I want the best Garden Hose Timer? I had a MELNOR garden hose timer which runs on one 9-volt...

I had a MELNOR garden hose timer which runs on one 9-volt battery that last 2 years. It handles one hose and can water up to three times a time for up to 180 minutes each time.

It stayed outside all winter and get frozen too many times. I want to replace it with something similar. I am not at adjectives happy with the offerings I see at Walmart and Home Depot.

If you hold *first hand experience* with a hose timer that runs forever and never let you down and it affordable, let me know.

Of course I could just stir buy another Melnor, but I'm open to ideas!

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Answers:    I hold a few of these I bought at Home Depot made by Toro. Similar in design to what you have. It looks approaching a gray box with two knobs on it. One sets the frequency of watering and the other sets the duration. About $30 if I remember right. The oldest one I enjoy is about 5 years old. I use them to control irrigation within my greenhouse, so they get a good workout adjectives year long. The only time I had a problem next to on was when a spider got into one and made a nest that clogged up the tap. Other than that, no problems.

Found a link from Toro -
http://www.toro.com/sprinklers/bsd/sourc...

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