Customer Reviews

Gilmour Metal Turbine Sprinkler 9836Z

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Save your reviews on this thing until you've owned it awhile. I used it only the end of one season and it worked well. I drained it and stored it inside. The next spring it wouldn't oscillate consistently. This sprinkler looked too good and appeared too well made so I bought another one. It too stopped oscillating consistently after one season. I would come out and find one area of the yard flooded and the rest dry. A sprinkler this expensive should last more than one season. I'm going to buy a cheap one and throw it away if it quits. I could make a down payment on a car for the price of two of these boat anchors.

Love the sprinkler. I've looked everywhere for an all metal one. I have an issue w/ my dog, who attacks the sprinkler when it's on. I've gone through many sprinkers because of her. Although she can still drag it across the lawn, she's yet to do any damage at all. It also works great, good coverage, gets the grass wet.

Like another reviewer, I have found that the plastic gears on this sprinkler soon begin sticking, rendering it useless. I've bought two, one began sticking frequently after 2 months, the other after a season. I have the intake screened, so it's not due to dirt, the gearbox must be poorly designed.

This is one of those items that is pass/fail - it either does what it says it will do or it doesn't. This sprinkler does what it says it will do. It was recommended when I bought it that I buy more than one for convenience. I plan to do so.

Well constructed! Great coverage. I can do the entire front yard and only move the sprinkler once. It oscillates back and forth rapidly so the area you want watered is covered and there isn't as much pooling of water as with some oscillating sprinklers. Our neighbor has one and we were always in envy...now we have one of our own.

I bought this fantastic heavy duty Gilmour metal sprinkler five years ago and I love it. I'd highly recommend it if you're in the market for a good quality sprinkler that will last forever. I love that it's easy to set, those two red paddles slide closer together or farther apart (no little knobs that get stuck and are difficult to turn) and it has a wide variety of widths that you can adjust for. The sprinkler also works with a little water pressure or a lot of water pressure to help water smaller or larger garden areas. It's all zinc and brass and heavy enough to take some serious water pressure, I've never found it flipped over in the garden like others I've owned. After going through a few cheap sprinklers, I invested in this one and I've been happy with it for the last 5 years and it's still going strong.

The only trouble you may have with this sprinkler is when trying to use a lower water pressure to water a smaller area. Most likely this is because of your frost free faucet not the sprinkler. After we replaced our frost free faucets with regular ball valves with a shutoff valve inside for winter, we now have more water pressure control and more pressure overall than with the old frost-free faucets. I can now set the sprinkler to water a really small area and my entire lawn as well.

I highly recommend this sprinkler. I bought this unit using Amazon.com because my local Lowe's no longer carried this particular unit. I now have four of these units. I have yet to experience any problem with wear of the nylon gears. One of the reasons I like this unit is that it has a heavy metal base. Comnpared to Rain Bird units it is much more durable, much quieter in operation, much easier to adjust.

I purchased this oscillating sprinkler 2 summers ago. I chose this one as I wanted one with a heavy duty metal base that would be stable on my less than stellar lawn. The sprinkler worked great for a while, with a nice even pattern and good coverage. Unfortunately, like others, it has stopped oscillating.

It's unfortunate that the inner mechanicals have stopped functioning, as until it stopped oscillating it really was a nice sprinkler...

I have been using Gilmour oscillating sprinklers for the past eight years and have been very satisfied. I have a relatively large yard and refuse to pay the high cost of an automatic sprinkler system. I bought this particular model in 2005 and it lasted almost 5 years before encountering the problem described by other reviewers (it just quit oscillating). In my experience, this is to be expected with any sprinkler of this type after a few seasons of use. The great thing about buying a Gilmour sprinkler is the outstanding warranty replacement service you receive. You are truly getting a lifetime warranty. Whenever one of my sprinklers breaks, I simply call the customer service line and describe the problem. Within a week a new sprinkler shows up at my door! This really is far and away a better customer service experience you would ever expect. So, when yours breaks, don't just throw it away! Spend 5 minutes on the phone with the friendly people at Gilmour and they'll send you a brand new one for free.

My unit is in its second season and works great. I bought it because it has different method to set width of spray--the two red arms/levers...other units seem to die after a year or so and just spray part of the yard no matter how you set them.

I came here to buy a second unit but now the reviews cause me some concern!

Well, I didn't pay this much for mine, paid about $40, so if it lasts another year it will have been worth it.