Rain Bird FCKIT-1PK Drip Irrigation Easy Fit Faucet Connection Kit for 1/2" Tubing, Includes Pressure Regulator and Filter

Was easy to assemble and works well. It took a bit to figure out the hose end connection because the picture has the hose lock nut upside down to the actual lock nut on the kit I received. Maybe it is just an old picture. Anyway, once I realised the problem it was easy.

This product is aptly named (FCKIT-1PK ) as long as you already have tubing and a garden hose this does everything else you would want. After 7 years of solid service left outside all year this item started to develop pinhole leaks at the pressure regulator so instead of buying another pressure regulator a new drip adapter etc, I'm just getting another one of this kit and saying FCKIT. Truly does what it says and is worth the slightly higher price tag. It sees service for me from May until early November so 7 years is truly insane staying power.

Works as advertised

I bought two of these, both I put together with a timer and pipe dope on the threads. The threads didn't leak.I found the easy fit part that attaches to the distribution hosing could be flexed and would cause it to drip. I took the flex off the fitting by securing the distribution hosing so the connection didn't have strain on it.You can see in the picture that any more bend would put strain on the fitting an cause a leak.

I ordered a RainBird drip irrigation system, part by part, to water my vegetable garden (with large raised beds). One of the challenges we face is that we move the vegetables from bed to bed each year, and so it used to take a lot of time to adjust and rebuild our old system as the plants changed places.With my new RainBird system I was able to set up a single long 1/4" drip tubing (with 6" hole spacing) for each bed so that it can be laid out quickly around all the plants, the closer the spacing the more water etc.. The backbone of the system is a 1/2" main line where I used a bunch of T's and L's to smoothly run the main pipe under the soil, popping up a branch over the edge of each raised bed. I used 1/4" barbed coupling fittings (get the purple RainBird tool for these!) to connect the 1/4" drip tubing to the 1/2" main line branches.Almost all connections went together really well, the only challenge I had was with the Faucet Connector where it attaches to the 1/2" tubing. The tubing fits over the connector, but the threaded sleeve that screws over top to create a solid and clean connection would not screw up. The threads are plastic, and they just won't grab. So far the system does not leak, but we have to be really careful. I would give 5 stars if I could get the connector to thread properly.