Customer Reviews

Claber 8053 Oasis 4-Program/20 Plant Garden Automatic Drip Watering System

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I bought this device to keep 8 rather larges plants watered while I travel every month. I used two drippers per pot and left plenty of extra tubing between the plants. It worked great, really great. I've had to use it 5x so far and each time it worked perfectly.

I've tried several things in the past including other drip system as well as the 3 different kinds of watering spikes. Not of them worked as well or as easily as the Oasis. Highly recommend this.

I have had the Oasis for three years and have tried to use it three times - the first time it worked perfectly. The second time I came home to dead plants! It seems that the valve can get stuck - the electronic timer drives a green coil (electro magnet) that opens and closes the water valve. If it is working you can hear it make a "thunk" noise when you move the switch from off to 10. No thunk means the valve is stuck (assumes a new battery). The green coil can be pulled off by removing the machines bottom (just pull it off) and unscrew the nut holding the coil to the valve. A strong magnet can then be moved along the valve to make it open and close. After I did this a few times I reassembled the machine and it is working again - but I don't trust it! I suspect the very hard water here in the Southwest is making the valve stick. Use distilled water or don't buy or buy a new one every year!

After 30 days, all of my plants are alive and well. I can't believe it worked! It took a little time to set up but it worked as planned.
Well recommended!

Have used this continuously for over 2 years - somewhat successfully. I recommend this product and am now buying the replacement. I definitely recommend following the instructions to "prime" the drip system. My major complaint is that replacement parts for any item appear not to be available. The drippers clog when using hard water (anybody recommend how to clean them?); I would like to be able to get replacement drippers. The electronic control (which just failed) is also not replaceable - buy a new unit. Well, as a result of buying a new unit I will now have replacement parts for non-electronic items.

I go away on business for a week or 10 days about 3 times a year. I have a balcony with about 20 plants that I don't want to have to replace and mature again. There are people who can, and sometimes will, agree to water my plants. Sometimes I come home and the plants have been either under watered or they've been watered to death the day before I get home; occasionally they've been watered just right. Recently none of my cast of potential plant sitters was available so I searched and found Oasis. It is just what my plants needed! I set it up a couple of days before I left to test it, and not being sure, I saturated each plant before setting the Oasis to run. I don't think that was necessary. When I returned home all of my plants were healthy and happy. The instructions say to use the device indoors (outdoors it could overheat), and I could have moved the plants indoors, but I have a storage closet on the balcony and I was able to set up the reservoir on a tray table in the closet and run the tubing under the door to the plants which, per instruction, were a couple of feet below the reservoir (on the balcony floor). I would have liked a few extra plant emitters and would like to be able to buy more tubing in the future, but have not found a source. Emitters that you find at home centers are NOT the same and won't work; they will just run constantly... and the drip irrigation hose available at home centers is different, it's more ridged and very difficult to remove from the emitters and the Oasis after use if you want. The tubing provided with Oasis is soft and pliable.

After searching Internet for a long time to find a watering system, I decided to risk $80 and buy this one. And what a wonderful surprise - after 32 days, all plants were thriving! I used the 30 day setting with 18 drippers and there was still some water left at the bottom. Throughout my vacation I was worried about my plants - in spite of reading positive reviews on Amazon, I was still a bit concerned, since 30 days is a long time, especially in summer.
Here are some tips for people who are using this system for the 1st time:
1. The 10/20/30/40 day settings actually mean this: "If the tank is full, this system will empty it through 20 drippers in that much time".
2. 30 day setting with 20 drippers will release just a bit too much water for small plants (6" pot or so)
3. Even if you're away only 10 days, it's ok to use 30 day setting, even with all drippers used - that releases plenty of water
4. Make sure to follow instructions on expelling all air from the hose
5. Do not let any dirt or larger particles into the tank
6. Make sure the plants are in the shade, at least most of the day
7. 2 drippers/30 day program are enough even for a small tree (I have 4 pine trees, 4-7' tall)

I was so glad to find all plants safe after my long trip; even though I could've maybe asked a friend, it was worth $80 to avoid asking for such favors.

My husband and I bought this in June 2006. We used it off an on when we went on trips in 2007. We got it out of storage in August 2008 because we were going on vacation and naturally, it doesn't work anymore. The battery light comes on, but no water comes out. Removed the hoses and retested it - still nothing. The problem seems to be inside the water containment unit itself. Of course, the warrantee is up - it was only good for 2 years. I hate to throw it away, but at the same time I'm not paying money to ship it to Italy either. I checked the Claber website (English version) and there's definitely no help there. Too bad there is no US support for this product.

I used this watering system while away from home for 23 days. My 13 plants were connected as outlined in the instructions provided. The 3 largest pots each had 2 drippers, all the rest of the plants had 1 each. Set up was easy, but plants had to be placed fairly close together to fit the length of tubing provided. After reading the product reviews, I decided to use the 40-day setting so as not to overwater the plants, as some reviewers had described this as being a problem.

Upon arriving home I found all the plants healthy. A few of the plants with poor drainage were overwatered and water had overflowed into the collection containers I had placed beneath all the plants as a precaution. The larger plants that I had used 2 drippers to water did not overflow, as the pots were large enough (10 - 12 inch diameter) to handle the amount of water.

Bottom line: the product did the job. However, be sure to use pans beneath each pot to catch any overflow (this suggestion is not in the setup instructions, but I'm very glad I did this to protect the floor in my apartment). You might also consider repotting any plants that have outgrown their pots before using this watering system.

I bought this to use while we will be away and the set up was really easy. I have 20 plants wih sizes ranging from big to small. Distributes water evenly, the only problem 2 of my plants that were really small were getting too much water, so I took them out of the loop.

I set this up about 6 weeks before leaving to see if it the water would last the 40 days as advertised. I have 2 more weeks to go before the 40 days are up but judging from the amount of water remaining it is right on target.

Plants also look well and the soil is moist. Sure beats having to bring the plants to family and friends to care for while away.

It does what is says!

The product does a great job of watering your plants while you are away. When you first open the box it is a little daunting to see all the hose and little plastic parts. But, if you follow the directions exactly it works like a charm! I have 10 house plants. I set the dial to the slowest feed when I left for a 3 week business trip. When I returned everything was as lush and green and vibrant as before I left. I definitely recommend this product for people that travel a lot and have house plants. On a side note, I noticed that the plants that were closest to the device and first to receive and last to receive water received slightly more than the other plants. I elevated the unit just a couple of inches higher than the minimum directed. Despite this, all the plants thrived while I was away.