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| Brand: Melnor
Buy New: $39.47
New (3) from $39.47
Rating:  58 reviews
Sales Rank: 19272
Media: Tools & Hardware
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 4.5 x 5.2 x 4.5
MPN: 3060
Model: 3060
UPC: 042206030603
EAN: 0042206030603
ASIN: B00004SDVT
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 58
 nice until it breaks May 25, 2006
G. Fishbine (Minneapolis)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Cheap ABS plastic lasts about 1 year. Then it ruptures under normal water pressure.
A metal version might last longer if I can find it.
Avoid this one unless you want to replace each year.
Great features but unreliable. July 11, 2006
M. Kinnamon (Fort Cobb, Oklahoma United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I bought two of these units so I could water every two hours around the clock. Each timer allows up to 6 on/off cycles per a 24 hour period. With two of these timers I would have 12 on/off cycles per every 24 hour period. That would allow me a watering period every two hours around the clock.
Great feature, the more cycles these have but, after setting them up - selecting the timing of the on/off periods - I let them go to work. They have a mind of their own. They might initiate a programmed cycle or they might not. More often than not they would miss programmed cycles...not always, though.
They also sound horrible when the servo motor energizes. The gears in these units sound as if they are destroying something. The grinding noise they make when the gears spin is disconcerting.
Needless to say I returned them to the retailer for a full refund and went to try out the newly designed Gilmour 4 cycle units. I don't know how well they'll hold up but they do sound much better when cycling and the electronics are removable. The downside so far is that they are only 4 cycle units. I had to buy 3 of them to get my 2 hour program but they do seem to be much better quality. I don't like the look of these Gilmour units as much as I liked the look of the Melnor ones but they are growing on me.
A waste of money August 21, 2000
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
The second Melnor electronic timer just died on me. It got flooded from the inside after three months of use. Water pressure was within spec and low temps were nowhere near freezing. I'll be looking for a different brand.
 Uses batteries like they're going out of style August 2, 2002
John (Long Island, NY USA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This works, but it uses up batteries like crazy. With a modest setting (1 watering per day) I was changing batteries every 2-3 weeks.I switched to the Orbit Sunmate 62001 which has been running great on the first set (uses 2) of 9v batteries for almost TWO YEARS.
Disappointing hot weather performance August 5, 2005
Shannon (Kamloops, BC CA)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this timer over others, the day before yesterday because of its ability to water on odd days. However, I have it attached below my south facing house wall faucet which is in direct sunlight for the majority of the day. I discovered the first day that the display became jumbled and the controls became inoperative when the unit had been in the sun for a modest period of time. Today, the unit was completely inoperative and required that I cool it down with hose water before it "came back on line." Worse, it had lost its time even though it didn't loose either program I'd stored. So, even if it did come to function again over night, it wouldn't know what time it really was! The manual gives no indication that the unit will not operate reliably at high temperatures although it does say it'll fracture if frozen. The manual lists no placement restrictions or options to avoid unit malfunction at higher temperatures.
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