Price: $69.00
(as of Nov 16, 2024 20:28:10 UTC - Details)

This traveling sprinkler covers 13,500 sq. ft. as it travels 200 ft. at three different speeds for varying saturation. The heavy-duty cast iron body with chip resistant powder coat paint is built to last. Adjustable: Yes, Coverage Diameter (ft.): 200, Material: Cast iron, Color: Yellow, Sprayer Type: Traveling, Sprinkler Radius (ft.): 100, Includes: Chip resistant powder-coat paint, Sprinkler Coverage (sq. ft.): 13,500.
Landscape Watering Device: Traveling sprinkler travels up to 200 feet with an impressive 13,500 square feet of coverage, ensuring your entire lawn gets the hydration it deserves
Precision Adjustability: Adjustable aluminum spray arms fine-tune your watering needs and provide coverage ranging from 15 to 55 feet in diameter, catering to every corner of your garden
Speed Handling: Enjoy three-speed options high, low, and neutral to customize your watering schedule for your lawn and plants' specific requirements with precision and ease
Convenient Functionality: Automatic shut-off valve ensures your lawn receives the ideal amount of water without overflows; Ramp trips lever shuts off water, offering an easy way to pause watering
Crafted From Durable: Crafted from cast iron, this yellow lawn sprinkler measures 20.13 inches in length, 9.38 inches in width, and 8.13 inches in height, with a substantial weight of 19.4 pounds
Reviewer: Terry Graham
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: But I think it might be better suited to smaller yards than my own
Review: More than ten years ago, I purchased an Orbit Traveling Sprinkler for our acre of lawn. It has worked relatively well.The motor of a traveling sprinkler is its spinning arms, driven by garden hose water pressure. As the arms spin, they drive the rear axle and spiked wheels through a small transmission. The transmission is a simple set of gears, that allow for the selection of two forward speeds, or neutral for stationary use.The front wheel of a traveling sprinkler straddles the garden hose that feeds water to the spinning arms, guiding the sprinkler where it should go. I use two 100', 5/8" hoses that can reach all corners of my acre from my main yard water source. You can use more or less hose depending upon the size of your lawn. Generally, I lay the hose on the path I want the sprinkler to travel, and turn the end that is connected to the sprinkler back on itself, forming a loop of hose behind the sprinkler as it sits astride the hose. When the water is then turned on, the sprinkler travels back along the hose towards the water source. There is a small plastic ramp that comes with the sprinkler, that clamps on to the hose at the position you want to turn the sprinkler off. The ramp depresses a shut-off plunger valve on the underside of the sprinkler as it passes over. This is very handy in case you forget it is out there and running; because it will invent its own path if it runs out of hose to travel on.The Orbit sprinkler has worked dependably for longer than I had expected. But I think it might be better suited to smaller yards than my own. While most manufacturers boast that their sprinkler will travel 150' - 200' per set, the Orbit would struggle with those distances, even when traveling in a straight line. 75' - 100' of filled water hose is quite a load to be dragging through the grass. It would not negotiate even a broad 90° turn on the hose without over-turning if the trailing loop of hose was very long.I got in the habit of checking on the Orbit sprinkler often when it was running. It did not require much of an anomaly to cause the sprinkler to stall, dig a hole, or turn on its side and stop. It travels slower than I expected it to. Knowing all of this about it, I simply made it an hourly chore to see how it was doing. I also got in the habit of pulling the trailing hose loop out from behind it to form a longer path going forward, and to take the load off of it. This pretty much eliminated stalls and over-turning events. It seems to have been slowing down a little lately. If I put it into high gear it would sometimes stall, and I would find the sprinkler arms stopped, spewing streams of water into puddles. In low gear it would rarely stall. Because of all this I stopped using its shut-off ramp, because I knew I'd be out checking on it soon anyway.Concerned about the Orbit Traveling Sprinkler, I began looking into other solutions. While doing so, I found a Nelson 'Raintrain' traveling sprinkler on Amazon (free shipping) for less than I remember paying for the Orbit. I have used it for a couple of days now, and am very impressed with it.Out of the box I noticed the Raintrain is much heavier and sits higher off the lawn. Its hose connection is accessible, where the Orbit is almost impossible to get a hand on for connecting the hose. When I connected it up and turned on the water, the first thing I noticed was the sprinkler arms were spinning much faster than those on the orbit, even in high gear. I went out to check on it after the first hour, and it had traveled further than the Orbit would have in three hours. Of course, faster travel may mean less water delivered to the lawn. I set it up on a 150' straight run and it performed without a hitch, moving just as quickly towing a 75' loop of hose behind as it did with just 3' of loop. I then set it up on a 25' straight, followed by a 100' sweeping turn, something I knew from experience the Orbit could not do, and it again performed without a hitch.Last evening I disassembled the Orbit transmission to see if there was something causing it not to perform well. Everything was in good shape; but I did find a slight nozzle blockage in one of the sprinkler arms, which would cause a slowdown. It was not sufficient enough a blockage to be apparent to the eye while it was running, as it seemed there was plenty of water coming through both nozzles. I am reassembling it now to see if it runs a little stronger.I am posting this for anyone who might not know of these traveling sprinklers, or for anyone considering purchasing one. The Orbit Traveling Sprinkler is a good unit, but I think it might be better suited to smaller yards, 1/4 acre or less) where not many path turns are required. It's a little lighter and easier for mama or one of the children to pack around. The Nelson Raintrain is a performer, better suited to larger yards, and can handle curves better. They are both good units for their design. My confidence is building in the Raintrain, so that I am not as obliged to make hourly checks any longer.

Reviewer: New Griller
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No Fuss watering
Review: This Nelson is actually the third that I’ve owned in my lifetime. The first was given me by someone who had replaced theirs with a newer model. It didn’t last long for obvious reasons after years of use by the earlier owner. My second one I purchased as a new homeowner almost, 30 years ago. It was a great addition and Ruth care has worked pretty fault flawlessly since then. We. only purchased the new one because of worn out parts and unable to thoroughly clean the interior of the older one. The new one promises to be as serviceable and as dependable as the last. I love the addition of the auto stop mechanism to stop water flow, which wasn’t available for my earlier purchase.

Reviewer: Carrie Quinn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works great!
Review: I love the rain train! We had one years ago but it didn’t have the automatic stop. Just set it up and go. It takes care of itself. When it gets to the stop piece, it will automatically turn itself off. You can set up how wide an area you want to water or make it water less. It’s well worth the money and I highly recommend it!!!

Reviewer: David N. Hollas
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A few quirks for the operator to be aware of - otherwise a good sprinkler
Review: I have a very large yard, tired of moving sprinklers and too cheap to install a sprinkler system. I'm in Texas, with a predominately Saint Augustine grass yard. After several weeks and some learning curve, I'm able to use this sprinkler successfully.The sprinkler housing is very heavy and feels strong and sturdy, made of cast iron. There are some plastic components which worries me in the Texas sun, but they have performed okay so far. The instructions were very detailed and easy to follow. Basically there are 2 speed settings (hi=fast but less water, low=slower but more water), and you can twist the arms up or down to change the distance it throws. Also, it has a bump button on the bottom that is supposed to work with the plastic stop ramp. The stop ramp feels cheap and flimsy, not sure how long it will last. The sprinkler itself feels like it will last at least several years.Here are some tricks to prevent problems:1. Mine gets stuck in bald spots, where there is not a thick grass mat on the ground. In those spots, the ground gets soft from the watering, and when the wheels reach that spot, they will eventually spin out and dig a rut, just like getting your car stuck. On areas with a nice continuous grass mat, it works flawlessly. I resolve this issue by snaking the hose along the thickets parts of the grass to avoid the bald spots. If I have to run it over a bald spot, I have to peep out of the window every 10 minutes to make sure it's not stuck there.2. For every 1 foot the sprinkler moves forward, it add 6 inches of water-filled hose to pull behind it (cause it's a loop that keeps getting larger). Thus after a long stretch, the hose it's pulling gets heavier and heavier, with more drag against the ground. This increases the issue mentioned above with getting stuck and spinning out. So in theory, you could set it to run 100 feet and forget it, but in reality you need to check it. Mine goes about 50 feet before I have to reposition the hose to prevent it from stalling out.3. The bump button works for about 50% of the time. Once, I laid the leading hose across another hose. When the sprinkler got to the crossing hose, it struck the bump button and prematurely shut off the sprinkler. A couple times, I came out to find the runaway sprinkler happily watering about 3 feet past the bump ramp and off of the hose.4. In theory, you could snake this thing around a bunch of curves, working between trees and corners. However, because of the growing length of hose it drags behind it (see No. 2 above), if you have too many turns, or the turns are too sharp, then the hose will start to rub and drag sideways against those objects, and the sprinkler will end up getting stuck in one spot.Overall, I am happy with this product, and it has made my watering much easier, but it is definitely not a "set it and forget it" device - there are too many things that can go wrong so you need to stick around and watch it occasionally.

Reviewer: Jay Atlanta
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Works well
Review: I have only used this twice, but it works very well so far. Best sprinkler I have bought out of 4 or 5 types for a large (15k sf) lawn. My lawn is mostly level. I connected it to a 100’ flexzilla hose. On low it waters for a very long time hopefully getting a deep watering. Not difficult to set, only takes a few minutes and it is high quality and seems very durable. The tractor is heavy metal construction. On low it goes very slow, you almost can’t notice that it is moving, but it is. Instructions are good , read and follow them.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Perfect
Review: Works just as expected and made of durable heavy duty quality.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: If I could give this ten stars I would! I love my raintrain!! It's super solid, and works perfectly. It's exactly what I needed. I put a timer on my water tap, set out the raintrain, and every morning my lawn is watered when I wake up. Takes less than a minute to set it up again in the evening when I get home from work.

Reviewer: Xaviera Hernández
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Me encanto! Estoy feliz con mi compra! Es pesado y muy bueno para regar!

Reviewer: Amazon Kunde
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: man muss sich zwar für den wasseranschluss einen adapter bauen, geka oder was anderes, aber das gerät an sich is top. sehr schwer damit der den schlauch mitzieht, aber alles in allem einfach top und mehr als sein geld wert

Reviewer: Camelquest
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: What a brilliant piece of kit. Over the years I have used every different type of sprinkler and nothing matches this amazing sprinkler. Before buying, I read all the reports and could find no negative feedback, apart the those that whinged about the hose connector. How are the suppliers supposed to know what your hose connections are ? The sprinkler far exceeds my expectations as I watch it very slowly make its way across the lawn with an enormous spread of water. The Amazon price is the best I could find and it arrived in 6 days from USA........INCREDIBLE !!!If you are looking for a sprinkler that really works and that covers a large area, don't hesitate, BUY ONE.

Reviewer: Nigel Bennett
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Brought this for my Daughter and Husband, It is awesome. It works so well. As my daughter said to me "Why would you buy something that my husband loves more than me". I wish I had known about this a few yeaars ago. Well worth it