Customer Reviews

Claber 8983 Garden Hose To Sprinkler/Spray Nozzle Quick Connect Set

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I use this product on my boat, where there is a garden hose connection to supply water to the boat while we're at the dock. It was cumbersome to unscrew the garden hose every time we wanted to leave. With this product, it takes literally two seconds, and better still, I don't even have to shut off the water! As soon as you disconnect, the valve shuts the water off automatically. It never drips, or leaks, and I'm impressed with its durability under constant use. Highly recommended.

I really had high hopes for the Claber line of products based on what I've read from other reviewers. I have no qualms with their spray nozzle. But I have a major complaint with their quick connect valve assemblies. The water stop mechanism works so well that even when I connect the spray nozzle onto these quick connect valve no water comes out of the spray. Tried as hard as I might I cannot get this thing to work! I took out the inner valve to figure out what went wrong...now I can't seem to put the mechanism back again. I called their company and the best they could do was try to sent me a replacement quick connect. Well it took several calls and more than a month later quick connect came in the mail .... but it wasn't the right one! I give up! No more Claber products for me :(

I only buy 3/4" hoses because I'm on well water. My pressure is fairly high for a well -- 50 - 65 lbs -- as I added a 100 gal tank and cranked up the switch. The Claber quick-connects are only about 5/16" ID. That is less than half the diameter and 3/16 the cross-sectional area of a 3/4" hose.

When you put that restrictor in the line, you will seriously reduce the flow rate. If you have high pressure and a small nozzel on the end it won't matter, but if you need to push a lot of water, better stay away from these flow-restrictor connectors.

I tried this unit. I broke after about a weeks watering and off/on connects.

If you need a quick connect/disconnect fitting, use the Nelson 50336 Brass Hose Quick Connectors Set, Male and Female. These are the units to get. About $1 more but solid brass, not the cheap plastic knock-off 'look alike' you might have seen. These really last. I use them at home and on my RV for connecting the water supply. Totally leak proof.

Update - December 2009

The Nelson 50336 Brass Hose Quick Connectors Set, Male and Female all brass units get all stars. I have used them for years and have never had an issue/problem with any of them. I also use them on my RV water connection. I leave the male end always connected to the RV water line input connection. I leave the female connected to the water hose I use to connect to the RV park water faucet. To protect the RV male connection when not in use, I adapted an extra Nelson Brass Hose 'female' Quick Connector end with a cap screwed into it to keep the connection clean. Zero leaking connections and this makes it far easier hook-up to the RV park water.

I tried cheaper units and some of the plastic (?) rubber (?) units. Garbage. These are 100% quality and you can not beat the price.

I purchased this adapter so I could connect a hose to my laundry tub in my garage in order to get warm water. I don't get warm water from my outside water spicket. So I needed a way to connect the round faucet to a garden hose. This item is terrific! Don't hesitate to buy this hose adapter, it fits right onto the faucet from this laundry tub: http://www.amazon.com/Swanstone-PT-1-Polypropylene-Laundry-White/dp/B00117CQHQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1239037127&sr=8-1