Orbit Garden Enforcer Motion-Activated Sprinkler - 62120

If you have a garden bed you want to protect and it’s within a reasonable reach of a hose bib this will serve you well. This thing is effective enough …. Did its job while I employed it. My problem is I would need maybe 6 of these to cover my property. That’s a lot of hoses and stuff all over the place. The critters just dine on areas out of the sprinklers reach each time I would move it. Not to mention it’s useless in Midwest winters when deer are browsing tender young growth.

I love this. But the deer…not so much.

After exploring and attempting other unsuccessful stratagems, I purchased this device with the sole intent of it deterring and repelling rabbits from dining on my lawn. Thus, my one star review is predicated, in the main, on the Garden Enforcer failing to perform this task. In my view, there are several factors with this unit that appear to lend to its ineffectiveness against rabbits: 1. The motion activated sensor is not attuned/designed to recognize the smallness nor quickness of rabbits. It appears to be effective against humans, dogs and (presumably) deer, but, unfortunately, not rabbits. Various sensor adjustments, equipment locations, configurations and placements were to no avail. 2. The tripod configuration of the unit itself appears to be a hindrance to rabbit deterrence. The unit cannot be lowered enough via the tripod adjustment mechanism for the motion sensors to detect rabbits even though the sensor itself, to a degree, can be adjusted vertically. 3. The Garden Enforcer's hose connection has an inherent design flaw. The hose connection descends vertically from the center of the unit to a terminus that is equidistant from the three legs of the tripod and that is only marginally situated above the base of the tripod at its most retracted setting. Attaching a hose to the connection effectively renders the lowest tripod setting to be ineffective as it does not account for the hose itself, i.e., the hose, when connected, is actually below the lowest tripod setting making the hose the fulcrum rather than the tripod. A better design would be to have the hose connection nearer to the top of the tripod so that the unit itself could be fully lowered so that the sensor could be more effective against smaller animals such as rabbits. 4. The unit has four operating modes: Off, Day, Night and Always. Since rabbits are primarily dawn and dusk diners, none of these settings ideally serves the purpose of deterring rabbits. As a result, I was compelled to set the unit on the Always setting. Until we adapted to its presence, during the day, the Always setting gave me and my dog a reminder of its existence! A far better solution would be to integrate a digital timer with this device so that on/off settings can be truly programmable, making the Garden Enforcer a more flexible tool. Orbit, itself, makes these very timers. I have one that works quite well. Aside from its inability to deter rabbits (and I suspect animals of similar size such as cats), the Garden Enforcer appears to be well constructed. The tripods are of metal construction and the plastic components appear to be durable. The sprinkler mechanism also works fine and can be adjusted for distance, radius and duration. The instructions were clear and It was easy to set up. A note about Orbit's customer service. Seeking advice on rabbit deterrence, I talked to two separate customer service representatives on separate days. Neither of the reps appeared to be at all knowledgeable about or familiar with the Garden Enforcer. In fact, one sent me a pdf of user instructions for the wrong product. Finally, in frustration, I was able to speak with a supervisor who was more familiar with the product, secured some technical input while I was put on hold and provided me with some suggestions to improve the unit's effectiveness against rabbits. Alas. all to no avail. So, if it's rabbits you seek to repel, this is not the product for it. For humans, dogs and, I suspect, deer, it will likely be more effective.

Why enthusiastic? Because it absolutely keeps the deer out of my garden. Without fail. And because the build quality is excellent. Why only four stars then? Because adjusting it properly is tricky, and the directional adjustments could be better. A lot better. As stated, this thing keeps the deer out of a garden that many deer used to consider their favorite salad bar. And these are aggressive, not afraid of much, borne and raised in the suburbs deer, not skittish forest deer. At it scares them off every time. The problems are in the implementation. First, you don't want it set so sensitively that your plants are getting wet every time a gust of wind blows. So you've got to back down on the sensitivity (using the knob). Which can be done, but requires many repetitions of turn off the water, turn the sensitivity knob, turn the water back on, approach the protected area, observe sensitivity, repeat. You're going to get wet doing this. This same process is required for the setting the distance it sprays. Again, you're probably going to get sprayed doing that too. Goes with the territory, I suppose. Second, the little clips for setting that side-to-side arc that it sprays was not easily adapted to my application where I wanted a tight 60 degree arch. I had to rig up some paper clips held the to post with a rubber band, with a bent piece of the clip protruding so that it engaged the trip mechanism at one side of the arch, to get the mechanism to trip at the proper place. This may not be an issue for everyone. In my case it mattered because on one edge is a picture window of my house (looking out at the garden, that I didn't want sprayed) and the other edge is a sidewalk along the garden (didn't want people sprayed). This is an area where the product could be easily improved by the manufacturer, but bent paper clips and a rubber band is a reliable, makeshift solution. All in all, now that it's adjusted correctly, and spraying where I want it, when I want it, and where I want it, it's awesome. Reliable and effective. But getting there was - for me at least - a bit of a PITA.

I purchased the Garden Enforcer to keep deer from getting into my flower bed and destroying all my flowers before they could even bloom. The tripod setup is nice because I can set it at the back of the bed and it is tall enough to see and spray over the flowers. Results so far have been excellent. I am literally learning what color some of my own flowers are for the first time because in the past the deer have always eaten the blossoms before they could even bloom. All in all this seems to be a quality product. Overall fit and finish is good and setup was easy. Two issues to be aware of: This will not work on squirrels. Generally they don't seem to trigger it, and when they do they don't seem to particularly mind it. You may need to buy a heavy duty hose. A normal light duty garden hose will swell and burst if used with this sprinkler for a long period of time because they aren't designed to be kept under pressure indefinitely.

Bought the Orbit Garden Enforcer to stop a neighbor's cat from urinating on our front door. I installed 4 AA Duracell Coppertop batteries and the valve didn't work (As soon as I hooked up the hose, it would continuously spray even in the "OFF" position). Decided to replace Duracell AA batteries with higher performance AA batteries and the valve worked (so this thing really needs powerful batteries and if you use it regularly, I would suggest replacing the batteries frequently). Then I set it up so that the motion sensor was cat level (there are stairs to my front door, so I put the unit on the ground so the motion sensor was about 6" above the large 6'x8' landing at the top of the stairs where my front door is). I had my husband walked back and forth in front of the the motion sensor and his legs set off the sprayer about 1 out of 4 times, even after I adjusted the range of the motion sensor. I think that the body mass of a deer or medium-size dog would set off the motion sensor on a much better rate than a cat because when I was testing the unit with the tripod legs extended, the motion sensor did a good job of detecting/spraying me. Besides the cat sensitivity issue, there was also a problem with the Trip Pin: the small, wire spring wasn't secured to the unit and so the Trip Pin didn't work properly. Because of how the Trip Pin attached to the unit, there was no way to fix it or get the trip pin to work properly. We ended up returning the Garden Enforcer because of the Trip Pin defect. Maybe the Yard Enforcer (no tripod, just a stake) would be better for cats, rabbits, and other small animals, but where we live, the ground is so hard in the summer that we can't push anything into the ground. That said, the tripod set up was very sturdy and if my purpose was deterring deer, dogs, and other creatures with a larger body mass, I think it might work pretty well.

I was skeptical but somewhat desperate when purchasing this product. Much to my amazement, amusement & delight, it WORKS! I have a love/hate relationship with the deer that come by on a regular basis. I like watching them and I don't mind at all if they're in the clearing just beyond the backyard (3+ acres of forest) but when Bucky comes through and mows down my hydrangeas & my beautiful David Austin Rose bush... well, that's where the "buck" stops & the love ends. I planted wildflowers away from the yard & gave them water this summer when we had blistering temps so it's not like I don't care. I know, I know, stop naming them, talking to them and attracting them to the area but they're always around anyway, it's not like I'm intentionally luring them by planting dessert like foilage... this certainly isn't an open "all you can eat" buffet style secret garden by any means. That said, Bucky, Thumbalina, Wilma & Pebbles DO NOT LIKE THE Garden Enforcer! I can't believe how well it works at detouring them from the backyard, I'm truly impressed. They've figured out the water/sprinkler boundaries and are staying out of the backyard and now keep themselves to the outer perimeter and I'm happy with that! Have I forgotten to shut it off or thought I was walking out of range and gotten blasted with the water myself? Hell yes! Does it make me laugh? yes! Is this a product that actually works, brings amusement and detours the deer from eating my roses, yes! Would I purchase again? Absolutely. Recommend to others? Definitely! Do I wish it worked on garden snakes as well? Yep, sure wish it did! You have no idea how many times my neighbor has heard me scream and curse at the at the top of my lungs.

It broke immediately on the first use. The piece that limits the rotation snapped off on the first go, so now it turns a full rotation instead of being able to set it. We're returning it. Had it not immediately broken, I'm sure it would have been great for keeping the cats out of the garden.

it is easy to set up and we like the extra height as we have raised beds that would otherwise block detector. It has kept hungry deer from veggies but sad to report the unprotected Hostas around the yard have been chewed into submission. I may buy more for other side of house garden area.

Does the job very well and the sensor range is quite decent compared to the ones I had previously...

Can’t say enough about this product we call him Aulby Easy to set up simple to use fabulous options day night always or off Whether it’s a nasty bird that is trying to attack smaller native birds or a cat that you want to keep off your property or an intruder at night this is the best scarecrow product I have used in 30 years And buying another one today to Put in another property we have

Took 4 months to arrive, on the second attempt. On arrival one the pins holding the arms in place was too short and had fallen out meaning the tripod is unstable (see picture). Overall this has been a poor customer experience, especially as originally bought with a discount but then needed to pay full price second time round. I've given in 2 star for assembly because it is very easy to put together, shame it won't stay up with 2 arms.

Motion sprinkler worked good last summer. It was put away last fall, without batteries, drained, and stored inside so it wouldn't freeze. When setting up this spring and placing new batteries in it, it had a mind of its own. Off/Night/Day/Always selector had no effect, sprinkler would randomly go off with no motion, but nothing would happen when there is motion. Completely useless now. Tried contacting customer support through phone over 5 times now, no response. No other way of contacting them other than thru their "call back" number. Would not buy again. Would not recommend this company.