Rain Bird SST-600o Simple to Set Indoor/Outdoor 6-Zone Timer

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Price: $92.37 $83.99   

Product Feature

• Automatic outdoor watering system timer with control for up to 6 zones
• Simple zone-by-zone setting allows you to customize watering schedules for different areas
• Easy-to-operate system lets you choose start time, watering duration, and days of week
• Large, easy-to-read screen and backlit buttons allow you to review settings at a glance
• Sealed case protects against moisture, insects, and grime; superior surge protection

Product Description

Add more value, versatility and convenience to your automatic underground watering system with this outdoor 6 zone timer. Customize watering schedules tailored to your unique landscape needs, while dramatically conserving water and improving lawn and plant health. The Simple Set Timer offers maximum versatility and efficient watering with water-conscious features like the automatic rain shut-off to stop operation during rain. It can easily be connected to existing drip systems. Easy dial control settings for each of the 6 zones with clearly displayed screen details.

Rain Bird SST-600o Simple to Set Indoor/Outdoor 6-Zone Timer Review

For its price this is a really nice timer. Unfortunately its programming capabilities are very limited, and in order to make it work for me, I needed to fool the system a bit.
The problem is this: you can only program one single start time for a given zone and then make it run once, twice, three times or four times. As such not so bad were it not that you cannot adjust the interval between the additional times. Therefore this timer is not very suitable for the tropics (we have sun up at 7:00 am and down at 7:00 pm). Typically you would want to water early morning and late afternoon. That's not possible with this timer, because the interval for a 2 times a day schedule is 6 hours only (i.e. 7:00 am and 1:00 pm). Interval for 3 times a day is 4 hours (i.e. 07:00 am, 11:00 am and 3:00 pm) and interval for 4 times a day is 3 hours (07:00 am, 10:00 am, 1:00 pm and 4:00 pm). As you see, not a desired schedule. I decided then to water 3 times at night, but that's not possible, because the latest start time you can program is 3:45 pm. I fooled the system by adjusting the clock 12 hours (so am is pm). Now my system water at 8:00 pm, 12:00 am and 4:00 am, which so far works well. One a very hot day I just give it an extra run by pushing the "water all now" button.

In short:

Pros
- Easy to install and to operate. I didn't even read the manual
- Six zones; each zone's start time can be programmed individually
- Timer prevents two zones to water at the same time, so basically you can program all zones for the same time. The computer will start at zone one, then run zone 2 etc.
- Handy "water all now" and "water 1 zone now" buttons
- Sturdy case that seems pretty much UV resistant
- System does not need a battery to remember the program and date/time after a power failure

Cons:
- Just one start time per zone, then limited additional start times
- Start time cannot be later than 3:45 pm

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