Gardening is a lot of hard work. When the winter frost recedes and the spring blooms appear, many gardeners look out over their cultivated space and assess how much sprucing needs to be done to get it ready to enjoy in the warmer months - and then set aside hours upon hours to get it back to glory.

Once that's done, there's the maintenance. With gardens suffering from the lack of rainfall recently, standing around with a hose on precious weekends isn't always how gardeners want to spend their time - and that's why a sprinkler can be a great investment.

Gardeners who want to take the plunge on a sprinkler or upgrade their current piece of kit should take a peek at this Amazon deal: the online retailer has the down to £33.45 from an RRP of £55.78.

comes in a variety of sizes, but this model is designed to cover 9 to 216 m² of garden with a range of 3 to 18 m and a spread of 3 to 12 m, which should do the trick for a lot of lawns and vegetable patches. There are settings for spread, throw and flow, depending on gardeners' needs, and the sprinkler is easily connected to a garden hose for convenient and even watering.

The spray range is adjustable, and the sprinkler has a built-in water filter and soft nozzles to prevent dirt from getting stuck, making maintenance easy. Plus, it's frost and UV-proof, so it can be left outside all year round.

If the Gardena AquaZoom doesn't look quite right for gardeners, there are plenty of options out there. For example, shoppers can pick up the for £8.98 at Screwfix, which covers up to 125 m², is UV resistant, and designed to oscillate back and forth for even coverage. There's also the which promises "even water coverage regardless of the water pressure".

has a great 4.3 star rating on Amazon. One happy shopper said: "The concept of this is brilliant and I am impressed with how adjustable it is - width of spread and an independent pressure control on the spray head itself... You won't cover a large garden with it but it's an impressive bit of kit. I especially like the stable base and the swivel head. The way you can adjust the width of the spray as well means it's ideal for more precise watering of narrow raised beds in veg garden."

Another wrote: "We needed a sprinkler that wasn't too powerful as our front garden is quite small. This is perfect. It functions perfectly and sprays just far enough. We're very pleased with this."

A third said: "This water sprinkler is the bees knees. Best one yet."

However, some gardeners ran into issues, particularly if they suffer from poor water pressure. One said: "I think the 18m range is a bit optimistic (maybe I don't have enough pressure) but all in all, it seems well made and does what I need of it."

Another wrote: "This sprayer works quite well but is a little flimsy."

With a hefty discount on a powerful and adjustable sprinkler, the is well worth a look for gardeners heading into the summer.