SPRINKLY - Matt 100's & 1000's - Green - 1kg

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A garden sprinkler can save you time and effort, as well as water and money. However, it’s important to find the best lawn sprinkler to suit your specific garden. For gardener’s who struggle with the constant battle of sprinkler vs. water pressure, Claber’s rotating Idrojet 2000is one of the most reliable and best oscillating sprinklers to use in low-pressure areas. Gardena seem to agree, and their Classic Oscillating Sprinkler has fully customisable oscillation, anywhere up to 180°. This means oscillation can be adjusted exactly depending on the demands of your watering task. These round sprinklers usually have three or four arms that spin and cover a circular area. One of the best things about rotating sprinklers is how far they can spray water. However, they do not achieve an even coverage because the area closer to the sprinkler receives more water.

The orbit travelling sprinkler is powered from your water pressure, and as the two metal sprayers spin, helicopter style, on top, the mini tractor is propelled forward. It’s really simple, but very clever. Assembly and setting up is a piece of cake too, no more difficult than installing the Karcher oscillating sprinkler, except perhaps one small part when you need to use a little bit of force to pop a couple of plastic pieces over the metal spray rods. Each setting has its own coverage range, from 32-100 sq m. In practice, we found that the rectangular pattern is actually a split jet with at least 4 metres’ range on each side, even under low pressure, and is great fun to jump through. The other three settings are better for flower beds and small gardens, with the short-range circular and square options looking indistinguishable from one another. The semi-circular option does save the day by making it useful for putting next to a veg patch or flower bed, which makes it quite versatile. The idea of having your sprinkler constantly set up and ready to go is obviously enticing for most people, but at the same time the thought of having hoses permanently spread across the lawn is often off-putting. For most sprinklers to work effectively, you will need at least 4 bar water pressure. If your water pressure is lower than 4 bar, you will need to look for a sprinkler that is specifically designed to work with low water pressure . Round sprinklers can be a better choice for low pressure areas. Both of these features enable you to avoid wasting water. Good job Kärcher, as this is a smart and functional design feature.

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We have over 65years collective knowledge within our team, multiple BS9251 certified sprinkler designers and a FIRAS approved Director. A high number of jets – the more jets the garden sprinkler has, the more evenly it will water your lawn and garden. Unlike the pro, the aquazoom allows you to change the power with a little dial at the hose end (though you could probably just do that at the tap, surely?). Much like other rectangular sprinklers, you can restrict the oscillator with two orange pinchy sliders to fine-tune your watering area to fit your garden to set the range (3-18m, depending on pressure). The longitudinal spray width can also be set flexibly between 3m and 14m at either end, with two independent sliders. The sprinkler head sits below the ground until the sprinkler is turned on. It then ‘pops up’ to start watering. Installing any pop-up sprinkler involves more work than any travelling, spinning, or oscillating model, and the Gardena is no different. You’ll need to set up underground hoses and connectors, and if you want real convenience, a water timer. These hoses and connectors have to be bought separately too, and this raises the overall cost by a not-so-insignificant amount, and will probably end up costing you more than the Orbit travelling sprinkler in the end.

Costwise have come up with a simple solution in their Oscillating Bar Lawn Sprinkler by including a base with metal construction, instead of using more-commonly-found plastic. This adds more weight to the sprinkler, making it less likely to jump around. Now, we all love a tool with adjustable settings – but isn’t it great when you’re not limited to just the 3 or 4 gradient settings provided by the manufacturer? For such a low price, you can’t expect to get all the adjustment options of the Gruntek, Aqua joe, or Karcher sprinklers. In fact, the only real control you have over the coverage with this model is to turn down the water pressure at the tap. Products like Gardena’s pop-up OS140 sprinkler should ideally be used with a water timer, but travelling sprinklers such as the one we feature in this article from Orbit, can turn themselves off without a timer. Sprinkler adjustability

This model is designed for rectangular lawns and gardens, and thus sprays in this shape and no other. However, you can adjust the width and range from as little as 1 metre right up to 15 metres, which again is some of the most precise settings we encountered. The 16 jet oscillating spray head dishes out a uniform and even spread of water that is on par with the Karcher oscillating sprinkler in this regard. With teams based in the South East and across the UK we offer competitive pricing country wide. A lot of our work is in London & around the M25, however we work all over the UK with projects from Aberdeen to St Austell, Cornwall. See examples of our projects throughout the UK.

We’d seen the advertising videos where a grown man is standing with both feet on this sprinkler and all that happens is a bit of bending before returning to shape, so of course we had to try that for ourselves. Sure enough, it took my 14 stone like a champion, something I doubt any of the plastic sprinklers could have done without showing signs of damage. If it was stepped on by an adult, I don’t think it would fair as well as the Aqua Joe or Orbit travelling sprinkler as this is a fully plastic construction, and as tough as the base section is, the top section of the sprinkler has a lot of small plastic parts that wouldn’t be as tough.Still, the speed isn’t really all that important as you can set the hose and tractor up and then leave it, as long as you remember to set up the ramp stop at the desired spot along the hose. When the tractor hits this ramp, it’ll activate a little button on the bottom of the tractor and switch it off. There’s no need for a separate timer like with other types of sprinklers. They’re also useful if you have low water pressure, as the cover a small area and don’t require as much force to spray water as moving sprinklers. Pop Up Sprinkler This model is a strange looking little thing, almost resembling a mini surface to air missile launcher or futuristic tank. The plain blue plastic base is in contrast with the grey sprayer head and its multiple orange switches, and it certainly stands out. This colour scheme is probably going to be one of those love it or hate it things, but I did like that it made the sprinkler easy to see and therefore less likely to be trodden on. But don’t worry, we haven’t shied away from pointing out flaws and you will get our honest opinions on each one in our ‘best’ list, as well as how they compare to each other and other products on the market. Even so, even with limited pressure, this rectangular sprinkler can reach further than some competitors because it has smaller holes which drive up the pressure inside the unit.