Gardening Tools: THUMBS UP FOR WATERING WAND FROM ALDI'S: GREAT PRICE, GREAT FEATURES

Gardening Tools: 

THUMBS UP FOR WATERING WANDER FROM ALDI'S: 

          GREAT PRICE, GREAT FEATURES

The price on the watering wand from Aldi’s Gardenline was so low, I figured, if I didn’t like it, it would do, till I found something better. Their wand was less than 5 dollars, before tax. Even the stores, which sell surplus or discounted items, charge more for a watering wand. It turns out: I love this little gadget!

[The lime green lever
screwed to the
dark green hand grip
is the only part,
which is adjustable.]

Before I got it, I did not realize that the little lever, screwed on to the hand grip, operated a flow-control valve. I thought the lever was there, so that the wand could be hung up, when it was not being used. I also thought this watering wand was only a shower head, with fine holes, on the end of an extension pipe; so that I would be able to easily reach potted plants and gently water them without damaging them. Likewise, I thought that I would have to walk back to the faucet to turn the water off. I had truly underestimated this little guy.

The lever, which controls the flow of the water, can be operated with your thumb, while you are watering. The valve is capable of totally turning the water off, but it is also able to adjust the diameter of the circular water shower coming from the head. As you push forward with your thumb to increase the water pressure, the size of the circle receiving the water shower increases. While you go from plant to plant, it is easy to

[The all metal shower head,
mounted on a extension pipe,
has very find holes.]

adjust the fine shower to the size of the pot being watered by pushing your thumb forward to increase the diameter or by pulling your thumb back to decrease it. With this wand you can water the entire surface of each pot, without moving the shower head or watering the sidewalk. You can also walk from one area to another, easily turning off the water, so you don't get anything wet, like the seats of your patio chairs.

In the past, I have paid as much as twenty-two dollars for a watering wand; but this one beats them all for usable features and ease of use. Some wands allowed you to adjust the angle of head, or to twist the head to get different spray patterns. Unfortunately, these adjustments could not be done on the fly, as you were walking around watering. You have to turn off the water, usually at the hand grip, and then use both hands to make these adjustments. I can’t believe how simple this watering wand is, and yet I like it the best. It has the features, which I need the most, but nothing extraneous, which I probably will never use. As for the price, you can’t beat it. In this case less is truly more. This watering wand definitely gets a “thumbs up” from Granny.

By the way, if I had read the label, I would have known all the things that I am telling

you. I have owned numerous watering wands over the years; consequently I thought I understood how it worked. After writing this review, I went looking through my recycling for the label. When I found the label and read it, I had to laugh and you probably will too. If the Aldi’s near you has any watering wands left this year, buy one. I plan to buy 2 more next spring.