DEWENWILS 3 Zone Water Timer, Hose Timer 3 Outlet Sprinkler Irrigation Timer Programmable Procedure, Repeat Watering over Period, Faucet Timer with Rain Delay Mode

I live in a city that only allows lawn watering in our neighborhood on Thursdays and Sundays with no-watering between the hours of Noon and 5:00 PM. If we have new seed or sod we can get a special two-week permit to water each day and a second special permit for another two-weeks if needed. I had hired a landscape company to change the slope of the land near my driveway, create a couple of retaining wall, and hydro-spray grass seed. I needed to keep the seed damp till germination and was advised the best way to do this was to use sprinklers on timers. I purchased two DEWENWILS 3 Zone Water Timers which gave me control of six different sprinklers. I needed to water 5 zones. I used these timers in conjunction with 5 oscillating sprinklers to apply one minute of sprinkling 3 times per hour from 4:00 AM to Noon and 5:00 PM to midnight each day for 4 weeks (i.e., 2 special permits). I then set up the timers to only operate on Thursdays and Sundays to satisfy our neighborhood lawn watering restriction. The timers were simple to set up and worked as advertised. The only problem I had was I initially used two hoses that were flexible hoses that shrink when water is not pressurizing the hose. I found out that these do not work with the timers as the pressure is not sufficient to get much flow through to the sprinkler heads. Once I replaced these hoses with the more traditional solid hoses everything worked great and the watering covered all the area I need to cover. I have used these timers for three months and have had no problems with them. If you read the negative reviews it looks like these timers will not survive a frost. Recently, we had a frost night and I removed the timers and brought them in the house overnight and then replaced them outside after the temperature went above 40 F. The timers continue to work just fine: no problems. The seeded area looks great; I am a happy camper with this purchase. If you purchase one of these timers just remember with freezing temperatures to bring the timer inside or use a heater tape to keep it above freezing and do not use flexible hose. The timer takes 2 AA batteries and one of my timers is still on the first set of batteries whereas the other timer batteries went low in one month, but the second set have been in for two months, so I think I just had a less that great set of initial batteries. My timers were exposed to the elements, so they appear to be waterproof and capable of withstanding the hot August sun. One final note; make sure each hose comes out straight and does not bend near the timer or it will appear that the hose leaks at the connection. I have attached photos of the grass and the timer showing where I was watering. I am very happy with this purchase; I consider it a good product.