By Stephanie Lezotte
In less than two year , I have go not one , but two , Gilmour garden hose spray nose . Both develop leak in the same line on the top of the nozzle ’s credit card housing . I sought a transposition — specifically NOT a Gilmour — and what did I terminate up buying ? A $ 12 Gilmour sprayer beak . The previous two Gilmours that I owned were simple single - spray commercial-grade form beak . Because schnozzle can take a lacing while twine hosiery in and around reels , I roll in the hay my next nebulizer nozzle had to be something durable . One particular modeling caught my centre . There was something unlike about this one . Was it the bright teal color ? Well , yes , but that was n’t the only standout characteristic .
The Gilmour Master Series Heavy - Duty Zinc Spray Nozzle sport rear thumb control flow ascendence , sometimes refer to as the “ fireman ’s hose hooter . ” This lever is quite large and at first I tug at it , but once I learned the right manus locating ( high up up on the schnozzle body ) I could well direct the induction with one script . There is no induction to squeeze so this product is ideal for individuals with injure articulatio radiocarpea / hands or those who find power play triggers burdensome . This concept joins other forward-looking garden hose nozzle feature such as rearward gun trigger and energy - button flow controller mechanisms .
Like liquidity crisis trigger , the thumb control condition can be finely adjusted to reduce or increase the flow rate pressing , so I do n’t have to worry about dousing fragile flowers with a powerful watercourse of body of water . However , if you favour a nozzle that features quick flow control , this is not the product for you . Due to the unit of measurement ’s large sizing , I find that the thumb control is best used when I want to spray for a longer amount of time and do not postulate to change areas often . Otherwise , reach my pollex up and around the lever multiple times is sticky .
While the thumb - dominance feature article is a unique merchandising dot , the weight and construction of this Master Series nozzle is evenly impressive . Heavy - tariff does n’t even begin to describe this attachment . The body is made of a soft hold textile but might be too big for smaller hand . I was worried the nozzle weight might get cumbersome after a few second of spraying , but I see it well-off . The schnozzle seems to be make with timbre products ; I have never felt a sturdy garden hosepipe snout .
This nozzle boast 8 spray pattern :
Jet : A standard full power fragile straight line selection . It ’s powerful !
white : Not very different from the jet spray pick , perhaps a bit more pulse action . outstanding for clearing rubble from private road , pavement , and step .
gentle : You might also have this spray pattern as an option on your shower head . This is a full bodied mist .
blossom : A delicate , fine mist selection . Perhaps too delicate ? At full force I drop too much time watering one daisy using this background . Most of the water stop up around the target area .
Garden : An in force and large empty spray cone that will water your entire garden area if you are far enough away .
Wash : Similar to the garden spray but with a much smaller spray radius ( about an inch wide ) .
Shrub : This specify amuse me each sentence I employ it ( and I use it purely as amusement , as I see no real value in the shrub setting).This scope produces a mismatched array of extremely short spurts of piss that appear to be furiously leak from the nozzle . Prepare to get wet .
sweep oar : My personal deary . This setting produces a flavorless fan - regulate sprayer that can effectively underwrite a large and varied area at once without too little or too much force .
I was eager to find out if this Gilmour could stand the test of time . If it did not , the product ’s life warranty would certainly come in ready to hand ( pun intended ) . However , upon attaching the nozzle , water leaked from the joint between the handle and the adjustable atomizer set up dial . Perhaps this is just a faulty building block , but this nozzle is going back to the store . And this time , I wo n’t be coming home with a Gilmour .
A published writer and novice gardener , Stephanie Lezotte dabbles in over 1500 square feet of new buy gardens that yield 100 of tulip , daffodils , Funka , and day lily . She enjoy trying raw gardening tools and techniques and is n’t afraid to get ( a little ) dirty .
