sprinklers...help please

[ProudGrandma]

I am so frustrated.  I go through so many sprinklers and I still can't find one that consistently works.  Can some one help me find a good one...actually I need 3, so they can't be too expensive.  Oh I usually use the pulsating ones...they cover the areas that need the best....when they actually work.

 

thanks. 

Edited May 27, 2016 by NEprairiemom

[hornblower]

If you want durable, IMO you have to spend & buy from good places. 

http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=44806&cat=2,2280,33159&ap=1

Lee Valley also has some other sprinklers that might work for you. Like this http://www.leevalley.com/en/hardware/page.aspx?p=73209&cat=2,2280,33159&ap=1

[ProudGrandma]

I just bought 4 cheap ones and they get stuck while running.    I have purchased more expensive ones and they also get stuck.  Maybe I need a different style, but I have no idea which type. It's just frustrating. I have wasted more money on sprinklers than I want to admit. 

[hornblower]

The 2 brands the garden people always mention are Gilmour and Melnor + a couple of the German brands. 

The good ones have brass nozzles. I think you have water with a high mineral content you have to clean the nozzles. The good ones come with a little poky tool that you use to clean the gunk out of the nozzles.