Hose Nozzles and Connections
On this page we have sorted out some of the best hose nozzles and connections. We have listed some great watering nozzles which are a necessity for any garden. Below that, for larger more advanced gardens, we also have easy hose connectors and hose splitters. Finally we have selected some great programable watering timers. These can hook right up to your faucet and hose to make an, easy to use and setup, automated, home garden watering system. If you are looking for some great hoses click here.
Watering Nozzles
Metal Hose Nozzle Set by TABOR TOOLS
This is a great starter package, it comes with two separate nozzles one classic high or low pressure screw nozzle and another 7 pattern watering nozzle. These nozzles will not leak and come with high quality metal nozzle tips. They have good firm rubber handles and easily adjustable rotation. This set will fulfill any of your watering needs.
Spray Patterns: 7
TedGem 9 Spray Pattern Garden Hose Nozzle
This hose nozzle is high quality and made with sturdy materials. The connection will not leak and to ensure this the nozzle comes with two gaskets that can easily be installed between the hose and the nozzle. The nozzle has a total of 9 different spray settings more than enough to be able to water many different sizes and ages of plants.
Spray Patterns: 9
Melnor Heavy-Duty Metal Nozzle
This nozzle has a unique design. The trigger is placed in front of the handle which makes the hose easier to squeeze and operate. This nozzle is well built and compact and comes with 8 different spray functions. It has a great water pressure adjustment lever on the back which is easy to get to thanks to the front mounted trigger. Its only downside is the fact that the handle itself isn’t quite as comfortable as some other nozzles. But this is a great nozzle at a relatively low price.
Spray Patterns: 8
Gilmour Medium Duty Solid Brass Twist Cleaning Nozzle
This is the classic style garden hose design. This Nozzle is simple but you probably won’t be needing it to do much more than it already does. There’s only one opening but it can be set to a blasting jet of water or a nice wide soft cone and anything in between. We know the title says “medium duty” but with an all brass design and only one moving part there really isn’t much that could break on this nozzle.
Spray Patterns: 1 (strength and width adjustable)
Bon-Aire Original Ultimate Hose Nozzle
This hose nozzle is very similar to the one above but it is better in some ways. It has a larger design with the same twist adjustable mechanism only this one is easier to grip and turn. Also this hose has a larger overall opening making it better for deep soaking plants like potatoes. This hose is, again, more durable than most of the other hoses listed, and would be more capable of performing tasks outside the garden like washing the car or dog.
Spray Patterns: 1 (strength and width adjustable)
Hose Connectors and Splitters
These are what you need if you need to attach two hoses together or split attach more than one hose to another hose or to one faucet. Don’t buy too many hose splitters and attach too many hoses to one faucet there is a limit to how much water pressure your faucet can provide. All of the listed connections fit a standard garden hose.
3/4″ Garden Hose Quick Connector Value Pack
These connections can be used to join multiple hoses together if you need a longer set of hose. They also can be used to connect your hose to your faucet. This would allow you to easily and quickly disconnect/reconnect your hose to your faucet. This piece allows you to simply pull back the lock and slide the hose to another hose or directly to the faucet.
Homitt 2 Way Y Hose Splitter
This hose splitter is high robust and high quality it. It has individual on/off valves so you have full control. This is the perfect tool for turning two facets into one and it comes with 3 gaskets for each connection to eliminate the possibility of a leak at the connection.
Glorden Brass 4 Way Hose Splitter
This hose splitter splits one hose or faucet into 4, which should be more than enough for your garden, but if it’s not you can always buy two. This piece made purely of brass (except for plastic gaskets and valves). It also has individual shut off valves for each hose connection. If at any time you don’t need to use one or more of the valves you can just disconnect the hose and close the valve.
Programable Watering Timers
A programable watering timer is a more advanced gardening tool that may take some time, experimentation, and knowledge of plants to know how to use. But once combined with some sprinkler hoses and/or soaker hoses, (which can be found here), You could create a fully automated garden watering system.
Orbit Single Outlet Programable Hose Faucet
This watering timer is great if you are new to automated watering systems. It has a wheel that can be spun to set different programing functions and can easily be adjusted if there are out of the ordinary rain patterns. This watering timer isn’t quite 100% intuitive but looking over the instructions will make the process simple. It comes with either 1, 2, or 3 hose outputs to fit your size garden or watering system.
Check Price: 1 output, 2 outputs, 3 outputs
Hydrologic Digital Water Timer
This automated watering timer is a little more advanced. It comes with either 1, 2, or 4 hose outputs. The device itself is a little bit harder to use but comes with a few more features that you probably don’t need and it has a larger screen. It is the most programable out of the two and can be programed to water only on specific days of the week. This is a great buy if you have some experience with watering timers. Even if you haven’t used a watering timer, a few extra minutes with the instruction manual will probably put you up to speed with this one, and then you will have the extra features if you need them.
Check Price: 1 output, 2 output, 4 output