I agree.
But I also used some "compression" fittings and didn't entirely trust them at 45 PSI. So if I could SEE at least one sprayer spraying, I knew that the 3/4" mainline didn't blow off the fitting around back of the house.
I've never had one of thsoe compreession fittings come loose. But once I used threaded sprayers (1/32 thread, I think, not the Antelco "quick threads" that hold better) in soft 1/4 VINYL tubing. THAT didn't even hold long at 30 PSI! Rigid Risers, yes, vinyl, no. Regular 1/4" polyethylene tubing with 10/32 threaded sprayers? I think those blew out fast at 30 45 PSI and soon at 30 PSI.
Now I would never use vinyl 1/4" tubing for anything, though "barbs" seem to hold in it.
And I would MUCH rather use the Antelco threads (coarser and more raised than 10/32).
But If I regulate our city water down to 20-30 PSI, and use Rigid Risers for the common, wimpy 10/32 threaded fittings, it seems reliable.
It was awesome to watch a long length of 1/4" vinyl tubing wave around, throwing a 45 PSI jet of water around the neighborhood!
