QuikDial™ Dual Outlet Tap Timer

Purchased this timer as a replacement for an ageing Holman timer that had worked well for ten years. Spent an hour trying to set up the auto timer. Instructions are vague and the set-up not all intuitive. Eventually had to set Zone 1 on Start Time number 1 and Zone 2 in Start Timer number 2, despite what the instruction manual (page 11) says. I then fit the timer to the garden tap and Zone 1 is open straight away, despite being outside the auto start time. Play around with the manual function and carry out numerous tests but to no avail. Can only turn the damn thing off by turning the tap off. Absolute garbage!

I have noticed that all the negative Tech reviews are from Boomers but having said that I also found the set up a little confusing, Putting all that aside after I finally worked out how to set the timers the unit wouldn't put through enough water pressure to pop up my pop up sprinklers ! so I returned the unit to Bunnings and bought a Gardena Brand, although a bit dearer but so so much easier to set up and gives me heaps of pressure

The setup of this is NOT intuitive at all - the instruction manual is poorly written and hard to follow. Eventually we got it programmed, but the timer would not accept the 4th programme. Once I did a work-around for that, the timer worked for a bout a week, then spontaneously decided to stop watering Zone II. It will water on manual settings but not automatic.
I emailed customer service about this several weeks ago, but no reply.
Overall, this is a really poor product that is expensive and obviously another company that cannot back its product reflected by terrible customer service.

Just purchased a Quikdial.l am about 2 hours into trying to program it and about 5 minutes off chucking the POS in the bin.Pity it's so far back to Bunnings.

A few issues
Unable to set the current easily
Difficult to set start and end times Zone 1
Unable to set times for Zone 2.one of the worst products purchased for years.
Bought more reliable junk on line.

Ihad no chance of setting this thing up after 2 hours gave up and retuned it

Bought 3 of these dual timers, 2 leak absolute everywhere, 1 doesn’t. 2 are still working, 1 no longer working, even with new batteries. These tap timers have been installed for 1 month and cost $77 each to leak everywhere with 1 system completely failing. Never had a problem with any Holman product for over 20yrs. But am extremely disappointed with the $231 when I could have bought something cheaper and would have expected it not to work when it didn’t. This will be my last purchase from Holman.

I set this system up and had it running within about 30 minutes and it has thus far functioned properly. I had read the reviews and almost decided to return it to Bunnings. The criticisms were largely valid but resulted from some silly design choices, one being mechanical and the other (software) logical. For some crazy reason the 20 mm tap fitting did not include a sealing gland, which meant that water pored out at the tap junction regardless of how tight the tap nut inlet was fitted. Once I recovered a gland from elsewhere and fitted it inside the 20 mm BSP tap nut inlet, the Quickdial no longer leaked. The second crazy oversight was that there was no continuous programming mode. While programming the system if one paused to read the manual, the Quickdial would return to its operating mode and programming would need to be reinstated. This could be enormously frustrating. The Quickdial should have to overarching modes of operation, a programming mode that remains in play until dismissed and a run mode. Had the issues not presented, I am confident that almost all low scores would not have been given. Overall a nice system.

Iol No stars....the site wont let me do that. It made me choose 1 star.
Its so unbelievably difficult to set up, or reset. My husband who is very savvy, re computers etc finds it so so difficult.
It's awful to use. Absolute crap

Having installed many tap timers including multi-station solenoid controlled systems, as well as having a degree in engineering I can attest that this product is not only of poor quality and prone to failing, but setting it up is also more complex than solving a Fourier transform. Steer well clear if you value your hair.