Features:

  • Rugged, flexible tubing that's easy to unroll and stake in garden, flower bed, ground cover or other landscaped areas
  • Use as the main line in a small Drip irrigation system or to branch off from larger 1/2" Drip tubing to micro-watering devices
  • Textured finish improves handling; making connections faster and easier
  • Extra flexibility for kink-free installation, unmatched resistance to chemicals, algae growth and UV damage
  • Unique Micro-Porous design creates an ultra-tight connection
  • Compatible with most brands of 1/4" Barbed Fittings, Spot Watering Emitters, Micro-Bubblers, Misters and Sprays
  • Designed for underground or above-ground installation
Purpose specific tubing.

I usually use scientific tubing, the generic clear stuff, because I never knew anything different until I wanted something stiffer. The generic clear tubing is awesome for low pressures and drip watering a lot of plants because the emitters can be placed without the tubing trying to retain its shape too much and moving it after placement. This is where the Rain Bird tubing fails at, its stiff and hard, its not easily placed at the base of plants. However I favor this tubing because of its rigid factor. The Rain Bird tubing is far superior with spray emitters and higher pressures. With higher pressures, emitters will come flying off of the scientific tubing if they aren't super glued on there. The Rain Bird tubing holds them in place but this is also an issue because it holds them too well and I have to cut the emitters off for cleaning or changing types! However, this tubing is durable, rigid, etc, it stays upright when I mount it on cane poll while scientific/chemical tubing droops over. RainBird Pros* *Rigid and retains shape *Retains emitters *250Ft for a fair price! Cons* *Emitters have to be cut off! :( *Very stiff! Scientific Tubing pros* *May or may not be cheaper depending on where you shop. *Very pliable. *removable emitters Cons* *Emitters blow off from high pressures! *Droops over when mounted vertically. Picture included for details.

It works well!

This tubing is very effective, and you get much more than you pay for! At this price, I have very few complaints about this tubing. I use this tubing as a part of my lettuce garden's flood and drain hydroponic system, and it works exactly as I expected it to. I connect this tubing to the manifold, and then to my buckets. Water floods the buckets quickly because it is being pushed by a pump, and drains a little bit slow but that is fine. Yes, the tubing is rigid, and has a "curve" to it, which makes it somewhat difficult to work with... but that is the only issue I have experienced with this tubing. Once you place the tube in one area, it may move as water flows through..but that's not a deal breaker. I'm very satisfied with this tubing, and I would highly recommend it because you get so much tubing for a very small price. Thanks! C. Cole PhD

Stiff tube is low maintenance

I didn’t review my purchase until a checkup of my drip tubing a year after they were installed. I have both these “stiff” tubing and the soft - more flexible vinyl tubing in my yard. I hated these stiff tubes during installation it hurt fingers no doubt. But a year and a half later ... I found these stiff tubing as good as the day they were installed while the vinyl tubes snapped in quite a couple of places that I had to replace. Maybe the gang of raccoons in my area couldn’t chew on the hardness. Some section of these tubes were exposed in California sunshine for more than a year. There’s no sign of deterioration and bad news is, it’s still stiff...

Very pleased with this tubing. No problems at all in my experience.

With several other reviewers complaining this tubing is too small inside diameter to get barbed fittings in, I found no problem at all. I have both Orbit fittings and Rain Drip fittings, and all go in as easily as any other 1/4 inch tubing I have used. In fact, the rough outside surface makes it easier to grasp the tubing while pushing the fitting into it.

Wonderful product with a great price

This product is very easy to work with and the price is 30% less than the local store near me. It is 40% less than Home Depot. Although the material is different than what I see at Home Depot, I like this one more.

... with my Axe Sickle (Pack of 50 )Drip Emitters Perfect for 4mm / 7mm Tube

This works well with my Axe Sickle (Pack of 50 )Drip Emitters Perfect for 4mm / 7mm Tube,Adjustable 360 Degree Water Flow Drip Irrigation System,for flower beds, vegetable gardens, herbs gardens and my Orbit 67000 Apollo 8 Manifold

I was glad to get this tubing at the $15-$16 range

I was glad to get this tubing at the $15-$16 range. It is not worth $25 for this roll. It is stubborn to untwist, so much so that you have to wrap it around 3-4 poles and a tree to straighten it out before use. Other than that, works fine with the rainbird accessories. i.e. 25psi pressure reg, and the 3/4" to 1/4" rainbird drip adapter.

Works Very Well

Easy to work with. Emitters and Connectors seem to fit securely into this 1/4" Line. Am Very Pleased. Had experienced zero problems with the spools that I purchased.

Not enough

I ended up using nearly 600 feet of this stuff in my system to cover about 1/4 acre of planting beds. Most pieces are between 2' and 4' long from the distribution line. I initially ordered 300' but probably would have ordered 500 if It was available in that quantity. The price is ok for 100' and since it is prime, it's still somewhat competitive to 500' of orbit line. The generic line B004QJ2SE2 is cheaper and probably would work fine (though I haven't actually tried that one.)

I put in an irrigation system...you can too!

My father always said, “there in nothing you can’t do...just things you won’t.” That said as a 72 year old grandmother I successfully put in a Rain Bird drip irrigation system for a rose garden and another for 8 ferns! All the Rain Birds products clearly explain what to use for water pressure, how to run lines and what to use for tubing!

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