Hiya gardeners, I am the general groundsman and odd-job geezer for my wife who is the real gardener. So I can comment on all the good and bad stuff in that captive area. Hozelock is the worst stuff I have ever come across and I will be posting more detailed info as we go on, so watch this space for my Hozelock grumbles.
Welcome to GC - nice to see a 'growing' presence on GC from Ashford (pun intended ) I've had some problems with Hozelock myself in the past (their plastic stuff), however I have to be fair to them, they picked up on the comments on here and sent replacements out from their metal range and so far those have been really good. Adrian Hall's seem to have a good range of Gardena stuff in, as well as another brand I cannot remember the name of just now - although what the quality is like from those, I have no idea. Anyway, hope you enjoy GC, as much for the banter as anything else