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Hello all. You guys have always been great, and everything I have learned about sprinklers are from your kind, good help. I have had great success ordering from sprinkler warehouse, and consider you all my sprinkler gurus.

I bought a Florida home about 2 years ago, and have since then replaced all 4 of my valves, and many rotors and sprayers, moved some pipes, etc,etc. I seem to have about 3-4 different brands of rotors in the yard, and would like to make them all the same down the road.

I see they are having a blowout sale now, and although I will not be back there until May, I think I'll place an order.

I think I'm deciding between the Hunter PGP rotors and the Rainbird 5004Plus. I think both of them seem easy to adjust. The rainbirds are a bit less expensive, and their ads and brochures make them sound like the best, better spray, bigger droplets, greener grass, you can turn it off at the head, etc,etc......they sound like the best, but then again, Hunters seem to be better liked by the pros. What are your opinions?? I'd like to order a bunch to start my "upgrade", getting rid of the K-12's, etc.

I also have some K-12's in the yard, but I can't seem to adjust them, the tool I have does not go deep enough, so I don't like them. I also have some Nelson Pros....I did figure them out....not too hard moving those little fingers, etc.

I'm down there a month at a time, and usually down there in May and October. It seems every time I'm down there I'm replacing a rotor or two due to the mowers hurting them. For that reason, I think I'll order a few of those swivel connector things.

I also may order a new rain gauge.....that Hunter Rainclik looks like it is fancier then the regular one I now have.

I thank you in advance for your kind direction.

Frank D.

Thank you Wet Boots......
I appreciate the input.

Any other words of wisdom on the rain gauge, etc? I was leaning towards the rainbirds, but perhaps I should stick with the hunters.......I'm probably thinking too much about this.......

Frank D.

Thank you. Pressure is not an issue...I do not know what my pressure is, but it seems strong and does the job.

Boy, I do not see any difference between the mini-clik and the rain-clik. I did not mean to throw you off....I wasn't thinking about rain-bird rain sensors...I was looking at the Hunter rainclik, but after reading your post, I looked at the mini-clik. I can't see any difference between the miniclik and the rainclik.

I actually think I already have that miniclik. I don't remember because I'm only down there a few times a year.

So the Hunter PGP is better then the Rainbird 5004plus.......thank you all for the good help !

Frank D.

I appreciate your imput.
I placed my order a few months ago.....and I had it shipped to my Florida home, so I don't remember what I ended up buying...
When I'm down there in May I guess i'll see. Water is so expensive down there that I'd love to save money....If I did buy the Hunter ones, hopefully I will not regret it. Using less water and still having the lawn look healthy would be great.

Frank D.

I just looked it up......I bought the hunter PGP-ADG rotors........
Hopefully I can adjust them well and not waste too much water.

I hope there is not too much of a difference in water usage......

Frank D.