Customer Reviews

Raindrip 015005T 1/4-Inch by 50-Feet Porous Soaker Tubing

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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.

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.

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

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.

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.

This product is excellent for use in pots small or large. All the reveiws that state it has problems are trying to use it in straight runs and that usually causes problems if you don't have really high pressure. Use a "T" with a quarter inch feed line and make a circle or loop and it will drip evenly and water a pot which is usually a difficult task.

At first, looks cool. It's recycled rubber tire. However, this thing is useless except for recycling back into a tire. It's so poorly manufactured that it doesn't drip, it just splits and leaks at the front where the water is coming in and because of it shooting out too much water at the front end it doesn't create a enough pressure to continue through the hose. At first I thought, oh, maybe it's just a bad piece at one end. Nope. I cut it back beyond it shooting out, re-attached and same thing happened. I am on a well, so it's not too much pressure. Didn't raindrip even test this thing?

I have used this recycled product for 2 years. Last year I thought it was my poor installation that caused it to flood the first foot or two and leave the rest dry. This year I tried again (because it was all the store had) and the same thing happens, no matter how many times I cut and re-fit. This product is junk.

Uh, this stuff is like swiss cheese. I got it all hooked up and when I tested it, water comes spurting out of the first 10 huge holes and that's it. The remainder of the hose has nothing coming out due to all the water coming out the first 10 holes! Plus, give it a little flex and it tears in half. Steer clear of this product.