Garden hose/attachments problems

Folks, I am at the end of my tether - or rather my hosepipe! No matter what I do, I cannot seem to get a reliable and lasting end connector on my hosepipe. After a very short time it dribbles, leaks and eventually blows off altogether. It makes it impossible to use a sprinkler much less a power washer.

I must have bought dozens of these wretched connectors over the years and none of them seem to last very long. Only type I haven't tried are brass ones.

I've tried increasing the external diameter of the hose with sticky tape, cutting back the hose, can't think of anything else to do.

Thing is, these connectors are so expensive at almost £4-5 each.

So, any suggestions, my good gardening buddies?
Is it, perhaps, because I've bought cheepo hose pipe?
Cheap connectors? Though I have bought as many Hozelock ones and they seem just as bad.
Should I try brass ones?

 

try the brass ones that clamp on with a jubblie clip for either tap end or the middle or end

 

I had exactly the same problem with the spraying end - I'd spent a fortune in places like Homebase, B & Q etc., before I realised the problem lay with the plastic 'bits' (the bit you put onto the hose itself and then the bit which screws into it - ostensibly making a water-tight seal) - the trouble was, the screw threads weren't sufficently long to withstand any decent water pressure so in the end I bought a couple of brass ones - seemed a lot of initial outlay for such a small piece of kit, but they've proved themselves worth it. I bought mine via the net from a place called Easy Irrigiation, but I'm sure they are loads of other places which sell them too.

 

We have a brass connector that has a thread on it which we then screw onto our outside tap which also has a thread. Never had a problem with it over the past five years. Our hose is also quite a solid one which we've had approximately 25 years.
At the watering end we have another brass connector which we fit a watering gun to. Have to remove the connector though for the sprinkler.
We have high water pressure also which doesn't seem to affect it.

 

It's never the tap end - that's always been fine. It's always the other end where one is constantly moving it around and/or changing appliances.

 

That's correct.

I do that ...

I do that ...

And I do that ... still blows off eventually

 

I've not had much problem with the common old plastic hoselock ones.

As Shiney says you need to be sure the hose is well pushed on before tightening the screw part.

Lay the hose in the sun and let it get really warm before fitting, I've found its almost impossible to get the fittings on properly in the winter or if the hose has had cold water running through it.

 

Sounds like high pressure to me, but I reckon that's a good thing for a watering device!

How fast can you fill a 2 gallon (or some other size) bucket at the end of, say, a 25M hose?

I don't have that problem, but all the plastic connectors I have used have given trouble in fairly short order. I now only use brass ones, and so far they have been much better. I have a packet of the O-rings and replace them whenever anything starts dripping.

We have moved up to 3/4" hose, to get more pressure over long runs, and the plastic fittings with them could not cope with the greater forces imparted by the hose - i.e. the hose wanting to be at a particular angle relative to the connector, and they could never be done up tight enough to stop them dripping, so we've gone to brass connectors for those too.

 

Thanks guys - I just bought some cheap ones in B&Q, £1 each! Can only give them a try. But I like the idea of warming up the hose before putting them on. Could be the problem. Time will tell!

 

Well, here's interesting! Those cheapo attachments take in about 2cms of hose pipe, unlike the HoseLock ones that take in about half that! And the little gripper peggies look a lot stouter and more durable too. These might actually work!

 

You all seem to be concentrating on the fittings. Do you use the "cheapo" green hose with braiding? Don't, it's rubbish and not thick enough for the fittings. Use the heavy duty "Yellow" hose which is thicker, tougher, does not kink and makes a better joint with the fittings. If you search online it's hardly more in price than the green stuff in the Garden Centres.