I have an acre and run 3 of the tractors off my well pump. Setting the wands for a 15 foot radius (30 foot diameter) in low gear puts down about half an inch of water. Overlaping passes by 50% and I get an inch of deep watering once a week during drought condions and still encourage deep root growth.
Lawn tractor all day. A little hack (you need to be careful), I would say if you have good or really good water pressure, above 10 gallons per minute. You can drill the holes to a larger diameter and it throws down more water without loosing on pressure or speed. So I can have dual tractors throwing down .5-.65" of water on the faster gear and will do that every 4 days per my 3 zones. I water about 18,000Sqft.
Nice thorough video man. 10/10 would recommend the Orbit tripod sprinkler for big yards. It’s my go to for my 10k sf back yard. With decent pressure and good water flow using a 3/4” internal diameter hose (significantly more output than a 1/2” or 5/8”), that thing chucks it. Set up takes less than a minute and I now only have to change the location once to water the rest of the lawn. I only ever overseeded the back, and in my experience the more aggressive spraying never was an issue for the seeds while waiting for them to germinate. You’re right though, probably not the right one to use post bare ground seeding.
I am a huge fan of buying the in ground sprinklers and putting them on spikes. So much versatility in nozzle choice and the coverage is excellent. Using the MP rotator nozzles has also reduced my water bill quite a bit
I have 20 orbit h20 sprinklers setup on 3 different 4 port b-hyves to cover about 12,000 sqft of turf.. Cheaper than irrigation since I don’t plan on staying in my current home forever and it gets the job done plus saves me from hauling around garden hoses and sprinklers!
@@TheLawnReview not an engineer, but I love to solution problems lol. I originally set up the DIY irrigation last July in preparation for the Fall overseed knowing I wasn’t going to be able haul around sprinklers since my daughter was going to be born around the same time. It worked so well that I left it up. The garden hoses are positioned on the sides of my driveway and walkways and barely noticeable. I have overlap coverage with all sprinkler heads and leave the stream on the small setting to maximize sq ft.
I love my gear driven orbit sprinklers. I daisy chain them together and get awesome head to head coverage. My only complaint is that the tips of the metal spikes can bend and break if you push them down into a rock.
We purchase a hose or sprinkler every two years because finding one to water narrow areas next to the neighbor's yard is hard. We recently purchased two Eden 95124 Adjustable 4-Way Mini Turbo Oscillating Sprinklers to water our house's narrow sides. To work smarter, not harder, we also bought two hose timers, crossing my fingers that the timers will make it easier to water in the summer months. 🐞
Awesome video! I have a round and round sprinkler and i have about an acre of yard. My dad also has a tripod sprinkler and it works great! You deserve waaaay more subscribers!
The Orbit sprinklers are great and you can put up to 3 of them in series. With the adjustability you can do quite a bit. They do not hold up to a dog taking a quick bite at the sprinkler! When they finally bite the dust, the spike can still be used to mount an in-ground style sprinkler like a Hunter or Rainbird.
Can you tell us what psi or gpm you’re getting to your sprinklers? I have 60psi to my house and I’m having a really hard time finding a sprinkler that actually sprays as far as advertised.
Can you do another comparison of the different timer options? I have a B-hyve and a mechanical orbit one... but now in their second season they both seem to be leaking...
You earned a new subscriber with this video and it has nothing to do with you choosing the Orbit gear drive spike sprinkler that I use as your favorite 😏 I’m still searching for that “perfect sprinkler” but it’s the best I’ve found so far! Great and informative video!
Question - i assume the tractor sprinkler really wouldnt work on a timer unless you bring it back to the starting point each time? also, thank you so much for this video. Never even thought of a tractor sprinkler.. didnt even know that was a thing! - i have the middle pie piece in a cul de sac and the lawn in split both back and front yards. so i have weird triangular pieces to water. This video was so helpful for making an informed choice
that one round one that is black and green, we had for years and it finally broke and i ended up getting the long sprinkler that gets a larger area and adjustable and uses less water!!
When are you going to make a video about the ecoBooster? (It has only been available for a few weeks.) This thing is an absolute revolution in high-pressure cleaning! It delivers much more power, even for older devices, is much quieter, has less recoil, and is much more comfortable to use. The jet is much more homogeneous, allowing for the cleaning of delicate surfaces. Thanks to the wider and stronger jet, you can finish cleaning much faster.
@@TheLawnReview Yes for high pressure cleaners, but it is a real revolution in high pressure cleaning. in this video you can't see what a top part it is. th-cam.com/video/4xHz4TxZAeM/w-d-xo.html
What would be best for a side yard....either between my house and my neighbors or my house and the fence. I would say 6 to 7 feet wide (houses are close to each other) and goes down the length of the house.
If your side yard is a rectangular area (specifically), the oscillating sprinkler (2nd in the video) works best since you can change the width and length on them. Since you can water the shape of the area perfectly (again IF it’s rectangular), then water from the oscillating sprinkler will only hit the intended square footage. Aka better water distribution and less water waste= more money in your pocket lol
Looks like the gear driven sprinkler leaked quite a bit. Would you say the quality was good enough to have more lasting power than the impact sprinkler?
Some days im going to the club, some days im looking up types of sprinklers cuz im not really familiar with it. The duality of life. thank u! 😂
Hahahah yes you are a dynamic person
I have an acre and run 3 of the tractors off my well pump. Setting the wands for a 15 foot radius (30 foot diameter) in low gear puts down about half an inch of water. Overlaping passes by 50% and I get an inch of deep watering once a week during drought condions and still encourage deep root growth.
Wow that sounds like you’ve got a great system figured out! Thanks for commenting.
Lawn tractor all day. A little hack (you need to be careful), I would say if you have good or really good water pressure, above 10 gallons per minute. You can drill the holes to a larger diameter and it throws down more water without loosing on pressure or speed. So I can have dual tractors throwing down .5-.65" of water on the faster gear and will do that every 4 days per my 3 zones. I water about 18,000Sqft.
that’s pretty sweet. And 10 GPM sounds like a LOT
Nice thorough video man.
10/10 would recommend the Orbit tripod sprinkler for big yards. It’s my go to for my 10k sf back yard. With decent pressure and good water flow using a 3/4” internal diameter hose (significantly more output than a 1/2” or 5/8”), that thing chucks it. Set up takes less than a minute and I now only have to change the location once to water the rest of the lawn.
I only ever overseeded the back, and in my experience the more aggressive spraying never was an issue for the seeds while waiting for them to germinate. You’re right though, probably not the right one to use post bare ground seeding.
Thanks for watching and glad you’ve had a good experience. Should have included a tripod one here!
@@TheLawnReviewyou pretty much already covered it, they’re just impact sprinkler on stilts haha
I have a much smaller yard than you are referring to, but your information is very helpful in knowing what to do for my yard. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I am a huge fan of buying the in ground sprinklers and putting them on spikes. So much versatility in nozzle choice and the coverage is excellent. Using the MP rotator nozzles has also reduced my water bill quite a bit
Nice! That’s a cool lawn hack
I do the same. And it’s much cheaper
And you can chain them together
@dllanzy yeah I’m thinking it might be the way to go folks
How do you get enough pressure to power more than 2? After that it stops being reliable for me...
Great video! What setting do you recommend having the gear driven orbit sprinkler on after overseeding?
I have 20 orbit h20 sprinklers setup on 3 different 4 port b-hyves to cover about 12,000 sqft of turf.. Cheaper than irrigation since I don’t plan on staying in my current home forever and it gets the job done plus saves me from hauling around garden hoses and sprinklers!
You’ve got the ultimate set up. Are you an engineer?
@@TheLawnReview not an engineer, but I love to solution problems lol. I originally set up the DIY irrigation last July in preparation for the Fall overseed knowing I wasn’t going to be able haul around sprinklers since my daughter was going to be born around the same time. It worked so well that I left it up. The garden hoses are positioned on the sides of my driveway and walkways and barely noticeable. I have overlap coverage with all sprinkler heads and leave the stream on the small setting to maximize sq ft.
@NorthCackalacky24 that’s awesome man. Congrats on the daughter too!
@@TheLawnReview thanks boss! Love your videos!
@NorthCackalacky24 thank you! Means a lot to know someone is watching!
I love my gear driven orbit sprinklers. I daisy chain them together and get awesome head to head coverage. My only complaint is that the tips of the metal spikes can bend and break if you push them down into a rock.
Oh that’s awesome. I love them. I did a full orbit irrigation system too for a video if you’ve ever thought about that
good stuff! Need to up my lawn game and this was a great place to start!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
if you have 2 hoses joined at the ends, will the ORbit tractor travel over the metal connectors and keep going? or will it get stuck?
No it’ll handle the connections just fine! The stop feature is a very exaggerated ramp
Would the rainbird rotary nozzles fit this as well?
We purchase a hose or sprinkler every two years because finding one to water narrow areas next to the neighbor's yard is hard. We recently purchased two Eden 95124 Adjustable 4-Way Mini Turbo Oscillating Sprinklers to water our house's narrow sides. To work smarter, not harder, we also bought two hose timers, crossing my fingers that the timers will make it easier to water in the summer months. 🐞
Love to hear that!!!
Awesome video! I have a round and round sprinkler and i have about an acre of yard. My dad also has a tripod sprinkler and it works great! You deserve waaaay more subscribers!
Hahah thank you very much!
Wow, you have very good water pressure, are you using a pressure pump?
The Orbit sprinklers are great and you can put up to 3 of them in series. With the adjustability you can do quite a bit. They do not hold up to a dog taking a quick bite at the sprinkler! When they finally bite the dust, the spike can still be used to mount an in-ground style sprinkler like a Hunter or Rainbird.
Wow sounds like you’ve got some experience!
Holy shorts 2:13. Didn’t know about the flip pin or the angle adjuster.
Yep. Isn’t that crazy?
Can you tell us what psi or gpm you’re getting to your sprinklers? I have 60psi to my house and I’m having a really hard time finding a sprinkler that actually sprays as far as advertised.
Can you do another comparison of the different timer options? I have a B-hyve and a mechanical orbit one... but now in their second season they both seem to be leaking...
That’s a great idea. Yes I’ll check it out.
You earned a new subscriber with this video and it has nothing to do with you choosing the Orbit gear drive spike sprinkler that I use as your favorite 😏 I’m still searching for that “perfect sprinkler” but it’s the best I’ve found so far!
Great and informative video!
Awesome ! Thanks for the kind words and for subscribing.
Question - i assume the tractor sprinkler really wouldnt work on a timer unless you bring it back to the starting point each time?
also, thank you so much for this video. Never even thought of a tractor sprinkler.. didnt even know that was a thing! - i have the middle pie piece in a cul de sac and the lawn in split both back and front yards. so i have weird triangular pieces to water. This video was so helpful for making an informed choice
Yes that’s right, you would have to reset the sprinkler each time. Thanks for watching! Appreciate the comment
that one round one that is black and green, we had for years and it finally broke and i ended up getting the long sprinkler that gets a larger area and adjustable and uses less water!!
Oh for real? I liked the round one the best.
I have three rectangular lawns....Melnor oscillating sprinklers work perfectly.....A gentle, slow coverage....
Love that!
Plastic tabs have all broken off. Junk. I feel really cheated.
When are you going to make a video about the ecoBooster? (It has only been available for a few weeks.) This thing is an absolute revolution in high-pressure cleaning! It delivers much more power, even for older devices, is much quieter, has less recoil, and is much more comfortable to use. The jet is much more homogeneous, allowing for the cleaning of delicate surfaces. Thanks to the wider and stronger jet, you can finish cleaning much faster.
Are you talking about a sprinkler? Or a pressure washer?
@@TheLawnReview Yes for high pressure cleaners, but it is a real revolution in high pressure cleaning. in this video you can't see what a top part it is. th-cam.com/video/4xHz4TxZAeM/w-d-xo.html
Bought the impact sprinkler and replaced the head with an orbit Voyager 2. I haven't looked back since.
Heck yeah. Glad you like it
What would be best for a side yard....either between my house and my neighbors or my house and the fence. I would say 6 to 7 feet wide (houses are close to each other) and goes down the length of the house.
I ended up buying an inground sprinkler head and putting it on a spike with a side strip head. Perfectly covers the area
If your side yard is a rectangular area (specifically), the oscillating sprinkler (2nd in the video) works best since you can change the width and length on them. Since you can water the shape of the area perfectly (again IF it’s rectangular), then water from the oscillating sprinkler will only hit the intended square footage. Aka better water distribution and less water waste= more money in your pocket lol
Oscillating sprinkler is probably the best, then narrowing the spray pattern
Looks like the gear driven sprinkler leaked quite a bit. Would you say the quality was good enough to have more lasting power than the impact sprinkler?
I think so
Very useful video thank you
Thanks for watching Steve
Okay so where can we buy the Winner? You have 5 products shown but not the winning piece!
Sorry - not sure where that one went. amzn.to/3WSg5KE
@@TheLawnReviewthank you, bought two at Home Depot yesterday!
I use tractor and it gets off track
Oh no - how often, ?
@@TheLawnReview as grass gets higher straight paths. And for sure on curves and turns. Bermuda in Texas. Im mowing a 3 3/4 now as it gets hotter.
time stamps suck
Thanks