Are you coming off city pressure water supply? It shouldn't be too hard to experiment and set up yourself, and if you've got an existing system you've got the convenience of being able to experiment slowly as you roll out new equipment.
The pressure-compensating drippers, as mentioned in TFA, may be useful for you, depending on your run lengths, and contours. Bit more expensive, but the sound of lots of emitters going 'click' at the same time can be quite cool.
For most systems I use a dribbler, rather than a dripper, device. I use 25mm (well, 1") LDPE almost everywhere so I can easily puncture and insert an adjustable barbed dribbler. Do not go for the cheap ones - they won't last one summer. Dribblers let you compensate for distance from the tap and contour changes.
You should have a go designing and implementing something - it can actually be a whole lot of fun.
Thanks for the insight. Yes, coming off city water. My problem is that my life is full of lots of other priorities and free time is at a steep premium. So yes, I could probably slog my way through getting educated on this, plan things out, experiment, etc., but I'm trying to figure out how crazy it really gets for a basic setup to inform whether I have the time to invest vs. paying someone as part of other landscaping work I'd like to do.
The pressure-compensating drippers, as mentioned in TFA, may be useful for you, depending on your run lengths, and contours. Bit more expensive, but the sound of lots of emitters going 'click' at the same time can be quite cool.
For most systems I use a dribbler, rather than a dripper, device. I use 25mm (well, 1") LDPE almost everywhere so I can easily puncture and insert an adjustable barbed dribbler. Do not go for the cheap ones - they won't last one summer. Dribblers let you compensate for distance from the tap and contour changes.
You should have a go designing and implementing something - it can actually be a whole lot of fun.