groothewanderer wrote:Um..how does one go in for 3 when its Twofer Tuesday?

I'm sure he meant 3 sets (or 6), which is what I'm in for (I like dangling my prepositions).

This is perfect timing, as I'm about to re-seed the lawn.

There are rotary sprinklers that can be in fact adjusted similar to star patterns!

At Lowes they have a Rotary Sprinker with adjustable guids that can be shapped like a roller coaster or however dips and spikes you want.

It's like a plastic round band that surrounds the sprinkler head. You push it up or down in the areas you want to go further or closer.

I'm sure it works, but when I was messing with one in the store, it broke, so I don't know how good it is...

-Mario

brieanna wrote:I would totally be in for this but water makes my grass grow which requires me to mow it.

egg-zack! i find the optimum scenario for my lawn is, mow at highest height and never water it, thus conserving water... darn stuff is still suburban green concrete, nobody's into wildflowers around here despite the environmental benefit of diversity. at least they've banned lawn chemicals round here... but there's still no emission regulation on mowers (i could drive my mom's prius to pittsburgh an back putting out less bad stuff than one o' them does in an hour)... and will somebody explain to me why everybody in detroit has a frickin' riding mower even though their lawn's smaller'n their garage? aren't those folks outta work? oh, and every other house's got a dog, whatsupwitdat? should turn the hose on those mutts... or, maybe a series of sprinklers... waitaminit...

Whelp. It would be pointless to just get 1 set, so in for 3!

(Only have 2 hoses and already have 2 sprinklers but cant pass up the deal :/ )

TheMauveStorm3 wrote:Note all of the Western states purchased these... thanks for watering your deserts.

You can thank us when you come out for a vacation!

they look like robot feet

Do the words "pulsating sprinkler" make anyone else giggle?

This is THE Answer! Watering Made Easy!

http://www.wateringmadeeasy.com

geo8rge wrote:

Hey woot this is the one you should be selling. Now thats my idea of a lawn sprinkler to make your neighbors (kids) jealous or (adults) think you are a wooTARD.

Sounds good to me....I'm in for 1 or should I say 2...

HnryTlnd wrote:Did anyone else mistake these for cybernetic moon shoes get excited and spill beer on themselves?

Dude, TOTALLY

I really could use these, but smart post is a deal breaker, I will need to water my lawn before these arrive.

SEEDEN wrote:This is THE Answer! Watering Made Easy!

http://www.wateringmadeeasy.com

I've seen BJ's carry the top one...

-Me

A great deal for five bux...A bargain at twice the price...I am a Landscaper and use these without any real issues...I have about ten of them...

Alternative:
Don't water. Seriously, if the lawn can't take the natural conditions where you live, let it die and something that CAN live will take over. Mowed weeds are still green.
Let the neighborhood association whine. They give up eventually.

m3rdpwr wrote:There are rotary sprinklers that can be in fact adjusted similar to star patterns!

At Lowes they have a Rotary Sprinker with adjustable guids that can be shapped like a roller coaster or however dips and spikes you want.

It's like a plastic round band that surrounds the sprinkler head. You push it up or down in the areas you want to go further or closer.

I'm sure it works, but when I was messing with one in the store, it broke, so I don't know how good it is...

-Mario

I used one of those for a couple of years. I loved that I could water a square with a rotary sprinkler.

why cant i go back and order another set anyone know why???

knigjes wrote:Nelson is based in Walla Walla, WA. They are big on USA manufacturing... and run a highly automated system to compete with cheap labor.
(I was an engineering student nearby)

AWESOME! I'm tempted just to get these just because they're manufactured in the US. Good to remember when I see that name in the future.

How many of these must they have? I thought they would sell out before morning was over.

JAKWoot wrote:A healthy/growing lawn also reduces the temp around the house upwards of 10 degrees Fred. I bet he doesn't water but blasts the AC and dumps chems in Spring when he has a yard of weeds.

Link to something saying this is true please. B/c it sounds like total garbage to me.

mikeslps wrote:That is really the only acceptable use for watering a lawn. Especially for the folks who live in areas where the water is being depleted. It's a lawn. If yours isn't the greenest and you care......you have problems.The only time I will ever consider watering my lawn is if I'm putting my house on the market.

I'm sure your neighbors love you.

Woo Woo!!!!!!!!! Love these; they are great! Almost as great as Woot is

If you live out west, and you are not watering a lawn around your house, you are wasting electricity trying to cool your house!
The cooling effect of damp grass around your home is eqivalent to a really, really big evaporative cooler.
The effect is immensly noticable.
In places like Utah, the electricity is from coal fired plants. So, you are causing more air pollution too.
If your electricity is hydroelectric, you might be killing salmon or at least ruining rivers and filling up canyons like Lake Powell did.

mikeslps wrote:a Google search on _____________ turns up nearly 2 million results. I guess snappy answers trump the truth in the age of the internet.

...because we all know that if something is repeating lots of time by lots of people, it is immediately rendered "truth".

I think this is the first time "I read it on the Internet so it must be true" was uttered by somebody who was NOT joking. *sigh*

Just saw these at Meijer for $12.99 each. They are made in China. The stakes appear to be steel, not aluminum. Look decent so I'm in for four.

derbaloid wrote:why cant i go back and order another set anyone know why???

Because this is Woot. You can only buy up to three, and you can only make one purchase a day.

If you really want more, get somebody else to set up an account and have them buy it for you.

Bought one of these a year or two ago. It worked well. Too well actually. What I remember is that it had a very long range for my water pressure, but it was very loud. My lawn is so small and it was close enough to the house that I didn't want something that loud so I didn't use it more than once or twice, so I can't tell you how durable it is.

Have a big lawn and not concerned about noise, go for it. Heck of a deal.

I just checked my local walmart and they have these for $9 each.

It not a bad deal if you need 6 of them, but I don't need 6. I doubt I would need 2, so I will just get one at Walmart when I need it.

bradenmcg wrote:Yeah, there are times I wish my grass was Emo, because then it would cut itself.

Do you recycle your grass clippings the way you recycle jokes?

derbaloid wrote:why cant i go back and order another set anyone know why???

If you want another set you need to set up another account.

Good grief! You're investing $2.50 a piece, give them a try. You guys mus be a riot at a car dealer.

This isn't the Nelson out of Walla Walla. These guys are from Peoria, IL. The Walla Walla company is focused on agricultural irrigation, not homeowners. They are the ones responsible for the center-pivot agricultural sprinklers, making the inland northwest some of the most efficient irrigated cropland on the planet.

The other Nelson still makes a pretty good product, however.

In for one. Good timing since I figured out yesterday half of my sprinklers don't work. Now I just need a hose or two to actually make them work...

My first Woot! Got 6

maxers2 wrote:In for one. Good timing since I figured out yesterday half of my sprinklers don't work. Now I just need a hose or two to actually make them work...

Why not just get some hose and make the old ones work... can't believe he forgot the hose

bagoat wrote:PLEASE tell me this doesn't mean you water your lawn with bottled water?!!

lol. No, duh. That means NOT using city water to make my lawn SLIGHTLY greener. It gets what the clouds give and any storm water runoff I collect.

I'm not eating the grass, so why should I pamper it? I selected the type for its resilience. It'll stay green even in seasonal droughts.

If your grass needs to be watered all the time it's time to choose another type of grass.

It seems fairly evedent that many Wooters don't have enough to do during the day if they have all these inane questions about a stinking lawn sprinkler.

stevesds wrote:Don't thank me for using up the water.
Blame Vegas, baby!

Better yet, why don't you gripe at the people with insane daily commutes! They're using up all the gasoline reserves when they could just live closer to work instead!

Fresh water is more important than fuel, any day, any time. Even despite the pollution. Pumping water to deserts from the colorado river system and parts of California is a non-sustainable system, and downright stupid.

Besides, almost every state that has large swaths of desert/dry land do have milder sub-climates. Especially in the mountains. So I doubt everyone in said states are trying to grow grass in a desert, although I have seen it.

i water a local high school football field, well the areas the sprinkler system doesnt reach. It looks like these are a good design because the ones i have used in the past, require you to pound the top of the sprinkler to get them stuck in the ground. These I can pound the spikes and when they break I can get some "large" nails and pound those...

I prefer the plastic to a metal-cast body, but the all brass fittings are the best.

I will see if my good brass sprinkler body will fit on the weighted platform and it will be "The Best of Both Worlds", sorry my daughter is a Hannah Montana fan...

tanamarn wrote:These only do a round pattern. I need something that does other shapes as well.

Tanamarn:
If you want the most versatile sprinkler on the planet when it comes to watering patterns, check this out. I have two of them and I have an in-ground sprinkler system!!
http://tinyurl.com/o5fqdh

Teknikas wrote:FYI - The pacific northwest is anything but a desert genius

FYI- the pacific northwest is not one of the states purchasing as large amounts as CA, NM, AZ, NE and UT. Furthermore, those states are the ones, in fairness, that need to water more (to keep their imported grass green).