Drip Irrigation Faucet Adapter Kit: Connect 1/2" Tubing to Faucet or Hose, Backflow Preventer, Filter, Pressure Regulator - No Assembly Required

It works very well.

Looks like quality product, easy to install on RainBird half inch tubing....No drips, no errors...

We have underground dripline all over our property, and it is the pressure compensating type of dripline with emitters built into the tubing every 12 inches. We have always hooked up this tubing to underground valves that deliver water from the buried pvc line that runs through the property, but when a valve wears out or breaks it is very expensive to have a landscape company replace it (over $400). And in the meantime, we have no water to the zone serviced by that valve. So, this drip irrigation faucet adapter gives us a great option to still get water into our dripline tubing, but with a garden hose instead.You just hook up the adapter on one end to a normal garden hose, and hook up a stub of dripline tubing that extends above ground onto the barb of the adapter on the other end. There are instructions include with the adapter, with helpful diagrams. The only tricks are that the instructions say if it is hard to get the tubing over the barb, heat the tubing. That will work if you have a portable heat gun or if the tubing is in the hot sun, but what I use in the shade or cooler weather is just a little WD-40 sprayed onto the bard and the tubing slides right on. The other trick is that to tighten this connection you *unscrew* the collar over the barb. That's right, by unscrewing the collar you draw it back over the spot where the tubing is on the barb. The instructions cover this, but I'm glad I read the instructions to get this straight before installation. Once installed, the adapter works like a charm. It lowers the water pressure from the garden hose (probably 50-70 psi) down to 25 psi, but that is enough pressure to get the drip emitters flowing and that way high water pressure won't damage your tubing or connections or emitters. Once you're done you could leave the adapter on the tubing until the next time you want to turn on the water, or it's easy to completely remove the adapter and bring it indoors. This is a great little item for the price, and it is a much, much cheaper option that valves to get water into underground dripline. Now we can install underground dripline anywhere where a garden hose will reach, instead of being limited by the existing valves.

We bought a new house and the backyard sprinkler system was broken beyond repair. Even with professional help, I was unable to locate the sprinkler valves for the back yard. So instead I set out to research and install my own drip irrigation to automate the watering process, mostly because I am way too lazy to water my backyard every other day. I chose the rainbird family of products because of the positive reviews and the plethora of options.I chose drip emitters for the trees and shrubs in my yard. I chose 1/2 in tubing for the systems backbone. Then 1/4 in tubing to run out to the individual plants, flowers, trees, shrubs... There are two ways you can install them. You can install them straight into the 1/2 in tubing, like I did. The other way is to install a 1/4 in coupler into the 1/2 in tubing, then run a 1/4 tube to the plant. Then connect the drip emitter at that end. I chose this configuration because some people complain about the water pressure pushing the emitter off the end of the tubing. I bought this took in order to connect the 1/2 in tubing with the Tee and elbow fittings.From what I read, these drip systems operate best at 20-25 PSI. So I got this regulator because the pressure coming out of the outside spigot is between 30-40 PSI.+ Good price.+ Very easy to use. This allowed me to connect my 1/2 in drip irrigation tubing to my water hose... which terminates at my water spigot.+ Very happy with the performance so far. I even tested this device with my B-Hyve timer. The second shot show 1.83 gallons per minute during watering. 2 gallons per minute is about 20-25 PSI. So I see that this regulator is doing its job.- Nothing thus far.I am very happy with the performance of this regulator, it is doing its job. Ill update this review as necessary.

I really appreciate having all the pieces preassembled, while still being able to unscrew one or another. It's much easier to attach the unit to the faucet because the pieces can be separated.I especially admire the way the backflow preventer relieves the water pressure by releasing excess water after the watering is finished. The first time I saw that, I thought there was something wrong; then I read in the instructions that it was normal. Once I understood, I realized what a good idea it was, releasing the pressure so the tubing isn't strained unnecessarily. It may be standard for these devices, but I appreciate your reassurance that it was normal!You'd have gotten a five-star rating, but one of the adapter kits I ordered had a hose-to-tubing adapter that seemed to be defective. The part that slips over the hose and screws down wouldn't turn at all, in either direction, not even with a pair of pliers. Fortunately, I had purchased extra hose-to-tubing adapters for my drip-watering project, and I used one of those instead.