Orbit 62035 Extra Valve for Yard Watering System
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Orbit 62035 Extra Valve for Yard Watering System
Customer Review: Great Product
Summary: 5 Stars
This allows me not to have to remember to turn the water on and off. It is the next best thing to having an inground sprinkler system.Customer Review: Great convenience, watering your plants
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great product. I have a matching timer with four ports, which I bought as a kit, with two of these valves. I use it with a hose reel and a soaker hose for a bunch of potted plants in the back yard. It's such a great convenience to just set the timer and all your plants are watered consistently, no matter how busy you are. And no more problems with coming home to dying plants, after returning from vacation.
One problem with the valves, as another reviewer pointed out, is that much of the hose connection point is made of plastic. If you put stress on the joint by moving it or hanging it off your faucet, it will break over time. That happened to one of mine, as I connect it to a hose reel through a quick connect. After about 8 months, connecting and disconnecting the hose line, the plastic connection points became brittle, cracked, and started dripping.
To solve this, I would recommend that you use a short flexible extension between the valve and your faucet, so that both ends of the valve are flexible, relieving stress on the plastic parts.
Beyond that, I think the product is great.
Customer Review: Handy Set and Forget Watering System
Summary: 5 Stars
This valve along with the rest of the kit (sold separately with a 4-port manifold, a timer controller, and two more valves) is the best outfit that I've tried (and I've tried several brands) for setting up timed watering stations in my yard while I'm off on vacation. This is the next best thing to an in-ground sprinkler system at a fraction of the cost!
I was gone for the whole month of July, and I didn't want a dead lawn when I returned, so I invested about $100 in this system with a couple of extra valves, hoses, and sprinkler heads. I set the sprinklers up in the yard with each of the four ports controlling one set of sprinklers (I have enough pressure that one hose can cover up to three sprinkler heads), plus a soaker hose in the flower bed. I set the timer to start at 4:00 A.M. every third day with the soaker hose set for 30 minutes and the sprinklers set at 50 minutes each, and it worked! Each valve triggers in turn when the previous one finishes, so by 7:00 A.M. everything was watered. When we returned from vacation, everything was in good shape. I'd had a kid come by to mow once every week, so the yard looked great!
One thing to watch out for is to turn off your automatic watering system once you get back and coil up your hoses! I forgot and had a full cycle water the side of my porch...
Customer Review: Lasted only 3 weeks
Summary: 1 Stars
I've had lots of problems with hose to sprinkler water timers, but I have two Orbit systems in place that are working. I needed a replacement valve for one of the systems, but I could no longer find them at Home Depot or Lowes, so I ordered through Amazon. I got this one about 3 weeks ago and it's already broken. It opens part way but not enough to run a sprinkler. Thankfully it shuts off all the way.( I've tested the hose and sprinkler to make sure that wasn't the problem.) I can hear it click like it was working, but the water pressure is very low.
I honestly cannot say I've had any digital timers that have been really reliable. It's kind of frustrating.
Customer Review: Leaks!
Summary: 1 Stars
Have over the last few years surely gone through at least a dozen of these valves. They work just fine for about a month or two, then they start to trickle and then the valve gets stuck. Worst when its on! Well, if you buy these, make sure to buy a few extra to have on hand for when they do brake and, oh, keep the receipt to get a replacement (or two, or ...).