Customer Reviews

Gilmour FX6 Faucet Extension and Flow Control Teal

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

The stake and knob are OK, the knob is still just a quarter turn from zero to full pressure, so its not as nice as using an actual faucet.

The short hose that is included had VERY leaky connections to anything I tried to connect it to. Since the whole idea is to leave the faucet at the house side on all the time so that you don't have to dig through the foliage, its very disappointing, the hose will be leaking constantly.

This is one of the few ways I have found to buy a quality 6 foot extension hose that can be left under pressure most of the year. I use the hose itself with higher quality stake mounted brass extension valves that don't come with hoses and basically discard the plastic stake valve, although the valve will work well enough for most on-off type situations. The hose is a 6-ply "Flexogen" hose and much better than the other short "hose reel extension" and "remnant" type hoses I have bought in the past.

The thread did not screw on and the quality of this item is so poor that I just threw it out.

I went to my hardware store and got an outdoor faucet, plumbing fitting, and washer hose. Works great.

Prior to buying this extension, I had to climb behind a vine to turn it on and off. No more! Simple to install, and made in the USA. Really nice!

I love it when some simple little inexpensive product can take care of a need in a huge way. Have to tip your hat at times to the people who invent these things. I bought this for my mom who was tired of having to trek back and forth to the faucet outside the house to turn it on whenever she needed water to fill her bird baths or sprinkle the lawn. I bought her a nice long hose Gilmour 10-34050 8 ply Flexogen Hose 3/4-Inch-by-50-Foot which reached all the way around the house to her front door. I then connected that to the main faucet and the other end to the Gilmour FX6 Faucet Extension and then I got her another long durable hose Gilmour 10-58100 8 ply Flexogen Hose 5/8-Inch-by-100-Foot that she can get to any part of her yard with. Now all my mom has to do is open her front door and turn the Gilmour faucet extension handle on or off and she's ready to go.

I recommend placing this faucet extension somewhere in your yard where it will not be stepped on or accidentally run over, which our first one was by the lawn mower. My dad didn't see it when he was mowing the lawn and he ran over it with the front wheel of the mower and broke it off. Thankfully I had bought two of these and so my mom had an instant spare on hand. Considering the price it might be wise to buy two just in case.

All in all this is an excellent little product that offers a big convenience, especially for older folks who don't want to walk around their house every time they need to turn the water on or off.

It comes on a card, like a hose. It is easy to hook up and seems to be made of decent material. I have had it for a month or so and it really solves a problem I had with the faucet behind bushes. I wish I had found this a long time ago.

The length of this hose extension is very handy. However, it leaks badly from both ends and I can't seem to solve the problem, although I have tried multiple times.

I would rate this 5 stars if the spike were metal instead of fairly weak plastic (we have fairly hard and stony ground), the hose was about two feet longer, and the flow control valve was snugger, making for easier flow setting. I have a sprinkler at the end of the hose to water a fairly small enclosed area that's hard to reach by hand. It's OK. Definitely on the dinky side though... OK for very soft ground... Glmour generally does much better!

When I hooked up the extension water immediately sprayed out from behind the connection to the spike and I thought I would have to send it back. But I looked and there was no rubber washer and once I bought one and put it in, the problem was solved and it works well.

I didn't need the plastic valve that was included, but ended up using it. I was sure that it wouldn't hold the pressure and that it would leak. It didn't. I've watched it for a week now and used it daily. No problems. The hose is of better quality than the original that came with my hose reel and should last a lot longer. I liked it well enough that I purchased a second one.