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Hose Nozzles
Posted by Steve Bough
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Hose Nozzles July 14, 2004 03:57PM |
<HTML>Man...it seems like we go through hose nozzles like potato chips.
I usually buy at Home Depot or Wal-Mart. I've bought 'em all from the cheap ones (around $3.00) to the most expensive they have (around $10.00) and haven't found one yet that has much durability.
I'm certainly not opposed to paying more for a nozzle that will last but not sure where to look. Any ideas?</HTML>
I usually buy at Home Depot or Wal-Mart. I've bought 'em all from the cheap ones (around $3.00) to the most expensive they have (around $10.00) and haven't found one yet that has much durability.
I'm certainly not opposed to paying more for a nozzle that will last but not sure where to look. Any ideas?</HTML>
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Re: Hose Nozzles July 14, 2004 04:05PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 39 |
<HTML>Steve,
I found a fire hose type nozzle at Sears Hardware a few months ago. It was $30 but it will probably last me for the next 10 years or more. It is very similar to the deluxe nozzle that is sold through Griots Garage but it was far less expensive.
[www.griotsgarage.com]
Christian</HTML>
I found a fire hose type nozzle at Sears Hardware a few months ago. It was $30 but it will probably last me for the next 10 years or more. It is very similar to the deluxe nozzle that is sold through Griots Garage but it was far less expensive.
[www.griotsgarage.com]
Christian</HTML>
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Re: Hose Nozzles July 14, 2004 04:28PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 443 |
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Re: Hose Nozzles July 14, 2004 06:13PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 89 |
<HTML>The Wal-Mart ones for $3 are worth $3 and only LOOK like the nicer ones. The spray pattern sucks and only shut off in one direction and the components used feel so much cheaper than the $20 nozzle.
Go back to home depot and look for their $19.95 "Ultimate Hose Nozzle". It looks like Griots $70 nozzle. Shuts off in either direction (VERY NICE feature). They don't carry a whole bunch of them so you may have to look.
You can also easily find the Ultimate Hose Nozzle off google.</HTML>
David
Go back to home depot and look for their $19.95 "Ultimate Hose Nozzle". It looks like Griots $70 nozzle. Shuts off in either direction (VERY NICE feature). They don't carry a whole bunch of them so you may have to look.
You can also easily find the Ultimate Hose Nozzle off google.</HTML>
David
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Re: Hose Nozzles July 14, 2004 06:17PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 89 |
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Re: Hose Nozzles July 14, 2004 06:30PM |
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Re: Hose Nozzles July 14, 2004 07:33PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 243 |
<HTML>Steve, I bought a hose nozzle from the Snap on Tool Man, that comes to our shop. I gave $20.00 for it. It is a "Blue Point" tool company product, who now is owned by Snap-On. My Buddie bought one in 1981 from same toolman,and the nozzle is still being used everyday at the body shop. It looks like a piece of 3/4" hose, on the end of a brass nozzle,that screws to the hose end. To operate slightly bend the hose end over, and walah! out comes the stream. I went with this one, as the body shops nozzle has held up to extremely well,and probably has been abused, as much as used over the years, cars and trucks running over it,and so on and so forth...:-) Brandy !</HTML>
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Re: Hose Nozzles July 15, 2004 05:46PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 243 |
<HTML>Steve, If you are interested, the nozzle I referred to is a Lonn Mfg. CO. INC Water Saver- Indianapolis IND. The Blue Point Number is YA-297. The Snap-On Tool Truck venders can get/sell you one. Mine cost me $20.00, and outside of crushing them with an Abrams Tank they will last a very long time. My Buddy Mark, said that he has replaced many items over his 18+ years in the Paint and Body repair,including a wife,and the Hose nozzle is still with him.....For what ever this info is worth...... Brandy</HTML>
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