GARDENA Flex Water Timer, product unboxing & set up review by Kevin Cook from GARDENING.co.za

[@waltraudmacpherson410]

Excellent explanation, thank you!

[@NpgSymboL]

It’s super simple but why when you put 6am it changed it to 18:00. I just bought this and it keeps changing the time. I put 6:00 and it changed it to 02:00. I so don’t understand Is there a way to turn the frequency off so that you can just set up a once off timer for when you are not home ?

[@valamaas]

6am -> 18pm - This is because you set a frequency of 12 hours. It shows the next time it will run. So normally people are asleep at 6am, and only see 1800(6pm). You can turn the program off. When you manually water, you can set the duration at that point (i think you have about 10 seconds to use the dial to do this). It then remembers your manual duration. It is quite annoying that it only has one programmed time and then frequency for extra waterings. Who wants their watering turning on at 2am? I need 10am and 2pm watering because it gets hot (Australia). I can't do that with this timer. So I manually water in the morning and then auto water in the afternoon (24h frequency).

[@Martin-se3ij]

The store that sells Gardina does not honor their warranty and when I email Gardina head office about it they don't reply.

[@clairemcnamara1749]

Any ideas on how to fix the dial ? Had ours for quite a few years, and now the dial is stuck, and I can't reprogram it.

[@SantianoBe]

How is the water pressure? I can't find any info on this. I need it for a sprinkler system on the front yard. And it needs to be the same pressure as the source (the tap in the wall)