Claber 8053 Oasis 4-Program/20 Plant Garden Automatic Drip Watering System
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Claber 8053 Oasis 4-Program/20 Plant Garden Automatic Drip Watering System
Customer Review: Overwatered
Summary: 1 Stars
Set it on the 10-day setting and left town for 14 days. Came back and the plants were almost floating away; led to months of fungus.Customer Review: Plants live!
Summary: 4 Stars
After 30 days, all of my plants are alive and well. I can't believe it worked! It took a little time to set up but it worked as planned.
Well recommended!
Customer Review: Poor construction quality
Summary: 2 Stars
I havent used this product yet after a month because of its poor quality and an urge to return it. I would say this oasis self watering kit is worth half of the $60 i paid for it, caution is advised.Customer Review: Pretty good
Summary: 4 Stars
I tried it for the first time a few weeks ago when I went out of town for a week. Seemed to work pretty well. Soil was moist but not soaking wet.Customer Review: Saved my plants during a long absence
Summary: 5 Stars
GREAT PRODUCT.
I went overseas for 8 weeks in early August and this device kept my plants alive while I was gone. They were totally unattended during this time. I have 4 larger plants (requiring 2 drippers each) and 2 smaller plants (requiring 1 dripper each). I didn't even have time to test the device before I left, so I worried for my plants while I was gone and half expected to come back to a roomful of dead ones. Much to my relief and amazement, they were thriving - honestly I think they do better hooked up to the Oasis than they do under my normal care. I used the 40-day setting and a brand new battery. I even kept them hooked up to it for another 9th week after I returned, and when I emptied out the tank after that final week there were still 2 quarts left of the 6 gallons I had originally added. I think that my six plants would have survived even a 12-week absence on that setting. With more plants (and more drippers) I imagine this estimate would have to be adjusted downward. I paid close attention to the set up instructions and made sure there were at least 2.5 feet between the surface on which I placed the Oasis and the highest pot. I made sure to vent the air from the circuit as described and confirmed that water was dripping from the drippers. I placed the two smaller plants in the first two places along the circuit to make sure they would get sufficient water. The plants usually reside next to the window (and don't get any direct light) but I moved them a good 12 feet away from the window to establish the proper height setting - the distance and lack of direct light were not a problem. I also placed each plant in a larger plastic container, bucket, or metal bowl in order to catch any overflow (seemed like there may have been one minor overflow with the two smaller plants, as there was a dried orange stain underneath them in their shared plastic container, which saved my carpet). And then I took off for a long vacation - so happy to find my plants alive and healthy when I opened the front door 8 weeks later! A simple gadget that ain't too fancy but hey, it did what I paid $80 for it to do.
Before dismantling, I recommend (as do others) that you take a photo and/or draw a diagram of the set up of plants and hoses so you can remember it all the next time. I also dismantled all the hoses and labeled each one individually so I know which plants they connect to.