Lawn care and Lawn - Sprinkler System Vs Micro irrigation system

The following Sprinkler System Vs Micro irrigation system chart gives you an idea of which watering system is most appropriate in which situations.

	Sprinkler System	Micro-Irrigation System
Requires trenching	Yes	Sometimes
Water-saving capacity	Good	Excellent
Essentially invisible	Yes	Sometimes
Expensive to install	Yes	Sometimes
Limited maintenance requirements	Yes	Sometimes
Increases resale value of home	Yes	Sometimes
Additions easily made	Rarely	Often
Good for temporary use	No	Yes
Prevents weed germination	No	Under certain conditions
Helps prevent disease spread	Limited effect	Yes
Supplementary hand watering may be required	Rarely	Sometimes
Can be used on:
Lawn	Yes	No
Flower beds	Yes	Yes
Shrubs and trees	Yes	Yes
Vegetable gardens	Sometimes	Yes
Ground covers	Yes	Yes
Container plants	Sometimes	Yes
Slopes	Sometimes	Yes

As you can see from the Sprinkler System Vs Micro irrigation system chart, if you're just watering your lawn with it, then a drip, or Micro irrigation system is not for you. Perhaps it could work on a small enough lawn with a very extensive system, but in general, the crop yield of drip irrigation systems simply don't cover enough square footage to do the job. However, for almost all other uses, it is the better choice, being more efficient, adaptive, clean, out of the way, and easier to install than high pressure systems like your old lawn sprinkler.