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title: "Water Distributor automatic: 6-point distributor, simple operation, space-saving, allows flexible use, ideal even at low water pressure, 3/4 inch outer threads (1197-20)"
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# 6 automatic watering zones 3/4 inch universal thread Works at low water pressure Water Distributor automatic: 6-point distributor, simple operation, space-saving, allows flexible use, ideal even at low water pressure, 3/4 inch outer threads (1197-20)

**Brand:** gardena
**Price:** € 100.47
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💦 Master your garden’s hydration game with effortless, smart watering!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Water Distributor automatic: 6-point distributor, simple operation, space-saving, allows flexible use, ideal even at low water pressure, 3/4 inch outer threads (1197-20) by gardena
- **How much does it cost?** € 100.47 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.nl](https://www.desertcart.nl/products/50075099-water-distributor-automatic-6-point-distributor-simple-operation-space-saving)

## Best For

- gardena enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted gardena brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Complete Setup Included:** Comes with 6 male threads, 5 tap connectors, and 3 end caps—ready to install out of the box.
- • **Universal Compatibility:** Fits standard 3/4 inch (26.5 mm) taps for easy installation without adapters.
- • **Flexible Outlet Management:** Easily shut off unused outlets with a simple lever to customize watering zones.
- • **Seamless Multi-Zone Control:** Automate watering for up to 6 garden areas sequentially, saving time and effort.
- • **Pressure-Optimized Performance:** Designed to operate efficiently even with low water pressure—no more dry spots.

## Overview

The Gardena Water Distributor automatic is a space-saving, 6-point irrigation hub that sequentially waters multiple garden zones. Engineered for low water pressure environments, it fits standard 3/4 inch taps and offers simple outlet control, making it the perfect upgrade for millennial managers seeking efficient, automated garden care without hassle.

## Description

From the manufacturer For the simultaneous use of two watering accessories The GARDENA Two Channel Water Distributor makes it possible to simultaneously connect two accessories to one tap. The outlets are fully adjustable. Two GARDENA Water Computers can be joined to the connector. For irrigation of up to 6 garden areas The GARDENA Water Distributor automatic lets you control up to six irrigation areas in the garden one after the other. For example, your lawn, vegetable patch, shrubs or your hedge can be watered in sequence. Thanks to automatic irrigation, you have so much more free time. For operating up to 4 watering accessories at the same time The 4 Channel Water Distributor by GARDENA offers you the best way to distribute water around your garden. You can connect up to four devices at once to the adapter attached to the tap. The practical water distributor is ideal if you want to irrigate several areas in your garden simultaneously. Two hose connections on one tap This 2-way Water Distributor from GARDENA is ideal for connecting more than one hose to your water supply. The two connections can be used separately and are infinitely variable. It is also possible to use two watering methods at the same time. 2 Channel Water Distributor The GARDENA Two Channel Water Distributor is suitable for taps with 26.5 mm (3/4") and 33.3 mm (1") thread and 13mm (1/2") hose connector. 2 Channel Water Distributor The GARDENA Two Channel Water Distributor is suitable for taps with 26.5 mm (3/4") and 33.3 mm (1") thread and 13mm (1/2") hose connector. Automatic Water Distributor The Water Control is programmed to control which garden is watered in the order you choose. This allows you to adjust the watering according to the needs of the plants. Automatic Water Distributor The Water Control is programmed to control which garden is watered in the order you choose. This allows you to adjust the watering according to the needs of the plants. 4 Channel Water Distributor The 4-way distributor is used to connect several appliances to a single tap. It is suitable for taps with 26.5 mm (G 3/4") and 33.3 mm (G 1") threads. 4 Channel Water Distributor The 4-way distributor is used to connect several appliances to a single tap. It is suitable for taps with 26.5 mm (G 3/4") and 33.3 mm (G 1") threads. 2 Channel Water Distributor The 26.5 mm (G 3/4") or 33.3 mm (G1") 2-way valve allows two connections to be made to one tap. This means that two hoses can be connected to the tap without the hassle of changing them. The 26.5 mm (G 3/4") or 33.3 mm (G1") 2-way valve allows two connections to be made to one tap. This means that two hoses can be connected to the tap without the hassle of changing them. GARDENA Water Distributors 2-way water distributor Automatic distributor 4-way distributor 2-way valve

Review: Excellent distributer - Was looking for some way of arranging the irrigation without too many different water outlets from the tap. This seems to work for the purpose intended. I needed to water specific areas in a moderately sized garden at different times for different lengths of time. As others have asked questions about this, the water outlets switch from one to another based on water pressure. As soon as the water pressure is removed from the inlet (i.e. tap turned off), the distributor switches to the next water outlet. Obviously you have to have the water turned on again for this to send water out the 2nd outlet. There are 6 outlets and 1 inlet. A minimum of 2 outlets are active - otherwise there is no point in having this unit. I control the length of time to each water outlet through a water timer. How this is done is up to the requirements. Overall an excellent product made even more excellent through the one-day desertcart offer.
Review: Excellent cost effective solution - I purchased one of these to provide a more cost effective water irrigation solution. I am running 5x 20m and 1x 30m hoses and barely see any drop in pressure. We have 2bar pressure and it does not cause any issues that others have reported. I have this coupled with a BT controller to run 2x hour cycles each day with 10 mins running time and 10 second soaking time and it has never missed a beat for the past 8 days of using it. Very pleased with the purchase.

## Features

- Automatic watering: The water computer allows up to six areas of your garden to be watered one after another
- Smart programming: Varied watering duration can be programmed into a MasterControl water computer (not included) for each outlet
- Works at low water pressure: Ideal when the existing water pressure is insufficient to water everything at the same time
- Simple operation: Unused outlets can be easily shut off via a setting lever
- Scope of delivery includes: 1x Gardena Water Distributor automatic, 6x 26.5 mm (G¾ inch) male threads, 5 x tap connectors (Art. No. 18201), 3x end caps

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B006MWDQGA |
| Best Sellers Rank | 18,074 in Garden ( See Top 100 in Garden ) 494 in Garden Hose Parts & Connectors |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (3,428) |
| Date First Available | 3 May 2012 |
| Item display height | 30 centimetres |
| Item display length | 20 centimetres |
| Item display weight | 1.5 Kilograms |
| Item display width | 20 centimetres |
| Item model number | 1198-U |
| Manufacturer | Gardena Deutschland GmbH - DE Parent |
| Material type | Plastic |
| Part number | 1197-U |
| Power source type | Battery |
| Product Dimensions | 17.15 x 24.13 x 16.51 cm; 1.5 kg |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Gardena
- **Colour:** Estándar
- **Item weight:** 3.31 Pounds
- **Material:** Plastic
- **Product dimensions:** 17.1D x 24.1W x 16.5H centimetres

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: In the operating manual It says that outlets 1 and 2 are always open together, is it ok to blank one off so that pressure is maintained in just the on**
A: If you blank either 1 or 2 you will not get the others responding in the way they need to for distribution purposes.  I use 1, 2 and 3 for different parts of the garden.  I leave 4, 5 and 6 unused.  I have a controller set to give me three rotating areas being watered.  Each time the controller clock turns off the water supply to the distributor the area being watered is changed.  You must make sure that 1 and 2 will always allow the presure to reduce in the area being controlled and blanking 1 or 2 would prevent this and so you would not get the switching to different areas.  I find that I have to allow a minimum of 5 minutes downtime between each port being opened as this allows the pressure to disipate to cause the distributor to advance to the next outlet.  I have at times used all six outlet on different timer settings.  the minimum number of areas to be switched for watering is two ie ports 1 and 2.  The others are optional and can be set with the flow levers.  It is a great product.

**Q: Where does the master Unit (1000 or 2000) get placed using this device? Is 1 master unit needed before the inlet valve, or 1 per outlet (x6)?**
A: The water supply comes into the unit, and you can have up to 6 outflow supplies which run one at a time. You need a controller on the water supply tap that can be programmed to run up to 6 sequences ie time on and for how long.

**Q: Resetting it today after winter. Circuits 5 and 6 don't go close even with the toggle on off, any advice?**
A: You need to set how many channels you wish to run. I run 2 so therefore select 2 on the programmer- channels 1 and 2. Then set them up. If 5 and 6 are not off maybe just disable them from coming on on the programmer- by not selecting any days for them to come on.

**Q: It does not switch outlets - why is this?**
A: Outlets are changed when the water flow is stopped changing each time. To use this easily you will need a gardening computer (the alternative is to manually turn the tap on and off). I have used this valve for the past three years and It’s the most reliable consumer switch I’ve used.I have two of the outlets connected with the others offline. I hope that helps?

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent distributer
*by R***A on 20 July 2020*

Was looking for some way of arranging the irrigation without too many different water outlets from the tap. This seems to work for the purpose intended. I needed to water specific areas in a moderately sized garden at different times for different lengths of time. As others have asked questions about this, the water outlets switch from one to another based on water pressure. As soon as the water pressure is removed from the inlet (i.e. tap turned off), the distributor switches to the next water outlet. Obviously you have to have the water turned on again for this to send water out the 2nd outlet. There are 6 outlets and 1 inlet. A minimum of 2 outlets are active - otherwise there is no point in having this unit. I control the length of time to each water outlet through a water timer. How this is done is up to the requirements. Overall an excellent product made even more excellent through the one-day amazon offer.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent cost effective solution
*by M***W on 26 September 2023*

I purchased one of these to provide a more cost effective water irrigation solution. I am running 5x 20m and 1x 30m hoses and barely see any drop in pressure. We have 2bar pressure and it does not cause any issues that others have reported. I have this coupled with a BT controller to run 2x hour cycles each day with 10 mins running time and 10 second soaking time and it has never missed a beat for the past 8 days of using it. Very pleased with the purchase.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very, very good. Or horrid?
*by D***N on 12 August 2021*

""When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad she was horrid!" Bear with me now, you don't get so many quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Amazon reviews. I bought two of these, intending to set up 6 or so separate watering zones in the garden--to give a more controllable irrigation instead of flooding some places whilst maybe leaving others parched. (Our water pressure here is relatively low, measured at 2 bar, and it seems a good idea to have a number of relatively short periods of faster water flow, directed to the right places, rather than one long slow one going everywhere with so much potential for wastage.) These distributors seem a very good way of cutting back on the overall amounts of pipework and hoses needed, and also economising on the number of timer/programmers needed. The first one of the two gave satisfactory results straight away, with the mechanism clicking round reliably in time with the settings of the timer, feeding two separate sections of soaker hose and a rather distant pair of micro-sprinklers. But the second one proved to be much more picky, feeding one section of soaker hose and clicking round from that OK, but being a bit diffident about moving between another pair of pipes, each feeding a large selection of micro-sprinklers. Suspecting the second unit might be faulty, I substituted it for the first one, and hey presto! The second unit works as well as the first one when installed in precisely the same circumstances. Clearly it must be something to do with the “back pressure” from the pipes the distributor feeds—the easier the water flow, the lower the back pressure, and the less the distributor can build up the energy to move its internal mechanisms. The manual barely gives the user any insight or practical guidance into this, despite the unit’s high cost. Getting all of this right is going to involve frustration, reconfiguring pipework by trial and error, with no specific method other than to fiddle with pressure reducers, number of micro-sprinklers on any one run of pipework, etc. There’s no guarantee of success. So, when she’s bad she really is horrid, and it will take quite a while before I know that my system is reliable. And reliability is the one thing you really need from an automatic watering system.

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