Lena i-T-Tape Entsha ezosetshenziswa kwezentengiselwano nezingezona ezohwebo (inkulisa, ingadi, noma insimu yezithelo) lapho kufunwa ukufana okuphezulu kokufakwa kwamanzi nokongiwa.I-Drip tape iqukethe i-emitter yangaphakathi esethwe esikhaleni esicacisiwe (bheka ngezansi) esilawula inani lamanzi (izinga lokugeleza) eliphuma endaweni ngayinye.Ukusebenzisa i-drip irrigation ngaphezu kwezinye izindlela kunezinzuzo ezinjengokukhula kwesivuno, ukugijima okuncane, ukucindezela kokhula okuncane ngokufaka amanzi ngqo endaweni eyimpande, ukucwiliswa kwe-chemigation (ukujova umanyolo namanye amakhemikhali nge-drip tape kufana kakhulu (nciphisa ukuvuza) futhi yonga ezindlekweni zokusebenza), yehlisa ingcindezi yezifo ehambisana nezinhlelo ezihamba phezulu, umfutho ophansi wokusebenza (ukusebenza ngendlela eyongayo uma kuqhathaniswa nezinhlelo zokucindezela okukhulu), nokunye okwengeziwe.Sinezilinganiso ezimbalwa zesikhala nokugeleza ezitholakalayo (bona ngezansi).