Any consensus on what's the best brand of sprinkler heads? I've got Hunter brand and every couple years I have to replace 20% of them because they no longer will pop up and then the lawn gets brown spots all over the place.
best sprinkler head
Jun 09, 2012
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At $Dayjob, I believe a sprinkler system was installed in 1999, and it had all Hunter sprinkler heads (about 3 or 4 dozen of them).
About a dozen of them have been replaced over the past 2 years. Not because they don't pop up (they always pop up). They stop rotating through their pre-set pattern (they stop at one end of their rotation sweep and fail to reverse direction). For smaller areas, they've been replaced with heads that don't turn.
I think Simplex Grinnell had a good reputation. Why would you use a fire supression system on your lawn?
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Usually mine last about 10 to 11 years before needing replacement. Usually when they act up prior to that age, I spray WD-40 around the exposed head and then try to pop it down. In most cases that does the trick for a couple of years. I also watched when I had mine serviced by the pros and bought the same shovel so when I do it myself, I disturb less grass area.
All my heads are just the simple non-mechanical type with a 15' throw. They just pop up and spray and you can adjust the spray anywhere from
0 to 360 degrees.
When I say same I didn't mean it literally... I meant identical. And I think I got mine from Walmart then.
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