Irrigatia SOL-C12 Solar Powered Automatic Plant Watering System Irrigation Kit For Greenhouse Gardens Balcony Hanging Basket Plants Drip Irrigation With Water Level Sensor Water Timer, Sprinkler Timer

The media could not be loaded. I love to grow plants but am absolutely useless at remembering to water them regularly, no matter how hard I try! I've been playing with different options for a while and finally came across this system. Absolutely in love with this system. The fact that you don't need a power socket and you don't need a mains pressure tap really helps make this system a real winner for my balcony garden!I used freshly boiled water to help soften the tube ends which makes it easier to insert the drippers and t-pieces and ensures a tight seal once they've cooled and shrunk again.I have 2 drippers each on 3 medium balcony boxes and 4 drippers at the top of a felt vertical herb garden (so 10 in total so far). I will be getting the dripper extension kit as I have 2 hanging baskets, a climbing plant and some sunflowers I'd like to have automatically watered!I accidentally put the non-return-valve (the blue 'dripper') on the inlet rather than the outlet because I wasn't paying attention so the system didn't work initially. Luckily I figured it out and when I put it on the outlet it worked perfectly so I'm really happy.I had a moment's panic after work as I hadn't watered the plants in the morning before leaving and had forgotten about the system. When I got back the system was busy dropping away and everything was well watered without supervision. Absolutely incredible and precisely what I was after!I got a pre-opened, return package with damaged box at cheaper cost which helped to afford the system as it's very expensive. The system seems to work absolutely fine and nothing is missing so definitely worth it!

I bought this to keep my vegetables watered during the recent dry spell.It didn’t work out of the box but I contacted the customer services and they immediately sent replacement parts express delivery which fixed the issue.It now is working well, delivers enough water for what I need it for and has kept my tomato plants from wilting.It is a bit noisy but I suspect this may be variable depending on where it is fixed, mine is screwed onto a wooden fence. I’m going to try putting some foam behind it to dampen the vibration.Simple to set up as long as you read the instructions carefully.

Good product does what it says and easy to set up. Main issue is that for something so small it's really noisy.

Am pleased to say most of my comments are not true for the 2015 model. The connections are much easier to make. The unit primes itself easily, and best of all it no longer pumps at night, it has an additional light sensor, so if your a light sleeper you can still have one of these outside and open bedroom window. The newer model even seems a little quiter.The water sensor is an additional bonus, although the bleeping to tell you the water butt is empty could be a little annoying away from the allotment, so I may see if this can be disconnected.Last years review......Very pleased with this item, it's a little fiddy to get it to draw water at first and to get the tubing into the device to seal but once you have and are patient it reliably waters every 2-3 hours or more for just a few minutes or longer depending on the setting.I'm on my second year now and it's worked really well, and has avoided the stress of leaving mains water turned on whilst on holiday. The worst that could happen is you run your water butt dry!Definately worth it for the piece of mind and keeping those special plants watered whilst on holiday.For me it's an extra bonus as I keep bonsai trees which really don't like tap water too much so I can keep them watered all the time.Just make sure you pack it all away well before the first frosts.Oh and also it will continue to run after dark and although not excessively noisy you wouldn't really want this right outside your bedroom window!

I found the main problem was getting the drippers to all drip at roughly the same rate. It was also very frustrating that you couldn't switch the device on and off without it running the batteries down, then having to wait for the solar to charge them back up.

I bought this item just before going away for a week. It was intended to supply water to my greenhouse for various plants which I nurtured for weeks.When I set it up (having followed the instructions supplied) the pump would only get water to the first 2 of all of the watering points.I rang customer support twice for assistance and was told that someone would call me back. No-one did so on either occasionwhich means that I now have a system which I am unable to use.

This has been fantastic over the recent heatwave, with no power needed to operate it other than daylight. Previously I would have had to visit my greenhouse twice a day to water, but now I go to check every so often and this irrigation system is handling it. The step by step instructions to set it up were relatively straightforward. It does make a noise when the pump is working, but it is not very loud or longlasting. Once set up you can easily change settings so it will deliver more or less water. I have it set up to water along a long and short side of an 8'x6' greenhouse. If you needed to cover a longer length you might need an extension kit. Highly recommended.

This purchase is a replacement for one purchased five years ago from Agriframes and the quality is still as good as before plus the up date of a water level sensor. These units perform magnificently and any one who has hanging baskets, and we have 10, would find this relatively small investment will pay back over and over again in terms of keeping the baskets moist all the time, removing the need to carry water cans up ladders and, because it is a gentle drip feed into the compost also avoids over watering with a hose and lance. sometimes causing damage to the more delicate plants. At this time of year our baskets look one mass of colour and are frequently admired- thanks to Irrigatia.