# What kind of sprinkler is this? It has circular sprinklers every three feet of hose

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**Created:** [August 2, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sprinkler-is-this-it-has-circular-sprinklers-every-three-feet-of-hose/192584 "2003-08-02T18:54:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hokienautic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@Hokienautic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokienautic)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sprinkler-is-this-it-has-circular-sprinklers-every-three-feet-of-hose/192584/1 "2003-08-02T18:54:04Z")

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A neighbor mentioned to me that there’s a kind of sprinkler that has a series of circular sprinklers for every three feet of hose. In other words, it’s a long hose with a circular sprinkler every three feet:

===0===0===0===0===0===0

The reason this was mentioned is because my side yard is long and thin, and she thought it would be perfect for watering that, instead of moving the sprinkler as I do now. Does this kind of sprinkler have a specific name so I can search for it online? Does anyone know what I’m talking about, or is this a figment of my neighbor’s imagination?? lol.

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sprinkler-is-this-it-has-circular-sprinklers-every-three-feet-of-hose/192584/2 "2003-08-02T19:43:18Z")

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They sell hose which is full of tiny holes and creates a mist or light rain. The section is not round but more like an 8 on its side so you always get the spray pointing up. This sounds like it would work for you even better.

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**Author:** ![hermann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b487fb/32.png) [@hermann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hermann)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sprinkler-is-this-it-has-circular-sprinklers-every-three-feet-of-hose/192584/3 "2003-08-02T20:30:17Z")

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My neighbor has one like you described, but he made it himself out of PVC pipe and regular sprinkler heads.

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**Author:** ![Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gut)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-sprinkler-is-this-it-has-circular-sprinklers-every-three-feet-of-hose/192584/4 "2003-08-03T00:45:04Z")

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[Fiskars](http://gardening.fiskars.com/custom_kits.html) has a custom kit that look like you could build what you are looking for. It looks like it doesn’t have to be underground either. They also sell the hoses mentioned by **sailor** but I’m sure any hardware store would have them.