Do you have hard water or lots of minerals in water? That tends to clog up soaker hoses pretty fast. And some have said that their soaker hoses sprang leaks.
"Dripline" is one alternative to soaker hoses:
https://www.dripworks.com/drip...
https://www.dripworks.com/drip...
For larger areas, "drip tape" seems to be the commercial choice:
https://www.dripworks.com/drip...
Let's see ... all ATP threads mentioning soaker hoses ...
https://garden.org/forums/sear...
(Before clicking on that link, try setting your "# of posts to display per page" to 100 or more.
After clicking on one, you still have to search that thread for "soaker hose". In my browser, I can just hit "CTRL F" and then type i9n the search phrase.
Man, not much there!
NGA Articles ... many threads that
contain "soaker hose", but none with that in the title.
https://garden.org/learn/artic...
I eventually decided that little sprayers are more convenient for me, because I haven't figured out how to hoe around dripline. (Full disclosure: also because I LIKE fiddling with gadgets.)
I hope someone with soaker hose experience chimes in!
I never even used the one that I bought, because the "new tire smell" convinced me after I sniffed it a dozen times that anything THAT stinky might also be toxic.
