Rain Bird 32ETI DIY Install In-Ground Automatic Sprinkler Kit

I rented a trencher for installation, you may have the back to dig it in yourself but I don't! I had to change the nozzle in most of the sprinkler heads, for distance and coverage. The timer is easy to setup, and plenty of fittings to ensure a good installation. I purchased 2 systems, one for each side of my house. They've been installed for a couple months now and working beautifully. Would definitely purchase again. The Amazon shipping is probably the best I the market!!

I've been really pleased with my Rain Bird system so far. I'm going to write a pretty extensive review, and will update it, if necessary, as the system ages. I purchased 3 of these systems to cover my entire yard. Square footage wise, I don't need 18 sprinkler heads, but I have a very uniquely shaped lot, and wanted to ensure 100% coverage. I got a number of quotes for professional irrigation installation, the lowest being $4,200, so buying three of these systems was a no brainer. I spent a LOT of time researching these and planning the system for my yard. I have two systems running out of a spigot on the side of my house with pretty good flow rate ~8 gpm during "peak usage" time, closer to 10 at 5 AM when I plan to run the system. The spigot on the back of my house, however, has a much slower flow rate of about ~5 gpm, with little improvement, regardless of time of day. What I decided to to was to separate one system into 2 individual three-sprinkler "runs" and have them both run out of a programmable 4 nozzle timer I already have. So I have a spare Rainbird timer in storage for when one of the ones in use breaks down (many reviews state those are the first parts to go). So, with everything installed, I have 18 sprinkler heads in the ground, divided into four separate zones that run at different times (5:00-5:10, 5:12-5:22, 5:24-5:34 & 5:36-5:46). Between 5 AM and 6 AM my entire yard is thoroughly watered (including shrubs, flower beds, etc). I have 2 zones with 6 sprinkler heads each coming out of my stronger spigot and 2 zones with 3 heads each coming out of my weaker spigot. Obviously, I set all this up prior to doing any digging, to verify that it would all work without any complications. I have been very pleased. So, I had to do A LOT of digging! In hindsight, I should have rented a trencher from Home Depot for 4 hrs and would have knocked this whole thing out a lot sooner. Because of the heat and the extensive amount of rocks under my lawn, I had to divide this project up into three days to get it done. The box isn't wrong, you CAN install ONE system in a day, but plan to put in some significant work! Some tips/tricks/notes from my installation: If you aren't able to soften up the tubing in the sun and don't have a heat gun, use a hair drier, like I did. Made inserting the connection pieces much easier. Measure twice, cut (hopefully) once - duh, I know, but careful planning made this a much more manageable task. Give yourself some "slack" - I gave each run a few extra feet of tubing (maybe ~3ft) to account the sprinkler heads needing to be buried deeper than the hose. To ensure the sprinkler head is straight, you'll need to gradually deepen your trench as it approaches the hole for the actual sprinkler. I know this sounds like common sense, but it actually took some trial and error to get just right. Be ready to buy "extras" - I had to buy an extra 50ft of tubing, some extra elbows, as well as a replacement regulator piece (I broke it by over-tightening it). I also purchased a bag of pea gravel to surround the drainage outputs underground. Ensure your existing spigots are in good shape and don't need to be tightened or replaced. I didn't typically leave my spigots on all the time before installing the system, so I found both of them had a slow drip. All it required was a simple tightening, but it's something to be mindful of and to check periodically to avoid any surprise water bills. All in all, I'm really pleased with the system so far. For under 500 dollars and 3 afternoons of hard work, I now have a pretty high quality irrigation system, complete with 18 sprinkler heads, that fully waters my lawn and surrounding beds.

In short, if you want to save yourself thousands of dollars on a professional system and spend about half a day installing an OKAY system yourself (it is not without flaws) then definitely try this. The kit here is more like a starter kit, because if you have even a quarter of an acre, you're going to need at least one more but better to use 2 or 3 more for the best results. Reason being because if your water pressure is not insanely amazing to begin with, the more sprinkler heads you use per single line, the less performance you'll see. In fact, I have 3 total systems myself. Initially we went with one to see how it worked. Even though it isn't flawless, we added more, as well as had to get spare parts to replace pieces that were broken by winter snowplowing or being driven over, or just general leaking. Even though we have had to replace a few pieces, we will still never have spent as much on this as a professional system. INSTALLATION: Out of the box, it is pretty easy to get this going - the only other tools you might need include a shovel, something to cut the tubing with, and perhaps a lighter to help you fit the plastic pieces into the tubing. You will first want to test your water pressure so that you know how many heads you can really use and which nozzles to attach when you start. I will say, from the start, the plastic parts leak right from the controller. The kit comes with plumbing tape, but it doesn't help. Once you decide generally where your system is going to be laid out, you'll want to try and uncoil the tubing and take out the want for it to re-coil up, so we straighted them out while weighed them down with blocks. We did this for a while out in the sun which seemed to work best. We didn't use the test-setup stakes that they provide, but it is a good idea to use them if you are unsure of where everything will end up. If you don't have a trencher or want to rent one, the best way to install this is with two people. One person can use a large flat shovel to kind of slice into the earth so that you can lift out that piece, and while you're holding it up out of the ground, the second person can tuck the tubing down into the space before the person with the shovel lets go and you re-cover that section. It does take hours to get through a large yard doing it this way, but worth it because in the end you can't even tell the earth was disturbed and once it is finished you can run the sprinkler and the grass heals itself pretty easily. QUALITY: As I said before, the parts essentially leak right out of the box. But for the price and ease of use, we deal with it. However, it seems that sometimes they work great, other times one of the heads will stay mostly down and just leak everywhere. It seems to be a water pressure issue, but sometimes it happens and other times they go off just fine with no human intervention. Other times, I have to go out and physically lift the offending sprinkler head long enough that the rest of the system pressure builds and all of them hold themselves up together as a good little sprinkler family. All of the systems except the one that we only installed 3 heads on do this. So for us, that is 2 of 3. Again not sure if it is the systems fault or more my water pressure, so I don't complain too much. As I said, the more heads you add to a system, the less performance you'll get, so we have 3 systems, two are on the left side of my driveway and one is on the right side. I only have one hose hookup in the front, and one in the backyard, so the system that covers the lawn on the smaller right side actually covers the entire backyard and the front on that side. Because of this, we purchased extra hoseline for that second system. Again, this can be contributing to the pressure issues we have, but it was really the only way we thought it could work. There was no way to place the hose underneath the driveway so this just has to do. We have hard and cold winters here, and normally we take the controllers inside and off of the spigots so that nothing happens to them. This year, we didn't bother, and we didn't even blow out the system. They work just the same this year, so it didn't seem to affect them by not bringing them in or winterizing the lines. That is impressive. CONTROLS: The controls themselves are pretty intuitive but rather basic. Of course, cannot complain for the ease of installation, and the low price, it does more than what I really need it to do which is schedule at least 2 separate watering calendars per unit. In addition to the basic controls, there is also an option to WATER NOW which is nice. I use this often when I am trying to test the pressure and figure out what is going on. The only annoying thing is that there is no water sensor so of course, if you have them scheduled to go off, they're going off no matter what, and your neighbors will laugh at you when it is downpouring and your sprinklers are going off all the same. I try to be mindful of the forecast so that I can just switch them to "off" when I know it is going to storm, but then it is harder for me to remember to switch them back ON after the weather clears! OVERALL: I am really impressed with these kits for the price. Yes, they will be better if you have more systems and do not exhaust the sprinkler heads, but there are plenty of workarounds for this and overall I really would recommend this for the homeowner who is handy enough, isn't afraid to put in a hard day's work, and wants to save some money. It has made a HUGE difference in the look and health of my lawn having this system in place.

I purchased this product because we (my spouse & I) recently planted about 4,500 square feet of grass and needed a cost-efficient way to water all of it. We were quoted many thousands of dollars for a custom in-ground sprinkler solution, so we looked for something that we could set up ourselves. The requirements: it had to be compatible with standard outside faucets, installable without special tools, and not require any sort of custom plumbing work. After going through the well-written manual and reviewing the installation steps, we took our time to measure and mark the spots where the sprinkler heads would go. We quickly realized that one system would not be enough for our square footage and ultimately purchased two additional systems, but not before setting up the first one and testing it. Laying down the hose and setting up the sprinkler heads was about as easy as one could hope. You just run the hose to the sprinkler spots and cut it, using the appropriate included connectors to attach everything firmly. It requires some strength, but can be done by hand without any special tools. Attaching the system to a faucet using the included timer or any other timer is also simple. Once it's connected tightly, you can program the system to run on a variety of schedules, up to 4x a day. (One very minor complaint here: If you want multiple waterings a day, the schedule must be spaced evenly: every 6 hours, or every 12 hours. You cannot schedule it to run at 11am, and then 8pm that same day, as that interval is not included in the timer.) Once everything was connected and running, we adjusted the sprinkler 'throw' distance and rotation to account for our landscape. This too is very easy, although one minor 'quality of life' complaint would be that there is no visual indication on the sprinkler heads to show the current rotation in degrees. If you make adjustments you have to turn the appropriate screw and then wait to see the effect. This doesn't merit docking a star however, since this setup is one-time-only. It's been several weeks since we installed our 3 Rain Bird systems and everything is working great. Highly recommended!

This product was simple to install. It just takes a few hours of manual labor. I believe it took me around 3 hours. then I spent another hour adjusting the sprinkler heads. Over the next few days, I continued to adjust the sprinkler heads until I got them exactly the way I wanted them to be. The adjustment for the heads isn't as simple as I'd like as one little tweak would sometimes send it further than desired but after some time I finally got how they were adjusting and it became easier. I did have some problems but was able to fix them myself. There were some leaks in some places when testing the system after installing. For starters around the faucet connection the connections had to be adjusted to stop the leaking. Then one of the sprinklers wasn't working. I dug it back up and it turned out it was leaking so I had to adjust those connections as well. I watched and monitored the sprinklers for the next few days. One of the sprinkler heads would not pop up. I would gently pull it up and it would work. Turned out it had gotten some dirt in it that made it stick so after all the dirt was cleared out it pops up every time. I've been using the sprinkler system for about a month and it is running great. I love the programmer. It was simple to program and it helps to have it automatically start watering my lawn twice a day. I just laid down new sod so having a system that waters the entire front yard without moving sprinklers around saves me time and ensures all of the sod gets thouroughly soaked. I purchased a splitter so that I can still have a hose attached to my outside faucet. I read all of the reviews before buying and some people said it's cheaply made and the hose won't last long....well, compared to the thousands it would cost to install a professional pvc sprinkler system this system saves money and does the job for which it is intended. The hose is made of plastic and of course it's buried under ground (except for the part near your faucet) so I can see it lasting for a few years. IMO, a couple hundred bucks instead of thousands when I just spent thousands on new sod will give me time to save up for a more professional system by the time this one wears out. All in all, I'm very happy with it. My sod is filling in nicely. Everything is watered even the flower beds without having to lift a finger...well now that the installation is done.

I looked so forward to having sprinklers in front yard for years. I bought this kit installed like they said and then had pressure issues I thought, fought this for months. Had to go outside and raise one sprinkler every day to get em going. And I disconected 2 sprinklers, and it just got worse. 2 months down road nothing. Come to find out digital timer was bad and not opening. I went to Walmart bought a rainpoint timer now everything works great. These sprinklers from rainbird I had the smallest tip in them still wouldn't spray. My recommendation their sprinklers and fittings are fine, next time I will build my own system. Also the hose is too small needs to be at least an inch!! Avoid this Kit!!

1 YEAR UPDATE BELOW INITIAL REVIEW: Great system so far (been running 3 sets for about a week). But it took much longer in real life scenarios than the "couple of hours" that Rain Bird claims. Still worth it if you are looking for a solution in a box. If you are digging in perfect soil without trees, shrubs, and rocks, I assume that this system can be planned, tested, and buried in about 5 hours or less. However in the real world, you will be hacking through roots and excavating rocks big and small, increasing the time it takes by 25-50%. It took me about 30 hrs over 2 weekends to plan, test, and burry 3 systems. Amateur-Tip #1: instead of using a flat shovel as Rain Bird suggests (which admittedly would make a nice, clean strip of grass), use a spade shovel with broad areas to step on at the neck (this will save the bottom of your feet). Amateur-Tip #2: Before beginning, use a Dremel or some other grinding tool to sharpen the blade of the shovel to axe-like sharpness (be VERY CAREFUL, this effectively weaponizes an otherwise safe shovel). Sharpening the spade will allow for quick hacking through even moderately-sized roots up to 2" in diameter (imagine what it could do to an ill-placed toe—BE CAREFUL). Repeat the sharpening as needed as you work. I sharpened my shovel twice in 30hrs with a moderate amount of roots and very few rocks. Amateur-Tip #3: more planning, less digging. If you have to run multiple lines to a similar location, try to run all of the lines in the same trench. I used zip-ties to bundle 2 lines that I had to run in the same direction instead of digging 2 trenches. I used a few more feet of hose to do this, but I save HOURS of work. Amateur-Tip #4: a heat gun is a big help if you've got it. One the days I was laying the hose, it was cloudy and cool. Nice conditions to work in, not ideal conditions to soften the coiled vinyl hoses. Rain Bird suggests Un bundling the hoses and letting them sit in the sun for a few hours before attempting to lay them out. I used a heat gun to soften the vinyl enough to straighten out the hoses. Final Amateur-Tip: DEFINITELY run the system BEFORE burying the lines. Upon running the system above ground, I found that one of the hose lengths had a pin-hole in it. I bisected the section at the defect and attached the two parts with a straight fitting that is provided in the box. 1 YEAR REVIEW: The components of this kit are mostly great. Hoses, connections, tools, sprinkler heads are all still working great after a year of use and one northeast winter. I had the lines professionally winterized (blown out), well worth it. The timer/valve on the other hand were very poor quality. I had to replace all three (I ran three systems) by the middle of last summer, and then the replacements all broke by the end of last summer. This spring I invested in a 1" 3-valve manifold and the b-hyve smart timer both by orbit. I had to go to Home Depot to pick up some connectors to drop the 1" valves first down to 3/4" and the from 3/4" down to 1/2" (which is the diameter of the hose for this system). Overall I suppose I could've just installed a more professional-grade system in the first place, but I would still recommend this kit for anyone who has not installed an irrigation system before because this comes with pretty good instructions and everything you'll need to get the job done—just keep an eye on those timer/valves.

I purchased this kit to install at a friend’s house. Before the kit arrived I had downloaded the instruction manual off of Rain Bird’s website and spent some time planning on where each of the sprinkler heads would go. I had also tested out both the water pressure and the flow rate before purchasing. A note about that- while her water pressure was strong at 80 PSI, her water flow rate out of the faucet was just above 6 GPM. Due to the lower water flow rate, the distance that the sprinkler heads can push the water was only about 12 feet away from the sprinkler and that was the same for all of the installed heads. The only negative issue I had with the kit was this- The Rain Bird sprinkler have a pre-installed nozzle that allows .75 GPM of water to come out of the head but there is supposed to be two other included optional water flow nozzles that come with the kit that allow for more water to exit the sprinkler. The kit I ordered did not come with the extra nozzles even though they are listed on the supply list. There is a 1-800 # to call Rain Bird if any parts are missing and I will do that to get the missing nozzles. When it was time to install everything, I first laid out the main 125’ roll of tubing to let it uncoil. While the day was cool and rainy, it still was able to uncoil most of the way, but on a warm or sunny day this would be much easier. The first time you prep for the installation, everything is done above ground so you can test out the placement of the heads, and plan to move them before you burry anything. I found that even with pre-planning the system I still had to make changes due to the water distance being less than I had planned for but this is very easy to do. When connecting the sprinkler heads to the included plastic stakes for testing purposes, they give you 1 zip tie to secure them but if the tubing is twisted slightly, and when the water pressure is going through the system, the sprinkler head may also twist to an angle that it would not be if it were buried in the ground so I would suggest you use a couple of extra zip ties on each head when testing. The connecting pieces are easy to install and you can tell they will not leak once placed in the ground. It took me about 3 ½ hours to lay everything out and to test it multiple times until I was getting the coverage I wanted. Burying the water lines and sprinklers took about another 5 hours but I had a lot of small to mid-size rocks under the soil to deal with. Setting up the timer was easy to do. One last thing, the system is self-draining so it does not need to have a compressor to blow out the water in the lines when winter comes. There is nothing in the directions about protecting these when you burring them from dirt or debris. I had placed some small rocks in a hole, placed the end of the water line with the drain mechanism over the rocks, and then covered that with a small piece of plastic to keep dirt out. I think that would work out quite well. Overall I was very happy with the system and would purchase this again for another project.

Un sistema básico pero funcional, lo instalé y funciona correctamente, tengo 3 meses que lo ocupo.

Love these, however if you have good water pressure the timer and plug find it hard not to leak. My flow valve also just broke when tightening so need replacement.

After many calls to Amazon after getting the wrong delivery, this was quite easy to install.. I'd been putting it off for ages, now it saves me hours of time moving the sprinklers in the evening. Hopefully it does not stop anytime soon. The product is good quality and cheaper than getting an install..

Preis- Leistung ist absolut klasse. Schnell verlegt reicht das für die meisten Gärten

Set it all up which took over 4 hours- reading instructions, mapping out, laying tube, cutting, prepping and attaching sprinklers, connecting up. Tested one and worked ok, so I could gauge distances and adjust. Tested 2 and the sprinkler just flooded out water (didn’t spray it) soaking the immediate area. Tried all 6 and all but one flooded too- the same one sprayed ok. Now not sure if it’s my setup, faulty sprinklers or what? No Rainbird support option?! And timer attachment doesn’t seal to the faucet. Wasted me hours and know it’ll take me ages to pack it up to return!