Customer Reviews

Raindrip R559DP Automatic Drip Watering Kit

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OK first the pros, this will save you a lot of time compared with the "pull out the hose and spray it around" method. A lot of time. And your patio plants will love you for it too--I grow tomatoes, herbs, and flowers on my patio and all my little ones produced much better when I got this (with less water waste).

The downside... The attachment from the spigot to the machine always leaked. I couldnt' get it to fit perfectly right, despite trying everything in the manual. It would be really nice if they also included a rubber tube or something to fit over the threads and the end of the tube that attaches to the spigot to make sure nothing leaks.
The machine itself also conked out after about a year...I changed the battery and everything, but it never worked right again. I did buy another, but if there was another option out there I probably would have gone with a different brand.

It is 1/4 inch tubing and all accessories, not 1/2 inch. Repeat, there is no 1/2 tubing with this kit. The only way it differs from the much cheaper container kit (R552D) is that this one includes an automatic timer.
After looking at reviews for the included timer here at Amazon, I would probably just get the cheaper kit at $20, and get a better rated timer from another company.

We've had the system for about a month & we're happy we purchased it.

The system was somewhat easy to set up, although we did need to spend extra time re-adjusting the flow. Despite using almost all of the tubing, there are no leaks. The timer is wonderful! Just came home from a 2-week vacation & all of the deck plants are healthy.

We have 15 pots on the system and needed to remove the flow control to push water to the end plants. Watering 20 plants might be optimistic.

The included 75' of tubing provided a good amount of coverage to water everything around my pool deck. The included drippers work great and they plumbed in easily and quickly. Unfortunately though, as others have commented the faucet attachment portion leaks horribly and just ends up flooding my patio. If I can't fix it with a better O ring I am going to have to return it.

Update: The valve failed after a few months and I called to get warranty service. They were very accusatory and nasty about replacing it, but they did send me a new one and honored their warranty. This replacement one just failed on me (again about 2-3 months after).

The timer on this kit is extremely low quality. All of the fittings are plastic and it seemed as though the threading would strip on its first installation. The knobs fell off the first time I tried to use them.

This is a lot easier to set up than you'd think looking at the directions on the back of the box. It's highly customizable, so as you get more plants, and want more extensions, they are easy to add. The connector to the faucet does drip at bit, but thats not a big deal. There is not a single leak of any sort in my 20x15 patio, so thats really what matters. I'm getting a second kit for my front yard too, its so simple. I found this product for $35 at Lowes.

The timer works great and the whole system is super easy to set up. I found the instructions on the box work better than the book enclosed. I have 13 medium to large pots on my patio so I had to order extra "T" connectors and line drip heads. I read one of the reviews where the person stated to replace the stiff yellow ring on the timer with a rubber hose ring. Nothing leaks at all. The hose hides easily beneath the rock surrounding the patio. This system is perfect and saves me a ton of time - plus we go to our cabin every weekend so this allows me to container garden and not worry about searing hot weekends.

Very good product. Our hanging plants always die while we are on vacation. This year they actually grew while we were gone! Very easy to install though instructions are somewhat vague,(I am a mechanic and I was able to figure most of it out without instructions).Also, there are not enough hose clips for an overhead installation for hanging plants. Overall, I am very satisfied with this product. Note: Ad says 1/2" hose but is really 1/4".

Got the product hooked it up, and it worked fine for a week. Then product stopped working, tried changing batteries no help. Allmost killed 6 hanging baskets on my porch. Would not buy from raindrip ever again!!!!!!!!!!!!

We used to have two of these. After about a year both timers got stuck in the On position. A set of news batteries didn't help.

Very convenient while it worked but I would recommend getting a more reliable timer than the the one included in this kit.