Customer Reviews for Rain Bird 1/2 in. (0.70 in. O.D.) x 500 ft. Distribution Tubing for Drip Irrigation

Better than the other brand. Thicker wall, easier to work with. Should last a really long time. The only negative was that the thicker wall was a little harder to punch

Cost effective

Easy to work with, should last for years! I used it as a flow through solar pool heater. Put in two 500’ lines & it’s made a difference. I’m going to add more at a future date.

The tubing is curved and flattened out and consequently it did not work with my existing connectors. They just wouldn't go in. (See photo of rainbird connector which I bought at home depot and the blue tipped connector which used to work with old hose but not with this hose) tried with both 5/8th and 1/2" connectors I bought at home depot. I brought in a cut piece of hose and connectors back to home depot and 2 different employees couldnt get it to work either. Next day I went to retail garden drip supply place and bought other connectors and got it to connect. The guy there also suggested soaking it in hot water to make hose more flexible. Sorry I don't have pic of that connector. It is skinny and barebones - just what I needed.

Drip line 2.0. Hoping this Thicker wall drip line will not crack as easily in the Sonoran Desert like the previous thinner walled pipe did. Still easy to handle, but noticeably thicker with an etched exterior rather than smooth which makes it easier to grip.

The tubing was easy to install, cut cleanly, and perfectly attached to fittings for a quick installation

I purchased a roll of the tubing, hand dug trenches, plumbed fittings, and I noticed a kink in the line. I looked closely at the tubing, and I found in-line emitters in the poly pipe. In random places. 20 to 30 feet is perfect pipe, and 20 feet has drip emitters in it. Main problem for this, is that some of the emitters are in the trench under the lawn. Recommendation for this product if it is without emitters. Will be happy with drip emitters if that is what I needed, and might be fine for a garden. Rainbird offered discount on my next online order. Thanks to them for that

After searching on the web and going to physical irrigation stores, I decided this product was the best price for our application. I had some minor trouble in the laying process, the tubing didn't lay straight enough for all of my emitters to end up facing the same direction. I've had the product for about a year, and it is still in the field. I did not notice any damage from rodents, nor from the sun. My advice is to test out fittings before buying them. I had a very difficult time finding the right fit -- other brands didn't fit snugly, I even went to other hardware stores and back to the irrigation store, to no avail. I ended up getting compression fittings by RainBird, which had to be ordered -- through Home Depot. They were available within 2 days. I should have done this in the beginning, as it would have saved much time and headache. As stated in the title, there were a couple of incidences of slight depressions to the tubing (beginning to place emitters in the wrong location/direction). These places did not leak, and are not noticeable. The plastic is rigid, and the RainBird emitter puncturer is a bit too weak/small. I recommend a handheld tool with a metal tip, especially if you are installing hundreds of emitters!

I used this to protect a canopy from supporting steel wire.

This is thin wall tubing so it is easy to puncture and insert drippers

Sadly, this has now become quite cheap stuff. It bends (folds on itself) way too easy and it is clearly thinner than the older stuff I had in my garage that I bought last year. It is really an inferior product by comparison.

Line works as designed

As advertised. Installed easily.

Has a lot of kinks in it that are kinda hard to get rid of it!

It is not as strong as the previous ones I had bought.

Great 1/2 inch tubing to work with on my irrigation system. Easy to work with and ladt for years.