Gardena Universal Water Timer + Hose Connector

I've tried 4 different water timers over 19 years. This is the best. I set 2 of its 3 open/close times. The first time goes off about 5am. At 7am, as I go to work, I move the water sprinkler to another area. I repeat this routine most summer days. You can leave each of the 3 times set but tell the device to either activate on inactivate that time. You can activate watering immediately manually and turn the knob for the number of watering minutes -- much better than another timer that always ran for 15 minutes. I only have trouble getting accustomed to how I should reconnect the two halves after opening the device to change the battery -- but I only do that once a year in Spring. I bought 4 off these 2 years ago.

These timers from Gardenia are the most reliable and well-built units on the market. Very easy to program and they last for years if you remember to bring them in during freezing weather. I have some that are over 10 years old and still going strong.

Randomly refuses to follow its schedule. I’m baffled as to why. It seems well constructed, and I like the way that it’s programmed. But mine has fresh batteries, and as I said every now and then it just refuses to operate automatically based on its schedule.

The media could not be loaded. leaks no connectors no instructions for connectors. was told can return but i will have to oay postage to slovakia. what a deal!! 45 years experience with drip systems has to be my most frustrating experience. i used to love gardena. what happened?

1. I have bought Gardena timers for over 20 years, because of their quality, durability, and programming simplicity. This product, the 1891 timer, is too complex for me to program, and too expensive for what it is. Their new Gardena models are very few and no longer meet my needs.2. The seller, M+L are from Germany, and they are the worst seller I have ever dealt with on Amazon. They are the most non-responsive Amazon seller I have ever dealt with. Their first instruction was to ignore their return mailing label which was to an address in Germany. They stated the timers should be returned to their U.S. return address, but did not provide that address. After many email requests for the US address, they finally said they would email me the return mailing labels to their US address. But what I received was a return label which was a return to Germany !!, and it could only be picked up by DHL express; that they would arrange a pick up date/time, and that I would be charged for the return delivery cost to Germany. They also stated the return box had to remain open for DHL inspection before they accepted the return. DHL arrived unannounced and was unhappy the box was not sealed. They waited while I sealed the box. I purchased these two timers on June 29, 2021 and did not get refunded until August 2, 2021, which is over 1 month. That is not the Amazon Way. Beware of M+L sellers on Amazon.