"Muddymike" wrote after
"Bob Hobden" asked
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.

Food for thought, I'll see what can be salvaged from the Wyvales lance and
work out the possibilities.
Actually went into a Wyvales today, the one at Sunningdale, not for the GC
but the super Italian Cafe there, and the only lance they had on sale was
stripped of nearly all the parts that break. Not me I might add.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London