Customer Reviews

Gardena HydroFan Oscillating Sprinkler 3200 #36965

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4 star:		(1)
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2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(5)

 

 

I have used one of these little Gardena sprinklers for 15 years and found it reliable and easy to set for the area I wanted to water. It doesn't puddle and leak as so many oscillating sprinklers do. It is easy to set the spray to water small, narrow spaces, such as our 10' wide side yard without over-spray onto our neighbor's car or into our windows. I would recommend it to anyone who wants precise watering without waste.

I'm here after failing to find another Gardena Grande locally. I've own two of these: one I've had for about 13 years (it's pretty much toast, but what do you expect from a plastic sprinkler?), and the other one for about 7 or 8 years. Despite the comments of others, I've found this sprinkler's durability to be one of its best assets. In my experience, if these sprinklers stop oscillating, it's because they've been stepped on - that bends the aluminum tube skids that connect both ends and can pinch the middle part to keep it from oscillating. Carefully straighten them out again, and it should work fine.

I've tried various others, including Melnors and Craftsman sprinklers that cost much more, but this is by far the most versatile and useful sprinkler I've ever owned. There's nothing that rivals the ease and flexibility of Gardena's tab system for adjusting the width of the sweep on the fly - if there was just a way to locally control the flow (and thus the length of the sweep), it would be perfect.

I'm puzzled by several other reviewers that say thiers stoppped oscillating shortly after purchase. Maybe they've changed the design, or maybe I'm just lucky (with sprinklers, anyway...), but I've certainly not treated mine with kid gloves, and they've been working fine for years. Occasional sticking is the reason I need a new one to replace my oldest one, but, heck, the thing has lived 13 years in the Texas sun: The adjusting rings are a pale coral now, and the plastic is starting to flake off all over - it's even outlived two or three Gardena quick-connects and half a dozen o-rings. I've certainly gotten my money's worth - Highly recommended.

The Gardena sprinkler is a great and capable little irrigator. Its european rooted design and mechanics prove itself with even coverage. This one is my second - the first served ten years of consistent use in Austin, Texas.

That pretty much says it all--I won't buy any other kind of sprinkler. Mine is probably 10 years old and works perfectly.

I am now on my 4th and probably last sprinkler of this type. This sprinkler feels solid, has the convenient quick-connect feature of all Gardena sprinklers, and has a concentrated spray pattern (i.e., provides a good soak over a small area vs. most other sprinklers that provide a little water over a larger area). The downfall is in its oscillating mechanism. After intermittent use for home watering, the mechanism in each of the units I purchased stopped oscillating with the "best" working for about 6 months and the worst/most recent sprinkler lasting only 2 weeks. Poor performance for the cost - not recommended. I have owned and can recommend Gardena's Gardena 31948-5 Circular Sprinkler Vario/Sled.

this is the easiest to use, best sprinkler! we bought some for our friends too.

I've had many lawn sprinklers before and I certainly feel this Gardena sprinkler is the best--the very best for watering a lawn and/or flower beds. Price is right too!

I have owned many sprinklers and this one is the best. It is so easy to control the direction of the spray - no more getting hit in the face with a full spray of water! Also included is an attachement for hose easy on/off. I just love it!

While I was waiting for the Gardena Polo 2400 to be "in stock," I picked up a Hydro-Fan. As other reviews note, it has a dense fan pattern that covers an area well, but at low flow rates (necessary given our low-flow well) it will run for a while and then get stuck (stop oscillating).
I ordered the Polo 2400 when it was in stock and the 2400 continues to run well, no matter the flow rate.

I read below someone had bad luck, I think that's all it was, as I've had four of these cooking for several years. I also own pre-timer version aquazooms (what's the point of the timer, any Gardena fan already has timers on all the faucets), and they are a good match for different areas. None better so far as I know.