Twinkle Star Garden Hose Repair Connector, 3/4" or 5/8", 3 Set

I cut up an old garden hose to shorter lengths to make a DIY sprinkler system. These connectors worked perfectly to make new ends onto the hose. I slipped the clamp over a raw cut end of the old hose, and easily pushed the connectors into the hose, and I tightened with the clamp with a regular flat head screwdriver. It was very quick and easy. My only complaint, which is a slight one, is that while the “male” end was really easy to push in, the “female” end was a little less easy (still not difficult)—because the rotating “screw” end of the female connector (that you use to attach the hose to the water spigot) would flop around a bit and so it made it harder for me to grab hold of something study in order to shove the connector into the rubber hose. But it was still not difficult to push the female end of the connector into the hose. These all work very well—no leaks at all. It’s also nice that they came with an extra O-ring for each set—those periodically need to be replaced because they wear down and then a hose will leak. So it’s nice to have spares on hand. I recommend these garden hose repair connectors. They were very easy to connect and work very well. UPDATE: I liked these so much that I purchased another set to extend my sprinkler system. If my review was helpful, please let Amazon know by clicking “helpful.” Thanks.

Sometimes these guys are really handy when we are heading out for the day for window cleaning, and we are setting up our water fed cleaning systems. we often have a pile of unused or old hoses that we cut to size and then we will use as part of our hose system for our window Cleaning equipment. It’s much cheaper to build your own than having to buy a full hose. These pieces make it easy to do so and they come with the clamps which are nice. You can use a flathead to do it but I’d recommend having one that can fit around the actual hex nut. You want to make sure it’s tight but not overly tightened. Also, one of the things that is a little trickier is getting the nipple and of the connector into the house fully it requires a lot of pushing I don’t have a complete trick to doing that maybe you have a vacuum on the other side to suck it in but what I’ve done is just manually push it in with my hand or push it against the ground to slowly get it in. If you have a stubborn one you can sometimes use a little bit of heat to the adapter into the hose

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These are easy to install, and work well with our 3/4" and 5/8" inside diameter garden hoses. I overtightened one clamp using a nut driver -- I knew I was overdoing it, but the heat of the day and my carelessness got the better of me. I could feel it mangling the band notches, so I pulled it off and used another of the included clamps for this repair. I don't fault the manufacturer for it breaking. The hose ends themselves feel nice and sturdy. I'll update this if they fail as we abuse them by using the sprinklers to drag the heavy hoses as we move them around the yard. So far they've hung in there.

Sturdy hardware but had an issue getting flex style hose to attach. With some heat and dish soap I was abele to force the rubber inner hose on eventually. The outer fabric of the hose did not have any stretch so I cut a little slit in it so I could wrap 3/4s of it and then put the clamp on as tight as it would go. Make sure you put the clamp up a little bit on the adapter as that is where the indent is and will help keep it secure. Clamp end stuck out and I'm sure it would get me so I secured it with some tape and all is good. Nothing wrong with the product per say but not Ideal for my situation.

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My 2nd time purchasing these. Good quality.