DASASVF075

These Rain Bird sprinkler valves are good quality. I installed 4 of the 1” valves several years ago in my front yard. They work like new to this day. No leaks, no failures, no noise. I just bought 4 more identical 3/4” valves to replace leaking Toro valves in the back yard. I chose these Rain Bird valves here on Amazon for the following reasons: 1. The price is about $10 less than Home Depot. 2. The valves are rated up to 150 PSI of water pressure. Cheaper valves are only rated at 75 or 80 PSI. 3. Rain Bird offers rebuild kits for these valves. 4. I’ve had no problems with the 1” valves in the front yard after years of use. I did notice that these are a frequently returned item on Amazon. Only explanation I can think of is the wrong type of valve or the wrong size was ordered. There were reviews that complained of failures and leakage. That has not been my experience after years of use. One explanation could be high water pressure. Rain Bird rates them as high as 150 PSI but recommends to keep pressure below 80 PSI. I’m guessing prolonged high water pressure will cause leakage and failure. Another explanation could be hard water leaving deposits in the valves. I highly recommend these Rain Bird Sprinkler Valves. No, I have no affiliation with Rain Bird or Amazon Vine. I did not receive free valves or get paid for this review. I just appreciate honest and detailed reviews so I reciprocate.

These are much better quality than the Orbit valves I’ve been using over the past years. I only by these Rain Birds now if I need to replace a sprinkler valve. They are a little more expensive but well worth it. You will instantly notice a quality difference over Orbit. The plastic material is far better. Install is no different than any other valve out there. Highly recommended

Received next day. It's a direct replacement for an old exact model and is working perfectly.

The house I purchased a couple years ago had these installed (5 of them). I don't know how old they were, but pretty much all were leaking, all in different places. I took a couple of them apart and there didn't seem to be any way to fix the leaks coming from the flow control knob, which is where several leaked from. You can buy replacement diaphragms, but that would't have solved the problem. So they don't last forever and can't be easily repaired unless it's a diaphragm problem. That said, I ordered and installed all new ones. USE THREADED UNIONS ON ALL CONNECTIONS. I read that in a review somewhere and it's extremely important. It makes installation so much easier and will enable you to easily change out the valves if you need to (which you will eventually), as opposed to cutting and rebuilding the PVC pipe you're attaching it to. It will cost you a little more to buy all of those unions, but it's totally worth it. It seems like they should have designed the valves to be easier to get on and off (there should be a built-in way to screw the valve onto the pipes as opposed to having to screw the pipes into the valve- built in unions). I installed the new valves and they all seem to work as they should, no leaks. They all run from my control panel just fine. I dinged the star off for the durability and the design shortcoming that makes installation more difficult than it really should be unless you separately buy unions.

This was just what I needed when I found the old one was cracked.

Very happy. Easy install. I must admit that I have sprinklers up on a hill, much higher than the valve. And yes, at shutoff, the water in the sprinkler line does flow downhill and exits thru the anti-siphon cap (as expected). That is exactly what is to happen. Internally, with no supply line pressure, a plunger drops to prevent the water in the sprinkler line from flowing back into the valve (that's what anti-siphon means). So, it drops the water overboard through the cap. However, in my application, running up hill, that's a lot of water dumping overboard next to the house. So, I removed the anti-siphon cap and glued the the plunger against the top of the cap. Now all that water doesn't leak out and stays in the sprinkler line (I'm not in a freeze area). I have had no negative consequences. I also had to cut the old timer control wires back a few inches and clean the copper. No problem with automatic operation.

Priced better than box stores!

Replaced the orbit valve several times and the anti-siphon valve always leaked. Decide to try the Rain Bird and wow what a difference, no more leaking. Highly recommend.

Works well but not abundantly clear that the valves MUST be higher than the highest sprinkler head on the zone, otherwise all the water in that zone backflows through the valve into your pit or wherever you mounted the valve.

Buen producto de buena calidad

Semble être de bonne qualité et remplace une vieille valve du même modèle qui datait de 25 ans. Reste à voir si elle va durer aussi longtemps.