Raindrip R560DP Automatic Drip Irrigation Watering Kit with Customizable Timer for Containers and Hanging Baskets, Waters up to 20 Plants, Includes 20 PC Drippers, Black

This watering system has saved my potted plants!! Easy to install, good quality.

This was my first experience setting up drip irrigation. I have a vegetable garden in large buckets and this works perfectly. I have it set to automatically water early in the morning. It was easy to set up and the timer has a good number of options. I feel like it was a great value for the money and very water efficient.

Just installed it and tried it out. Looks like it works as advertised.On the other hand, the documentation is lacking in a few areas.- It specifies an "End Cap" that goes on the end of the supply tube. I didn't see anything in the package that looked anything like an end cap. But there was a 2" piece of wider tubing. I figured out (and it was confirmed by product support) that you fold the end of the supply tube in half and shove it into the 2" wider tubing. There's nothing in the instructions (text or picture) explaining this.- The Timer allows you to set how often it waters and for how long, but not when it should start. Again, nothing in the documentation. Product support told me it starts when you turn it on and will maintain that schedule from then on.- There's a Delay button on the timer but it too is a mystery. Product support said each time you press the button it will delay the start 1 hour.In summary, the bad news is that some basic functions are not even mentioned in the documentation. And it wouldn't take many characters to include it. The better news is that it was easy to reach Product Support and speak with an actual human.

has everything i need the drippers some drip some squirt the timer could not be easier to program,,

The kit comes with all the parts for a drip irrigation system I planned to use in a vegetable garden. Unfortunately the several of the cheap valves did not work at all. Very disappointing. Clearly there are poorly manufactured. Reached out to the company to get some replacements. We'll see if they arrive.Another issue is the stiffness of the hose. It makes it difficult to connect to the T's and the valves (several of which broke in the process). Although there are extensive instructions to put together various layouts, it lacks many useful directions (example - there are no instructions on how to seal off the end of hose run. You can figure it out, but given all the details, it was a strange omission).I would not get this set again.

Installed easily. Works adequately. No complaints.

First, let me say that the concept of this kit is really great. The amount of materials included is adequate for its purpose. The timer, while difficult to understand and lacking greatly in programming flexibility, does an adequate job of controlling the water. But.... The drippers are J, U, N, K. JUNK!!!I set this system up to water a total of six containers, using 2 drippers in each of the 4 larger containers, and 1 each in the smaller containers. The test run with the timer on manual performed as expected, except 1 of the 2 drippers in 2 of the large container didn't operate properly. After 30 minutes of operation, 1 dripper hadn't emitted any water, and the other failed dripper had allowed less than (guessing here) about a CUP of water. The other dripper in each of the 2 failed pairs had emitted a decent amount of water. I am not sure is was the amount promised (should have been around a quart) but it seemed to be working OK. One of the single drippers was OK, (container 6). But the other single one was allowing very little water to pass, (Container 5).Specifications of the installation are: Water pressure at faucet was between 45-50 pounds PSI. Total run of the tubing was about 30-feet. Total number of installed drippers was 10, in groups of 2,2,2,2,1,1. The containers with the double drippers were closest to the timer, and the single drippers at the end of the run. The Initial failed drippers in the twin groups were in containers 2 and 3. and the single container failure was in container 5. Container 6, the farthest from the timer actually was outputting the greatest amount of water. I double checked the 1/4-inch water line to verify there were no kinks, and only 1 very slight leak at dripper #10. (This was the dripper in container 6 that WAS emitting water. )Becoming frustrated with the significant inconsistencies of the system, I decided to swap out the inoperative drippers with some of the unused ones. After removing each inoperative dripper., (I cut the 1/4-inch tubing very close to each of the drippers, and water flowed from the tube with significant force.) I installed a new dripper in each failed location. (One at a time to test water pressure and dripper flow after each change, and learned that one of the replacement drippers also did not function. ) Fortunately, I was able to find 10 good ones out of the batch of 20 included in the kit, and retested the system. Finally, the system seemed to be operating properly. I set the timer to turn on every 6 hours, and run for 20 minutes. This gave 4 watering cycles a day for a total operating time of 80 minutes. At dripper rating of 1/2 gallon per hour, this should have output a bit more than a gallon a day, per dripper. This would put 2 gallons/day in the large containers and about a gallon/day in the small containers. I was concerned that this may have been over-watering the containers. But each was filled with a mixture of potting soil, compost, and about 25-30% of real garden dirt; and each container had drain holes to prevent flooding. I also felt that knowing the drainage abilities of the soil and the containers, and that July was generally a hot month in Missouri, over-watering was much less of a threat to the plants than under-wateringAfter a 2nd successful test run, and another 24 hours on automatic, I felt confident that it would keep my veggies and flowers in good shape while I was away from home for 8 days. On departure day, I double checked all the drippers with a quick 10-minute manual cycle. All seemed normal.When I returned, the plants in container 1 and 2 (2 drippers each) were dry, and the plants looked a bit dry, too. The plants in container 3 were VERY dry and wilted. I lost 3 of the 4 plants in that container. Container 4 was fine. Plants looked healthy, and the soil was damp. Container 5 was flowers, and they were dry and wilted; but not yet dead. (Heavy watering for a couple days brought most back.) Container 6 was flowers, and they were doing fine. I immediately turned the timer to manual to see what the trouble was, and water flowed all the way through to container 6. But predictably, the plants with poor appearance were getting little or NO water. I hand watered everything that was dry with the garden hose and when the timer was checked the next day, it was operating on the anticipated schedule.The moral of the story is that the quality of the REALLY IMPORTANT part of the kit is unreliable, and not to be trusted. (Hence, the 1-star rating.) If I could return the kit, I'd do so. But the return window had passed. As I am stuck with this system, I will attempt to locate some drippers locally that are made by a different manufacturer and see of I can save the system. I've invested a lot of time and energy to just tear it all out and throw it in the trash.