Orbit 62100 Yard Enforcer Motion-Activated Sprinkler

Love this product! Our backyard backs up to a field and woods in a suburban neighborhood so we have plenty of deer, and no one in our neighborhood can plant very many things without them getting eaten. We graded our back lawn and had to plant a lot of grass, which grew in beautifully, and then the deer noticed our tender new baby grass and loved it. We bought the yard enforcer for this reason and hung our infrared tree camera just for fun. We got some good laughs from that and now that we know that it’s effective we don’t bother recording it anymore. But every once in a while during the late evening, we hear our water pipes going briefly and know that it’s doing its thing. The deer tend to prefer one section of our grass so we are able to aim the sensor with good success. Although the water spray can go as far around as one would like, the sensor only covers approx 25% of the potential range. So imagine if we aimed it at the 2 o’clock position, it would pick up motion within the 12 - 3 o’clock position but we can adjust it to spray in whatever direction or width range that we want, so it can get their buddies who are outside of the sensor range. The water doesn’t have to hit them at all. They are scared of the sudden, hissing noise of the sprinkler and take off without looking back. Some of them now know the boundary (of their preferred area) and avoid it now. We change up the direction of the sensor to keep them guessing. One time I witnessed it reacting to a squirrel in the daytime, but usually, as far as I’ve seen, it doesn’t. That is likely because we have it angled higher for the deer. The only improvement I’d like to see is an adjustable width of sensor range, but otherwise it’s reliable, works during the day and night and we love it. We have been using for at least three weeks and have had no leaks. If you are going to keep in on all the time like us, I recommend investing in a heavy duty hose.

I put this together (frankly, it’s in a lot of pieces and requires more assembly than it should) and I used silicone faucet cartridge assembly type grease on all the seals and assembly points. It has not leaked a drop. The plastics are not great quality, so do yourself a favor and use the silicone grease, any hardware store has it. It is very sensitive, and has a wide arc/range- you don’t have to be anywhere near the front to trigger it. I think it’s 80 degrees or so. When it fires, it will splatter you even if you are behind it. Because it apparently needs to sense both heat and movement, such as with a moving critter, it does not fire with waving branches on a breezy day, and that’s very good- my yard is full of things that move in the wind. The intact Tom cat who has drenched my pool screens with foul-smelling pee nightly for months (as well as screaming and howling at 3am routinely right outside my bedroom window) got a face full of water and hit my wooden fence scrambling to escape with enough force that it sounded like an adult person climbing over. He made one more attempt the next night with similar results. I left it up a week and now set it only periodically just in case. The cat has not been back, nor am I hearing the howling in nearby yards, so I assume he was sufficiently impressed to choose new territory. Make sure your hose is durable - cracking the tap just a little does NOT limit pressure, only flow. If your house has high pressure such as mine (pool pressure) buy a reducer. A burst hose at 1am that you don’t find for 8 hours will lose a lot of water. Having the tap on less than full will reduce what you lose if it bursts, but again, simple physics dictate that it won’t reduce the pressure and make a burst hose less likely. Make sure the tap is on enough that you get a good strong and long firing- you want distance since the sensor will pick up the critter quite a ways from the unit. A good soaking is most likely to help the critter find another yard to prowl, rather than water that doesn’t reach them at all and just makes a lot of noise. If you are looking for an intact male cat to ruin your screen enclosure and wake you at 3am, I no longer have one to loan you.

I had to return the first one due to inoperability (however, after the new one arrived, figured out there was nothing wrong with the first one). The instructions are very poorly written. It said in order to activate the sensor the first time, you have to place in the off position, then hold the button for 20 seconds until you hear a click. That never happened. Changed the batteries 3 times, still nothing. So decided to return and ask for a replacement. The replacement arrived 2 days later, and same thing. I started moving the dial to DAY, NIGHT, All modes. Low and behold, it worked on the DAY mode. I then set up the sprinkler in the yard and tested it. Worked like a charm. Easy assembly and adjustment. Water coverage is as we wanted. I recommend, however, just don't put the dial in the off mode if you want to hear the click. Place in DAY mode. Check it in the yard, and if you only want night, then switch to night mode. Note: the sprinkler only operates for a few seconds then turns off, don't expect it to be continuous. it operates only enough time to scare away unwanted racoons, etc

We have had our yard enforcer for over four months now. It works great for keeping our neighbour’s cat from visiting and pooping in our yards but after four months it’s started to leak. Seller would you help get in touch so we can fix this? Thanks.

Le branchement à l’arrivée d’eau n’est pas étanche ! La pièce a du jeu derrière le joint malgré un serrage au maximum. Impossible à utiliser !

sehr guter Sprenger wenn er nicht so oft angehen würde. Nachtrag: Am 24.04.2022 gekauft und jetzt schon defekt!!! (01.12.2022)

Little difficult to work out. Needed a particular thread joiner from bunnings so the hose would connect to it, cost $2. Doesnt leak and stops the dog pooping on the back pavers, it is worth its weight in gold, love it.

We have been having problems for years with cats using our garden as their personal toilet. We had at least five different cats use our garden and we had tried everything from pepper to cat sprays we even got three metal cat figures with marble eyes which are meant to scare cats away nothing seemed to work. We have three small children so we do need to be careful what we use and we did not want anything to hurt the cats, but we had enough, one morning my husband cleaned 30 cats poo off our lawn that was one days worth and the final straw. I saw this product and at first I was concerned as its quite alot of money to spend but we were at the end of our tether with the cats that had taken over our garden, we want somewhere where our children can play without the worry of them stepping into cats poo. The orbital yard enforcer is absolutely fabulous I cannot recommend this enough. My husband put it together without any problems and he used the connectors provided which were fine we live in the UK and this product is produced in the US but we did not have any issues connecting it to our hose so I am unsure why some people have had problems we did not have any. It is motion sensed so as soon as a cat steps into our garden it is triggered off and sprays, I love it we have our garden back, just after one day it is completely poo free and cat free and the kids think its amazing running though the sprinkler in the summer I just need to remember to switch it off when I want to put my washing out. So if you are worried about spending out so much money I would definitely say it is worth every penny it I a solid and sturdy sprayer. I am more then pleased with is.