On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 05:53:44 -0500, "tflfb" wrote:

I have a Rain Bird and its the worst I have had to replace every valve and
almost all the head in 9 yrs, I'de try a Toro.

Thats called maintenance.

I agree I have had Toro valves for 10 years with NO failures. As is
typical these days those valves are about to be discontinued! I've
gone to Weathermatic series 11000. They've been in daily use for 8
years with few problems (over 350 valves).

Toro 570 popups are certainly tougher than Rainbird, but expect to
change out nozzles every 5 years if you have very hard water.