Re: best water breakers and nozzles

**t* <t*@gmail.com>**

I wonder if leaving the nozzles out in the weather shortens their life. I
garden at community gardens, so I always bring my own nozzles. The (metal)
ones at the garden all leak -- got stepped on, or rodent-chewed, mostly.
I've had several pattern nozzles where the on/off switch was the first
thing to fail. That's easy to fix: buy a separate on/off attachment. None
of the pattern mechanisms have failed. Maybe I switched around enough that
none of them got overused?

I use my Dramm head on the end of a  hose with an on/off attachment. I've
also used it with wands, but for my gardens it's most efficient without the
wand.

Second choice (but waaaaaay down the list) is a cheap plastic fan nozzle.
No moving parts to break. The only one that failed is the one that got run
over in the driveway.

I occasionally used the patern nozzles for the mist setting, until I
started watering my seeds and seedlings using bottom watering, or else
individually with a baster.

Tanya

On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp <
thehoosiergardener@gmail.com> wrote:

> An advantage of Dramm is that it is guaranteed for life. Itâs all I use,
> along w/brass fixtures.
>
> jems
>
> On Mar 13, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Lois deVries <loisdan6@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> "If I could find a good multi-pattern
> head on a repairable brass frame, I'd jump at it.[ Duane Campbell] "
>
> I agree with Duane. Years ago, I had a Melnor multi-pattern spray head that
> lasted about ten years. By the time I went to replace it, everything had
> turned to plastic. I thought it was just me; I've had to buy new spray
> heads
> every year. They either leak, or the pattern mechanism fails. I have found
> Dramm to be only incrementally better -- my wand type started leaking in
> the
> second year.
>
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