Bon-Aire Original Ultimate Aluminum Hose Nozzle ( Colors may vary )

This seller had the best price for this item, but delivery was projected for three days. i decidedI could wait, but I actually received it the next day. This is without a doubt the best hose nozzle available. I had one that lasted years and still performed perfectly. They are pricey, but you won’t be replacing it every year.

I don't remember if I wrote a review of the Bon Aire hose nozzle when I bought it; we buy a lot from Amazon and it's hard to keep up. I had to contact the company recently, and I felt compelled to make sure that I shared my experience.I bought one of these and was so pleased with it, that I almost immediately bought another one for my front yard too. It is solidly built and feels like a quality tool when you use it. It operates smoothly and the variety of water streams it produces is excellent.A slight turn of the head gives you a nice variety of spray patterns. They are not preset patterns, so you can adjust to exactly what you need. You can easily get a jet, a variety of sprays, and a bubbling stream perfect for watering a tree. With my water pressure, I get a jet of roughly thirty feet. When you twist it to off, there is no leaking. If I have any criticism, it is that I can't get a very fine mist for watering really delicate garden plants. The spray is pretty fine, but not ultra fine.This spring, I left the head on my garden hose and it froze hard overnight. It was still working after it froze, but the freeze must have cracked the internal parts. I dropped it on my lawn to do something and soon noticed that it was leaking. I looked up the company on the internet and gave them a call hoping that I could buy parts to repair it. I told the person on the phone what had happened, including that I had frozen it. She asked me what part of the nozzle was broken, where I purchased it, and for my home address. She then said, we'll get those right out to you. No bill, really no questions.A couple days later I got a little package in the mail. It had the whole (fully assembled) core of the nozzle, which included the back half where the hose attaches. There were two extra sets of O-rings and assembly lube in little envelopes. There was another package of assembly lube and two sheets of very clear instructions. Really, most of this was overkill. It was so easy to fix that the instructions were almost not necessary. I removed the stainless screw in the spray end with a hex wrench and unscrewed the damaged core. I applied the lubricant and reassembled it the way I took it apart. It took about two minutes including reading the instructions.I don't buy many things that I am %100 percent happy with. If I couldn't have gotten parts for the nozzle, I would have bought another. I was tremendously impressed with Bon Aire's customer service. If you have a garden hose at home, you should have one of these. I would seriously consider giving someone one of these as a gift, odd but true.

Review of Bon-Aire Original Ultimate Aluminum Hose Nozzle (Colors may vary) @ $28.99 at time of order.I’ve tried lots of different types of hose nozzles. I reviewed quite a few before ordering this one. Experience has taught me that the fireman’s type of nozzle, like this one, end up working the best and the longest. I take my hoses/nozzles off the spigots in the winter and usually store them in my garage. That helps some, but this fireman’s nozzle type still seems to hold up best.This one feels really well made. It’s heavy, but not overly. It feels solid and durable. The varying color that I got was most like the one pictured above in the ad. It fit on the hose end without any difficulties. I really like that this twists on and off from either way you twist (2-way shut-off). The documentation on the page says it’s made in China; mine is labeled as made in Taiwan. So, you’re not getting US made here. It claims to have 5 patterns, but it seemed like it was just more variable to me rather than 5 distinct patterns. It works quite well, so far anyway. It’s expensive, but I feel it will be worth it as long as it holds up. Brief instructions come with it for use and cleaning if that becomes necessary to help the flow. And I did use this on the recommended hose size (5/8 inch), so the water flow was very good. The nozzle turned very smoothly too.

This is a very good nozzle. It allows a good amount of control of the water spray pattern, ranging from a wide fan delivering a low pressure water stream, through to a high pressure, narrow stream. Perfect for cleaning cars (using a medium fan of water to get the car wet and to rinse off the soap, and a high pressure spray to remove road grime from the wheels and underside). It's good for watering plants too, using the fan end of the selector range. If you get it just right you can actually get it to mist too.The only thing this nozzle is missing is a quick on/off mechanism. As it is, you turn it off by rotating the front to one end or the other. This is the same mechanism used to select the spray pattern. This is a design improvement over the original, which only had the off position at one end of the spray selection.The rubber coated aluminum design is very sturdy and will last for years... the last one did. The only reason I had to replace the last one was my mistake... I left it attached to the hose for a few years and either the hard water or electrolysis caused it to become permanently stuck to the brass end of the hose, and it got damaged when I tried to remove it. Lesson learned... I remove it from the hose when it's not in regular use.