Rainforest Tripod Sprinkler by Etna

Watering made easy! I hope this holds up all winter in the greenhouse. I have a 14x16 ft. greenhouse and it is always difficult to get everything, even in the corners, watered well. I set it up in the middle of my greenhouse and wow every single plant is watered well...and with just one sprinkler going! I cannot tell you how nice it will be to only have one watering sprinkler going. It is a much more efficient method, saves water and for a change it didn't cost that much either. I have plants with flowers right next to the tripod and it didn't hurt them at all. I have zero complaints. If it doesn't last long I will update my review, but so far it's working GREAT! (I will include a picture to show the greenhouse so you can see all the plants it had to reach)

I'll try to give a balanced review of this product as it's a mixture of a great engineering idea and mediocre manufacturing execution. Functionally, this works like no other sprinkler I've ever used which can be good or bad depending on what you need. The spray head characteristics can be adjusted a bit, but it gives a 360 degree spray of quite fine droplets. Small droplets of water give a good, gentle, more even soaking compared to the coarser sprays of most sprinklers. I use this to water container plants when I'm away from home and it does a much better job for this than other sprinklers I've used. The down side of the spray pattern is that the fine droplets are much more easily diverted by wind than heavier droplets. Even a mild breeze blows the spray away downwind. Also, the fine spray doesn't carry as far as some of the other more traditional sprinkler designs. Construction quality is mediocre at best. The tripod is built from thin walled sheet aluminum hinged with rivets and attached to a plastic hinging apex. Not very sturdy, but it does what it is supposed to. The worst part of it is the hose attachment and water delivery tube going to the spray head. Again, cheap thin walled tubing connected to cheap leaky fittings. The tubing can easily be be bent and the hose connection to the vertical water delivery tube leaks like a sieve. Using a bit of plumbers teflon tape helps with that part of leaking, but the flange between the hose fitting and the aluminum tube leaks badly. The spray head is equally cheap in manufacturing quality but it isn't subjected to the same sort of stresses that the previously mentioned parts are, so it does its job ok. I'd gladly pay three times the cost of this sprinkler to get one manufactured to decent tolerances and with heavier gauge metal parts and brass sprinkler head construction, it's a great idea. As is, I'd expect this to not last more than a season or two if used constantly. All in all, I'd say this is best for gentle watering of smaller garden areas. For larger areas of lawn, I'd stick with the more traditional designs.

The media could not be loaded. Seems ok for the first use. Both connections leak. I may can fix that but it's not a big deal. Feels cheap but it was cheap lol. Bottom line it spreads water in about a 25-30 ft radius.

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.... I usually have to replace last years sprinkler each new year. I can tell that I just bought my last sprinkler.....except for the fact that I will have to get another for the backyard too!!! Extremely light weight and very durable in construction. Has little stakes on each of the 3 legs to stab it into the ground. Most pulsating sprinklers have all kinds of moving parts and adjust screws that are alway out of adjustment. This has a single black spinner at the top operated by water pressure only. The heart shaped ring at the top does not move at all. It is there only to break up the water as it is spun out with whatever water pressure you desire to cover as much ground as you want. The assembly moves up and down with a single set screw to set the height. VERY SIMPLE to operate. Throws out water in the gentlest way.....just enough to wet the yard and even the most delicate yard plants or even hanging baskets without DRENCHING THEM as most sprinklers do. You could not ask for a simpler design that has almost NO parts to wear out year after year. Just set your height and then go to the faucet and turn on the water and start sprinkling.......EASY SMEASY!!! Know you will like it if you give it a chance. The PRICE is VERY AFFORDABLE at $25. Good watering...... so you know every drop of water gets used instead of wasted as some sprinklers end up doing.....you won't have to baby sit this after you set the height since tiny little sprinkles are the only thing coming out ......which is a GOOD thing......

It sprays good but it leaks like crazy from the fittings. Tried to fix them but it's just made cheap. I bought a husky tripod from home depot. 1000% better.

My husband requested a tripod sprinkler for fathers day. I found this and the price was reasonable. It works great. Light weight, easy set up. Covers more area than our old sprinkler.

Works very well and covers a large area

It doesn't come with rubber washer so plan a trip to the hardware store if you buy one. That is if you care about over watering at the base. Works well if the day has no breeze, the mist is carried with the slightest movement of air. Lightly built, expect it to be another disposable product. Those who said it's their last sprayer must expect to have a short life! I think that for most who are watering their yard this isn't the best choice, the promise of a 50' radius is an extremely high promise that most of us don't have enough pressure to push that much water through this little nozzle. If I can stop the fitting from leaking it will be good for the garden.