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HomeGarden StoreHoses, Nozzles & MoreSoaker HosesRaindrip 015005T 1/4-Inch by 50-Feet Porous Soaker Tubing |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Great if used correctly Aug 16, 2010
By John Duval
5 stars for effectiveness, 1 star for user friendliness. Most people plug it directly into the supply lines and try to get the water to run 50' down the length by pumping in more and more water. You need to do the opposite: the more slowly you feed the water in, the further it will go, almost until osmosis sucks the water out.
The correct way is to run 1/2" supply lines cross wise every 8' or so, run the soaker hose lengthwise about 1' apart (or as needed), and connect it at each end using 4gph flag emitters (flag emitters have a barb on both ends). The hose will fill with water completely before slowly oozing out. Keep each run all at one elevation.
The advantages of this hose are very slow delivery, very even delivery, and direct burial. When used correctly, this is the most efficient delivery of water you can get from a system on a timer. Burial prevents evaporation and keeps the water from clinging to the outside of the hose, it makes raking easier and pruning safer (so you don't cut your hose by mistake). Unlike dripper line (with emitters every 12") you don't get saturated spots surrounded by parched soil. Unlike 5/8" soaker hose, it does not deliver too fast.
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Works fine Mar 01, 2010
By Sailing Windward
I find this works fine as long as you do not have lengths of over 9 ft. I make it up into grids for my vegetable beds. Each bed has 5 eight foot lengths of this hose connected into a grid pattern with elbows and Ts and 1 ft lengths of 1/4" poly tubing. Each grid is connected to the 1/2" hose on two diagonal corners. I have forty of these grids in operation in my market garden. eight grids are run off each section of 1/2" hose.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Raindrip tubing May 12, 2010
By F. Gast
I have used this product for my gardens and so far they work well. You must apply 1/4 inch clamps to the barbed fittings to make it not leak. On longer runs I hook up more then one 1/4 inch input to each run so that more water is supplied to the tubing. So far my gardens are thriving on this product but it must be installed correctly
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
raindrip 1/4 soaker hose Jun 28, 2010
By G. Goding
"Bud's Better Half"
I've used this in several applications in small and medium sized gardens and found it to be quite useful. I haven't had the problems other users describe with only the first few feet of tubing putting out water. I do use it in relatively short runs, 6-10 feet, and seal the end opposite the water input by heating with a butane lighter and pinching it closed. I have found that if you reuse it from season to season, you need to soak it in vinegar to dissolve water deposits or it doesn't drip well. You can also cure this by poking more holes with a 25 guage needle. I have found that it is does not drip uniformly over its entire length, but so far that hasn't affected the results.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
good hose Jun 06, 2010
By JAS
the 1/4 inch flex soak hose is incredibly easy and quick to install. because of it's size I was able to do all my gardens and not sacrifice pressure or excessive water use.
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