I have to crank down the water pressure a fair amount to not water the sidewalk and the street with the 8's (more with a rainbird 8 than a Hunter , but that seems better than the other 6's I have tried. The hunter 8' have a flat trajectory, and the rainbird 8' have a slight trajectory. Rainbird told me it is 10 degrees, but it seems like more. I found a product on the internet called a "littlevalve" which is supposed to reduce the radius of spray heads, but keep the same pattern as when the head...
Thanks sprinkler guy. I'll try that.
I checked with HIT, and they do make a 6' nozzle, but it has a "flat" spray. I ordered a few of those to test.
Mr. Fixit. I am watering a 6' strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street. The radius of the 5' was ok, because the heads are a few inches in. Hunter makes a 6', but it is not adjustable at it was watering about a foot or so of the sidewalk and the street. I read that to water strips of grass, it is better to use half circles than the "strip" pattern nozzles. I'll wait to see what you have. I also might try 8', and crank down the radius. Thanks.
I have about 10 rainbird nozzles, 5', half circle. Some are on the 1800 pop-up, and some on hunter pro spray pop-ups. On all of them the spray pattern is uneven. On some places the water comes out strong, and other places on the nozzle there is barely any water coming out. I tried everything Rainbird tech support suggested. I flushed out the pop-ups again, I took the nozzles off and cleaned them, I turned the water pressure up and down, and nothing fixed the problem. Is that just how these work?
Thanks. Home depot (at least the one near me) now sells the 1800's.
Yes, the 1200 series are the ones I was asking about. Which are the rainbird undercut nozzles? Do you mean the dual head spray nozzel?
I searched the forums and could not find any comments about the rainbird "dual head" spray heads. Anyone using these?
I read a lot about the differences between hunter, toro and rainbird pop-up spray head, and saw all three. One thing that I have not seen mentioned is that Toro 4 inch popups are higher than rainbird or hunter. This seems to be one advantage, if needed, to Toro's that are not mentioned here.
