- Made of clear, green-tinted plastic
- Tall style allows for easy readability
- Just lift the cup out of the stand and empty each day
- Measures rainfall in inches
- 31-1/2 by 3 inches
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Now there's a decorative way to gauge rainfall. The Dr. Friedrichs Gruppe 31-1/2-inch plastic rain gauge measures 1 millimeter of precipitation per square meter, or one liter, up to 1-1/2 inches, or up to 40 millimeters. Not only is it functional, it's an attractive addition to your garden or lawn. The deep green metal pole can be easily inserted into the ground. Attached to the pole is a curved, plastic holder designed to embrace the softer green-tinted plastic gauge perfectly, all the while adding grace to your outside environment. Large white numbers make the gauge easy to read, and white markings in between the numbers give you the perfect reading, no matter if it's misting or raining cats and dogs.
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Give your lawn, plants, and flowers the nourishment they need to grow and mature. Water is a vital part of their growth, and too little or too much can be harmful. As we cannot control Mother Nature during downpours or droughts, we can control our watering habits with sprinklers. Each species has its own requirement for water levels making them hard to maintain. A solution to this problem is the rain gauge. A rain gauge measures, in inches, the amount of rainfall, or the amount of sprinkler water used. It does this by recording the depth of the water collected in the measuring cup. Read the measuring cylinder daily by taking it out of its holder. Make sure to empty it daily or weekly, and it is ready to measure water levels again. These rain gauges are very accurate, provided you set them up securely at ground level, just high enough to avoid splashes. Also make sure it is in an exposed area away from buildings, trees or other tall objects. They are made of clear, green-tinted tough plastic, however, it is not recommended to let water freeze in the gauge during winter months.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Attractive way to Gauge Water Application,
By Al the Pal "Al the Pal" (The Fruited Plain, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dr.Friedrichs Gruppe 447500 Rain-Gauge (Lawn & Patio)
This is an attractive fixture to add to your garden - the green colors blend in nicely with your foliage, if it is still alive!The overall legnth of the fixture is 31", by the time you sink the stand into the ground, it will be about 2' high. This is a good height, most sprinklers will hit it so you can tell how much water you are putting on. That is the only way I've been able to measure moisture in mine, we have had a severe drought going on out here since I bought my gauge. I hope there's no connection! (I even keep our convertable waxed and the top down all the time.) The 1/4" white letters have graduations in tenths of an inch and millimeters and are fairly easy to read at a distance of 20'. It only has graduations to 1.5", so if you have a real "frog strangler," this gauge will probably overflow. (The old 5 gallon bucket on the back lawn will still work for a major storm - just put a big rock in it to hold it down and take it out before you measure the water.) This is made in Germany, and the label has a description in six languages; German, Dutch, Spanish, Danish, French and English.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Dr.Friedrich Rain Gauge,
By H.Vogel (angel fire, nm United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dr.Friedrichs Gruppe 447500 Rain-Gauge (Lawn & Patio)
I used the Friedrich rain gauge for 9 months. That is until it broke. That was by thermal expansion of the condensate (i.e. the water). The collected rain had frozen. In short, the material of the gauge should have a thermal expansion coefficient greater than that of ice, and not smaller (as it is).The gauge's diameters (collection area versus collecting cylinder cross-section) are chosen so as to provide useful magnification for reading. That is approximately 2-to-1. The calibration is in l/m˛ (i.e. litre per metre squared, which equals mm [millimetre] of water depth, as if one were to measure it), and also in inches (as if one were to measure water depth). In summary good instrument, also suitable for precision measurement, however unsuitable for use at temperatures much below freezing. I wish this problem will soon be corrected as indicated.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Shoddy rain gauge,
By Jan Hutson (Austin, Texas United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Dr.Friedrichs Gruppe 447500 Rain-Gauge (Lawn & Patio)
This rain gauge was a disappointment all the way around. First, it arrived broken. Second, it was made of plastic when I had thought (judging by the photo) that it was wought iron. And third, it was marked in meters instead of inches. It was made in Germany and should have stayed there.
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