Watering fruit trees with buried irrigation, or with a long-life system that withstands multiple seasons —where flat tape becomes brittle after one harvest and has to be replaced— requires a thick-walled polyethylene drip hose with a double-outlet cylindrical emitter that tolerates low-quality water. This standard drip irrigation hose —also known as heavy-wall drip line, integrated drip tubing, or cylindrical drip hose— is manufactured by Hidroplex from LDPE, 16 mm diameter and 1 mm thick (4000 gauge), with double-inlet, double-outlet cylindrical emitters (1.6 L/h flow rate), a coefficient of variation Cv ≤ 5%, in two spacings (30 and 50 cm), in 500 m rolls, designed for fruit trees, professional landscaping, perennial crops, and urban gardens.
Key benefits
- Heavy-wall thickness (1 mm, 4000 gauge): withstands multi-season use, occasional tractor passage over the line, pulls from agricultural equipment, and years of continuous Caribbean sun —a decisive advantage over 1200-gauge drip tape that lasts only one season.
- Anti-clogging double-inlet cylindrical emitter: two independent water-intake points sustain flow even if one is partially clogged, a critical condition for well water, hard water, and sediment-laden sources where flat tape consistently fails.
- Double outlet with no installation orientation: water exits both sides of the cylindrical emitter, eliminating the need to orient the line during laying and significantly reducing installation time on extensive projects.
- Cv ≤ 5% per manufacturing standard: the coefficient of variation guarantees that every emitter delivers practically the same flow rate —an audited requirement for crop uniformity in demanding projects and export production.
Typical applications and uses
- Fruit trees and permanent plantations: citrus, mango, avocado, papaya, palm —with irrigation lasting years.
- Professional residential landscaping with garden borders, decorative rows, and irrigated green areas.
- Row crops with a multi-season plan where flat tape requires replacement after every harvest.
- Urban gardens, hydroponics, and sustainable agriculture projects with a long-term installed irrigation system.
Quality and durability
An economical drip hose fails on two counts: the polyethylene is low-density recycled material without UV additive (causing breakage from embrittlement after months in the sun), and the emitters have irregular manufacturing with high Cv (causing dispersed flow and over- or under-irrigated zones along the same line). Hidroplex uses 4000-gauge LDPE with UV additive and emitters with Cv ≤ 5%, which separates a drip hose built for multi-season projects from a generic dripline that fails in its first season.
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| Dimensions and format | |
|---|---|
| Roll length | 500 m (1640 ft) |
| Nominal diameter | 16 mm (0.63 in) |
| Wall thickness | 1.0 mm (40 mil) |
| Irrigation and flow | |
| Total number of drippers per roll | 1666 units |
| Flow per dripper | 1.6 L/h (0.42 gal/h) |
| Coefficient of variation (Cv) | <5% |
| Total roll consumption per hour | 2665.6 L/h (704.1 gal/h) |
| Maximum run length (flat ground) | 97 m (318.2 ft) |
| Number of outlets per dripper | 2 |
| Working pressure | 1 bar (14.5 psi) |
| Dripper spacing | 30 cm (11.81 in) |
| Emission uniformity (EU) | <0.5 |
| Presentation and packaging | |
| Presentation | Roll 500 m (1640 ft) long |
| Standards and certifications | |
| Production standard | ISO 9261:2004 |
| Roll: Width | 80.0 cm (31.5 in) |
|---|---|
| Roll: Height | 80.0 cm (31.5 in) |
| Roll: Depth | 40.0 cm (15.75 in) |
| Roll: Weight | 24.0 kg |
Official HIDROPLEX warranty
What's covered
Confirmed defect: replacement or refund of the amount paid.
What's not covered
Pago & Seguridad
