On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:04:18 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
wrote:

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.

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I tried to get information on Stirrup Pumps from two manufacturers
specically to be used in watering Hanging Baskets. but neither
answered my query about the hose which feeds water to the
lance from the water bucket. Neither answered! Perhaps I'd
have been better off trying a Japanes company?

But I prevaricate. The type which was the subject of your
query just aren't up to the job. I recently gave away a box full of
bits and pieces which I'd saved over the years & thrown into the back
of my shed . Hence my search for a stirrup pump.

Last time I'd used a stirrup pump was in 1942, but that's another
story.

Regards

Jon
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