"Bob Hobden" wrote in message
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Anyone got a recommendation for a quality watering lance that does the job
and won't need constant mending.

I've use Hoselock, Gardenia and Wyvales own brand extendable and they are
all thrown together and come apart on a regular basis. Plastic push fit
onto chrome plated pipes, plastic nuts/connectors not up to the job,
constant leaks, etc. I've had too many plants damaged with heads that
suddenly fly off under pressure.
I liked the idea of the Wyvales own brand, extendable with a head that can
be adjusted through 180° and with any number of spray patterns but the
quality of construction was dreadful and it constantly needed
mending/gluing back together. Now if there was one similar but made with
brass connectors/nuts instead of thin plastic that would be ideal.

I got fed up with them as well, so made my own.
See
http://share.ovi.com/media/Muddymike...uddymike.10613

Its made from old bits of pipe, a shower rose and an isolation valve removed
during renovations on the house, with the handle/connector from the last
shop bought one that fell apart glued onto the end with Araldite. I made it
two years ago and it works realy well.

Mike