[Tijeras_Slim]

I’ve used these both above and below ground. If you have hard water they can be a nightmare, the emitters or lazerline clogs up. If you don’t drain everything well before a freeze, all manner of stuff can break. Pocket gophers find the line tasty on occasion.

Don’t think for a second they are worry free.

[fanfan]

IMHO, you are better to take 5 or 10 gallon water jugs planted upside down in the garden. You can add food to them as well, and they are not nearly as much trouble as drip hoses.

Hard water, hills, distance to the garden all work against drip hoses.

I guess if you plan on harvesting, and canning tons of food, it might be worth it, but we just do some tomatoes, peppers, garlic, and zucchini, and I hate tripping over the hoses all the time.

[martin_fierro]

If you have hard water they can be a nightmare, the emitters or lazerline clogs up.

OTOH I've heard (no personal experience here) that if you have a water softener, the chemicals in the water are no good for the plants.