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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:

On 12 Mar 2012 17:41:34 GMT, Jim xzy wrote:

Does anyone have any easy way of preventing Hozelock fittings from coming
loose under pressure? OK, it's possible that I am not using genuine
Hozelock fittings or hoses, but they are supposed to be compatible. The
fittings often come loose after a while when under pressure. That is to
say, the hose gets forced free of the connector. (I'm not talking about the
male and female parts of a connector coming apart.) Not sure if it's the
fault of the connectors or the hose, but if anyone has a method of keeping
them on (short of buying new hose and fittings), perhaps you could
advise...

TIA

Jim

I can't help with Hozelock as I gave them up years ago. I know you
don't want to buy new fittings but if you ever do, get the brass
fittings as they rarely give trouble. I can't remember the name but I
do remember they were cheaper than the plastic Hozelock fittings when
I bought them.

Steve

The problem I had with a brass fitting one was the part where the
hose pushes onto is too short, it still had the plastic
compression bit which bites on the hose and the screw was brass so
at least you could over tighten the brass thread without worrying
about cross threading, unlike the plastic variety.

Another alternative to Hozelock is Gardena whose fittings are
supposed to be compatible.

Stephen.

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