 hours, since you have to start the new frequency at the time it was supposed to be watering after 24 hours. Support is absent should you have difficulty. Lots of fully digital, easy to program timers are available as an alternative at the same cost.

These are really great dual port watering timers. The only strange attribute may be the absence of an actual time “clock” for setting them. You can always use them manually - instantly water for a set programmed period - by turning the associated port’s knob to “reset”. Then the other knob will control the time “on”. The weird thing (for me) was the way you set the “re-occurrence” interval, since they use no internal clock. Its not really complicated - just different. When you set the occurrence interval up that first time, it begins its time by marking it from that first input. Meaning it will NOT turn on until timing out that first cycle of the interval - which means that your first time ON, will be delayed by that amount.So as long as you realize you use the “reset” to water immediate needs - then set the “interval times” to program the NEXT and reoccurring watering periods - Its a great no- hassle timer. Of course - it may cause you to have to get up early or go outside late at night - to time your watering at specific times - but it has some nice features.The ports are deeply threaded, so you are less likely to cross thread connectors. It has a flip up see-through cover/door - protecting its display/controls. The knobs are clearly labeled and it gives a wide selection of time/intervals. The battery compartment is well placed and it includes rubber washers and a filter screen.Depite not having an internal time clock, (who really needs another clock to set) this unit is simple to use and gives easy fast response to manual intervention for quick interrupt watering. Quick connect couplers are not included, but rarely are with such.I purchased a pair - and quickly they became my favs - replacing the Gilmours I had due to how simppe and fast EITHER port can be used manually with no interruption or issues experienced with the timing I have set up. They are straight forward. No confusion or complexity on acvount of it having 2 ports.I believe they are the best choice at this price point.