Orbit WaterMaster 4-Valve Preassembled Sprinkler Manifold with Easy Wire + (4) 1-Inch PVC Couplings Included | Irrigation Valve System | Smart Controller Compatible

Installed easily and works as expected. Very nice quality.

If you have built an irrigation/sprinkler manifold in the past, you know what a hassle it is to glue all the pieces together. With this system it is 90% built for you! The only thing that you must do is glue the line in from the main pipe, glue the out pipes and wire it up. It is super easy to build a system from scratch, or as a replacement. I had built my old one 16 years ago, and this was super easy to replace my existing manifold without having to dig up the whole thing. The only thing that I didn't like is that it did not come with an extra swivel adapter, and I had to buy a new one because I didn’t get an elbow glued correctly (you will notice a shinier part in the picture and it has rained on the rest), but it was only $4. But that is one of the great things about this, you can replace 1 part without having to dismantle everything, including changing out valves. I would recommend this to anyone who is having to build or replace their manifold.

Great product, makes your project easier. Started out getting an estimate and it was $1450 to replace the controller box, solenoids and labor. Crazy. Took 3 days but saved money. Total cost $430 for everything plus our time. The self satisfaction of doing it ourselves is worth far more than the money savings.

I just installed this yesterday so please forgive how messy my wiring is, once I know how well this works I will clean up the install a bit more. The application is for greenhouse watering and evaporative cooling. Install was pretty easy, sloppy wiring was also pretty easy. They don’t call this out very clearly but most timers don’t have the same number of common plugs as they do zone control plugs so you will need to jumper the common wires at the header. The instructions could be a little more clear on what turning the solenoid does. For total manual operation you can turn the solenoid counterclockwise. Doing so turns the water on with no timer control. To be clear turning this valve to off puts the valve under the control of the timer and does not turn the valve totally off. The soleniod is where my leak problem was happening. The soleniod screws right in to the valve which is what a pilot operated soleniod would do but there is no shelf inside the valve body to provide a flat surface for the o-ring to seat too. This leaves the start of the threading as an open gap with hopes that the o-ring can stop water flow. Tightening the soleniod all the way only makes the leak go from a drip to many drips per minute. With that said only one of the six are dripping. It seems like some thread tape is solving this but if you were to use the manual mode of twisting the soleniod that would bring the leak right back. Last comment, don’t forget the part in the instructions where it has you manually operate the valve to purge the air before trying auto controls. This helps clear air out of the pilot valve and also the downstream to prevent later water hammer and calm down some of the hum from the soleniod.

These are fantastic as long as you need 2 or 4 zones or can stack them for more zones in a row and they work very well

Use these to change out my irrigation system to a digital one. Took a little work, but I like a challenge. This way if I only wanted to water one zone out of four I can do that. This makes it so flexible in watering your lawn. It’s unbelievable.

This takes all the guess work out of home irrigation. In less than 30 minutes, I had the connections pvc cemented, wired to a controller, and connected to hoses. I spent more time placing the sprinklers than installing the manifold. The 4 valve manifold is really 2 dual manifold systems. Two of the 4 are very loud when activated. But I'm not concerned, cause if they fail my local Lowes carries the solenoid, diaphragm, and entire valve. Great product that makes DIY irrigation easy. Only thing I'd recommend is going with Blu-Lock instead of hoses. Had I done that, I'd have saved $200.

Orbit quality has gone down over the years. These valves are okay, they get the job done, but when they fail, they tend to fail open. Hopefully you're not out of town when that happens.

This unit was purchased to replace a 30+years old sprinkler system. The design with a lot of hand-tightable unions is great to make it fit correctly to the existing pipe layout. I replaced 3 such systems for a total of 12 zones using a state of the art orbit electronic control station. Now it all works automatically according to weather forecast or manually from my iPhone. A tremendous improvement to what I had installed over 30 years ago.

Best Quality , fast delivery and excellent customer service

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