Features:

  • 0.5 gallon per hour pressure-compensating emitter delivers same uniform flow rate from beginning to end of tubing runs
  • Slow watering rate allows soil to absorb water more completely in the root zones of plants
  • Self-piercing design; use with 1/4" Drip tubing or insert into 1/2" or larger Drip tubing
  • Large water passages and self-flushing action help prevent clogging
  • Constructed of highly durable UV and chemical-resistant materials to assure long life
  • Plastic bag contains (10) 0.5 gallon per hour dripper/emitters
Decent drippers... buy in bulk & save

These are pretty good emitters (drip lines) and the cost for the 30-pack was worth having some spares. Of course, just after I purchased these for nearly nine bucks the price dropped. I have some extensive gardens and use these on things like squash when overhead sprinkling isn't as effective when they leaf out. I also went for the 2 gallons per hour because I usually water for about a half hour at a time so I'll get about a gallon each time at the roots and that's adequate. The GPH rating is pretty useless if you don't plan on watering at least an hour so with what I'm doing a 1-GPH would only give me a half gallon and that's not enough. What's also nice is that the barb allows you to insert these directly in your 1/2" feed line and then run a 1/4" line to wherever you need it. I've used the kind where you tap a 1/4" line into your feed line and the emitter goes on the end but they tend to clog. Couldn't find anything to gripe about other than waiting a few days the price dropped by about a buck less than I paid.

Highly recommend as an add on to the kit, or to build a stand alone system.

I would recommend buying the kit the first time you want to install the rain bird drip irrigation system. But once you get a feel for how it works its better to then buy the parts in individually if you want to expand your system or start a new one. These are no exception and you get tons of them for the price.

A gardener’s friend

I use these for drip irrigation sprinkler attachment kits and they work effectively. Nice flow of water, very long life. I just attach sprinkler attachment to our sprinklers, connect tubes to some or all and connect these pieces at the ends and buzinga!

Barbed 1 Gallon Emitters

The 30 pack contains "barbed" emitters that can be inserted without pre-punching a hole. If you have strong fingers, and if it is a warm day, you should be able to inserted these into 1/2 inch to 1 inch poly without a tool. If your hands are more used to type than digging ditches, you will want this tool: Rain Bird ET-1PK Landscape Dripline System Spot Watering Emitter Tool Don't buy 10 at a time for $8 when you can get 30 for around $10.

Conserve water and grow a great landscape and/or garden

Rain Birds micro drip system is amazing. I have a larger inground sprinkler system, but due to the drought the past five years, we were not allowed to even water our gardens. This system is easy to set up, to change when you need to as all the connections are not permanent and can be altered at any time, the plant get the water it needs where it needs it the most and not the dirt around them so you are not wasting water. I am using my larger sprinkler system now for my grass but for all my flowers and garden... I use my rain bird system. All of these parts are essential and are inexpensive to buy, use, replace, and even repurpose.

Drip Irrigation emiters

These drip irrigation emitters are exactly what I was looking for. I bought a kit and needed many more emitters in order to water all of my plants. Although I have not specifically measured the output of these, I can definitely say they drip more water than the .5 and 1 GPH emitters out there. I use these to water large bushes and the less GPH emiters to water flowers.

Great product, easy install.

Great product, easy to install, gets more water to plants than the original 1G. This dispenses up to 2G per hour (red). Does the job! Just got them, so no idea how long they will last with hard water and heat/sun exposure in AZ.

Easy to use!

Wish i'd have bought these to begin with! These have a very sharp point on them and can pierce irrigation line by twisting and pushing them in firmly. Your fingers do get sore after pushing these in, but these are some of the easiest i've used. Doing it on a hot day is also easier! The tool, no matter how good, just doesnt pierce completely. I used 2 per arborvitae for 2 gph, per tree with 1/4 tubing. My water pressure stays pretty even over 120+ feet(frontyard) with 1/2 rain bird supply tubing. I have a longer run of over 350ft(backyard) to install these in later and hoping i can get similar results, otherwise i may need to use the rain bird 1/2 gph dripper. i've installed valves separating the frontyard from the backyard to improve pressure and function. I've used 2 different adjustable drippers, shrubbler and a fan type spray. The adjustable's would probably work great for smaller runs of under 80ft or flower beds... My deep well pump likes these better and runs half as much with these drippers saving energy. Hope this helps with your project.

Exactly the Right Amount of Water, Exactly Where You Want It, Automatically. Done.

We have about 120 wine grape vines in six 70ft. rows on our Michigan Upper Peninsula farm. They are a mix of 1, 2 and 3 yr. olds. It's a hobby crop and we are trying to be cost and time efficient because we both work full time. Our first watering system was simply runs of soaker hose which proved unsatisfactory for a variety of reasons. We stumbled upon the Rain Bird drip irrigation system while wandering around at Menard's. The 1/2" main water line was quite reasonably priced at $30 something for 500 ft and the 1/4 tubing also at $8 for 100ft. I made my own ground staples out of 12ga vineyard wire) The whole system is well designed and very easy to install. Each of 120 vines required a certain amount of fiddling to get the tubing aimed where you want it but zip tying them to the stakes turned out to be the ticket. I am very impressed with the flexibility and the accurate delivery. We used these 1gph emitters, pierced directly into the main line and 1 foot of small tubing to aim the drip where it's needed. A little bit of trial and error and we discovered some necessary alterations in our plan, but nothing that really set us back---it was all quite logical once we got started with the installation. The whole system is run through a standard digital water timer---the kind used in-line with a garden hose. Pushing the emitters into the hose requires some effort and I'm glad I bought the special tool made for it---but I also found it useful to make a backing block out of a chunk of 2x4 to make that job even easier. Just slide the block under the main hose into the channel and the hose is supported and kept from flattening out as you easily poke that little guy in---(on the end of the block I cut a slot to make pushing in the ground staples easier) see the pictures. On the whole I'm very satisfied and we plan to install another system for our 3 big raised bed gardens. I recommend this system for DIYers and anyone who's a bit handy. Even on much smaller systems than mine, it seems like it would be cost effective in labor and water savings as well as over-all garden health. Note on useful life of system: My goal is to get at least 3 years out of this system, including taking it up each fall and reinstalling each spring. I'll update this review as those experiences are accumulated. So far so good though at this beginning stage.

Works as advertised

Does a good job of maintaining equal volume for each of my plants in the system. I did have one defective emitter between 2 packages purchased that did not have the proper volume. I found them difficult to install without drilling a small pilot hole first in my 3/4" main line.

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