It is amazing how a sprinkler that is basically a duplicate of a Rain Bird could be so badly designed and it show in the operation. It works and like I say in my own videos the spring is too tight and even with the bearing spring it struggles to operate. The amount of water that goes all around the sprinkler and in the reverse direction is amazing. Orbit made one great plastic sprinkler in Utah and it controls the water so well, even the Rain Bird P5-PJ and the 2045 are not as good. Those Rain Bird models are excellent, but that one Orbit model made in Utah is one step better. This brass Orbit model leaves a lot to be desired. Thank you for sharing the video.

I am on the spectrum, and I like this type of content.

I taped a washer at the tail and it slowed down alot. is there a benefit to this?

NaanDanJain😢

thanks for showing the internal operation.

Leave it to orbit to fuck up

I use to have 2 I have 1 now

Why are the caps different?😮

I did the exact same thing to fix my pop-up rain bird. I discovered that if I placed the last three bearings and the white plastic nut on a long screwdriver and put the end of the screwdriver into the bottom of the unit while it was horizontal, then tipped it upside down, all the parts went right where they needed to be and I didn’t have to fuss with dropping each part in one at a time. Much easier. This replacement is soooo much less expensive than buying a whole pop-up unit!

It is true this is an excellent sprinkler, and the ones I have are made in the USA. The quality is outstanding and they put the water out in front like they were designed to do. An excellent choice in sprinklers. These are still available at Menards.

That sprinkler does move quite quickly. I have several of these and will use them for experimenting. My space is a quarter like yours, so it is hard to get an image of a half circle movement. I want to add weight to the tail end in hopes to slow it down even slightly. One thing for sure it is not likely anyone will out run these sprinklers. They do not have the distance partly because of the speed of operation. I have not run mine in quite some time. The melnor look alike model is very much the same.

I like the PJ design of the Beta II model. I had early on the spoon arm version and later the PJ model. I have them both now. I have several more of the PJ model now. It was an excellent design as it worked so well and smoothly and had a very steady pace. They definitely are not fast, but then they do not need to be. I never had one in a canister. Thank you for sharing it.

Aspersor

From what I can see, this is what a Rain Bird LG-3 Mini Paw would look like with a Rain Bird P5-R Mini bird inside. Cool stuff!

Rain Bird sprinklers are better!

Love the sound of a ball drive. This is a great addition to any collection. Great video!

Love these. The cases are very solid. Great video!

They must mean diameter.

It is interesting how this is similar to the Rain Bird Maxi-Paw, but I do see differences, like the reverse/trip mechanism which is more like a standard rear end trip setup. The arm is different in the weight placement design. It may not move as quickly as a Rain Bird, but moves very well regardless. Thank you for sharing it.

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Nice rain jet. Looks similar to a maxi paw!

Nice rotor! thats one of those clicky models! dont think i've seen many of them before.

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Could a Rain Bird P5-R head work on this assembly?

what happened at the beginning? it looked like it was stuck reversing.

They did good at designing the PJ arm. It shoots the water straight in front of the head. Unlike most of the " PJ Spoon" sprinklers made now (and even the Zinc models) shoot the water to the side or at an angle, defeating the purpose of the PJ arm to begin with. Nice head though! I have seen one of these on ebay and that was a long time ago.

This one had its sugar for sure!

Why does this remind me of LEGO/Water Whiz?

another sprinkler collector friend of mine found a craigslist ad and sent it to me that had the green case versions with the Alpha II head inside with the PJ tube. I tried to get the guy to sell and ship me one but he never got back to me. They were the Western Brassworks design heads, the U61-DP (I think P meant PJ tube arm). I think he wanted to sell the whole lot not just 1. I don't have that kind of cash to buy them all. I have only need for one. Unless I get them super cheap then I can resell them and keep 1 for myself. It's a shame.

I got the same 15103 rain bird too vintage green and black

i got a 2023 one from home depot this time they have the green nozzles

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Wonder what it would be like full circle while reversing lol

i have one in zone 2

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I like that it's literally just a Beta-II in an in-ground housing

Como se substitui o bocal do aspersório Orbit 55025 Pulse XL Impact Sprinkler?

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I recently got one of these on a custom made tripod free from facebook. It runs well off a hose on city water too. I gave it to a friend who needed something for her garden. Same style head as well. This must be one of the newer ones.

What is the point of a spoon drive partial circle impact sprinkler?

Been searching for a fast impact sprinkler, it appears this one takes the cake! I thought the Orbit Super Jet was fast

Thanks. I was curious about the noise level. Now I know. Not too bad the noise. Thanks for the useful demo.

Goon

Awesome. That thing is rolling!

I’m fast af boiiiii.

I dont believe i've seen these before. For a long time i forgot Gilmour made these at all. Pretty cool!

I have quite a lot of these

Aren’t these things tiny compared to a mini paw?

Got this rotor for free at a supply house and funny thing is it's better than anything they sell.