The Wonder of the Rain Bird

            Good afternoon, everyone!

            As you get ready for winter, remember that the winter season affects more than just your home. The cold and biting weather will also have an adverse effect on your trees, lawn, and garden. Thankfully, having a good sprinkler system can help you nurse your outdoor oasis back to a green and stunning health.

            If you’re looking to replace your old sprinkler system, I recommend Rain Bird. These systems are affordable and easy to install and often get positive reviews from homeowners all across the United States. To help you learn a little more about Rain Bird and what makes them stand out from the competition, I’ve made a short list describing all the good (pros) and the bad (cons) characteristics of owning a Rain Bird Sprinkler System.

A beautiful and precise Rain Bird sprinkler head.

THE GOOD:

• Aesthetically pleasing – The sprinkler system by itself is beautiful and elegant. Powerful, accurate, and sleek, these black sprinklers will add a touch of sophistication and luxury to your home.
• Individual programming – Each Rain Bird valve can be set to start at different times from each other. Not only can you program individual start times, but you can also adjust different watering durations for each valve. This allows your maximum control of your watering schedule and zones.
• Easy to use dial – The Rain Bird valve allows you to quickly and conveniently switch between watering functions. The dial is easy to read, understand, and program.
• Quick installation – Great for beginners to novices. Like all brands, you’ll need to connect the individual wires to the device, but unlike other brands, this is easy. For most brands (DIG, Orbit), you need to press hard to insert the wire into the connector. Not for Rain Bird.
• Built-in RAM – If you’ve ever been through a blackout, you know that most smart electronics, such as plug-in clocks, game systems, and tvs, “reset” themselves. To prevent against this, Rain Bird has a built in RAM which stores and saves your watering schedule in case of a blackout.
• Friendly user-interface – The information panel is clear and easy to read and understand. The information panel also informs the user of the next station that is going to be watered and provides the date and time it will start.

THE BAD:

• No “Water all Zones Now” feature – For a modern sprinkler, this oversight is hard to believe.
• Fixed time watering cycles – If you’re looking to water your lawn more than once automatically, you’ll be disappointed to hear that the Rain Bird system is not currently capable of doing this. Instead, it runs on a “fixed time” cycle.For example, pretend you wanted to water your lawn three times a day, starting at 6am, 5pm, and 8pm. While your first start time would go off without a hitch, the internal computer of the sprinkler system would compute the following algorithm:
  12 hours / number of cycles = time between each cycle.
  Thus, your lawn would be watered at 6am, 10am, and 2pm. There is no way to override this but watering your lawn manually each time after the first cycle.

THE OVERALL VERDICT:

            If you’re looking for a great and affordable sprinkler system, Rain Bird is one of the best options. With plenty of user-friendly features on hand, Rain Bird provides a satisfying experience for the average homeowner, assuming you don’t want to automatically repeat your watering cycle twice or more in one day.  Add to that the sleek and polished design and you’re looking at one of the nicest sprinkler systems available on the market today.

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~ Sam