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Setting up a watering system for your yard can be a somewhat daunting task. However, Orbit® has taken all of the guesswork out of this and put together a complete kit for getting you started on your very own irrigation system. There are no timers to insta
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very incomplete - only works for very small gardens,
By Teddeler (New Mexico) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Orbit Drip Irrigation Installation Instructions For Dummies (Kitchen)
I have enjoyed numerous books from the "... For Dummies" series. I love how they approach their material in a way that someone who knows nothing about the subject can understand. The books then go on to give a useful level of depth about the subject. This kit does not. The 'book' is a pamphlet and is only useful for very small gardens. Just because I am a drip irrigation dummy does not mean I am a dummy with a small garden. I'm picking up my drip irrigation knowlege piecemeal with no confidence in my conclusions and hoped that this kit would solve that. It doesn't. I want to know what size pipes are appropriate where? How many emitters can I connect before the water pressure gets too low? What, exactly, is an emitter? How does water pressure affect my setup? When are filters necessary? What the heck's a manifold? How long are you supposed to water (that would be a complex answer depending on emitter, water pressure, and soil, I would imagine)? What kind of timers are best for which situations? When I go looking for answers I tend to get swamped with options I don't understand. I would expect a dummies book to address these questions clearly and concisely. Instead you get something that's only useful if you're trying to water less than a dozen plants and that will probably get clogged up fairly soon because there's no filter (or so I gather - I could be wrong about that, I haven't found a book to explain it properly to me).
Edited to add: (at request from the comments) Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates, 2nd edition is the closest I've come to finding my answers. It's not as 'basic' as I would like and I haven't tried to implement its reccomendations yet but it does appear to have the answers to my questions.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good starter product,
By Chase (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Orbit Drip Irrigation Installation Instructions For Dummies (Kitchen)
This is a good starter product and helped me with my first drip irrigation system. I stared at all the individual components in the Home Depot first and then got this one. It comes with all the items you need to hook it up to your hose or existing sprinkler and also has 50 feet of drip line and 50 feet of regular line. Great start and while not for the largest of gardens will provide a good base that you can then expand with the tons of other options that are available on the market.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Drip Irrigation for Dummies,
By Mike T Beach Dude (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orbit Drip Irrigation Installation Instructions For Dummies (Kitchen)
I initally installed these systems in four copper flower boxes that are roughly 18" x 48" rectangles. A 4-line manifold was attached to the 1/2" feed pipe in each flower box. (I used a ball valve on the outside of each flower box feed pipe so I could control each box independently if issues developed.) The 4-station manifold may require some work. I had to clean out green plastic injection flashing on two of the 4 manifold lines so that full water pressure could be had at the small sprinkers. I used a 3/32" drill bit in my drill and cleaned them out, then they worked perfectly. The small sprinkers that come with the kit are excellent. You can individually adjust the radius of the water spray from a few inches out to in my case 9 inches. Also, these small sprinkers do not easily clog up with calcium deposits. I've had some installed for 2 years with no problems. The water output when using the sprinkers is done in a soft multi-stream form, not a high pressure mist form, thus this kit gets the job done without spraying water all over my deck. This is the best small watering setup I have had in the last 40 years. I've now converted all my dripers to these small sprinker type output heads.
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