Noodlehead N111C Flexible Lawn & Garden Sprinkler
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Noodlehead N111C Flexible Lawn & Garden Sprinkler
Customer Review: Almost perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I would rather give this three and a half stars and not four.
This is a great sprinkler and a great idea but could use some improvements.
First, it could be bigger. It is a lot smaller then I thought it was going to be.
The noodles are not as flexible as they need to be but I could understand that if they are too flexible they may not be able to stand up. And sometimes its hard to get a noodle bent into position especially if your trying to bend the noodle downward pretty far. Sometimes you have to bend past the angle you want and let the noodle straighten a bit to where you intend it to spray.
I did find that it worked better if you place the sprinkler on a pole and have the noodles pointed up and adjust them according to where the water lands on the garden.
But the one big plus is when I watered my garden I was able to point a noodle to my lily plant near the garden and have it get watered the same time the garden did. And even tho it took a while to get the sprinkler adjusted to cover the garden, it still was able to water the entire garden. I have no other sprinkler that has done that so far.
Im not sorry I bought this becuase I was able to make it work. But, like I said, it could use a couple improvements.
Customer Review: Perfect pocket size sprinkler for bonsai farms
Summary: 4 Stars
Yes, its small.
The concept is terrific - direct the various "noodles" in the direction you need and walk away.
I purchased based on reviews (and amazon's awesome free shipping, yeah!)but did not think to check out the actual size..this is a very small sprinkler. It is the size of your fist and each noodle is the size of half a drinking straw) Very little water comes out of each straw.
Also, moving the noodles needs to be done while the water is running, so you can see where to aim the noodles. This is time consuming and the noodles don't stay bent...they slowly move back, usually directing water onto your head while you try to bend the rest of the noodles, which must be highly entertaining for your neighbors!
Why 4 stars? It cost around $14 and as long as you know its small and will only water a small area, that is perfect for folks with small townhouse gardens or an unusual shaped place...the oscillating kind of sprinklers tend to break easily so this might be a good option for some people. Also, watering slowly is a good thing..let the water percolate slowly instead of blasting into the ground and running off, right?
Just be aware the noodle concept is a bit of a gimmick but might work if you know what you are getting.
Happy gardening!
Customer Review: Cool product with limitations
Summary: 4 Stars
Well in the search for the perfect sprinkler for those of us without ingrounds, I have to admit I purchased this because it looked odd and I bought into the variety of ways the sprays can be directed.
It works great if you need it to water lets say plants going across a fence or in front of house etc. That is mostly because you can shoot them all one way at first and then while it is on move the little hoses to where you want them aimed. The negative is that if you need to cover a wider and disparate area..you have to shut it off, move the nozzles, go back and turn it on and hope it is hitting where you want it to because obviously you will get wet trying to do it while its on.
Overall its a cool gadget that works best for watering in one specific area and aiming the nozzles to specific plants area. Its average as far as full law coverage and tough to make sure it hits everything.
I am using mostly to water along my fence in my backyard where my wife has alot of plants, my front yards cottage garden plants and the vegetable garden. My regular sprinkler i can then just make sure it waters the lawn and not worry about the plants/bushes/flowers.
Customer Review: Really easy to configure water pattern
Summary: 4 Stars
I have owned this sprinkler for about 5 years. Bought it at a home show on a whim. The sprinkler is made very well, stays put with the screw on spike attached to the bottom and ,best of all, works excellently. You can direct the spray tubes individually to water in any direction. There is a metal wire in each tube so you can bend each one in any direction. This enables you to water many individual plants at the same time with very little water waste. It also is great at watering general areas, such as a large flower bed or portion of a lawn.
It does take some time in setting it up. You may have to turn the water on and off several times to "tweak' the spray pattern if you want to direct each watering tube on a specific plant, but an on/off valve on hose makes it very easy. Works best, in my opinion, if the plants are somewhat close together. I own two and just ordered three more. This way I can set each one up once for each flower bed, etc. and just move hose when watering is needed.
Customer Review: Noodling Along!
Summary: 4 Stars
I had seen this product offered in gardening catalogs for a couple of years and finally decided this was the time to try out this unique sprinkler. And I am thrilled that I did.
We have all heard that good things come in small packages..and this is proof of this adage. You can water fairly large areas by spreading out the 'noodles' and then adjusting the water output to the desired flow. The same is true when watering smaller and odd shaped areas. The 'noodles' are quite flexible and easy to adjust.
The Noodlehead comes with a lawn spike to ensure it stays where put and does not tip over. This is probably my only complaint..the unit itself is lighter than I expected and is difficult to place without the spike.
If you have odd shaped areas to water, this is the answer you have been looking for. If you wish to water ordinary flat lawn areas, you are better off with another more traditional sprinkler.