>> during winter am I going to need to disconnect everything from the outside spigot during winter? If I don't disconnect, will the tubing burst?
I'm not sure the tubing is guaranteed to burst with just frost, but everyone urges draining it. Personally, I think the risk would be worst for the rigid plastic connectors. .I know that a nice watering wand I owned "let go at the seams" when I left it outside over winter. It sprayed water from every imaginable place.
However, you don't have to drag hoses inside. All you need to do is unscrew something from he lowest point and let it drain. Existing drippers or spray nozzles will let air in or water out. And some can evaporate.
I propped my Tee connectors up on bricks, just to be sure that any remaining water drained away from the more expensive connectors.
Or you might let most of it drain, out then "walk" any remaining water out of any low spots by lifting the hose up to waist or chest level (above any high spots) and then walking towards the higher spots, always lifting the hose enough that the water doesn't flow back past you to the low spot. Once you've "walked" it up to the high spot, it should all run away and drain out.
The websites with lots of advice said to try to keep insects out, if you don't want to be replacing drippers and trying to unclog jets. Rubber band plus baggie. Maybe a cotton sock, if you want to encourage evaporation?
Edited to add:
Last winter I "never got around to" rolling everything up and bringing it indoors. I did drain as many legs as I could. I even left the wind-up timer full of water! I remembered that AFTER the first freeze and checked it. I couldn't even unscrew it because it was frozen right through.
This spring, expecting to need to replace the timer and many hard plastic "compression" connectors, I went outside shame-faced to find the leaks and remove them.
No leaks anywhere! I lucked out. But I urge everyone to follow the instructions and drain them dry before heavy frost.
