Port-A-Rain Above-Ground Sprinkler System

Tried many different type of lawn sprinkers, ( Oscillating Sprinkler, Pulsator Sprinkler, Gear Drive Sprinkler, Zinc Twin Circle Spray sprinklers), and did not get the results for using those sprinklers to green up the lawn and water good without wasting many hundreds of gallons of water running most of the day. Used these sprinklers and the lawn perked up with just 3 days of around 1hour of watering each section ( moving the sprinklers 3 to 4 times around the whole lawn. And the great part is the heads are adjustable for the spray pattern and area to cover. These work the best for even watering by using the center double connecting sprinkler the main hose to and branch the other 2 to the left and right. If you run them in a straight line configuration they do not water evenly because the water pressure is not spread evenly and is weakest at the end sprinkler.

I purchased this for my garden and I have lower water pressure in my neighborhood. I had issues with a drip line because of this in the past just getting good pressure from bed to bed. Last year, we used a soaker hose but it wasn’t enough. We had similar sprinklers at our last home so I purchased these.With my lower water pressure I can’t have any of the orbits 100% open but what does work is having them a quarter open and placing them on one end of the bed. It works perfectly and great control to keep the water in the beds. I just had to play with it a bit. Even my 3yr old was able to help with adjusting the water so it’s easy :). I’ll be keeping these! I also should mention I have 4 sprinklers in a line & purchased 2 of these sets.

Very effective watering system. Easy to set up.

The heads themselves are very good. Rotational from 0 to almost 360 degrees. Droplet spray as opposed to mist spray. No issues here. Spray heads are very good.Now to the base...(1) There is no valve to control the amount of water coming up into each sprinkler head. Water flow is always "full on" for all 3 heads. Bad news if you have a slope (higher head will spray less, lower head spays VERY far) or if you have a narrow spot and a wide spot to water at the same time.(2) No ratational support for the heads. We're not talking here about the 0-360 arc/pattern of the spray head, we're talking about that arc's position relative to the base. Say you need a 90 degree spray arc/pattern. OK, that arc is ALWAYS going to start at the hose port and move leftward. Yes, you can rotate the entire base. But the arc/pattern forces you to have your input and output hoses forming an S shape on the ground, shortening the length you can stretch our these sprinklers. Were there rotational support in the base, you could move the arc/pattern of water to the side and get a much longer distances between your bases.We tried some silly-looking "flower" sprinkler heads from Melnor along the same premise as these. Slightly cheaper (not much) but they have all of the benefits of these Port-o-Rain and none of the shortcomings I mentioned above. The water flow control valve is especially important because we can string 2 sets together and ensure each sprinkler is not over- or under-watering. (2 sets is the max on our 22psi line, but that gives us 60 feet of spacing, 80 feet of spray coverage.)

I have other orbit sprinklers where you can adjust the arc by turning the outer edge of the sprinkler head and independently adjust the throw by turning the screw in the center of the sprinkler head. These do not work this way. the center screw cannot be turned without changing the arc. I purchased a resale without a manual and could not find any online help. If the manufacturer wants to reply with details on how to do this and I can do it successfully, I will change my rating. Sprinkler flip flopped with water pressure being applies and I was not impressed with the sturdiness when the cost is considered.

They are very handy. You can adjust each sprinkler which is a bonus for odd shaped lawns

I guess you get what you pay for with lawn sprinklers. The sprinklers are very lightweight and made of a very cheap plastic, so it's easy for them to tilt and not sit flat. The first sprinkler takes the bulk of the water pressure, leaving the remaining 2 with a spray radius of only about 3'. Plus, the hoses are too short. This product should come with 15' hoses, not 12'. The only reason I gave it 2 stars instead of 1 is because when using only one of the sprinkler heads, it's pretty effective when you want to water a small 15'x15' area.

Good for large lawns ,adjustable angles and covers wide area range.