Bosmere Irrigatia Sol-C12 Solar Automatic Watering System for Water Barrels, green

Despite the reviews, I ordered this for our raised garden I just built and it's been working great so far! Really wanted to get a solar based irrigation system and with no running water where the raised garden is located, it seemed like there weren't many options. I did run into some questions during the install but when I emailed Irrigatia, they were super fast to respond and help out. A couple of things that tripped me up and might help others here. 1. I had a bad battery in the unit and didn't know until I tested them. The light was blinking per the instructions but the pump would not run. After emails back and forth with Irrigatia, I found that the light will still blink (with regular sequences) even if there's a dead battery in there. 2. The unit comes with two water sensors. One goes above the little water cage and one below. I think the manual just references one water sensor. 3. Speaking of water, I picked up a bucket from Home Depot to keep water in and drilled a hole in the lid to feed the sensor into it. Working great. 3. When I finally got it working, it was loud! Ran for at least 6 hrs on the first run before it settled into its routine. Seemed like it was running on setting #5 at first. I have it set to #3 now and when it runs, it is still loud but it's only running every 3 hrs now. I think that's about it. We might setup another raised garden and I would definitely put one of these in there if we do!

am still learning how to set up 12 attachments some of drippers were mis molded and inoperatable, also uses british sizing of hoses which are smaller inside diameter hoses on don't match up well to us standard parts but pump is powerfull and settings are totally different than us setup methods

Terrible. Do not waste $100 on this piece of junk. Did not work. The only thing it did do was to charge the battery. The pump would never activate. Left it on a table outside in the sun for 3 days. It would not even transfer a single drop of water from the rain barrel to a bowl on top of it. There is no way to turn it on manually which is a bad feature. Needed to wait days just to watch it do nothing. The light indicates the battery is fully charged. Thats all it does. Ordered a replacement. If that does not work I'm building my own with an arduino. I'll post the instructions here so others can avoid this. Great idea. Too bad it's total garbage.

The unit started up with no problems to date. Raised be plants love the water cycles and so easy using a 55 gallon rain barrel.

I have multiple irrigatia pumps from small to large capacity. They are great easy to use and setup is easy. I have used a variety of there pumps for almost eight years and I stand by them.

I have been trying for more than a month to get it to work. I have relocated it, primed it, lowered it, shortened the hose run, and currently have it set up as one line going into a cup to measure output and get nothing. It flashes per the setting, and at night goes into night mode but never seem to pump water. When I use the syringe that came with it to prime the pump, or turn it off and on, the pump runs for a few seconds and I get water to come through the lines, but not in normal operations. I am very frustrated. This would be a great product if it would work.

Over priced and does not work. I followed the instructions for two and it did not pump any water. Total piece of junk

Just had this product for a little over a year. I disconnected it and took it in for the winter. I placed new rechargeable batteries in it for the next season and now it doesn’t work at all. Worthless product!

Facil de usar, conectar tubos. encender y listo. Cumple con su cometido automaticamente. Viene con las pilas recargables. Las pilas se recargan solas con la luz del sol. Tiene 5 posiciones de riego. Te vale para 12 macetas por el material que viene en la caja, aunque que seguro que se puede montar mas cantidad. Viene con tubo de sobra. Es completamente autonomo salvo que tienes que rellenar el bidon. Lo puse con un bidon de 30 litros y me aguanta una semana a tope de riego con temperaturas de mas de 40º Riega perfectamente cada una de las macetas por goteo. La bomba viene con un filtro y un sensor de agua. Lo recomiendo para los dias de vacaciones porque te olvidas de regar. Lo malo, que le pondria algun conector en T de mas, por decir algo.

Rende automatica l’irrigazione, mantiene sempre le piante con la giusta umidità e consuma pochissima acqua, importante in questo momento di siccità.

Perfect for containers and my small greenhouse. Easy to set up and keeps everything well watered. This is my second Irrigatia system. Highly recommend.

Meine Partnerin hat entschieden in unserem Ferienhaus Tomaten anzupflanzen ohne sich vorher gross Gedanken um die Bewässerung während unserer Abwesenheit zu machen. Ich überlegte mir dass es vielleicht eine gute Sache sei das Regenwasser vom Dach in einer Regentonne zu sammeln, und machte mich auf die Suche einer Solarbetriebenen Pumpe. Das Produkt Irrigatia scheint eines der wenigen zu sein dass es auf dem Markt und in diesem Sektor überhaupt zu geben scheint. Nach drei Wochen Einsatz kann ich nur Bestnoten vergeben. Die Tomaten gedeihen in der Ferne vorzüglich! Hält genau was es verspricht! Entgegen eines "Vorredners" finde ich die Geräusche während des Pumpens (dies geschieht ca. alle 3 Stunden) mehr als nur moderat. Die fünf Stufen um die Wassemenge zu regeln sind ausreichend. Die Bedinenung ist «Idiotensicher»! Unbedingte Kaufempfehlung von meiner Seite! Schade dass es dieses Produkt nicht in jedem Baumarkt zu kaufen gibt.

A fonctionné tout l'été Vraiment très bien et efficace.