3-Pack 1/2 Inch Drip Irrigation Tubing to Faucet/Garden Hose Adapter - Reusable Connector Fittings for Most Rain Bird, Orbit, Dig, Toro 1/2 or 5/8 Tubing x 3/4" FHT

Great product , extremely satisfied with these

This drip irrigation part is alternative to the kits and brand sold at Lowe’s and it’s a fraction of Lowe’s pricing. We started with the Lowe’s kit and after deciding to convert our 30’x120’ garden to drip to provide better irrigation and save water, we needed a more affordable solution. We bought 1/4” and 1/2” tubing on Amazon, drippers, and all the 1/4” & 1/2” couplings and fittings. We installed 300 drippers on 6 zones in the garden. 100 drippers on 2 zones in the front landscaping. The 1/4” polyethylene line on Amazon is a little tougher to slide over fittings, but 3 seconds under a heat gun it slides over easily (don’t go more than 3 sec). 50 drippers is about the max that can function on a traditional garden hose bib. We run each zone for about 30 min daily here in Florida (we haven’t had rain in a while and soil drains quickly). We were running sprinklers for much longer and the plants still weren’t getting enough water. A few days on drippers was quite a noticeable difference. Buying all the parts on Amazon saved us 1/2 or more on the project.

I had a very hard time getting these secured onto the 1/2" hose but, once everything was installed it felt very secure. No leaks and it's holding up to the weather so far.

I had to replace a leaking fitting and this one worked well. Some have indicated they had installation problems, so here are a few hints about how I did it.1. The ID of the tubing is very important. It needs to be a little over 0.5". I checked mine with a 1/2" drill bit. You could also use a 1/2" dowel. The bit/dowel should be slightly (not much) loose in the end of the tubing.2. Make sure you don't have any rough edges on your tubing. If you do have some or if the end is not a square cut, make a new cut.3. Righty-tighty does not work for this fitting. Screw the locking (lower) nut clockwise until it bottoms against the upper nut. Push the tubing onto the fitting and make sure part of it goes over the barb-part of the fitting. Then tighten lower (locking) nut counter-clockwise until it is tight over the end of the tubing. If it leaks, you may need to use pliers to tighten it a little more. Don't overtighten as it is plastic and will crack.I didn't have to do this, but if you have trouble getting the end of the tubing over the barb, you can heat the end of the tubing with a hair dryer or by placing it in hot water. This will make it easier to stretch over the barb.

To be exact, Rain Bird ET63918 is the ½" emitter tubing that the big box stores in my area are carrying, and this adapter fits that just fine. I was really glad to find this, because this is the exact part that Rain Bird used to include in its Faucet Connector Kit (Rain Bird FCKIT; Amazon product number B000FJYT1C). You'll see this part in photos on Amazon's page for the FCKIT. However, Rain Bird now uses a different faucet/hose-to-tubing adapter in the FCKIT. The photo on Rain Bird's FCKIT packaging still shows the old part, the one that is being sold here, but the part inside the package is a different part. The critical thing is that the tubing end of the new FCKIT part is slightly larger in diameter than the old part, and therefore it is very difficult to insert into Rain Bird's ½" tubing. Both salespeople at the stores and Rain Bird's customer service people are telling customers to heat up the tubing so they can force it over the new adapter. That is absolutely dumb. I've written to Rain Bird imploring them to go back to using the original adapter in the FCKIT. In the meantime, I am glad I found this source for the original adapter, which I substitute for the dumb part that now comes with the FCKIT.By the way, the adapter that Rain Bird is now including in the FCKIT looks exactly like Amazon product no. (ASIN) B01986FARO, though I haven't had the opportunity to do a side-by-side comparison.

They don’t properly fit in-spec 1/2 tubing. I suspect they don’t fit thin tubing any better. The threads don’t engage low enough and the cap doesn’t cover its own barb once tight. So they’re almost impossible to get on and then aren’t tight when they are. They leak. Mine failed catastrophically after 2 days with the Rainbird tubing blowing off the fitting.

Slipped off the 1/2 inch drip hose.

I'm using this with Raindrip hose. Temps here are upwards of 100 F with bright sun hitting the adapters. None has popped off, and there aren't any leaks.I tried another type of adapter and it kept blowing. I have about 6 of these in service, some in their second year. Just ordered 6 more because they Just Work.