Nelson Rain Train Traveling Sprinkler for Yard, Heavy Duty Rotating Lawn Sprinkler with Large Area Coverage, Yellow

This is a tough guy lawn sprinkler. It is heavy, appears to be well made and even with our poor mains water pressure, it still slowly trundles across the lawn, watering as it goes and pulling to hose behind it. It means I can set my water timer to a few hours at night and leave the sprinkler to do its work. I have tried all the cheaper sprinklers that are supposed to spray around 300 degrees. None of them work because of the lack of water pressure. Recommended.

Works perfectly to water a cricket square with a 1/2 inch hose and (at times) fairly low water pressure. Moves about 20ft per hour, with a small increase at night when pressure is a bit higher and coverage is around 36-40 feet at the spray adjustment I have. Turns itself off on the ramp and give a really good soak of the square, with less work than having to move a rotating sprinkler.

I've wanted one of these for ages and Amazon's global delivery made it a viable option. (I nearly wrote a negative review about the delivery but just because my local distrubution hub (yodel) lost the parcel for a few days and then delivered the package in a battered state this is probably just unlucky - it took about 12 days overall). Its built like a tank and copes fairly well with slopes and poor ground, but I wouldnt use it on completely bare earth though as I would imagine it might bog down on wet light soil. The benefit of being able to set it going and not have to move the sprinkler every 15 minutes is far greater than I thought it would be - well worth getting if you have a larger lawn. Ive so far had it towing 60 feet of hose - I think it will do 100 no problem - I would say our water pressure is moderate. I had an adaptor to convert to 1/2 hose lying around but you will likely need to get one. The gear box and gears are plastic - which isnt a surprise and look like they can be replaced as a piece if needed - but I dont think it will strip them easily - as a precaution I move it around with the gear lever in neutral. Lawns looking better already !

Works well, built solidly, looks like it will last. Be aware that if you are buying to water freshly laid turf, it's not easy to lay out the hose for it without walking on the turf, which you aren't supposed to do. You also need to take care to make sure the hose doesn't have any loops, which turn into kinks and stops the flow. The hose also needs to be pretty straight before and after the ramp which is used as an auto cut off, it can fall over otherwise and continue pumping out water. Lastly it should really include the hose adapter to allow you to connect a hose like type connector out of the box.

Everyone in my neighbourhood is jealous of my Raintrain! It does require high water pressure to function well, but folks regularly comment on cute and effective it is for watering our large paddock space. Get one now and you'll have the coolest lawn in town!

I don’t normally write reviews but I must say from opening the box I was impressed. First I was impressed as this is heavy and sold metal, unlike those cheap plastic hose lock products. Yes didn’t have the connector but a good rummage around the plumbing box and it was sorted in a few minutes (with lashings of Ptfe tape). Next you notice that it sprays only the perimeter of the circle, that allows it to spray quite far compared to other sprinklers (I have a large lawn so that’s brilliant), but it’s genius that as it moves forward it “fills in” the inner gap of the circle. Amazing that it’s not using power and it also comes to a stop in the right place too. The only downside is it moves along very slowly and does give the lawn a thorough soaking with no way to speed up, I guess the benefit of that would be you only need to water twice weekly. Overall I would recommend!

What a brilliant piece of kit. Over the years I have used every different type of sprinkler and nothing matches this amazing sprinkler. Before buying, I read all the reports and could find no negative feedback, apart the those that whinged about the hose connector. How are the suppliers supposed to know what your hose connections are ? The sprinkler far exceeds my expectations as I watch it very slowly make its way across the lawn with an enormous spread of water. The Amazon price is the best I could find and it arrived in 6 days from USA........INCREDIBLE !!! If you are looking for a sprinkler that really works and that covers a large area, don't hesitate, BUY ONE.

This sprinkler works very well. I have a difficult property to water effectively. Long narrow and broad field like areas. This sprinkler is adjustable from 3 meters (15 feet) to 17 meters (55 feet). It's also a kick to lay out the route for the watering pattern of the day just to see how far I can go and get away with it. Lol

Me encanto! Estoy feliz con mi compra! Es pesado y muy bueno para regar!

Tolles Produkt!!! Schnelle Lieferung, solide Verpackung. Der Zug macht einen sehr hochwertigen Eindruck, Gewicht, Lackierung, Verarbeitung alles top Super easy zu installieren. Winkel und Ausrichtung der Düse vor den Start beachten und dann geht es schon los. Wurfweite ist genau richtig für unser Grundstück, Geschwindigkeit lässt sich in 3 Stufen einstellen. Kann ich nur empfehlen.

Idéal pour éviter une installation d’arrosage intégrée sur un terrain peu large et long

Great sprinkler for big lawns. It crawls and waters as it goes. Two speeds. Very good spread of water. Nice and even as it goes. If something goes wrong you can get replacement parts too. My mother has owned one for 10 years. Thing is still going. Built really well.

This is a great product. Sure, it weighs 17 pounds, and to the neighbors it probably looks like I'm hauling around a big yellow child's plaything, but it gets the job done! Yes, I've had to replace the gearbox (just once, so far). Yes, I've come out to find that it had jumped the hose and was trying its best to escape the confines of our yard. Yes, I've come out to find that it had "thrown a rod", and was hence spewing water onto a small patch of grass. I can't say I've been the best owner to it, though. It once sat in a corner of our backyard for over a year, unused. Sitting there under the hot Texas sun. Neglected. Or what about when I set it on "Neutral" so I can drag it around the yard on the end of my hose? I'm sure that doesn't do its hose connection any good. Poor guy. But it works! Set it and forget it. Plug and play. I despised the other sprinkler choices. An oscillating sprinkler? Umm, no thanks -- it covers too wide of an area and doesn't put sufficient water down, given that our Texas wind carries most of the water over to our neighbors yard. The RainTrain lays down water where I tell it to lay down water. What about one of those stationary "square area" sprayers? Haha, do you think those little tiny itty bitty droplets of water actually make it to the ground before they evaporate in the hot Texas heat? The RainTrain delivers big heavy purposeful drops of water that land on the grass, not in the air. What about one of those rotary sprinklers? Same problems as the other two. And they all have to be strategically positioned at various points around the yard at various times and I have to remember that they're running or otherwise I'll leave them on overnight and water all the lawns downhill from us. The RainTrain moves where I tell it to move and stops when and where I tell it to stop. I'm more of a real-time guy. With the RainTrain, I don't do the "turn it on, see how far the water is thrown, turn it off, adjust it, turn it back on, see how far the water is thrown, turn it off, adjust it, repeat..." I turn on the water, walk out to it (while its in neutral), gently apply pressure with my hand to the top of the rotor until it stops and then manually adjust it there and then. Once I'm happy, I set the transmission to the forward gear of my choice, release the rotor and let it do its thing. Sure, I get my pant legs wet, that's why I wear shorts. Do you have one? No? There's probably an "Add to Cart" button or something on this page, usually toward the top. Click that, checkout, wait for it to arrive. Your life will change. The grass will be greener (probably because more water is reaching it with the RainTrain than with any of the other so-called "sprinklers" that you may have used). Neighbors will be nice and talk to you ("What's that?" they'll ask, pointing to your RainTrain, because, you know, it IS a conversation piece first and foremost). You'll be more relaxed and at peace with the world (because you'll be mesmerized by the RainTrain as you watch it go quietly about its duties). You'll lose weight and/or build muscle mass (from carrying around its 17-pound heft between watering applications). You'll be richer (time is money, and this saves you a lot of time, which means it saves you a lot of money). It will make you want to be a better person...well, maybe not, let's not get carried away.