[Upgraded Pump] Big Power Automatic Drip Irrigation Kit, Indoor Plants Self Watering System with 0.5-30 Day Interval Programmable Timer,for 15 Potted Plants, Watering on Working Days

Bottom line, this pump works (I go the upgraded high power version, in use for 2 weeks now)... but some things you should know (read the important point *below*).My goal is to have this pump water my outdoor carnivorous plants (I choose to use distilled water), and I want the pump to run 1 time a day sometime when the sun is set, for as long as it needs to for the plants to have enough water flushed through the pot and in the water tray.If you get this pump, you'll need to play with it until you can set it and forget it. Here's what I've found setting it up:- The ' T ' and ' + ' splitters that are used to split the tube will fit tightly into the tube. I guess it's good that it's tight so water doesn't leak out, but be prepared to put some effort into fitting the splitters on.- The tube and the splitters aren't very heavy, so they don't sink to the bottom of the water jugs as I was hoping they would. Might want to look at finding a way to "weigh" the tube down.The not-really-amazing timing system of this pump:I think they got the message: this thing requires some extra instructions for setting it up. Instructions and youtube videos are clear *enough* where I was able to figure out the time system. Included instructions are decent.Here's what they DON'T tell you:- After you are done configuring the pump (how frequent and how long, aka the left and right screens), you need to click the manual button in the middle. Once you push this button, the pump runs *and ALSO* the timer begins. For example, let's say it's 8:00am and you configure the pump for a frequency of 1 day (left box) and a duration of 5 min (right box), after doing this, push the middle (manual) button and pump begins to run for 5 min. NOW... tomorrow at (about) 8:00am the pump will run again for 5 minutes.--- TLDR: Manually run the pump *at the time* you want the pump to run at its frequency. You want 8am each day? Then manually run it at 8am for the first time.- THIS IS IMPORTANT. This pump cannot store clock info / cannot tell time that I'm aware, and the frequency timer is not very accurate. If you set it to 1 day, it will run about every 25 hours (not 24 like how one would expect). While this pump WILL get the job done, the timer is the biggest negative.- DO THIS: play with that left box (the frequency box, aka: 1 day, every 12 hours, etc) until you're happy. I ended up changing my pump from 1 day > 23 hours. After doing this, I can now say the pump runs every 23 hrs and 51 minutes! Just a few fries short of a happy meal, but it's close enough where I'm fine.PERHAPS UNIMPORTANT INFO- I'm not using batteries, only USB power (standard apple charger, 5v 1a)... now that I think of it, I probably should put in 4x lithium AA batteries just to keep that precious delicate timer mostly accurate incase the power goes out... Yes it does remember it's configuration even when the power goes out, but that doesn't mean the timer won't be way way off than how it already is!!The picture I took...- I put the pump is in it's own plastic bin in a cabinet (I drilled holes in the plastic bin for the water lines and power). I chose to write "IN" and "OUT" on the pump itself, but the pump has them labeled anyways. It makes me feel better; don't judge.- I have 2x 2.5 Gallon distilled water containers. The pump is sitting higher than the jugs, but the 6 plants are about 1 foot above the pump, each plant with a dropper thingy. I don't have issues with siphoning. Water output/performance is good.

My 1A USB charger from my mobile phone was too weak as a base plug to power the pump. The pump stopped and the red lights flashed a low battery signal. So I went and bought a rapid charging 3A output usb wall plug and it was too strong: the pump flashed red lights in error. But my middle range rapid charger delivers 2 amps of current and it was juuuust right. This kit really should come with its own plug for the USB cable.I’ve been tweaking the watering intervals and timing for a few days now and I like how it’s going. I measured drips at 3/4 cup of water every 4 minutes when all fifteen are being used. Of course it depends on how hard it has to pump (ie how high up the pump and the plants are) but I used that calculation to adjust my watering schedule. My potted tree has 4 drips in it and is the floor, and my smallest plant has 1 drip in it and is up on a table. Seems to be working on a once per week schedule.

Works but I have had to repair one unit because the rubber suction piece collapsed but wont bothers me is I don't seem to be able to change the start time. Have removed USB and batteries for 24 hrs and at the desired time pressed the start button. Only the see that it has a mind of its own, apparently we cant reset the unit after initial setup. Any advise on how to reset it or change when it turns on?

Best $50 I have ever spent on potted plants in over 35 years. I have it watering 13 potted plants of different sizes. Ensure that your pots have drainage and then overwatering will be impossible. What I did was line up the main supply line from one end with a little extra on both ends from plant 1 through 13 then around a corner to the pump then cut it, the take the remainder and drop it from your pump stand to the pump bottom suction port, then to the bottom of water supply. Attach one if the brass water filters and it will suck your container dry, so monitor it. The pump must be above water level as no check valve will allow it to siphon and it will if you put the pump low. I then took the left over supply line and cut it into 15 equal parts (I only used 13 , 2 more later. Then take a hairdryer and heatup the black water line a little until you can slip in the spikes, you must use the spikes are your water will only hit the first plant or two. After you have your spikes hook to your 15 pieces of tubing you take then and cut the main line in back of every pot in half, put in a T, then connect your spike, then push the spike in or near the middle. I didn't heat the Ts or the other end of the spike line as the first barb holds it very well and it's not a high pressure flow. Slowly follow the directions, it's a little different but after relaxing and rereading you will make sense of it as it's simple but some was lost in translation. I used a 5 gal bucket with a cover. I used a pointing knife spinning slowly in the center to drill a hole just big enough through the bucket lid for the suction line that goes from bottom of pump to bottom of bucket. The lid supports the pump and keeps bugs and stuff out your water supply. I calculated 1/2 cup of water with a 2 minute pump run, so I set mine to 3 minutes to give 3/4 cup every 24 hours and it's only a very slight overflow on the smaller pots. NEVER use pots without drain holes unless you want root root to kill your plants.

This is actually not a bad product at all. HOWEVER, the user instructions included with the pump system I received were incomplete and incorrect. First the incorrect. My instructions said that you could set the timer controlling WHEN the pump turns on to seconds as well as hours and days. WRONG! Now the incomplete. The instructions were very brief. I spent A LOT of time trying to figure out exactly how much water would be delivered during a specified time (say 60 seconds) when the pump was on. The Amazon website says it pumps 800 ml per minute. WRONG! MAYBE 200 ml per minute. Maybe. But the thing that irritated me the most (until I figured it out by dumb luck) was that you couldn't immediately test the system to see exactly how much water it would deliver without having to wait for an hour or more for the timer to go off by itself. THEN I REALIZED that if you turn the unit on with the power button, set your parameters while it is still on, and then hit the power button ONE MORE TIME BEFORE IT GOES INTO SLEEP MODE, it will trigger an immediate test pumping for the time you just set. AFTER I FIGURED THAT OUT, I had no more problems with this unit and ended up buying another one for the rest of my plants. BUT BE WARNED. You really need to test the system out for a few weeks BEFORE YOU GO AWAY ON VACATION to be sure that the parameters you set up are the ones that will work for your plants. The last thing to mention is that if you install batteries AS WELL AS plug the USB port into a wall charger, the batteries will act as your power backup after you leave for vacation and the power in your house goes down for a week. When you return from vacation, your food will probably be gross, but your plants will look GREAT!