OK, a review on a double male connector for a garden hose, I must be mad! The daft thing is, they are very useful, if you have a gardenhose with snap on fit fittings, then you can borrow your neighbours hose. If you don't hve one of these, then you are forced with the choice of cobbling something together with bits of pipe & Jubilee clips, or buying a longer hose.
The company Rehau, is into plastic big style, and they have over 15,000 employees, at more than 170 locations around the world. The company was founded in Rehau, in Germany, in 1948, and has gone from strength to strength.
As for employment, the offer jobs at locations in:-- UK and Ireland: 7 sales offices, 3 factories,1 central distribution warehouse, 1 administration office Worldwide: 129 sales offices, 41 plants, 16 administrative offices
They make plastics for buildings, windows, furniture, bumpers for cars like the AUDI Q7, under pitch heating, and of course ski jumps! They also make pipes, all sorts of them including hose suitable for gardens, plus of course the fittings. This is where we come in. We will forget the brass fittings they make, and concentrate on the plastic ones, the ones that are half inch in diameter.
The hoses are made to terminate in a plastic fitting, suitable for connection to a tap fitting, or a sprinkler or suchlike. Rehau make a good range of these, and also the snap on fittings like the double adaptor we are reviewing here. The fittings themselves are made of plastic (polymer) and are made to fit all snap on fittings, whether made by Rehau, or any other company, including Hoselock.
The outer ring is pulled back releasing lugs, the male fitting is inserted or removed, and the ring released, the watertight seal is provided by an 'O' ring. These 'O' rings are very good, but it pays to keep a couple of spares as they are easy to lose. They also perish after a few years. You can buy them almost anywhere these days.
You will see these fittings at your local DIY store, and they vary in price, don't pay much more than £1.30.
Sorry if this a boring review, I just felt the challenge was there and had to go for it! . .
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