Rain Bird SST400I Simple-to-Set Indoor Sprinkler Timer

Sinfin: Nice, sturdy watering timer. Easy to install and use. Only draw back is that you cannot set specific watering time - only the watering frequency and it determines the start time. Other wise recommended

United States on Mar 15, 2023

Patricia Proulx: Product came quite quickly considering they gave us a 3 week timeframe, came within a few days.
Works perfectly

Canada on Jun 17, 2021

Os: Easy to program and is very accurate. Very happy with it.

Canada on Jul 23, 2019

Seattledc66: I wasted my time, money and patience with other Lawn timer products. This RAINBIRD lawn timer was SO EASY to INSTALL and PROGRAM. Really completed total install and programing in 20 minutes. I removed the crappy Orbit Lawn (Very hard to program, not intuitive, can't read the freaking tiny print manual).

This RAIN BIRD SST400 was the best timer I've ever seen and owned. With more buttons and lights, it makes it EASIER to UNDERSTAND. The thought process is straight forward.
It's Color CODED even better. Easy to set up for my 3 zones. Easy to turn-on manually any which way. The RAINBIRD manual came in a large size and the print was EASY to READ (there's a lot of old home-owners out there).

Only one thing, they should USE a back lit LCD display. My unit is in the basement corner with poor lighting. With built-in lighting so you don't have to grab a flashlight or squint. IN my case, I mounted the Rain Bird on my basement wall TILTED and angled up to improve the viewing angle of the display. Excellent, Brilliant product. Please read on:

Revised 3 months later Oct 2016: The timer worked great for 3 months, but then all of a sudden, died. Would not activate the...

United States on Jul 13, 2016

CA_KP: I bought this product based on the reviews and after checking on the manufacturer;s website. I was looking to upgrade my old timer. It installed fine, but one of the stations the timer failed to control. I decided to try switching the connections for station 3 and 4 to troubleshoot, This seemed simple enough, but I was not able to get the wires out without breaking the terminal blocks. It seems that once they are connected, the connections can't just be disconnected. At least with the unit I purchased. I am used to terminal blocks with a release or screws. Perhaps this unit I got was defective. I got these put back with some contact cement and finally swapped the connections. Will see how this goes. Was just hoping to get the one station working. I was fine with the unit up to this point. Now pretty disappointed Only had this timer a week.

Update: Received a replacement item and so far I am happy with the replacement, I will recommend it.

United States on Jun 04, 2016

Ashley B.: So far so good. i have had this for less than a month. It is very easy to set and manipulate.

It would get 5 stars, but i don't like the mounting. This would be a better unit if it could be installed to an outlet box, as it was designed to have the cable and power supply hanging out the bottom. I didn't like that, so i drilled a hole in the bottom/back of the case just under the terminal strip, and cut a plastic rib on the rear of the case (i hope rain bird doesn't mind if i ever had to have it warrantied). this allowed the cable to enter the rear. then just ran the cable and 24v in the wall, out of sight in my nice garage. I knew going in how it was mounted and was not a surprise. I also wish the transformer wasn't hard wired. I would rather see a pair of screw terminals on the transformer, so length of wire could be determined by user.

United States on Apr 29, 2016

Tim M.: I am pretty savy tech guy, but my old sprinkler control head had some really weird ways of turning a particular zone on, even simple things like setting the time (think original VCR programming). I had to re-learn it every time I decided to do anything (actually made me give up for a few years). But, when that died, I ended up purchasing this one. WOW...what a difference. I didn't even need the manual to figure out how to do even complicated things. This system is so easy to program and use. Just move the dial to the desired zone and the two columns of lights on the right light up to tell you which days it is programmed to come on and how many times per day. The display clearly shows what time it is scheduled to come on and for how long (easily changed with the two arrows). If I decide that I want to run this zone right now (like for testing purposes), all I need to do is press the blue button and it will turn it on (I can even change the duration if desired - default is 10 min). The rain delay is pretty nice too, so I don't have to remember to turn the system back on. There are many other convenient features that I am skipping, but overall, a great system. Installation was very...

United States on Aug 13, 2015