Orbit 56082 3-Outlet Programmable Digital Hose Watering Timer

Works great, has all the options I wanted. Can set it to water for select # minutes, a select # times per day, and or select number of days per week. So I have one to keep my deck-pot tomato plants watered all summer, and another with a different schedule doing the hanging flower baskets.And it has "rain delay" to skip a day or 2 if its raining.I've used these for years to keep my plants alive, cuz I never remember to water them until I see brown dying leaves.

So far this is working well. I have one out front and one in the back. I staggered the times they come on. I like the "rain" feature. You can choose to delay for 24, 48, or 72 hours if rain is in the forecast. I am running 4 hoses off each one of them. The "manual" feature is great. I can run my regular hose for 10 minutes without the rest of the system running.

EDIT: 07/06/2020 Well, the 3rd 3 outlet Orbit Timer bit the dust this morning. Or rather, I noticed it for the first time. I'm not sure how long the water has been running on station 3. It was just continuous. There was a small pond among the trees we were trying to water towards the road. The brush hide the constant flow. I can't tell you how disgusted I am with these timers. When will ORBIT step up to the plate and realize they're manufacturing a defective product?? END OF EDIT.These timers are easy to attach, easy to program and easy to manually control. We've been using Orbit timers for a few years now. In May of 2015, we bought 2 Orbit 3-outlet timers for the first time, model 56082 from Amazon. We bought another 3-outlet Orbit timer, as well as 2 single outlet Orbit timers locally. Five timers in all: 3 of the 3-outlet times and 2 of the 1-outlet timers. Then in May of 2017, we bought another 3-outlet timer from Amazon to replace one that had stopped working. And in May of 2018, we bought another single outlet timer from Amazon to replace one that had stopped working.It never occurred to us to seek a replacement or refund from Orbit, because they did work for us for awhile, even watering everything on our property while we vacationed. We were impressed. And we were not aware that they had a 6 year warranty.Last year we unhooked all of our perfectly functioning Orbit timers, removed the batteries, cleaned them, and put them in storage, like we always do. This year, we pulled them out, put in new batteries, and attempted to program them for watering. To our consternation, we discovered that none of the 3-outlet timers would program correctly, would not turn off even when we switched them to off and would not respond to manual control. An outlet might work or...it might not. It was just random what these timers would do. They're designed to run one station at a time, but the first one wouldn't turn off, but the second one would begin, so that 2 outlets were running at the same time on the same timer and they would not shut off unless we turned the water off. And one of the single timers did that same thing [not responding to the programming].Now we couldn't trust any of them to do our watering and/or function correctly. We have a water well and the possibility of these things coming on and staying on while we're on vacation or otherwise gone for a few days runs the risk of flooding our watering areas and/or ruining our very expensive water well.So, we decided to buy all new Orbit timers to replace all of the non-working ones. On June 22, 2020, we ordered from Amazon 3 brand-spanking new 3-port timers, model 56082, as well as 2 brand-spanking new single port timers, model 62061Z to the tune of $290. Five brand-new timers in all. They arrived on the 25th and 26th of June, 2020. On the 27th, we put new batteries in, programmed them, attached them to the water faucets, connected the water hoses to each outlet and thought we were good to go.The next morning, on the 28th, imagine our surprise to wake up and see 2 of the brand-spanking new 3-port timers had not shut off and would not respond to turning the timers off. We had to shut the water faucets off. The other 3-port timer looked like it hadn't watered from outlet 2, so we tried doing it manually, but it wouldn't respond to a manual command. We always water in the wee hours of the morning before the sun comes up. The watering is always finished before daylight. Anyway...So, we took the timers off the faucets, took the battery packs out, allowed the memory to clear, reinstalled the batteries, reprogrammed them and reinstalled them. We ran tests through all the cycles, setting each outlet at 2 minute intervals. They worked. Then we cycled through all outlets to see if they would respond to manual control and all seemed well, giving us hope that they were going to function correctly.The following morning, the 29th, we woke to the same problem on 2 of the 3-outlet timers. Not one to give up easily, I ran them [my husband had already given up] through multiple tests, removing and reinserting the batteries, reprogramming and testing ad nauseam. Finally, I gave up too and decided to send these two 3-outlet timers back. UPS is scheduled to pick them up today, the 30th of June, 2020.These were brand-new and defective right out of the box. We are so disappointed in the compromised quality of these Orbit timers. At the first inkling that these things were defection, we should have re-boxed them all and sent them all back immediately. As of now, we're returning 2 of the 3-outlet timers. And we're going to be vigilantly aware of the performance of the ones we're keeping. If there's even a hint that one functions incorrectly, it's going back immediately.What has happened to the integrity of companies that are mass producing defective products? It's just all about the bottom line -- $$$. And there are probably multitudes of buyers unaware of Orbits 6 year warranty and just end ups trashing them. Should not companies be accountable for their defective products? I think so.We weren't aware that these timers have a 6 year warranty or exactly what that warranty covered. Perhaps companies like Orbit count on the ignorance of its customers. Orbit needs to be on top of all these negative comments. Now we're hesitant to order replacements and we do not, as of right now, recommend them to anyone.

Excellent product - 5 stars - and glad that I was not put off by the negative comments. I was able to quickly set up 2 zones to be irrigated with water every 12 hours for either 3 or 5 minutes. Simple set up, worked first time, although carefully read the basic instructions. Product does everything it claims it can do, and is solidly built. Although the placement of the outside faucet may be an issue, keep the product out of direct sunlight if you want to preserve the plastic, and read the display easily. Happy !

Item functions as expected and is easy to program. One star was taken off for the concern that the plastic couplings will break over time. I will be careful in the threading on of the unit to the spigot and hose.

Want to set your water hose on a timer, and forget it without reading a booklet of instructions? Look no further. Stop. Click add to your cart! This thing is an absolute dream. Out of the box, I popped two AA batteries inside, and set the timer, which took all of about 10 seconds to figure out. I went ahead and set the programmed timer 30 minutes out, which gave me time to set the hose up, and to get the water sprinkler in place. Upon reaching the set time, the water turned on, and it started watering the garden. The LED panel, and control panel wheel are super easy to navigate and set. I also checked two big box stores nearby (lowes and home depot), and this was $15 more at lowes. I would rate this 6 out of 5 stars if I could. Zero issues, and I'm very happy! Thank you.

I had high hopes for these Orbit systems, but they turned out to be a letdown. Within a few months, one unit failed due to a water leak, while another just stopped working out of the blue. I've decided to invest in a full sprinkler system instead. In my opinion, these inexpensive timers are not a worthwhile purchase.

I really wanted to love this Orbit 62061Z Hose Faucet Timer because, on paper, it checks all the boxes: easy to program, convenient scheduling, and it saves me from having to manually water the garden every day. And when it works, it does work well — the interface is fairly straightforward, and it’s nice not having to worry about forgetting to water.But here’s the issue: it randomly stops working. I’ve had to reset it several times over the past few weeks, and there doesn’t seem to be a consistent reason why. Sometimes it just doesn’t open the valve at the scheduled time, and other times it acts like it’s working — but the water never flows. A quick reset usually fixes it, but having to keep checking on it kind of defeats the purpose of “set it and forget it.”I’ve also tried swapping batteries and making sure it’s not getting too wet, but the hiccups keep happening. It’s frustrating, especially if I go a day or two without noticing it didn’t water — not great for a lawn in the middle of summer.Bottom line: when it functions properly, it’s a great little gadget and saves time. But the reliability isn’t quite there, and I wouldn’t trust it to run unsupervised for too long without occasional check-ins. Not a total dealbreaker, but not as dependable as I’d hoped.