Sprinklers come in a variety of different flavours, but a lot of the things we're looking for in a good garden sprinkler stay uniform, such as coverage, reach, modes and build quality. The Costwise Pro Oscillating Bar Lawn Sprinkler is in its own league when it comes to the overall performance, how you can adjust the spray pattern and, more importantly, build quality. On one hand, metal is the stronger material and less likely to crack, bend, or warp, but there is always the risk of it rusting. The low gear makes the sprinkler move along very slowly indeed but works with average water pressure, whereas you’ll get more speed from the high gear, but this only worked with high water pressure during our tests. Just watch out when you first set it running, as instead of rotating clockwise continuously, it does one full circle then doubles back in the other direction, which caught our testers unawares.

Thats the beauty of this sprinkler; it’s so versatile that you can alter the area watered easily by adjusting the spray angle and length to adjust the area being watered. But don’t worry, we haven’t shied away from pointing out flaws and you will get our honest opinions on each one in our ‘best’ list, as well as how they compare to each other and other products on the market. Assembling the Wisdomwell sprinkler is really simple and only needs you to pop a couple of parts together and attach a hose.All the same, it’s thoroughly effective, sweeping backwards and forwards to cover an area of up to 180m2 on the smaller version tested. If you are looking to water your lawn, no matter what the size, then I would definitely suggest setting up a sprinkler or two.

If you’ve got enough pressure this sprinkler will reach a range of 20m, either side, and even at a relatively lowly two bar of pressure you should reach up to 16m away. And once you have collected all the waste, easily manage them by reducing them to chips or mulch with the use of garden shredders. One of the settings I really like is that the spray width on each side is fully adjustable so you can slide the orange switches shown in the picture below up and down to point the nozzles to the left, right or straight up.

Sure enough, it took my 14 stone like a champion, something I doubt any of the plastic sprinklers could have done without showing signs of damage.

Still, the speed isn’t really all that important as you can set the hose and tractor up and then leave it, as long as you remember to set up the ramp stop at the desired spot along the hose. We would suggest trying an ordinary sprinkler first to test for general reach, because the last thing you need is to discover it has woeful coverage after having dug up half the garden. The first issue is easily solved with a pin or something similar, but the second means that you have to keep an eye on the sprinkler while it does its job, which isn’t ideal. I like that it has an integrated dirt filter which ensures even the smallest particles shouldn’t find a way to blog the nozzles. They assist us in determining which pages are the most anAs well as hydrating with the jet spray, this best round sprinkler comes with a mist setting to water delicate plants and seedlings. What I will say, is that its better suited for smaller or medium-sized lawns like I have at the moment.