When I use the longer throwing adjustable nozzle (15 ft one), I find that it sprays the areas further away from the nozzle much better while the areas just in front the the nozzle (like 3-4 feet away) hardly get any water and the grass turns brown here. It's as if the water is consistent across the entire 15 ft watering area.
That is correct the nozzel by themselves don't water evenly . They are designed to work in teams where one nozzle's spray gets to the other nozzle. This is called head to head coverage and you can lean more about it on our information website at smartirrigation.com. If installing another head or nozzel to reach back to the brown area is not practical for you, a Rain Bird HE-Van nozzel does water better closer to the head but less than the Hunter Nozzel in the farther distances. Each brand has it't strengths and weakneses.
We definitely agree with the ease of adjustment on these. There are pros and cons to both (we hope to do a video comparing them soon), so we actually carry both and use different ones in different situations, but yes for easy of adjustment, Hunter definitely has it!
thanks for the how-to on the variable spray ones! i was trying to adjust the radius of mine earlier today and the top of the nozzle was spinning with the screw so i stopped messing with it. ill go back out tomorrow and hold the top of the nozzle in place while i try to adjust the radius screw. hopefully i can get it to stop spraying my front porch by shooting past my garden
I think my sprinkler nozzle adjustment screw was already tightened practically all the way down. I think I need a smaller radius nozzle for it to stop spraying my porch. Oddly enough no matter how much i turned it, even to the point of the screw getting tight enough that it turns the entire nozzle, the water stream never became all splattery or had any real impact on its spray pattern like your fixed sprinkler at 3:44. My nozzle is a 10' nozzle, and its about 8' from the sprinkler to my porch, although the sprinkler manages to spray a couple more feet than its aforementioned 10' onto my porch.
Ah, one thing we neglected to mention is that you need to use the filter provided with the spray nozzle, since the screw inside tightens down against that filter. If you are turning the screw and you aren't using a filter, then the screw won't do anything. I'm not sure why there wouldn't be a filter in there, but that might be the issue. Regardless though, you really shouldn't turn down a spray for than a foot or two, so if you need to go smaller, a new nozzle is probably best; there only a few bucks.
Thanks for the video. So many nozzles have that screw and turning them doesn't always adjust the throw. No where on Hunter's site says the range of throw for each one. I have a center, side sprinkler for a rectangle 12'x5', so now I know to get a SS918 and set it at aprox 70% with the screw.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad it was helpful! If a filter (looks like a plastic basket) wasn't installed under the nozzle when the nozzle was put on the riser/stem, the adjustment screw won't do anything, so that is worth checking!
Thanks for the kind words! Yes, its easy to swap out the nozzle (just lift up the riser, unscrew the nozzle, screw on the new nozzle, and let it retract back down). Our nozzle selection article on our website (smartirrigation.com) gives a little bit more details as well if you're interested!
I bought an adjustable teal spray nozzle, and I changed the whole body of the sprinkler too, the body is installed correctly because it pops up normally, but the water just doesn't come out of the nozzle, any advice? Thank you, loved the video😊
Thanks! It's possible that you have the wrong filter in or the filter is clogged. Flush the head with the nozzle off and then install it without a filter and see if thst helps
Actually we have found that the fixed pattern nozzles have a more even coverage and they are more reliable in the long run. They need to be set less often because the fixed pattern is less likely to change than a variable . For example if some one steps on a variable nozzle when mowing it could move the arc setting. The fixed pattern also come in certain shapes that the variables don't (like side strips). We talk about these differences between fixed and variable pattern nozzles in more detail in our article located here: smartirrigation.com/spray-nozzle-selection/#fixed_v_adjustable
I have that first teal colored nozzle. I don't want that particular head to spray anymore, what's the easiest way to cap it off? or if I get an adjustable nozzle can I turn it all the way off?
Similarly, I’d like to turn the spray way down in one spot because it waters the grass directly in front of it so heavily the grass is twice as long there. Also it’s a shady spot. It does not need all that, plus a mole has moved in and loves tunneling the wet ground apparently
The teal one is a Rain Bird fixed pattern MPR nozzle and as long as it has the filter basket thing inside (sorry we didn't show that in the video), you can turn it off almost completely by turning the metal distance screw at the very top all the way to the right until water stops coming out. Alternatively you can also get an adjustable nozzle and close it all the way and it will almost completely stop watering, but a little might still come out. The only thing you need to remember is when you are winterizing your system, if your ground freezes over the winter and you need to blow out your lines, you will need to make sure you open up that nozzle to blow all the water out of it when you were doing the blowout. Otherwise it may freeze. That is why, unless you were completely sure that the line you are capping off can be winterized even with the cap in place, sometimes it's easier and safer just to temporarily close the nozzle off, like with the screw
If you would like to water an area less, what you want to pay attention to is the precipitation rate of the head that you are using, rather than the distance it's spraying, even if you turn down the distance, the area that is getting watered will still generally be getting the same depth of water. So what you might want to do is for that particular Shady spot to replace the spray nozzle with a rotary nozzle, such as a Hunter MP Rotator or a Rain Bird rvan rotary nozzle. The Rain Bird rvan puts out about 1/3 of the water as a spray nozzle, and MP rotator puts out about a quarter of the water. Give it a shot and see if that works!
I mistakenly took off the nozzle top while it was not running and gush of water came out. I turned off sprinkler and it went down. Now turning on sprinkler its not popping out and water is coming out. How zi can put the top nozzle back?
Ah yes, this is something that can happen by accident. The easiest way to fix this is to see if you can just put the nozzle in the open hole, press it down, and see if you can screw it is as many turns (clockwise) as you can, and then use your fingers to lift it up (hoping it threaded enough) to finish screwing it the rest. I tried typing out other, more complicated ways, but it just didn't work as a comment. It might be something we can make a video for in the future (or, if you join our patreon to support us and we do have a tier where was can provide a personalize trouble shooting video for you!). Hopefully that helps
I put my finger over the hole so the water pressure made it pop back up. Took some patience but it eventually popped up enough i could pull the rest out by hand.
My distance screws almost always are stuck and I can't adjust the distance on my spray nozzles. This is true even on brand new sprinkler heads. Do you have any advice for this problem?
Yes, we've noticed that sometimes that happens, and there isn't really any great solution other than holding the nozzle tight in one hand and having a good screwdriver in the top and being able to turn it hard enough until it kind of breaks free from its Factory seal, and then they're easier to turn. But if you're looking at turning down your distance much, you might just want to look at a smaller nozzle, you can get them all the way down to four or five feet as the full distance through the nozzle. But good luck with turning that adjustment screw, let us know how it goes!
Hunter sprayd are right stop so you can't "turn" how for right the spray from the nozzle. As we show in the video, you need to ratchet the actual riser on the spray body. Hopefully that helps!
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Thank you! My SS-530 spray nozzle flew off and needed replacement. This made it very simple to add the replacement piece.
Your welcome and I'm glad it helped!!
When I use the longer throwing adjustable nozzle (15 ft one), I find that it sprays the areas further away from the nozzle much better while the areas just in front the the nozzle (like 3-4 feet away) hardly get any water and the grass turns brown here. It's as if the water is consistent across the entire 15 ft watering area.
That is correct the nozzel by themselves don't water evenly . They are designed to work in teams where one nozzle's spray gets to the other nozzle. This is called head to head coverage and you can lean more about it on our information website at smartirrigation.com. If installing another head or nozzel to reach back to the brown area is not practical for you, a Rain Bird HE-Van nozzel does water better closer to the head but less than the Hunter Nozzel in the farther distances. Each brand has it't strengths and weakneses.
These are so simple to adjust, I've found rainbird he-vans become very difficult to adjust the collar, Hunters have the advantage.
We definitely agree with the ease of adjustment on these. There are pros and cons to both (we hope to do a video comparing them soon), so we actually carry both and use different ones in different situations, but yes for easy of adjustment, Hunter definitely has it!
thanks for the how-to on the variable spray ones! i was trying to adjust the radius of mine earlier today and the top of the nozzle was spinning with the screw so i stopped messing with it. ill go back out tomorrow and hold the top of the nozzle in place while i try to adjust the radius screw. hopefully i can get it to stop spraying my front porch by shooting past my garden
We're glad our video helped! Let us know how it goes!
I think my sprinkler nozzle adjustment screw was already tightened practically all the way down. I think I need a smaller radius nozzle for it to stop spraying my porch. Oddly enough no matter how much i turned it, even to the point of the screw getting tight enough that it turns the entire nozzle, the water stream never became all splattery or had any real impact on its spray pattern like your fixed sprinkler at 3:44. My nozzle is a 10' nozzle, and its about 8' from the sprinkler to my porch, although the sprinkler manages to spray a couple more feet than its aforementioned 10' onto my porch.
Ah, one thing we neglected to mention is that you need to use the filter provided with the spray nozzle, since the screw inside tightens down against that filter. If you are turning the screw and you aren't using a filter, then the screw won't do anything. I'm not sure why there wouldn't be a filter in there, but that might be the issue. Regardless though, you really shouldn't turn down a spray for than a foot or two, so if you need to go smaller, a new nozzle is probably best; there only a few bucks.
So turn the screw all the way loose (left) and pull up to see if there’s a filter??
Thanks for the video. So many nozzles have that screw and turning them doesn't always adjust the throw. No where on Hunter's site says the range of throw for each one. I have a center, side sprinkler for a rectangle 12'x5', so now I know to get a SS918 and set it at aprox 70% with the screw.
Thanks for watching and I'm glad it was helpful! If a filter (looks like a plastic basket) wasn't installed under the nozzle when the nozzle was put on the riser/stem, the adjustment screw won't do anything, so that is worth checking!
Excellent Video. Thanks for the great detail. Is it easy to change out a SS fixed pattern nozel for a variable pattern nozel?
Thanks for the kind words! Yes, its easy to swap out the nozzle (just lift up the riser, unscrew the nozzle, screw on the new nozzle, and let it retract back down). Our nozzle selection article on our website (smartirrigation.com) gives a little bit more details as well if you're interested!
I bought an adjustable teal spray nozzle, and I changed the whole body of the sprinkler too, the body is installed correctly because it pops up normally, but the water just doesn't come out of the nozzle, any advice? Thank you, loved the video😊
Thanks! It's possible that you have the wrong filter in or the filter is clogged. Flush the head with the nozzle off and then install it without a filter and see if thst helps
Helpful video, thanks! But actually why not just use the adjustable ones all the time? Just cost?
Actually we have found that the fixed pattern nozzles have a more even coverage and they are more reliable in the long run. They need to be set less often because the fixed pattern is less likely to change than a variable . For example if some one steps on a variable nozzle when mowing it could move the arc setting. The fixed pattern also come in certain shapes that the variables don't (like side strips). We talk about these differences between fixed and variable pattern nozzles in more detail in our article located here: smartirrigation.com/spray-nozzle-selection/#fixed_v_adjustable
most sprinkler pros use fixed pattern, more reliable long term, variable ones seem to have issues after awhile.
Perfect!! Just what I needed!! Thank You so much!!
You bet! Glad it helped!!
OK to use the rainbird hold-up tool?
If it is made from plastic or rubber coated but a metal tool of any kind on a plastic head I would not recommend.
this video was incredibly helpful! thank you for posting!
Absolutely, thanks for the kind words!
I have that first teal colored nozzle. I don't want that particular head to spray anymore, what's the easiest way to cap it off? or if I get an adjustable nozzle can I turn it all the way off?
Similarly, I’d like to turn the spray way down in one spot because it waters the grass directly in front of it so heavily the grass is twice as long there. Also it’s a shady spot. It does not need all that, plus a mole has moved in and loves tunneling the wet ground apparently
The teal one is a Rain Bird fixed pattern MPR nozzle and as long as it has the filter basket thing inside (sorry we didn't show that in the video), you can turn it off almost completely by turning the metal distance screw at the very top all the way to the right until water stops coming out. Alternatively you can also get an adjustable nozzle and close it all the way and it will almost completely stop watering, but a little might still come out. The only thing you need to remember is when you are winterizing your system, if your ground freezes over the winter and you need to blow out your lines, you will need to make sure you open up that nozzle to blow all the water out of it when you were doing the blowout. Otherwise it may freeze. That is why, unless you were completely sure that the line you are capping off can be winterized even with the cap in place, sometimes it's easier and safer just to temporarily close the nozzle off, like with the screw
If you would like to water an area less, what you want to pay attention to is the precipitation rate of the head that you are using, rather than the distance it's spraying, even if you turn down the distance, the area that is getting watered will still generally be getting the same depth of water. So what you might want to do is for that particular Shady spot to replace the spray nozzle with a rotary nozzle, such as a Hunter MP Rotator or a Rain Bird rvan rotary nozzle. The Rain Bird rvan puts out about 1/3 of the water as a spray nozzle, and MP rotator puts out about a quarter of the water. Give it a shot and see if that works!
Great information! Thanks for the video
Our pleasure, thanks
You make it easy to understand. Thank you.
You are very welcome!
Will the Hunter adjustable fit on a Rainbird 1800 series?
Yes they are compatible.
I mistakenly took off the nozzle top while it was not running and gush of water came out. I turned off sprinkler and it went down. Now turning on sprinkler its not popping out and water is coming out. How zi can put the top nozzle back?
Ah yes, this is something that can happen by accident. The easiest way to fix this is to see if you can just put the nozzle in the open hole, press it down, and see if you can screw it is as many turns (clockwise) as you can, and then use your fingers to lift it up (hoping it threaded enough) to finish screwing it the rest. I tried typing out other, more complicated ways, but it just didn't work as a comment. It might be something we can make a video for in the future (or, if you join our patreon to support us and we do have a tier where was can provide a personalize trouble shooting video for you!). Hopefully that helps
I put my finger over the hole so the water pressure made it pop back up. Took some patience but it eventually popped up enough i could pull the rest out by hand.
@@shanemb3 This is the way 🥷
Right stop with Hunter, should be a slogan 😁
Haha indeed! Thanks for watching!
Great vid, thanks!
Glad you liked it!!!
Thank you. Now I know!
You are most welcome!
Thanks!
You are most welcome. And thank your very much for the support!
My distance screws almost always are stuck and I can't adjust the distance on my spray nozzles. This is true even on brand new sprinkler heads. Do you have any advice for this problem?
Yes, we've noticed that sometimes that happens, and there isn't really any great solution other than holding the nozzle tight in one hand and having a good screwdriver in the top and being able to turn it hard enough until it kind of breaks free from its Factory seal, and then they're easier to turn. But if you're looking at turning down your distance much, you might just want to look at a smaller nozzle, you can get them all the way down to four or five feet as the full distance through the nozzle. But good luck with turning that adjustment screw, let us know how it goes!
Very helpful video, Thank you.
Glad to hear that! You're welcome!
very nice video, thank you
You are most welcome!
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Why on adjustable is the black adjustable for adjusting right side and it’s always locked and cannot turn it, why??
Hunter sprayd are right stop so you can't "turn" how for right the spray from the nozzle. As we show in the video, you need to ratchet the actual riser on the spray body. Hopefully that helps!
@@SmartIrrigation1 thank you I was thinking one adjusts to left side and then turn black part to the right
It's superb n best
Thanks for the kind words!
can I turn this head off completely?
Most nozzels with a screw on top can be turned off by turning the screw clockwise if they are performing normally.