Customer Reviews

Gilmour Full Size Zinc Pistol Grip Nozzle with Threaded Front 573TF

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If you check my reviews you'll see I've been on a quest for a decent sprayer gun/wand for years.

Exhausted with that, I finally bought these because they weren't PLASTIC, and they look like the
sprayer my grandparents used for 50 years.

Voila - I am happy to report these (I got 2) work great.

Only flaw: when I go to fill a bucket, etc. there is no "medium" strength - it's either a wide
mist or a super-cannon.

Otherwise, terrific.

I bought this nozzle based on all the reviews I read about it. And I must say, they were right on. This nozzle is the BEST. I can water my whole garden without moving from one spot. You adjust the spray by the amount of pressure you hold on the pistol. No twisting and turning to get the right spray. Best of all, it doesn't leak. I love it.

My husband uses this in our boot wash in our hog barn office. He says this has lasted the longest out of the many brands we have purchased over the years. I have 6 more on order. Highly recommend.

Nozzles exactly like this have been around for at least 40 years, manufactured in a dozen companies, and sold under a wide variety of brand names---for a very good reason---they are the best design. They are perfectly and easily controlable, durable, and don't leak. You can get "prettier" versions with plastic covers over the grip and plastic handles, if "pretty" is your priority---but, functionally speaking, you can't buy a better designed garden hose nozzle.

Note the little thumb screw at the end of the piston can be used to adjust the type of spray when the handle is maximally squeezed. Normally, you want this to be the tightest stream possible for long throws.

CAVEATS
After a year or two, the zinc metal body can seize on your hose and be difficult to unscrew. I suggest greasing the screw threads with silicon grease when you install it on the hose Permatex 22058 Dielectric Tune-up Grease - 3 oz. If you don't have silicon grease on hand, buy a tube---it terrific for improving electrical connections and refurbishing rubber items, and even for lubricating things such as this. While you are at it, lubricate all your hose connections (both the threads and the seals) to prevent leaking and to make it easy to screw-on and -off the hoses and accessories.

Why not petroleum-based grease? Petroleum-based grease damages rubber seals.

After a year or three the action can get stiff, presumably caused by internal corrosion (or the original grease having deteriorated or lost). The handle is steel, and can rust. Ultimately the stiffness plus the rust results in the handle breaking (after 5 years or so of abuse). Ideally, keep the nozzle dry---at least don't keep it in a muddy puddle, or half-buried in acidic soil. It is good idea to lubricate the piston with grease when you start to notice it getting stiff. (With the water off, squeeze the handle to expose the brass piston. Apply a liberal amount of grease to the piston). If the nozzle is very stiff, take it off the hose, spray it heavily with WD-40, let it soak for 15 minutes or so---that will probably adequately loosen it up, but is not a permanent solution---you still need to grease it.

What about those other pretty, fancy, mostly plastic sprayer nozzles (which cost 3x--4x more) that you see at the garden center?---they don't work nearly as well, and won't last nearly as long. I know this for a fact---my wife keeps buying them---indeed we have a bin of discarded (mostly still functional) "pretty" sprayer nozzles, which have "fallen out of favor" for various reasons.

There are lots of fancy nozzles out there. This one is basic and does the job. Plus, being all-metal should make it more durable than the plastic ones.

I got this because the plastic nozzles that I find in the stores constantly break or are hard to adjust the flow. This is entirely metal and is made with good quality. It doesn't require you to turn the head of the nozzle to adjust the spray pattern and puts out a powerful stream.
The hand grip is a little thin and has no padding so if you are going to be using this for long periods of time I would suggest a different nozzle but for normal usage, like washing a car, this one is great.

Why can't we even manufacture hose nozzles here in the USA anymore? Ugh... Anyway, pistol grip nozzle product is just as advertised; the stream helps extend the watering reach of my hose.

I've had it about a week. It's a very good nozzle! Well made, seems durable. I really like it so far!

This is a great nozzle. I have used a lot of these over the years, but I can no longer find them in hardware stores, so I went to Amazon. It came from a company named Deerso. When UPS lost my package, Deerso was extremely responsive, even though it was not their mistake.

Do you remember how, back in the old days, things were made out of metal and would last for years and years? Well, this item harks back to those days. Perhaps, someday you might need to pop out the rubber washer and replace it, but otherwise, you're set.

I don't usually write reviews. However, just now I went to order another nozzle (my fourth -- we've got lots of hose hookups here) and it occurred to me that given my devotion to this particular item, I ought to note how good I think it is. Light spray, full spray, it does everything a "spritzer" is supposed to do. And it lasts. 'Nuff said.