HOZELOCK - Drip Watering Kit 20 Pot : Complete Stand-alone System with Select Controller Programmer, Ideal for Potted Plantsand Window Boxes, for Precise, Water-saving Watering [2803 0000]

Setting up was easy. The AC1 timer (Also known as AC Plus) is plasticky but feels reasonably sturdy. You unscrew the battery panel, insert 2 C Size batteries (not included) and screw the panel back on ensuring you don’t lose any of the rubber seals provided. You then attach the timer to your tap with the provided threaded fittings and attach the pressure reducing adaptor to the bottom of that. The tubing feeds out of the adaptor. You get a reel of tube (15 metres) that you cut to lengths with scissors and push connect together with the adaptors supplied. You use them to branch off the pipping to your pots as needed. At the end of each branch just push on a Dripper stake and stick it in the plant pot soil. When the water is flowing you get a nice constant dribble of water direct into the pot. All parts have good seals with no leaks. Only problem is, 15 metres really doesn’t go a long way. You may need to buy more. The AC1 timer itself is a bit trickier to work out. You have 3 coloured sections on the dial. RED – For Manual watering. GREEN – For ‘Auto Start’ timed watering periods. BLUE – For ‘Auto Start’ predefined program watering periods. RED Manual allows you to override any ‘Auto Start’ settings and simply turns the water On and Off. It also has an option to stay on for 60 minutes (no idea why). GREEN ‘Auto Start’ timed watering periods has options for 2, 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes. Once you’ve set the ‘Auto Start’ time, it will turn ON for this period of time and turn itself OFF again. BLUE ‘Auto Start’ predefined program watering periods has a set of 8 predefined schedules that you cannot edit but are kind of useful e.g. On for 10 minutes every 12hrs. On for 2 minutes every 6hrs etc Again, you need to set the ‘Auto Start’ time first. SETTING AUTO START TIME. In the Blue section of the timer is an option for ‘Auto Start’. To get the Auto Start to work you first need to turn the dial to this position to set the time. At the time you turn it to that position, it remembers it. So if you want to water your plants at 7am, you need to get up at 7am and turn the dial to that position. Note: That you don’t get any visual indication that it’s worked, but it does. ONCE THE TIME IS SET, THE TIMER WILL MEMORISE IT. YOU DON’T NEED TO SET IT AGAIN. Once you have set the time, just turn the dial to the Green / Blue Auto Start watering period you desire. So if you want to water you plants for 30 minutes at 7am. At 7am, turn the dial clockwise to ‘Auto Start’ then turn it back round anti-clockwise to the green 30 minutes option. If you then turn the dial to Manual ON/OFF, you can override the timer but once you turn it back to one of the Green / Blue ‘Auto Start’ watering settings it continues at the last time you set. If you subsequently want to change that time you need to turn the dial to the ‘Auto Start’ position at that new time. Overall, all good. I’d give it 5 out of 5. There are better timers out there with more options but for the price of the kit, it’s pretty good.

Excellent. Main points to know. 1. Could do with more instructions, just to clarify how to connect the thin tube to the tap/timer. Swap the default end of the pressure limiter for the one with the smaller hole and push the tube through. 2. The tap connector is robust, good screw system (don't overtighten), I don't expect leaks over the weeks away. 3. Timer works well. Easy to set up, just trust it. Instructions on the back of the box 4. Easy and flexible to set up. Easy to extend. 5. Would like a 20mins every 12 hour function but for the money the options are pretty good. Really good for 50 notes. So far, most excellent 👌

I saw the reviews on this product and purchased for my pot plants (situated outside) whilst planning a holiday. The timer was easy to set up and worked well. My problem is with the dripper stakes and their connection to the hose. Despite turning my water tap to very low,(which meant the control unit dripped) the pressure control in the device was obviously not up to the job, resulting in many of the hose to dripper connections blowing apart. This meant the water supply stopped at where there connections should have been, drowning some pots and leaving others dry. I have tried to secure the hoses to the dripper stakes with duc tape, but no go. The whole system is now back in its box, probably awaiting a rubbish collection. A complete waste of money in my case. I wonder if this system is more suited to a greenhouse environment where external factors like wind and rain are unlikely to put pressure on the joining of the hoses to the dripper stake?

I had a holiday coming up and we have several nice plants in the garden including some citrus trees that need constant watering. The only neighbour I trust to have watered them for me was also on holiday so I bought one of these hoping that I would come back to plants that were still alive and kicking. I wasn't disappointed. The kit is super easy to use, you don't really even need to read the instructions it's so simple. Just attach the screw on fitting to your outdoor tap, then screw the timer unit on to that. Turn the dial to automatic start, and select how long you want to water for... I found 15 minutes to be just perfect. Note that you should set auto start at the time you actually want it to work. So if you do it at 9am, then it will water every day at 9am. You then push in the supplied pipe into the bottom and screw the fitting on. Then each time you have a plant, you simply cut the pipe, attach one of the supplied T-pieces and put the remaining pipe on the other part, and a small section of pipe from the T joint to the dripper and push the dripper into the pot. I find the drip is a bit low powered (but it is a dripper, it's not a sprayer) so position it to drip onto where you think the root ball of the plant is. It requires two C batteries which are not supplied. It hasn't let me down yet. I came back from holiday and each plant that had a dripper did just fine in the baking summer (got up to 30 degrees in london) and the plants I didn't put a dripper in well they didn't do too well but the ones that did were just fine. I now never need to think about watering my plants again. I can be a bit forgetful when it comes to watering my plants but now I can just forget about it and never have to worry again ! Why not five stars? Could have been a bit cheaper. I reckon I could have built one for much less but time was a factor and I'm pleased with the purchase.

Good price, I bought the 20 Pot Drip Watering Kit for £57 (12th July 2025) Slightly underwhelmed when I unboxed it all, as the Select Timer (2803) instructions were a nightmare to follow. I have attached the instructions which I downloaded off the Hozelock site, which were much easier to understand. The Timer does not have a digital display, to confrim the settings, but after setting it up and having a play with the settings it is perfectly OK. Just set it up and go. I chose the 6 hour settings and 5 minutes duration, so every 6 hours it turns on for 5 minutes, this equates to 500 mls of water from each dripper 4 times a day. Which is perfect for my pots, troughs and tomatoe plants Timer: Great once you get your head around the settings. Ease of use: Very easy to install Watering capacity: Perfect for pots, troughs etc Value for money: Best value for money I could find, with all of the components you need to have a complets irrigation system Quality: Solid, well built, quality components, not the flimsy rubbish that breaks and leaks from China Persevere with the timer settings and you will have a solid reliable system that works.

Like pretty much every hozelock product, it leaks around the tap. Only with this because the tap is on and this "blocks" it for most of the time, there is more back pressure and more leaking. It's just their normal connection, nothing stronger. So much that my neighbour thought it was broken and turned it off, so no watering at all. I wasted my money and a couple of hours of my time setting it up. If it was left on it easily would have been several gallons of water wasted anyway.

Good product, hopefully it won't let me down while we are on holiday next week. Easy to set up, even though my tap leaked to start with (just needed tightening, nothing to do with the product). Love the options on the timer, easy to set once you read the instructions. I did have to get a lot more of the 4mm hose and also more of the T-pieces as I needed to have a few lines branching off. Water flow seems good. Edit: came back after 8 days away and this saved my plants. Really happy with it, great product!

Good system but the drippers were useless, a minuscule drip every minute, took 5 minutes to fill half a teaspoon, consequently had to spend more money to replace with sprinkler. Not sure if they were faulty or this was normal but the guidance Stated 40 litres per hour. The rate of drip wouldn’t even provide 40mls in an hour, total waste of money. Everything else was fine. Only gave two stars as the kit was not fit for purpose.

Hard work. Much more difficult than it should be to connect. Pressure reducing connections are awful. I connected 6 pots and very uneven flow. 20 pots would be challenging. Had to purchase a lot of extra connectors to eventually get the system working.Any pressure and everything disconnects. Too many poor quality fittings

Great product. Easy to follow instructions and saves huge amounts of time watering patio plants. Recommend

Buon sistema di irrigazione, funziona bene e semplifica la cura delle piante in vaso.

j'ai acheté ce produit en pensant que c'était un systeme d'arrosage qui permet d'arroser tous les jours en mon absence, or c'est uniquement un timer qui permet une seule fois d'arroser pendant une durée définie et après ça coupe l'eau. Du coup pas du tout utile pour moi.

Très bon rapport qualité prix Programmation assez aisée Fonctionne très bien