DIG BO9D - Battery Powered Digital Hose End Irrigation Watering Timer for Garden, Lawn & Plants - Single Station Automatic Watering System for Sprinklers & Drip Irrigation

I have used these for years. Perfect for my needs.Very easy to programVery easy to use with multiple ways to schedule timing for wateringEasy to install. Easy to program.I got this about nine months ago and I think the connecter got loose and every time the water is on the station starts falling off. How do I get a replacement ? I couldn’t find it at local ACE store.I have this timer hooked up to a drip system, and I'm generally very pleased with its operation. The programming isn't the most intuitive (you'll definitely be reading the instructions for this one), but once you set it up it's easy to change. I selected this model mainly because it has programming for several different cycles and reviewers say the battery life is excellent. So far through one season, I have no complaints on leaking, malfunction, or battery dying. I did use teflon tape on the male threaded connections as a precaution, and I've had no leaks at all.The only real drawback for me is in the flexibility of the programming. Be aware that while you can set up to four start times per day and select a weekly schedule, you can not set different lengths for different watering cycles, or different cycles for different days. For example, you can have it water 15 minutes, each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6am and 8pm, if you wish. But let's say you also want it to water on Sundays, but only once at 6am -- you can't do that. Each day you select in the weekly schedule will run the same cycles as every other day, and each cycle will be the same length as every other cycle. In my particular case I wanted it to run Mon, Wed, Fri for an hour, and Sundays for only 20 minutes, but that's also impossible. You could do Mon, Wed, Fri for an hour with no watering between Friday and the following Monday, or you could do Mon, Wed, Fri, and Sun for an hour, with back-to-back days Sunday and Monday. As it turns out, my garden doesn't care as much about precision as I do, and it's quite happy with four days a week.So the controller works well, just be aware when you buy it that the timer cycles are not independent so you can't set different cycles on different days or different lengths for different cycles. You also can't make it run every other day or every third day or anything of the sort. For my purposes, I only thought I needed more precise control, so this model works fine.I love these Dig hose timers -- I have had 4 of them for 6 or 7 years, I think, and I just bought 2 more. All are working reliably.I have a large front yard -- between 15,000 and 20,000 square feet. When I overseed I need to water it 3 times a day for the first week, twice a day for the second week, once a day for the third week, and then every few days for the next few weeks. It takes 10 sprinklers to cover the whole yard, assuming I don't want to move them around (which I don't.) The Dig timers are ideal for me. They can turn on a hose up to 4 times a day automatically for a set amount of time (only one length of watering time for all programs) and you can also turn it on manually and it will run for the amount of time you set for the programs. It's the teensiest bit non-intuitive to set up, but once you do it a couple of times, it is easy-peasy. The multiple programs per day make my overseeding/reseeding so much easier. The rest of the sprinklers are also on timers, but those timers don't have multiple programs per day, so I have to run out and turn them on manually at just the right time for a couple of weeks.My timers are usually attached to hose splitters lying on the ground. I normally put a piece of duct tape over the battery cover to keep moisture out of the battery case and the timer innards. I've been doing this for years and haven't had water get into the electronics yet, even though the timers get watered-on and rained-on. For winter storage I pull the batteries out and just keep them all in the garage.I love my dig timers.This is the best timer i have found so far (out of 5 different brands). I have been searching for a timer that does not restrict water flow very much, and this one does not! It’s also made in the U.S.A. which is also a plus. The only thing I have noticed so far is that when it sits in the hot sun for a long time the battery indicator says that it is low, but when it is cool it reads full again. Hopefully this will not turn into a bigger issue but we will see. Overall it is a great timer for a great price.Lo compré para sustituir uno de los programadores de un cliente exactamente igual. Me parecen una buena opción en calidad y precio. He comprado unos cuantos para instáleles a clientes, sin embargo, se me descompuso uno en muy poco tiempo. Probablemente se haya descompuesto por el mal manejo de mi cliente pero no tengo la certeza.Replaces existingI have been using the previous timer for years