Pope Snap Shot Timer

I have two of these units bought about a year apart, both utterly unreliable though one is a little better than the other. Same resetting issue as other users. One resets on a daily basis while the other gets maybe a week or so. I came back from overseas last January to find all my plants dead. DO NOT BUY ONE OF THESE.

had 2 units, both keep on resetting after about a year like other reviewers unit. almost killed my hedges in summer, i open one unit up out of curiosity expecting water ingress and corrosion but saw nothing, the PCB look brand new, so it's just poor engineering. avoid

Such an easy timer to program, but so unreliable. I persevered with these timers because I thought I’d purchased from a bad batch! Twice they didn’t shut off and cost me extra on my water bill.
I got sick of returning them to Bunnings!
I wrote an email to Pope, inquiring about the faulty timers and received no response.
Don’t waste your money!

After having install brand new batteries, and completed the setup, I find that despite the unit being set to start watering at 7pm for one hour, the unit is allowing water to flow all the time. I may as well have left the hose connected to the tap.

I purchased one from Bunnings yesterday. It did not work. Display indicates all is working. However no water. Took it back today for replacement. Bunnings provided a new one without any fuss. The new one is exactly the same. Indicates all ok. No water flowing. It will go back tomorrow. I will get a different brand device. Dreadful product. No stars.

Like a whole lot of other unhappy customers, my Pope Snap Shot Timer has developed a resetting fault. The problem started a few months ago and was intermittent. I replaced the batteries and it has failed completely to stay working now, and it is a few weeks over the 12 months warranty. I am very disappointed with Pope. I would like a refund, but I doubt Pope will be obliging as the warranty is expired. I am as disappointed with this product as with anything I have ever bought in my life.

Fell apart when I tried to connect it to the tap. Turns out that none of the four screws that hold the case together were inserted. Just empty holes. Took it back for refund and will have to find alternative product. What a pity! It seemed to be a very easy to use timer.

The timer stopped working after replaced with new batteries, keep showing 0%. The support just told me to buy a new one if it is over 1 year old. This product is a scammed like what others said.
Please recall this product as it does not worth the money you paid for.

I bought this due to me going away. I thought it would do the job of watering the garden.
I gave it a trail run once it worked perfectly. The next time it was due to turn on nothing happened.
I checked tap was on it showed on the screen it was on but no water. I believe the solenoid is faulty. Took it back to Bunnings for a full refund.
Totally a waste of money.

Don't buy this product! Considering the price tag, you would expect it to be reliable for many years, however it has stopped working. It stopped working while I was away for Christmas and now my home brew hops are dead for this season. Taking it back to Bunnings right now.

Timer is well designed and easy to use - but it randomly stops working every few weeks. This happens when we are away some times and everything pretty much dies, which is really disappointing.
I have to keep checking how the plants are looking - any signs of drooping and the timer has usually stopped working again. Screen flashes. Just press the select button to reset and it works again - but very annoying to have to keep checking.

Crap timer works for a tad then just stops and the screen starts to flash. Replace batteries and the item works until the end of cycle and the same problem returns. Have tried different batteries but the unit still fails to work on continuously. With so many people having the same issue pope should do a recall.

Bought 2 to replace 2 Holman timers which had failed. Both worked fine, so I bought 2 more. After 2 months 1 kept reseting (batteries 100%) every time it reached "Water Start". Replaced it (thanks Bunnings). 2 months later another failed with the same fault. Replaced it. Now a 3rd failed, with a blank screen, would not reset, no buttons working. Removing and replacing battery compartment, screen lights up with all lights, then again a blank screen, same with new batteries. I travel a lot, and rely on the watering system to keep my garden alive. Will have to find a more reliable timer. Any recommendations?
With all these bad reviews, what is Pope doing about it?

This product seemed to be the answer to my garden watering prayers however, over the last 3 years I have returned the product at least 7 times due to varying faults. I discovered I could live with the described by others failure of the timer flashing and then not working by checking every now and again. However, when the display shows that it is watering and no water is coming out, that's when I head to Bunnings to exchange yet again. I do this in the hope that one day this normally reliable Australian company may fix the issues and this wonderfully designed product will work for longer than 6 months. Thanks Bunnings for making the swap hassle free.

This product does not work reliably . I have about 6 of them and all have failed . Initially will run OK then After a period of time The display will flash and timing function will stop . You continentally have to check if they are operating. Will start operating if you reprogram. The battery in these units was all OK

Found this product very reliable for me. I am in an arid region and using artesian bore water. Very intuitive to operate and just hoping now after seeing all these negative reviews that I am not regretting this endorsement in a few months time. I have to leave my watering on auto for at least a month on end before updating the results. All good so far.

Had three of these timers in 9 months. ALL failed. Very unreliable - after a short time they all failed to manually water, even after resetting timer. All faded at various times to water on auto control.