Keeping hose spray on hose

[CopperBolt]

Anyone managed to come up with a way of attaching the spray gun bit onto a garden hose without it falling off every 3rd use and covering you with water?

Thanks!

[blueg33]

Yes. Do it properly!

Make sure the gripper ring is the right size, try to avoid skinny cheap hose, use decent hose fittings.

I haven’t had a hose attachment come off in over a year. Hoses are used several times a week.

[Actual]

If the fitting is damaged then replace it.

Disassemble and cut a few cm off the hose and reassemble with the fresh end of hose.

Put the end of the hose in boiling water to make it more pliable during assembly.

[Sheepshanks]

What kind of fittings? Someone was complaining about Hozelock recently but (touch wood) I've never had any issue with them, on two different hosepipes. The main hosepipe I use, that I've had for many years, does seem higher quality than average - the outer is a bit softer so I guess fittings grip it better.

[jimmyjimjim]

When I damaged the end of a hose, I replaced the connector with one of these.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CBCM4J6

It's been fine ever since.

[Simpo Two]

It's quite remarkable that mankind can't produce a garden hose system that doesn't leak.

I use brass fittings and they still drip or go kaboom and soak me.

[biggiles]

Decent fittings (e.g. Hoselock) and replace the o-rings when they are perished. Keep some around.

[sherman]

Gardena fittings and parts are better than Hozelock

[Murph7355]

blueg33 said:

Yes. Do it properly!

Make sure the gripper ring is the right size, try to avoid skinny cheap hose, use decent hose fittings.

I haven’t had a hose attachment come off in over a year. Hoses are used several times a week.

This.

Make sure none of the "teeth" are pushed in/broken, and tighten it properly.

[CraigyMc]

sherman said:

Gardena fittings and parts are better than Hozelock

This is my experience too.

Also hozelocks customer service is bks.

[8-P]

sherman said:

Gardena fittings and parts are better than Hozelock

I thought that and went all in with Gardena everything. A few years later everything leaks slightly and I don’t think it’s any better that’s Hozelock.

[LooneyTunes]

sherman said:

Gardena fittings and parts are better than Hozelock

And Geka are better again. The only slight drawback is that they can be harder to release when the hose is pressurised.

The Geka spray guns are excellent too.

[8-P]

Anyone used these?

https://qwickhose.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOopCKa1fri4jb...

Expensive and some mixed reviews

[POIDH]

OP - what is actually coming apart?
Is it the fitting which clamps down on the hose?
Is it the head where it clicks into the end of the hose fitting?
What brand, how worn, what is your water pressure like?

[Belle427]

I just buy the cheap spear and Jackson gun sets from home bargains for around a fiver, you get some fittings in the kit.
Used hozelock and gardena without much issue but nothing is built to last these days.

[Blib]

I don't recall having problems of this type ever since I trained myself to hold the hose while pulling it around the garden, rather than using the spray gun as a handle to haul it about.

[SJfW]

As above, only time I've ever had this kind of problem was pulling the hose about with the attachment rather than the hose itself.

[osterbo]

If you leave them outside in the weather than the plastic connectors are basically a consumable item. The clips and o-rings inside will degrade and become brittle. The brand doesn't seem to matter especially.

I've gotten into the habit of keeping a couple of spares around and replacing at the first sign of trouble.

I am pretty sure this ends up with me spending more than just buying some proper brass ones once.

[vaud]

Hozelock fine for me, in my experience the damage is when it gets dropped on concrete leading to the plastic fracturing.

[LooneyTunes]

osterbo said:

If you leave them outside in the weather than the plastic connectors are basically a consumable item. The clips and o-rings inside will degrade and become brittle. The brand doesn't seem to matter especially.

I've gotten into the habit of keeping a couple of spares around and replacing at the first sign of trouble.

I am pretty sure this ends up with me spending more than just buying some proper brass ones once.

Exactly. With the Geka ones, when it eventually fails you just pop off and replace a rubber seal. Fix the hose on with a stainless jubilee clip and its pretty much maintenance free for the life of the hose.