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Gilmour 996D Pattern Master Impulse Sprinkler | 
| Brand: Gilmour
Category: Lawn & Patio
List Price: $27.99
Buy New: $16.97
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Seller: Hardware And Tools
Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 1169
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11 x 12 x 7.5
MPN: 996D
Model: 996D
UPC: 034411109960
EAN: 0034411099612
ASIN: B0002YV80A
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Adjusts quickly - from 8 ft. to 59 ft. Water coverage up to 5800 sq. ft. (86 ft. X 59 ft.) | | • | Spray pattern adjusts to fit most square or rectangular shapes. | | • | The flexible spray tube bends up or down to set width of coverage. | | • | Flip action dial adjusts watering pattern from left to right for full, partial and in-between settings. | | • | Impact resistant, rustproof polymer construction. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
No yard too odd for the Pattern Master Pulsating Sprinkler; once it's programmed for a custom watering pattern, it repeats that pattern every time. The Pattern Master is a unique, adjustable sprinkler that waters virtually any shape lawn without wasting water on fences and driveways. This innovative impulse sprinkler waters up to 5,800 square feet and features a 43-foot watering radius. An easy-to-use programming disc adjusts up or down at sixteen positions within a single rotation-cutting the spray short to avoid the flower bed; going a little longer to soak that freshly planted tree; then launching a broad sweep across the far end of the yard so there's no need to relocate the sprinkler down there later. With full rotation control, watering just about any obstacle course of a lawn is possible! The Pattern Master also features an adjust trip-lever and collars for full or partial coverage, a special speed control for even coverage, and a durable sled base for stability. Best of all, its impact-resistant, rustproof polymer construction means the Pattern Master will be around for custom watering applications for years to come. Didn't think a sprinkler could do all that? The Gilmour Pattern Master can! --Brian Olson
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 64
 Not too bad for the price. August 22, 2010
Brian R. Rogers (East Syracuse, NY, US)
The sprinkler works as advertised, but the control ring could be more precise. There are adjustments every 30 degrees of rotation, and several distance stops at each location. It helps to have an adjustment valve at your faucet. There are two other sprinklers similar to this, but they cost 120 and 300 dollars. One is a gear drive sprinkler using a ring of about 50 set screws for adjustment, the other is an electronic wonder from Germany.
 Best sprinkler ever! August 10, 2010
JJJ
This is a most ingenious sprinkler, the best I have ever tried. It will evenly water the most unusual shapes with ease, and the wind does not affect it like many sprinklers. I have now purchased 2 of them, one for the front and another for the back. Easily worth more than they want for this gem!
Best sprinkler August 9, 2010
Bill
Most versitile sprinkler. You can adjust the range of the arc and the distance of the stream to water the oddest shaped lawns.
Ingenious and effective sprinkler August 8, 2010
Jon Voskuil
Kudos to the engineers who designed this sprinkler for coming up with a creative solution for all of us who have non-circular yards! It offers the long-distance spray of an impulse sprinkler combined with the ability to shape the spray to rectangular and even irregular spaces. I've been using it for several weeks and am very pleased with it.
It doesn't have quite the range of the old-fashioned stick-in-the-ground impulse sprinklers I've used. In my yard it can spray a maximum of about 35 feet, or 70 feet in diameter. Presumably the "XL" model has a stronger spray if you need more coverage.
Others have noted that once you have it adjusted properly, you want to be able to move it out of the way and then put it back exactly where you had it. I agree, and came up with one way of solving the problem. I cut four pieces of 1/2-inch dowel about 8 inches long, and pounded them into the ground at each inside corner of the sprinkler base, leaving them sticking up about an inch above ground. I then spray-painted the ends with bright red paint so I could find them easily. They work perfectly as locating pins so I can place the sprinkler in exactly the same location and orientation every time, and they're low enough so I can mow right over them. They also keep the sprinkler from rotating during use, which I noticed it did very slightly before I installed the pins.
How long will it last? My guess: The flexible plastic ring that you adjust up and down at 16 points to control spray distance will eventually crack or break. I'm thinking sunlight and extreme cold will be its biggest enemies, so I plan to keep it indoors when I'm not using it regularly.
Works As Advertised July 26, 2010
Lionel Phillips (Avenel, NJ USA)
I've had one of these for three years. It really works as advertised. The sprinkler pattern can be adjusted to keep the water on the grass not on sidewalks and fences. I would give it 5 stars but the hose connection is plastic and prone to stripping.
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