Galcon11000 Series Hose Timers Irrigation Controller for Watering Balcony & Small Garden Featuring Internal Valve & Built-in Filter with Highly Flexible Programs for an Automatic Watering System

This will be the second year I've used this timer. It's wonderful. Easy to set up and reliable. Without it, I'd be a prisoner to my home. With it, I can go on vacation and not worry about coming home to a dead garden.Update: I am really surprised that this product only got 3.4 stars. I'm on my fourth year now with it and finally had to change the battery. I think four years on a battery is a long time. I also left it out in the garden one year all winter...still works great. I'd buy it again in a heartbeat.

I bought this timer and it worked wonderfully for about 6 months. Then, when it was too late to return it, it became clogged letting through all but a tiny trickle of water. I unscrewed a few panels in an attempt to fix it, but was not able to. I emailed customer service for the company, they answered, but then failed to replace, repair or tell me how to fix it. Do not buy.

Works great! Very easy to use and program. The LCD display makes it incredibly simple to review the settings you've selected. If you've ever programmed an electric timer, thermostat, or any other water timer then this will be a breeze to use. Design appears sturdy and well constructed. Accessing the 9V battery for replacement is a snap. I suppose my only gripe with it, and consequently the reason for only 4 stars, is the device may not handle high water pressure. The box states the working pressure to be from 1 - 10 bars. I initially found that if the pressure is too high, the shutoff valve cannot close completely and the water continues to flow causing your plants to drown until you notice it. You'll need to turn your spigot down until the pressure is low enough for the valve to close completely. This can easily be determined by turning the 'manual on' function on and off while incrementally reducing the water flowing out of your spigot until the valve completely closes and the water stops flowing. That will be the maximum water flow your unit can handle. ODDLY, after a few months my unit can now shut off with the maximum water flow out of my spigot. Not sure why. I suspect the internal mechanism for closing the valve loosened up or something. Thus the 4 star rating. Otherwise a great deal for the price!

I have a large vegetable garden with multiple hose bibs in it. I use these timers to avoid walking the 600 feet to my garden. Once programmed I haven't had a issue. They even hold up in 110 degree heat!

This is one of the few hose timers I've found where multiple specific start times could be programmed. In my case, it's programmed for 5AM, 11AM and 4PM. Most other timers, and all the timers I found at my local hardware stores and nurseries, can only be programmed for evenly spaced intervals, such as every 1, 4, or 12 hours, which could mean watering at times when I don't want my plants watered.So far I've been using it for a few months in temperatures ranging from about 40°F at night to 100°F during the day, and I'm expecting much hotter temperatures this summer. The timer sits in full sunlight and runs a dripper system with about one hundred drippers. As far as I can tell, it has never failed to turn on and off as scheduled.One other feature that I love is the button that allows an extra watering cycle to be started manually, which I expect to use a few times this summer during heat waves that may raise the temperature to 115°F.UPDATES:2015-Sep-29: I loved this device when it worked. Unfortunately it flooded internally only about half a year into the 3 year warranty. Finding out how to contact a warranty or customer service rep at Galcon was more difficult than it should be. Unfortunately Galcon wants me to ship the device to them at my cost for them to investigate. Why can't I send them pictures? I'd be fine with doing video and then further breaking the device like some companies ask for. Paying to send them the timer and then having to wait a couple weeks for that process to go through is just too much for timer that's supposed to keep my garden alive, at this price, and especially for something with a warranty this long. Then what happens if they decide the failure isn't covered by their warranty? Will I have paid to give up a device that I might have been able to fix if I took it apart? Since their CEO personally responded to me, and because this device did work well initially, I'll give this device a 2 star rating instead of 1. If things change, and they can only change for the better, I'll revise the rating upwards.2018-Aug: Shortly after the last one broke, a replacement was ordered. The replacement has been working great even though it's in direct high desert sun most of the year. I'm still disappointed in their customer service, but the years of service out of the new unit have been worth it.2019-Aug: I've taken it apart and found out a few things. To remove the front display plate, there are 3 hidden screws under the "display". Fortunately the display is actually two parts. On the outside it's a piece of thick plastic that's stuck on with adhesive, and the adhesive is good enough to restick multiple times. Mine didn't leak internally. The water made it through the gasket under the front display plate, so I'll be using caulk there on my other timer.

Used two of these last summer. Both performed well. More settings than some models but also more difficult to program.

I installed 2 new 9 volt batteries right out of the box and it wouldn’t power up!!

After just a month of use in mild weather the plastic swivel that connects to the spigot has broken and is severely leaking. The unit has nice features including 4 separate start times. I really wish it last longer. Our rain bird one we had before lasted 2 years...

I already have a GalconBt 1100 series water timer I needed another. As far as I can determine, this one does not have an interface with a iPhone, which is disappointing.