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 is fully open. I will get one as a sample and see how it works. I tried searching for comments about it on these forums, but could not find any. It is made by valvettesystems, and they have a video of the product in action on their site. I have no connection with them. Just passing this info on, and seeing if anyone has used it before.