Automatic 4-Zone Irrigation System Controller Garden Water Timer Watering Computer with 2 Solenoid Valve

Easy to setup, working as expected. Had this setup before going on holidays for 10 days. All the plants survived.

After 3 months the casing split sending water everywhere.

Bought this to automate the watering of four separate flowerbeds in my garden.First lesson is this kit only comes with two solenoids, which only allows you automatically switch On/Off two of the four hose pipe outlets. This may be enough for you but in my case, I needed the four, so I had to buy another two solenoids.Second lesson is that the programming is not what I was expecting. It is advertised as having 4 x programmes, 4 x cycles, duration setting and Interval setting. Well, I thought this could give me endless configurations if I needed them but that’s not exactly what it delivers.The logic is1. You can have up to 4 periods of watering in a 24hr period. Each one of these periods is referred to as a Programme. So for example watering will automatically start at say 2am, 4am, 2pm and 4pm.2. For each of the watering periods (Programmes) you can have up to 4 Cycles each with a predefined duration for each of the four water outlets. However, the set of four Cycle Durations you have defined is replicated across the four programmes.3. You can set up intervals at which your predefined programmes will run, Daily, 1 every 2 days or one every 3 day etc or on predefined days of the weekSo as an example, I set up 4 x Programmes at 2am, 4am, 2pm and 4pm and four cycles each of 10 mins in duration to run daily across the four outlets…..This is what will happen.On everyday02:00 - 02:10 - Water to Output One will run for 10mins and switch off02:10 - 02:20 - Water to Output Two will run for 10mins and switch off02:20 - 02:30 - Water to Output Three will run for 10mins and switch off02:30 - 02:40 - Water to Output Four will run for 10mins and switch off02:40 – 04:00 – No activity04:00 - 04:10 - Water to Output One will run for 10mins and switch off04:10 - 04:20 - Water to Output Two will run for 10mins and switch off04:20 - 04:30 - Water to Output Three will run for 10mins and switch off04:30 - 04:40 - Water to Output Four will run for 10mins and switch offEtc etc.It will actually work for me but is less flexible than I thought it would be. The programming logic for me seems like it has been designed by an Alien.

Really easy to physically set up the device, the 4 valves option is perfect... but whilst i can make it work perfectly in manuel mode i just cant get it to work on fully automatic. Is it me or us it the device cant decide... works in "manuel" why not fully automatic? Humph!

I feel I should write a review to give you an opinion on this but also to point out a few things!I am not an expert and had no idea what a 'solenoid valve' was, I do now! In the picture you can see 2 white box type attachments with a hose attachment on the end, these get connected at the back by the small black wire to the various 'stations'. This will then work your hose attachment on the programme you set. The other two hose attachments are not programmable unless you buy more solenoid valves, easily available through Amazon and only £10 each so not too much extra expense. You will need to purchase 2 more if you intend to run 4 different hoses off this system. In fact it is to me a bonus to leave one free as you can then attach a regular hose and turn on at any time to do some pot watering etc.The programming itself is not too difficult but the instructions are rubbish! You can work it out yourself with a little trial and error.The previous person who said it is a bit random in its watering I now understand. This timer basically works through each separate hose attachment at a time. For example, if I set the first 'station' to come on at 8am for 40 minutes it will do this programme and even if I put the same for the next 'station' it waits until it has finished the first programme. So, in fact the second 'station' doesn't start at 8am but at 8.40am. This doesn't bother me at all and may explain why the previous poster found it went off at sporadic times.Overall I like this, takes a little bit of working out and maybe buying an extra solenoid valve or two but it works now.

Excellent product and fast delivery would definitely buy here again

Just moved in a new house and building a garden. This is great for timing the drip irrigation system. In addition I managed to integrate it with raspberry so I was able to connect it to the rest of my home automation

The second time we left this to run its started to leak water out the back. Poorly constructed & a waste of money