Yeah I don't see why anyone would get this. If you don't have a sprinkler system why not just buy a thing that goes on the hose and move it around?

instead of buying this, you should just dig up your whole lawn and put plastic cylinders in the ground... until you have no more lawn left... then you won't need a sprinkler.

Scene: the harried homeowner for the UMPTEENTH time today disconnects the hose from the sprinker, hauls the hose over to the next watering spot, trudges back to get the bloody sprinkler---upwards of 18 ounces!---drags it to the hose, and reconnects it. "If only...," she muses, "there were a way to save a step."

Seems to me that this is one of the best ideas since sliced bread! I just bought 3 of them but would have bought 6 if I could. This item will save a lot of my time next spring and summer.

Because moving a sprinkler around is SO much harder than digging holes, planting a sprinkler, then moving the hose around and manually connecting them. Right.

And I thought it was just me, reading and thinking something sounded way off, as in...am I missing something?? Like, um, using a sprinkler, or gee...not planting a water-hungry golf course of a lawn that you are then too lazy to water and too cheap to pay for a "real" sprinkler system? Well, hey. Maybe this is a trainer, sort of like training wheels, for a couch potato getting in shape to walk to the lawn and move a sprinkler now and again. Conditioning camp!

@suckblat: That looks awesome - it's like a Roomba for your lawn! I love the user pics from the buyer who modded it with tank half tracks.

I think if I was going to mess up my yard by digging a bunch of holes to plant these "hybrid" in ground sprinklers, I would just put forth the extra effort to just put in a whole sprinkler system. Granted the cost would be far higher. These seem to be a "solution looking for a problem" type of product. Also, to those in the northern states, these will likely freeze and crack in the winter if they are not emptied of standing water each fall.

@quantamm: There are covers that go on when not in use, but I'd bet in a few months they'd all get sucked up into your mower. Then the holes would fill with dirt, making everything safe again.

Alternative Solution:

Step 1 -- Bulk up your home owners insurance prior to Halloween.
Step 2 -- Find a nice rock and pick your cheapest window.
Step 3 -- Pretend you're Cy Young on the night before Halloween.
Step 4 -- Find a "troubled teen".
Step 5 -- Inform it's parents what dastardly deed has been commited.
Step 6 -- Agree to not press charges if it helps with chores.
Step 7 -- Have it cart around your garden hose for a few weeks

Easy

Future Woot-off killer.

This would be great for practicing golf in rain-like conditions , that's what Tiger said . . .

No Problem!...I'll just have my ground crew do it for me. I have at least 18 holes out on my lower 65 acres...Well... the last time I was out there it was that way if my memory serves me well....(_)

@rdc000: Don't know about you, but I think I would turn the water off before I connected it to the sprinkler...

Honestly guys these are totally awesome! It's basically like having an in ground irrigation system without the big cost. I've got 5 of them in my yard, the ones that oscillate shown here in the picture: http://www.wateringmadeeasy.com/

Here is the info on the squared:
Sprinkler Station SquaredTM can mist a 9 x 18 foot
rectangle, a 4 x 15 rectangle or a 4 x 30 foot rectangle.

They also have great customer service. I'm going to pick up 3 and put them in the areas that are small and the square one covers. Much better than having sprinklers all over your lawn. They retract right into the ground after you disconnect the hose. I've had them for 5 years now.

I've been using this product for about 5 years. Those of you who make the "funny" remarks just flat out don't know what your talking about. We have a huge yard and got the sprinkler head that will water an area about 45 feet in diameter. We live in a nice neighborhood, and want to keep it looking that way, as our neighbor's do, also. This $11.00 would help you do the same thing. Install it in about 15 minutes, your done!

@bmrbill: No, the pet rock is something consumers actually wanted.

@webslappy: I was kinda wondering the same thing, most in ground systems are purged with compressed air prior to winter, I guess you'd just have to blow these out too or dig them up.

Why waste time and water on that dead zone waste of resources called a lawn? Plant native wildflowers instead, attract butterflies and hummingbirds, and spend your extra time having fun with the family or doing something a bit more meaningful than tending to a pristine lawn. I spend less than 10 hours a year on my large wildflower gardens, get loads of color from the flowers, birds and butterflies, feel safer without all the landscape industry chemicals around my son and pets, and overall have more time for more constructive pursuits.

@halnwheels: I do a lot of outside yard work and this isn't a suitable concept for water. A soaker hose is better for plants because it waters the roots. Sprinkler waste water due to evaporation. Most people get sprinkler systems on timer to avoid water evaporation and to water there plants in the wee hours.

Dragging around a wet hose is not only heavy but tedious and time consuming. This product makes no sense

@lancemg: Can you play baseball, football, soccer, tag, etc. with your kids and family in said wildflower garden? I don't obsess on a pristine yard, but it is nice to have grass to play on. Also without a yard what do you do with the pet you mentioned?

I don't know if maybe we are all crazy but whats the point of this item?

@kmeltzer: sponsored deals are ranked by order of votes, so the 'bottom deal' is always the lowest.

Let your lawn go dormant when it's too dry to grow. It will green up again when the rains come. That's if you must have lawn at all (I keep nibbling away at mine by enlarging the flower beds).

@grimor: I found a solution for the clearing out the water for winter.
http://www.quick-snap.com/air-purge/
It looks like a simple quick connect that you can attach to a regular bicycle pump.

I an not interested in this type but, I could see the benefit of a pop up sprinkler with this system. I had 3 bids this spring to get a sprinkler system installed and it was going to be over $3,000. I may pick these up as it looks like you could add any type of head to them and be set.