I realize this was designed to be retrofitted to a sprinkler system to turn one sprinkler head into a drip irrigation point for 8-drip irrigation hoses, but I actually designed my system to using this instead of drip emitters, which I am all too familiar with and I have to say I really am glad I went with this instead. One I can control the water flow to a plant and as it gets bigger over time I am able to turn up the water flow to just that one plant, no emitters to have to worry about plugging up or needing to replace as I connected my hose straight into a 1/4" soaker hose. I also enjoy that since my system is under 100-psi I did not need to worry about any pressure reducer.