Orbit Programmable Digital Hose Watering Timer - 1 Outlet - Battery Powered - with LCD Screen - Built-in Rain Delay - Water-Resistant - 62061

Go from the box to setting it up and using it within 5 minutes! The instructions are well-written, straight-forward and intuitive. Our timer has been in use for a week and doing everything we expected - keeping the right time, turning on and off when programmed and the manual override is easy while maintaining your schedule. It's perfect for our needs to control our vegetable garden drip system every morning. Ours need is simple - one "on" time, one "off" time. If you need multiple on/off times in the same day, I don't think this unit has that capability.

The timer is great! Easy to set up and works well.

I bought this water timer because, I am a busy man, and I just don't have time to setup sprinklers and stick around to turn on/off the water. I bought a sprinkler set from Ray Padula and am running them off of this timer setup. It is super easy to program this water timer. All I have to do is slide the knob over to the desired position, and use the + and - buttons to set. Once the clock is set, I can easily set it to come on every 6 to 12 hours, every day, or other days of the week. I can set how long I want it to water, and what time I want it to come on. I can have it water up to 1 to 240 minutes, so that gives me some variety. There is also a manual watering mode I can activate to test the sprinklers. I also like this timer because, it only uses a couple of AA batteries, which are very easy to replace. I have only had this timer for a couple of days, so there is no telling how long it will last. Some people boast claims that it lasts over a season, so, we'll see. The reason I am giving it 4 out of 5 is because, I can't setup multiple waterings per day. The other reason I am giving it a 4 out of 5 is because, it causes water hammers whenever it turns on and off. I highly recommend a water hammer arrestor be installed on the spigot before you use this timer. For the price I paid, I got what I paid for, and I am happy with my purchase. UPDATE: 7/1/12 Since I read other reviews from others on this device that stated that it only worked one season and died, I thought it prudent to update you guys on longevity. I ran my timer for one season, then removed it and put it away with the batteries out for the winter. I did not reinstall the timer with new batteries till a week ago. So far this summer, my timer is still operating like the day I bought it and has no glitches. I was able to easily re-program it to water how often I wanted, when I wanted, and for how long I wanted. I think where most people are going wrong here is that they are leaving it attached to the tap with water inside it during the winter. I strongly recommend against this because the water will freeze, and when it freezes, it will expand inside there causing the internal plastics insides to crack. Once that happens, you will either have leaking inside, and or computer logic malfunctions. So keep it inside with the batteries removed for the winter season, and then bring it back out for spring and or summer.

I reverted back to this type of simple interface to control my 1 irrigation watering zone. I used to have the style with the pushbutton and LCD interface but it became unreliable after several years. This thing just works and is self explainitory. Just get it and be done. Life will be simpler.

EDIT: 07/06/2020 Well, the 3rd 3 outlet Orbit Timer bit the dust this morning. Or rather, I noticed it for the first time. I'm not sure how long the water has been running on station 3. It was just continuous. There was a small pond among the trees we were trying to water towards the road. The brush hide the constant flow. I can't tell you how disgusted I am with these timers. When will ORBIT step up to the plate and realize they're manufacturing a defective product?? END OF EDIT. These timers are easy to attach, easy to program and easy to manually control. We've been using Orbit timers for a few years now. In May of 2015, we bought 2 Orbit 3-outlet timers for the first time, model 56082 from Amazon. We bought another 3-outlet Orbit timer, as well as 2 single outlet Orbit timers locally. Five timers in all: 3 of the 3-outlet times and 2 of the 1-outlet timers. Then in May of 2017, we bought another 3-outlet timer from Amazon to replace one that had stopped working. And in May of 2018, we bought another single outlet timer from Amazon to replace one that had stopped working. It never occurred to us to seek a replacement or refund from Orbit, because they did work for us for awhile, even watering everything on our property while we vacationed. We were impressed. And we were not aware that they had a 6 year warranty. Last year we unhooked all of our perfectly functioning Orbit timers, removed the batteries, cleaned them, and put them in storage, like we always do. This year, we pulled them out, put in new batteries, and attempted to program them for watering. To our consternation, we discovered that none of the 3-outlet timers would program correctly, would not turn off even when we switched them to off and would not respond to manual control. An outlet might work or...it might not. It was just random what these timers would do. They're designed to run one station at a time, but the first one wouldn't turn off, but the second one would begin, so that 2 outlets were running at the same time on the same timer and they would not shut off unless we turned the water off. And one of the single timers did that same thing [not responding to the programming]. Now we couldn't trust any of them to do our watering and/or function correctly. We have a water well and the possibility of these things coming on and staying on while we're on vacation or otherwise gone for a few days runs the risk of flooding our watering areas and/or ruining our very expensive water well. So, we decided to buy all new Orbit timers to replace all of the non-working ones. On June 22, 2020, we ordered from Amazon 3 brand-spanking new 3-port timers, model 56082, as well as 2 brand-spanking new single port timers, model 62061Z to the tune of $290. Five brand-new timers in all. They arrived on the 25th and 26th of June, 2020. On the 27th, we put new batteries in, programmed them, attached them to the water faucets, connected the water hoses to each outlet and thought we were good to go. The next morning, on the 28th, imagine our surprise to wake up and see 2 of the brand-spanking new 3-port timers had not shut off and would not respond to turning the timers off. We had to shut the water faucets off. The other 3-port timer looked like it hadn't watered from outlet 2, so we tried doing it manually, but it wouldn't respond to a manual command. We always water in the wee hours of the morning before the sun comes up. The watering is always finished before daylight. Anyway... So, we took the timers off the faucets, took the battery packs out, allowed the memory to clear, reinstalled the batteries, reprogrammed them and reinstalled them. We ran tests through all the cycles, setting each outlet at 2 minute intervals. They worked. Then we cycled through all outlets to see if they would respond to manual control and all seemed well, giving us hope that they were going to function correctly. The following morning, the 29th, we woke to the same problem on 2 of the 3-outlet timers. Not one to give up easily, I ran them [my husband had already given up] through multiple tests, removing and reinserting the batteries, reprogramming and testing ad nauseam. Finally, I gave up too and decided to send these two 3-outlet timers back. UPS is scheduled to pick them up today, the 30th of June, 2020. These were brand-new and defective right out of the box. We are so disappointed in the compromised quality of these Orbit timers. At the first inkling that these things were defection, we should have re-boxed them all and sent them all back immediately. As of now, we're returning 2 of the 3-outlet timers. And we're going to be vigilantly aware of the performance of the ones we're keeping. If there's even a hint that one functions incorrectly, it's going back immediately. What has happened to the integrity of companies that are mass producing defective products? It's just all about the bottom line -- $$$. And there are probably multitudes of buyers unaware of Orbits 6 year warranty and just end ups trashing them. Should not companies be accountable for their defective products? I think so. We weren't aware that these timers have a 6 year warranty or exactly what that warranty covered. Perhaps companies like Orbit count on the ignorance of its customers. Orbit needs to be on top of all these negative comments. Now we're hesitant to order replacements and we do not, as of right now, recommend them to anyone.

I’ve had this timer for over five years. It works perfectly. It doesn’t leak. The battery lasts all year. The display is easy to read and it’s easy to set. It works on both of our faucets. It’s super versatile. I’m buying a second one for the front lawn.

This is my second time buying (unfortunately I left it outside in a storage box with the batteries still in it and it got rusty). When I had to buy a new one, I didn't have any doubt it would be this one. It is so easy to set up you almost don't need the directions. However, the directions are very simple, well-presented and font is legible for my 60+ year old eyes. I have tried another brand (sorry can't remember the name of it) but every plus here was a negative for that brand. I highly recommend. After I set it up it worked as I wanted. P.S. I will remember to bring in this year and pull batteries out.

Great when it worked. Purchased to water new grass while on vacation for 2 weeks. Fortunately it worked for the 2 weeks I was away, but stopped working 2 days after I returned. It is not waterproof. When I opened to check the batteries, water came out, also screen display had water behind the clear piece. I kept shaking it to get as much water out as possible, then set the opening in front of a fan for a few days. It finally dried out after about a week so that the display would show up, so that I could reset it. Once I connect it back up, I will review again to see if it actually works like it is suppose to. I would have just returned it, but until I returned from my trip it was past the 30 days allowed by Amazon.

Ok

The time function is 6 hours interval for lowest.

Es mi segundo aparato, lo compré por primera vez hace años por su simplicidad y bajo costo. Además se conecta en segundos.

En lo personal estaba buscando un temporizador para regar mi pasto, es muy buen producto muuuuy sencillo de configurar te tardas 2 min y funciona excelente!

Excellent timer gives a long battery life and precise timing. Good flow as well.