Customer Reviews

Melnor 3018 6-Cycle Digital Aqua Timer

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I bought this timer because my lawn is in horrible shape and I needed to dethatch and seed. My goal for the timer was to water at various times throughout the day to keep the seed wet to get it to germinate and grow...

As far as I can tell, the timer is well constructed and it is very easy to program. Another nice feature is the manual turn on button - if you hit the manual ON button it only stays on for the amount of time you have programmed. Press and forget...nice.

I give it a 3 instead of a 5 because the ad is misleading and I would have bought a different timer if I had known. It says it is a 6-cycle timer and doesn't mention much else. That does NOT mean that you can set 6 different programs per day. It means that you can set the repeat time, instead of every 24 hours, down to every 4 hours. 24hrs/4hrs = 6 times per day. That's actually what the ad is describing. I don't know about you, but I don't water at night. That can make the lawn more susceptable to disease.

Since I don't have weeks to return it and buy one that can handle multiple programs I opted to just turn it on when I go to work in the morning, have the timer come on in the middle of the day and have my wife turn it on when she gets home. This way the seed stays wet all day.

Melnor has their timer manuals available on their website(www.melnor.com/instructions). I suggest reading the manual before you buy the timer to make sure it is what you need.

A nicely designed water timer that uses 9V instead of 1.5V battery, making it more reliable for the whole summer. Simple and easy to program, very compact, with a simple, durable valve that opens and closes with a click, rather than a running motor.

No knobs, dials,ect. Just 2 buttons and a menu to follow for foolproof watering. Diaphram type valve only works when water pressure is sensed by the timer, and a nine volt battery lasts all season!

I have owned the dial water timer for about 1 year. It works good, but it is a little more difficult to use. It sometimes loses the settings. This new digital has worked great and has not lost the settings once. the battery indicator is also a plus. I use this timer for my landscape watering which is not really heavy duty stuff. Just about 30 minutes per day. I love it...no worries.

This is the first time I used a timer other than one that ran off of water flow. Those worked sort of but never really ran for the exact time you set it for. This is a lot different. It is easy to set up and works great. If you set it for two hours, it works for two hours.

I didn't like having to take screws out of the back cover in order to install the battery, but it works so well that that is just a very minor inconvenience and you'll only have to do it once a season.

It's a real convenience. I set it up to water in the morning like it's supposed to be done and I fell comfortable that it will turn on and, just as importantly, turn off.

This is a great product, very reliable and easy to program. I like it so much I ordered a second one for the back yard. The only change I'd like to see would be an easy way to suspend the watering cycle without having to reprogram it, but that's not a big deal.

Oh, and an earlier reviewer is mistaken about the manual function (which is very convenient). When you turn it on manually it times out in 30 minutes, regardless of what cycle time you've programmed into it.

easy to use, great for those of us who don't have every thing on timers

This item works great. It is easy to program and install. I actually own 3 of the Melnor 3018 models. I would trade it for the world.

Really too soon to say but I like this timer.

I've had only two other water timers before this one and they were touchpad programmable Nelson Rain Date / Better Home & Gardens (same type) with separatable programmer/valve, both which eventually broke down due to water intrusion. Although, those lasted much longer than the relatively short time I've had this Melnor.

I'm hoping for better longevity since it seems built very well for being plastic. Only time will tell.

The evenly spaced 6 cycles (every four hours) works well for the landscape waterfall/birdbath combo I made. No low battery trouble (yet) after those past six months (now stored away for winter).

The product works great for two o three weeks but after that you get the low battery sign and stops working. I was watering just once a day for a 10 minutes period.