Costwise have come up with a simple solution in their Oscillating Bar Lawn Sprinkler by including a base with metal construction, instead of using more-commonly-found plastic. This adds more weight to the sprinkler, making it less likely to jump around. Kärcher Premium Oscillating Sprinkler has loads of switches so you really can customise what you’re watering to a larger extent than the average sprinkler There are a lot of different lawn sprinklers on the market and knowing more about each style will help you find a good garden sprinkler for the area you want to water. Rotary Sprinkler The Gardena OS140 pop-up sprinkler is our choice for the best in this category, bringing the reliability that this brand is known for, and a healthy dose of style to go with it. Watering performance is good (but not amazing) with average water pressure, and the build quality is among the best out of all the products we tested. Overall, you want a sprinkler with a range of spray patterns that oscillates in a way that suits your space. Also, a quality hose connector is a must– there’s nothing worse than a leaking sprinkler!

We test garden sprinklers by connecting them to a hosepipe and putting them to work on a flat garden lawn for a period of 20 minutes. We measure the range covered by the spray and look at the density and coverage of the spray pattern, to see if it leaves obvious gaps – or throws more water out in some places than in others. Sprinklers Direct Design supply, install and maintain domestic and residential sprinkler systems to BS9251:2021 the latest applicable standard. In practice, we found no leakage at the base. It looks like it will outlast the five-year warranty (which is the same warranty on all Gardena products listed) and it did well with both low and high pressure. There’s also a metal base on it, which makes it feel extra sturdy as it has that bit of weight, and the manufacturer says the rest has been made to withstand frost and UV damage.

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They’re also useful if you have low water pressure, as the cover a small area and don’t require as much force to spray water as moving sprinklers. Pop Up Sprinkler If you have average water pressure of between 2 and 4 bar, then you should have no problems using the Guntek to its full potential, and enjoy close to its maximum range of 20.4 metres and 16.5 metre spray width. That’s not the largest coverage available, but should be more than enough for smaller gardens. Customer satisfaction is central to what we do with 50% of our work from repeat clients leaving us plenty opportunity to develop new relationships and find more long-standing clients. We have over 65years collective knowledge within our team, multiple BS9251 certified sprinkler designers and a FIRAS approved Director.

Although I don’t personally use them because of my artificial grass, this unit does also have ground stakes to keep it in place. This can be useful if you’ve pets, kids or crazy water pressure! Don’t let that put you off though. With the tap turned fully open, and as long as your home’s water pressure isn’t terrible, you will get a decent spray in a circular pattern. Unfortunately, it doesn’t spin that well with the tap turned right down, and wouldn’t be the best choice for smaller gardens. The flow rate of course depends on the water pressure in your area. Kärcher claim the maximum coverage area is 320m2. In real times, this is probably enough to cover a small garden without having to change the sprinkler’s location. For medium gardens you might have to reposition it once or twice. And for larger gardens a bit more. But that’s of course to be expected with any sprinkler.The orbit travelling sprinkler is powered from your water pressure, and as the two metal sprayers spin, helicopter style, on top, the mini tractor is propelled forward. It’s really simple, but very clever. Assembly and setting up is a piece of cake too, no more difficult than installing the Karcher oscillating sprinkler, except perhaps one small part when you need to use a little bit of force to pop a couple of plastic pieces over the metal spray rods. Now, we all love a tool with adjustable settings – but isn’t it great when you’re not limited to just the 3 or 4 gradient settings provided by the manufacturer?