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- #2,153 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
- #3 in Automatic Irrigation Drippers
Product Description
Rain Bird SW20-30PS Drip Irrigation Spot Watering Dripper/Emitter, 2.0 Gallon Per Hour, 30-Pack. This robust pressure-compensating emitter provides a medium-high 2.0 gallon-per-hour flow rate. Ideal for watering root zones of garden and landscape plants, shrubs, bushes, small trees and medium size containers. Rain Bird's pressure-compensating design ensures all plants receive the desired watering rate regardless of their position along the distribution tubing run. Uniform flow is delivered throughout a wide pressure range from 15 to 50 psi. Barbed ends securely retain 1/4" Drip tubing for a leak-proof connection. Self-piercing barb allows for direct insertion into the side of 1/2" or larger Drip irrigation tubing, or use with 1/4" tubing for positioning near individual plants. Simple to insert by hand, or for faster installation use one of Rain Bird’s insertion tools (sold separately): ET/1PK25S, HPUN1-1S, and HPTCX. Designed with large water passages and self-flushing action to help prevent clogging. Constructed of highly durable UV and chemical-resistant materials to withstand adverse conditions. Rain Bird emitters are color coded to easily identify flow rate. Convenient plastic bag contains (30) red-colored emitters. Also available in: 0.5, and 1.0, and 5.0 GPH flow rates to customize watering of varying plant types and sizes. Rain Bird "The Intelligent Use of Water"
From the Manufacturer
Rain Bird Corporation is a privately held company founded in 1933 during the agricultural boom in California. We’re recognized as the #1 manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services in the world. With sales offices around the globe; we offer over 4,000 water-saving irrigation products in more than 130 countries. Since the very beginning, Rain Bird has produced and offered the industry’s broadest range of high-quality irrigation products for: farms, golf courses, sports arenas, commercial developments and homes. Over the past 80-years Rain Bird has received more than 450 patents worldwide. Including the first one for irrigation in 1935 on our original impact-drive sprinkler (U.S. Patent #1,997,901) which revolutionized agricultural food-production and ushered in a new era in irrigation worldwide. In 1990 this original impact sprinkler was designated a historic landmark by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Our products cover all aspects of irrigation…timers/controllers, pop-up rotary sprinklers, pop-up spray head sprinklers, sprinkler nozzles, irrigation valves, Drip irrigation, drainage and much more. These products have been chosen and installed worldwide in the largest and most prestigious projects for residential, commercial, agricultural and golf course irrigation. Rain Bird is committed to The Intelligent Use of Water™ extending beyond products to education, training and services for the industry and the community. Our legacy is to design and manufacture only products of the highest value and quality. We’re grateful to have received numerous recognition awards from many of our valued partners. Rain Bird “The Intelligent Use of Water"
jon glen
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2025
These are better than the ones I bought at Home Depot!
FJMoucheron
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2025
Work good and easy to replace. Good price for the amount you get.
Izak K.
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2025
Does what it needs to do.
bluefin
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2025
Good product, does an excellent job dispensing water.
Zenab
Reviewed in Canada on September 9, 2024
Perfect Drippers for Irrigation SystemsThe Rain Bird SW20 Spot Watering Emitters are ideal for irrigation setups. They work perfectly both inline and with the self-piercing feature, making installation a breeze. Consistent 2.0 GPH output ensures reliable watering for plants. A great addition to any drip irrigation system.
Wreader
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2024
Using on a 200’+ tree line. Work great. Haven’t had one clog up yet. The spike that goes into the line can be a little fragile and break off as you’re installing it. Out of ~100, probably 10-12 broke. A couple of those could have been prevented. Once they’re in, they’re great.
Bigred
Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2024
It controls the water flow fair but take a long time to get the job done
keith j.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2024
does rhe job
DoneGoneFishin
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2020
I purchased .5 gph emitters for a very large project to convert my 1800 series sprinkler heads to drip systems. I live in San Antonio, Texas and my water bill was out of control. I bought the Rain Bird sprinkler caps (1800CAPS Spray Head Cap for 1800 Series Sprinklers) to close off the sprinklers so I didn't have to remove them. I bought the Rain Bird Drip Irrigation Conversion Kit (Model #RCKIT-1PS), at Lowes, and used one sprinkler for the conversion kit. I have over 27 sprinkler zones with 500 sprinkler heads to cap for my many plant beds. Also, I have very high water pressure. The local water company will give rebates for the conversion but require the .5 gph emitters. These emitters are pressure compensating and have to be installed in a specific manner. The black pointed tip has to be connected to the half inch or quarter inch tubing with the blue tip emitting the water. If you use the blue tip in the tubing, water will not come out. It is one way directional. I've had a few fail even when installed correctly. I've used the non-water pressure compensating Rain Drip .5 gph BUE05 and it doesn't matter which end is inserted into the tubing. Water flows either way. I've read the reviews about the inconsistent flow rates. I haven't experienced it but it may be because my water pressure is so high. Not sure. So far mine are working properly but I keep a close eye on my plants to see if .5 gph is sufficient for the plant's needs. The wood stakes & barbed wire around some plants in the plant bed photo (3rd photo) are my creation to keep wild hogs from digging up my newly planted plants. It works very well.
ack7879
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2019
I bought these for watering a 150 foot row of lilacs. Installation is easy, but it did make my fingers sore because I did a lot of them in one shot. Finished putting them all in, turned the water on, NOTHING. Well, it turns out that I put all 22 emitters in backwards. The directions are vague, and don't say anything about which way they should be installed. There are pictures, but they're tiny and hard to see. In case you're like me and have never seen or used this kind of emitter before, the pointy end with the star shaped hole goes in the tubing, and the water drips out of the bigger, offset hole. Since they fit very snugly in the 1/4 inch tubing, they are almost impossible to pull back out. I ended up cutting the end of the tubing off in order to remove the emitters and turn them around. I used 1/2 inch tubing as a mainline with short pieces of 1/4 inch tubing running water to each plant. I would have liked to put the emitters directly in the 1/2 inch mainline and just run that along the base of my lilacs, but again, the directions were lacking on that point, so I followed the little pictures as best I could and ran individual 1/4 inch lines with the emitters on the ends. Once I got everything put together properly, the emitters seem to work as they should, and I am happy with my purchase and new knowledge!
Mike Spence
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2019
These things are complete crap!I needed 9 emitters so I purchased 20 just to have some extras, I have now installed 14 emitters (due to them not working) and I just checked and only two are even working now! Don’t waste your time or money on these emitters!
BW
Reviewed in Canada on August 14, 2018
Great price and work excellent
Fuzzball
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2016
We have about 120 wine grape vines in six 70ft. rows on our Michigan Upper Peninsula farm. They are a mix of 1, 2 and 3 yr. olds. It's a hobby crop and we are trying to be cost and time efficient because we both work full time. Our first watering system was simply runs of soaker hose which proved unsatisfactory for a variety of reasons. We stumbled upon the Rain Bird drip irrigation system while wandering around at Menard's. The 1/2" main water line was quite reasonably priced at $30 something for 500 ft and the 1/4 tubing also at $8 for 100ft. I made my own ground staples out of 12ga vineyard wire) The whole system is well designed and very easy to install. Each of 120 vines required a certain amount of fiddling to get the tubing aimed where you want it but zip tying them to the stakes turned out to be the ticket. I am very impressed with the flexibility and the accurate delivery. We used these 1gph emitters, pierced directly into the main line and 1 foot of small tubing to aim the drip where it's needed. A little bit of trial and error and we discovered some necessary alterations in our plan, but nothing that really set us back---it was all quite logical once we got started with the installation. The whole system is run through a standard digital water timer---the kind used in-line with a garden hose. Pushing the emitters into the hose requires some effort and I'm glad I bought the special tool made for it---but I also found it useful to make a backing block out of a chunk of 2x4 to make that job even easier. Just slide the block under the main hose into the channel and the hose is supported and kept from flattening out as you easily poke that little guy in---(on the end of the block I cut a slot to make pushing in the ground staples easier) see the pictures. On the whole I'm very satisfied and we plan to install another system for our 3 big raised bed gardens. I recommend this system for DIYers and anyone who's a bit handy. Even on much smaller systems than mine, it seems like it would be cost effective in labor and water savings as well as over-all garden health.Note on useful life of system: My goal is to get at least 3 years out of this system, including taking it up each fall and reinstalling each spring. I'll update this review as those experiences are accumulated. So far so good though at this beginning stage.
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