Gilmour Pro Telescoping Extra Large Area Circular Water Sprinkler for Lawn, Tripod Sprinkler with 8,500 sq ft Coverage, White/Black

NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION
THE FIRST ORDER TOOK ABOUT 8 DAYS TO ARRIVE AND IT WAS DAMAGED. CAME OUT OF THE BOX BROKEN, WITH THE SPRINKLER HEAD BROKEN OFF FROM THE SHAFT AT THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR. THIS WAS EITHER A DESIGN FLAW OR A ROUGH RIDE FROM THE SUPPLIER OR BOTH. WHEN I CONTACTED THE SUPPLIER, THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AND EMAIL THE PIX TO THEM, WHICH I DID. TWO WEEKS PASSED AND A REPLACEMENT DID ARRIVE UNDAMAGED AND INTACT.ONLY ONE PROBLEM……….. THE SPRINKLER WORKS ONLY WITH 60 PSI OF WATER PRESSURE OR MORE. FOR FOLKS ON A WELL OR LOW WATER PRESSURE, THIS IS A NO-GO. EVEN WITH ADEQUATE PRESSURE, TURN ON SOMETHING INSIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THE SPRINKLER STOPS WORKING. THIS INFORMATION IS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PACKAGE BUT NOT IN THE PRODUCT DESCRIPTION ONLINE WHERE IT SHOULD BE. ALSO, THERE IS NO INSTRUCTION BOOKLET OR SHEET INCLUDED IN THE BOX. THE ONLY GUARANTEE IS PRODUCT REPLACEMENT, NOT A REFUND. SO RATHER THAN GO THRU THE HASSLE OF SENDING THE THING BACK, I WILL RUN IT ONLY WHEN I AM SURE NO WATER IS BEING DRAWN ANYWHERE ELSE.CONCLUSION- THE PART THAT BROKE IS MADE OF THIN PLASTIC AND IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN PROBLEM. IT SHOULD BE MADE OUT OF BRASS. WHEN THAT PART BREAKS, IT RENDERS THE SPRINKLER USELESS. THE WHOLE THING IS MADE IN CHINA. (SUPRISE!!) THE ENTIRE BUYNG EXPERIENCE WAS A ONE STAR DEAL. I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE SPENDING THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY ON A CHEAPLY MADE PRODUCT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AMAZON REQUIRE SELLERS TO LABEL THEIR PRODUCTS WITH COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR MADE IN THE U.S.A. SO THE CUSTOMER WOULD KNOW WHERE IT WAS MANUFACTURED.

Works well for me and my water pressure.
Sprinkler works well for me with no tipping. I am usually able to press the spikes into the ground but if it’s too hard, I run the water on the ground at the feet for a minute and can then push spikes down. Goes a great distance, much farther than my adjustable Gilmour impulse sprinkler. The head of the sprinkler feels of good quality but the tripod is very light weight aluminum. I’m sure the legs would bend if not handled with care. The worst of the quality lies at the plastic hood that the legs attach to. The legs are attached to this plastic with small rivets. There is absolutely no resistance when folding the tripod legs in or out. When holding the sprinkler up in the air, the legs literally freely swing in and out and feel like they’re about to fall off. The other issue for me is that most of the water is delivered both close to the sprinkler and at the far end of the stream. There is a band in the middle that gets very little water. I may be able to resolve this or at least minimize it with the screw that screws in toward the stream to make stream “break up” more. I don’t know what my water pressure is, but it drives the sprinkler head very well. When set to a limited travel, the head goes fast in one direction and when it hits the trigger to return it, the head travels much more slowly. I like this because it allows more water to be delivered at a time. Kind of hard to explain. I bought it as an open box buy at a discount and would buy it again at this discount but I don’t think I’d pay full price for it.

I have always been a Gilmour user but this time I’m not happy with your product after a week it started to stick on the return cycle had to bring my old broken one out of retirement what a waste of money

Good sprinkler. Requires as much pressure as possible, over 40psi since it has a larger orifice for delivering larger amounts of water over longer distances than most sprinklers. Plastic cap where the three legs are attached looks weak and vulnerable. Easy to adjust and regulate…instructions not included and are not needed if one has ever used a pulsating sprinkler before.