Brass garden hose nozzles and brass on/off switches (and missing o-rings)

This is the only type garden hose nozzle I own, since I need it for use in my service work. I must have something that doesn't break. ^_^

TDD

Wow. That's a heavy duty garden hose nozzle!

I wonder if your company can pay for a dozen for me! :)

I've had the stainless version for years and the rubber cover protects it and any surface it might fall on. ^_^

TDD

If the stainless is less cost than the aluminum, it might be worth it. Currently, I'm paying about $7 (for the Ace hardware nozzles) plus whatever that lousy plastic switch costs (probably 4 bucks).

I have these on at least a dozen hoses.

The reason for the nozzle is obvious; but the reason for the plastic switch is because the wife likes to regulate the flow better, especially in the low flow way for her plants.

If I went with the $7 Ace nozzles + the $6 Amazon brass switch, that would be roughly $15 per hose (incl tax or shipping) or about $150 for the set.

Garden hose brass ball valve:

Source:

Regarding sourcing the 4" brass nozzles and brass valves ...

Q: Does anyone know of a better 4-inch brass hose nozzle or a better price?

Here's my quick nozzle summary, for others to benefit from, of the three types I bought from local box stores and tested this week:

ACE Hardware: $6.49

Home Depot: $7.67

Harbor Freight: $3 (regularly $5):

Of these three, I recommend the ACE Hardware 4 inch brass nozzle. If you know of a better nozzle, or, of a better price, let me know.

Hmmm... it looks nice ... but ... at $13.69, it's a bit pricey considering I bought these half-and-half brass ball valves at Home Depot today for $6.00

Of course, yours is all brass, and mine is half plastic (or whatever that black stuff is) ... but still ... yours is twice the price:

QUESTION: What is that black stuff. Is it rubber? It feels hard but its also a bit soft.

Most people use trigger nozzles now.(water restrictions)

... made in U.S.A.

you're welcome :-) John T.

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The wife used those trigger-style nozzles and hated them. Her main problem, she said, was they are difficult to set at a certain stream, and then just leave it there (she often walks away from the hose as it slowly waters plants).

So, we threw away all our trigger ones (even those very expensive sets from Costco which had quick connects - which turned out, for us, to be a waste of money).

This is the best garden hose nozzle ever made:

I have that or one like it. Trouble is, it wants to go full on. I still prefer brass nozzle. I like where I can open it up and it forms big drips, very low stream power for watering plants.

Greg

Are you allowed to carry them concealed in California?

By the way, I went to ACE today and picked up "their" rendition of the almost 100% brass garden hose shutoff valve:

Like the Home Depot garden hose valve, it had a black material where you'd rather have brass; but, for the extra dollar, it had a "two finger" shutoff valve, instead of the one-finger shut off valve of the Home Depot variety.

Presumably you can apply more force to this shutoff valve when it starts to get sticky ...

BTW, I just compared the two all-brass assault nozzles, side by side:

Clearly the double-action o-ring American-made ACE assault nozzle, at more than twice the price of the cheap Harbor Freight single-o-ring model, provided better aiming, and a more steady stream of fire than did the Chinese knockoff.

Just saying ...

Yea, but you can arm more people cheaply. If you have 1,000 folks armed with the high quality assault nozzles going up against 100,000,000 people armed with cheap low quality assault nozzles, it's no contest. The Germans learned this hard lesson in tank battles during WWII. ^_^

TDD

Are you allowed to carry them concealed in California?

I don't think that WW 2 is a factor in this thread .. ? ... only the most modern German tanks actually spray water at people. :-) John T.

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