T63-100 Drip Irrigation 1/2" (0.634" OD) Blank Distribution Tubing, 100' Roll, Black

This review is for a variety of products all in one. This spring (2013) my wife and I put in 2 4'x20' raised bed gardens in the back yard for growing flowers and veggies. We live in Tennessee and the middle of the summer is hot and dry. I wanted a way to keep the plants watered and decided to convert a "spray zone" of our irrigation system to drip. I set up the garden with short rows that run the width of the boxes. I designed the garden with lots of short rows that run the 4' width of the boxes. Imagine a railroad track. The rails are the "feeder lines" that run the length of my setup, and the drip lines are the railroad ties that cut across the width of the garden (parallel with the rows of plants). I needed "feeder line" to bring the water to the drippers, and a variety of connectors to put it all together. I planned it all out on paper first, and then made sure I purchased enough parts. I purchased the following products for my setup:Rain Bird Landscape Dripline System 1/2-Inch Emitter Tubing With 18-Inch Spacing - 100-Foot Roll (5 stars)Rain Bird BT50-4PK Landscape Dripline System 1/2-Inch Barbed Tees, 4 Pack (5 stars)Rain Bird BE50-4PK 1/2-Inch Barbed Elbows (5 stars)Rain Bird EC50-Rain Bird GS50-10PK Landscape Dripline System 1/2-Inch Galvanized Wire Secures, 10-Pack (4 stars)2PK Landscape Dripline System 1/2-Inch End Closure Fittings (5 stars)Rain Bird Landscape Dripline System Spray Head To Drip Connection Kit (5 stars)Rain Bird T63100-BULK 1/2-Inch 100-Feet Landscape Dripline System Blank Tubing Roll (5 stars)These parts were all high quality, and I am extremely pleased with the setup. I cut all the tubing to size and layed it all out prior to putting it all together. It is very difficult to fit the tubing over the barbs, but once on it stays in place and doesn't leak. My hands ached after putting a bunch of the tubing together, so I ended up using leather work gloves which made things go a lot better.A few things to note:1) I don't have a rainbird setup, and this kit fit in great with my existing irrigation system.2) The tubing is a bit stiff and can kink easily, but works very well, so be careful when connecting things.3) The tubing and barbs are not the same inner diameter as stuff you can get at plumbing supply or home improvement centers. That means you can't mix and match, which is ok with me.4) I used some teflon plumbers tape when attaching parts that screw in.

One of the best purchases I have made in a long time. Here in central Texas we have been in a drought for about five years. It has gotten so bad that there is a no watering at all order in effect. I live at a lake and the past several months have brought our lake high enough that we should be able to water intermittently. Micro drip irrigation is a concept that I have considered for many years and this year I decided to buy this for myself for mother’s day. I have an in ground sprinkler system that I have not been able to use at all for two years now. Even if I decided to turn it on, the neighbors would not be very happy with me nor will that water company. I currently use vegetables and some flowers as my landscaping. There are several reasons that this kit is a good starting point for all your watering needs.1. This system is versatile to a point that once established you can change where the water goes, add to the system, make changes where ever you need, and is what I call idiot proof. Even if you make a mistake, it can easily be corrected with little effort.2. Affordability. Even though I have made several purchases to add to my original starter’s kit, I still have less than one hundred dollars in my system.3. All your watering needs are taken care of with little effort. The ½ soaker type hose can also be tapped into to add additional watering connections. The ½ Inch black hose carries the water wherever you need it. There are drips that can be set up at the base of the plant so that just the plant gets the water and no water is wasted. Micro sprayers in a half circle and full circle can cover a larger area all at one time and so on. There are so many options and the pieces needed are low cost and almost full proof.4. Not only can others not see that I am watering, except for the fact that my grass may be dying but my vegetables, herbs, and flowers are growing like crazy, the amount of water required in minimal. Not a drop of water is wasted. Turn the water on and let it do its thing for thirty minutes or so depending on the amount of surface area that you watering, then just turn the water off.I have doubted some of my purchases in the past but this is not one of them. I will continue to add to my micro drip even after the drought. I never have to worry if I missed plants while watering or that I might not have laid down enough water.In addition to my original kit I have purchased the 1/2 black tubing 100' four times now, not because the other went bad but that I have extended the watering system to my entire garden and landscaping. This tubing is tough and does the job that needs to be done without any trouble. I will continue purchasing this product especially from this seller and at cheaper price than others.

This hose is great! Most importantly, the hose is totally odorless, which makes us feel comfortable using it with our food crops. We also love the colored line that makes it easier to spot. The hose had no difficulty handling our irrigation system which operates using a 25 PSI regulator from a standard household outdoor faucet.Be aware that this hose, because it is odorless (and therefore contains fewer toxic plasticizers than the more flexible hoses), is less flexible than the horribly stinky PVC-type hoses. Although it's a bit less flexible, we still prefer the RainBird hose because it is odor-free. It wasn't difficult to use with some practice. If you need to turn it on a right angle, use a right angle connector so you don't kink the hose. We'll gladly buy this again! Great deal for the price, too.

I've used this tubing on a number of installations as I recommend to my friends and family to get drip irrigation systems in their gardens- as I have. It's definitely better for the plants. I've run hundreds of feet of this, along with 1/4" extensions and various emitters. I am thoroughly pleased with it. I find that using needle nose pliers to expand it a bit, and the 1/4" when inserting a connector, emitter etc. really helps. I'd also recommend letting it sit out in the sun for a while to soften before placing it and using garden staples to hold it in place. The only "knock" I would give it is that the walls are a bit thick making it difficult to attach the pressure control, filter and adapter pieces. The hose works very, very well otherwise.

This 1/2" tubing is the back bone of a drip irrigation system, and it gets the job done. Rainbird tubing is relatively thinwalled, black, with two green stripes. Other than indicating twists, I don't know what the stripes do.I just laid out a system covering all of my 1/4"-acre suburban plot. This product is rated at a total capacity of 240gph per run. Considering that the highest output 1/4" fitting (that I know of) burns 16gph, This is more than enough. I laid out three runs, watering various sizes of shrubs, climbers, roses, a mature maple, 5 'teenage' maples, the lawn itself, and ... my air conditioner! All told, I used 400' feet of 1/2" line. It goes faster than you think, even with careful planning. This line can be purchased in 500' lengths for ~$42. If you're putting in a comprehensive system, I'd recommend it. You'll need some for add-ons and maintenance.I strongly advise wearing gloves when working with this line. I used slip fitting from Orbit and Rainbird for tees and couplings. They work great and none are leaking, but you need an excellent grip on the tubing to press in the fittings. Also, puncturing the line for the 1/4's fittings and assembling the runs can be hard on the fingertips.My only complaint with this product is that it kinks. Easily. And, like a drinking straw, once kinked, the material is kinked forever. Once unwound, it lies flat easily (of course, i was working with it on a 105° day!), but you must take care when unspooling it. If going around a corner and you need a tight radius, put in an elbow. When pressing this line on to fitting, be wary of collapses.I haven't buried or covered my lines yet, so I secured them with wire. All of the brands offer some means of doing so, and all are pricey, considering how many tie-downs you may need on long runs. One reviewer suggested 1 every 3' ... that's overkill. In an assortment of parts from Rainbird, I got a 10-pk of heavy-gauge galvanized 'wickets', and those worked great, even in the parched earth of drought-stricken Oklahoma. But they retail for 70¢ EACH! That adds up. My solution? Buy a roll of galvanized wire, and make my own for a nickel apiece.In sum, great product. It's available at Lowe's for ~$14. If they drop it, I can always get more here.It interface easily with garden hoses and PVC. You're only limited by your imagination! My plants are happier, my life is simplified, I should have tackled this years ago!EDIT to add: After 7yrs, all of the lines are fine. No degradation, no blowouts no leaks. Whether it's above ground or buried, it seems ageless. Can't argue with that kind of longevity and value, so upgraded from 4* to 5* :D

There are multiple tubing standards for drip irrigation, so make sure you know what your connectors need. This tubing works great in the connectors I ultimately chose, but I did have compatibility issues with some other connectors.RainBird has a larger inner diameter (ID) of 0.6" and an outer diameter of 0.634" which is thinner than most of the other tubing being sold on Amazon and in big box stores (which has an ID of 0.5" and OD of 0.7").I like the thin walled Rain Bird stuff. It unrolled just fine for me on a hot morning in the sun and is easily routable through soft curves. For a 45 degree or greater turn you probably want to use a 90 degree connector to make the turn.I am using all connectors and no punch-through to convert to 1/4" lines for the emitters. I don't know how the rainbird thin walled would hold up to a punch-through. I like the connectors regardless - makes re-configuring the system a lot easier and they are inexpensive bought in bulk here on Amazon.

Works as intended. I found using a lighter to heat up before installing worked great. Just don't heat up to much just a couple seconds is enough

I have to agree with the other reviewers who had an issue with how easily this stuff kinks. I read the reviews and bought it anyway because it seemed like a good deal. I now regret that decision, but it's not the end of the world. This tubing is thinner than the tubing you'd get at a big box store and kinks extremely easily, leaving permanent dents that definitely have the potential to turn into leaks. The other problem is that because it's so thin, it is difficult to get it to hold rigid enough so you can poke a hole into it to get your barbed connectors into it, and it's very difficult to shove it onto (or into) the end of a coupler. It just bend or crumples under the pressure. Granted, I'm in central AZ, so it's pretty hot and the tubing gets softer when it heats up. For people who live in places where the soil is nice and soft, where it's not 500 degrees in the shade, and where there aren't more rocks than dirt in most garden plots - this tubing would probably do just fine. It's just not rugged enough for my purposes.When unwinding it, I basically stood at one end and whipped it around in a circle going the opposite way of how it was packaged - like a gigantic jump rope - and that helped get it unwound without kinking it as much. I'm sure I looked insane, standing on the side of the hill, flailing black tubing over my head like some crazed human windmill, but that's gardening for ya.The other thing is that I'm planning on burying this, and since what passes for soil here is extremely rocky, I'm worried that it's going to get crushed under the rocks. I'm not talking about boulders, just fist-sized up to grapefruit-sized rocks. So all of this was enough to force me to go to the big box store and buy the Rain Bird tubing they have there - which is the solid black standard stuff. End result is that I replaced this stuff with the regular black stuff from the store and now I have 100 feet of this stuff for repairs or smaller jobs.

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So far this tubing is working well. Easy to use once you warm it up in the sun.

Typical Rain Bird quality. I am using this for a pool solar heater. 2 years o and it still looks new

De buen material, fácil de maniobrar

Fait le travail mais il est un peu rigide, manque un peu de flexibilité.