Bon-Aire HN-10C Original Ultimate Hose Nozzle (Stainless Steel)

High quality, well built, robust, excellent fit and finish. And it accommodates a standard garden hose connection (many nozzles in this ‘fire hose’ format have 3/4” to 1” NPT threads that require a reducer fitting to work with garden hose). Highly recommend.

I had been fed up with the trigger type of spray gun having owned quite a few which are fine initially but fail in one way or another after months or a year of use so I started looking for something better. I saw this type of nozzle on a car detailing video and liked the robust look of it together with the adjustable spray pattern so I looked around for a supplier and found it on Amazon. The reviews were generally good especially the stainless version so that is what I decided to buy.There are two potential issues for the UK user:1) The manufacturer recommends a 5/8" bore hose - this is not a common hose size in the UK, 1/2" being the standard domestic size with 3/4" and above for commercial and industrial applications. My hose is 1/2" and it works fine with that. Having said that our water pressure is 65 psi which is fairly healthy and I do not use Hozelock type fittings preferring the Geka ones because they don't leak and do not have self sealing couplings which create a significant pressure drop and thus reduce the flow.2) The female thread is 3/4" Garden Hose Thread (GHT) or National Hose Thread (NHT) to suit the American market's 5/8" hoses. I knew this before I bought it and was sure that I could find a fitting or reducing nipple that would enable me to use the more common British Standard Pipe (BSP) threads. The manufacturer did not provide a clear answer to the simple question "what is the thread form and what is the size", instead they said a 5/8" hose will fit. When I said that we do not have that size hose in the UK but if you can answer my questions I can sort something out, the assistant simply copied and pasted some information about the garden hose thread that I had seen on the internet. I decided to wait until it arrived and sort it out then. The thread is a female 3/4" - 11.5 threads per inch garden hose thread. Other people have used a 3/4" BSP fitting on this with plenty of PTFE tape to create a seal but being a retired mechanical engineer I know that this is not a good solution so I searched for the correct one. As luck would have it I had a reducing nipple from GHT to BSP and it worked but I did get first rate service from GEKA (Karasto) in Germany who not only have the correct 3/4" GHT fitting (not in their online catalogue) but they sent me one free of charge - excellent.I am delighted with this nozzle now that I have it connected up correctly. As for durability only time will tell if it is significantly better than cheaper trigger type guns. Some people would say just buy 3 or 4 cheaper guns but I find that using cheap stuff is not pleasurable.As an aside, on my other hosepipe I have a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) trigger gun, probably made by Geka, that is rubber covered and thoroughly robust. It seems to work perfectly apart from the fact that control of the spray pattern depends on keeping constant pressure on the trigger which is not always easy.

This is the third hose nozzle I purchased this year. I was looking for something that could provide a range of "spray" types from a gentle gurgle to water potted plants, to a dousing shower to water my lawn. I first tried a smaller brass twist-type nozzle. It couldn't do either of those things. Replaced it with a classic-style trigger-squeeze nozzle with multiple settings. The trigger-style nozzle works well, has a "flood" mode for watering plants, but the volume/flow of water on the shower setting (and the other settings) was insufficient for watering grass--it would take forever. Enter the Bon-Aire. I read about this specific nozzle on a "top 10" list online. My first thought was "Wow, that's a lot of money to spend on a garden hose nozzle". But I'm glad I did. This thing is GREAT. It's a twist-type "firehose" design. A gentle twist creates a gentle gurgling flow, perfect for close-up watering of sensitive plants (perfect for potted plants). Twist some more and you get a shower pattern that puts out significant volume. Watering my grass takes no time. Twist more and you enter the high-pressure spray realm of this nozzle. I haven't used that feature but I imagine it would be great for blasting dirt off of your car, driveway, etc. This nozzle does require a bit of finesse to gently twist to find the setting you need - not as simple as rotating a disk to a preset pattern like on the trigger-type nozzles. But for me, this is perfect. Also, the nozzle is heavy-duty and heavy (literally). I've only had it a short time, but it seems very robust.

This is exactly what I was looking for, its heavy duty and easy to use. I love that it can turn off both ways.Bought another like this and the stupid thing went to a straight stream right away so your shoot your plants or the ground spraying everything making a mess and wont have a fast soaking setting. This one is perfect because it starts with a little soaking to start and the more you turn then it changes the setting all the way to off again I love it. The soaking setting is perfect I can fill my buckets fast, where the other brand I bought for some reason won't let out as much water.

Best hose nozzle on market and no doubt the most durable and long lasting