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Category: Components & Parts

Drip irrigation components explained: emitters, tubing, pressure regulators, timers, filters, and fittings.

September 12, 2026

A backflow preventer stops fertilizer-tainted or dirty water from siphoning back into your drinking water. Here's whether you need one,…

August 2, 2026

Short answer: yes, almost always. Here's what a drip irrigation filter actually prevents, which mesh size to buy, and how…

August 2, 2026

Drip tape is the thin, flat, disposable cousin of drip tubing, built for row crops, not permanent beds. Here's what…

August 2, 2026

A drip system is really just six or seven parts: filter, regulator, mainline, fittings, emitters, and a timer. Here's what…

August 1, 2026

Drip tubing comes in a handful of sizes with unhelpful names, and picking wrong is how you end up with…

August 1, 2026

Emitters are where drip irrigation actually happens. Everything else in the system, the tubing, the filter, the regulator, exists to…

August 1, 2026

The timer is what turns a pile of tubing into an irrigation system. Programming it well takes ten minutes, and…

August 1, 2026

A soaker hose without a timer is a commitment. A soaker hose with a timer is a system. The good…

August 1, 2026

Short answer: probably yes. Soaker hoses are built to weep gently at low pressure, and most outdoor spigots deliver two…

August 1, 2026

A pressure regulator is a $10 piece of plastic that decides whether your drip system lasts ten years or ten…