Rain Bird XFD On-Surface Dripline, 0.9-GPH 12"-SPC 250-FT (X44031) XFD-09-12-250

It was a little difficult working with 250’ of it, so you’ll want to unwind it first and lay it out straight. Once I figured the out, it was easy to work with. Would it through my bed on top of the dirt weaving around the plants. I did need 50’ additional and used a T fitting for that. If it crimped because the turn was too tight, you just straightened it out a little and it goes back. You do NOT need emitters like someone posted. You just need something to connect it to a water supply. From there I spent $40 on a timer and my whole bed gets watered regularly. Also, get 6” staples to hold It down as it is stiff-ish plastic and wants to lift up in places. It took more of the smaller staples to get it to behave. When I get the rest of the lawn done with a professionally installed system, they’re going to hook up to what I did, so saved that money on the install. But, mostly wanted to make sure my plants got properly watered once installed.

I’ve had no problems with this line. It functions as advertised, doesn’t plug up, and is rugged. I would buy again.

I used this drip line in two gardens this past summer. It worked very well. The only caution is to be careful to not cause the hose to kink and to use a little heat when inserting fittings. I do recommend purchasing this drip line.

We have been using it for three years and expanding its use all over our one acre garden. Pricey but reliable.

This hose had a few pin holes in it. Even though it is designed to drip, a pin hole is not a good thing. The hole sends a mist of water up into the air--wasting some water and making a large over-watered spot.FYI--I think the reason this hose is less expensive is because of the type of emitters it has. All the drip hose I've purchased in the past had emitters that dripped from the hose on both sides. This hose has emitters that only come out on one side of the hose. This does not seem like a big deal to me, but I think the items description should mention it.Finally, this hose has a thinner wall and seems more fragile than hose I've purchased in the past.Good luck...

This stuff is great! It is easy to install in whatever configuration you need. Cut pipe runs to the correct lengths and use the component parts to join runs and close off the end. It is durable, this is my second batch and the first system I installed is still performing well. It delivers water evenly along the complete length of your configuration directly to the root zone of the plants conserving water and keeping your plants happy.

Overall it does the job it says. I feel like the water flow rate isnt right after running it for a couple hours and checking my meter. The hose kinked very easily and the only way to keep it from not kinking is to anchor it out on either side to keep it straight but that messed up the routing I wanted. It seems it has stress points from the manufacturing that just kink. Overall it was difficult to work with but it does work and gets the job done. Ill be taking it back out and going with a different system to control water better.

I have a small garden and I like not having to install emitters at each plant. I can just run this with 12” between each run and all plants get water