My garden hose sprayer broke and when I tried to remove it to replace it with a new one it wouldn't come off. I tried everything but nothing worked so now I'm just going to cut it off and put a new fitting on the hose. My question is should I go with a brass or plastic mender. My immediate impulse is to go with the brass one because it's a lot stronger and durable and it's only like $1/$1.50 more but then I asked myself why would they even make a plastic mender? Won't the plastic eventually deteriorate from sun and water exposure and if you dropped the hose on the ground like even once, you'd probably easily damage the plastic threads. I know it sounds like I've answered my own question but is there a good reason besides the price that I would go with a plastic mender?
The brass fitting is the better of the two. It WILL outlive your hose, so remove it keep it when the hose finally craps out. And, your hunch is correct; the plastic repair kits are garbage - your hose will outlast the fix.
i assume the bubble-burst spot is close to one end of the a hundred ft of hose. you may purchase exchange ends for the hose (female connector for the hose end going onto your exterior faucet; male connector for the hose end going into the female connector of the nozzle); Wal-mart probable has such today of 365 days. they vary in value from $2 to $5; you need to even discover them for much less in case you seek stressful. that is substantial to get the nicely suited gender and precise length; often the dimensions would be the two 5/8 inch or a million/2 inch. to sidestep having this waste/loss interior the destiny, make useful hubby turns off water on the faucet and not AT HOSE NOZZLE.
Depends on your age. Brass is Better for old timers who still believe metal is Better. Plastic is fine will last millions of years...threads may wear out but it will still be there. C'mon man its a 1.50 who gives a crap. Buy something that works for Christ sake.
Brass will be serviceable far longer then the plastic as the plastic breaks down under strong Ultraviolet light so depends where you live as to what you want.
The only time plastic fittings have seemed to come in handy for me is when it is being connected with another fitting made of plastic, such as a plastic nozzle/sprayer, etc. Plastic nozzles are (unfortunately) fairly common these days, and are made for the same reason as plastic menders (cheapness, naturally). -Plastic menders/fittings are standard for in-ground lawn irrigation systems however.... Long story short? Go with Brass fittings/menders. (actually the menders are usually zinc) Also try for Gilmour products over Nelson ones. See the watering/hose ends section in link below
