Garden hose coupler.

from_atozinc

Hi

I have 2 garden hoses and would like to join them. Is this possible? Like put something like a ‘coupler’ between them and join them up to make longer. See attached picture it has the 2 hoses and wondering if there is a way to join them. Had a look in the shops but they dont seem to have anything that suits, I’m not even sure of something like this is readily available.

Balmed Out

No picture but from what you say their easily available, in fact I think aldi or lidl are selling them as a special at the moment

pjdarcy

I'd need to see a pic of the hoses but my guess would be that this is what you need

99nsr125

Balmed Out wrote: »

No picture but from what you say their easily available, in fact I think aldi or lidl are selling them as a special at the moment

You want a double male coupler

https://www.handyhardware.ie/Hozelock-2291-Double-Male-Connector_p_52176.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqu_EiI3v6AIV0e3tCh1DrwM4EAQYASABEgJdZfD_BwE

from_atozinc

99nsr125 wrote: »

You want a double male coupler

https://www.handyhardware.ie/Hozelock-2291-Double-Male-Connector_p_52176.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIqu_EiI3v6AIV0e3tCh1DrwM4EAQYASABEgJdZfD_BwE

thank you.
lovely, thats the one, had a look in shops and they had connectors and so forth but nothing like this double male coupler.

from_atozinc

out of interest, are woodies shops open?

PhilOssophy

Balmed Out wrote: »

No picture but from what you say their easily available, in fact I think aldi or lidl are selling them as a special at the moment

I saw them there recently too.

from_atozinc

PhilOssophy wrote: »

I saw them there recently too.

So you seen a double male coupler.
Do you know if lidl or aldi? could be gone now I suppose.

PhilOssophy

from_atozinc wrote: »

So you seen a double male coupler.
Do you know if lidl or aldi? could be gone now I suppose.

Lidl I am 99% sure. It was a week or two ago now, but I know our local Lidl always has them for a couple of weeks.

Can somebody explain - why use a male over a female connector? I would have thought the female connector is a better connection? At a high water pressure, would the pressure not push the double male connector out? I'm curious rather than telling - I don't know.

https://www.handyhardware.ie/Hozelock-2100-Hose-Repair-Connector-125-15-mm-12-in-58-in_p_51939.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwp-X0BRAFEiwAheRui4MH9r7ddZvW93iIN-JYepni5UsQZEg5TOUyX03V4jhk5yJWjf_nzBoCV-gQAvD_BwE

Alun

It depends on whether you want the connection to be permanent or not. Usually if you have two hoses, and you want to use one occasionally to extend the other, they both have female connectors on anyway, so the male-to-male adapter is the handiest.

I have a hose on a reel in the back garden, for example, but it won't reach to the front of the house to wash the cars, so I have a separate extension I attach using one of those connectors.

PhilOssophy

Alun wrote: »

It depends on whether you want the connection to be permanent or not. Usually if you have two hoses, and you want to use one occasionally to extend the other, they both have female connectors on anyway, so the male-to-male adapter is the handiest.

I have a hose on a reel in the back garden, for example, but it won't reach to the front of the house to wash the cars, so I have a separate extension I attach using one of those connectors.

Cool - so the male one is OK on a temporary/occasional basis, but longer term female is a better job?

Alun

It would be sturdier, yes, if it was a permanent connection.

from_atozinc

Alun wrote: »

It depends on whether you want the connection to be permanent or not. Usually if you have two hoses, and you want to use one occasionally to extend the other, they both have female connectors on anyway, so the male-to-male adapter is the handiest.

I have a hose on a reel in the back garden, for example, but it won't reach to the front of the house to wash the cars, so I have a separate extension I attach using one of those connectors.

this is my exact scenario too

Alun

As others have said, try Lidl or Aldi, they often have them, albeit often as part of a pack of other bits and pieces.

colm_mcm

Dealz actually sell these as a pack, 2 female connectors and a double ended male.

I feel dirty after saying that.

Quality is only alright, but for €1.50 who cares. You can get a proper one once things open again.

PhilOssophy

Alun wrote: »

As others have said, try Lidl or Aldi, they often have them, albeit often as part of a pack of other bits and pieces.

Yeah I looked at it and reckoned there was 1 connection I'd use and 5-6 I would never use!

from_atozinc

from_atozinc wrote: »

Hi

I have 2 garden hoses and would like to join them. Is this possible? Like put something like a ‘coupler’ between them and join them up to make longer. See attached picture it has the 2 hoses and wondering if there is a way to join them. Had a look in the shops but they dont seem to have anything that suits, I’m not even sure of something like this is readily available.

what do ye make of these 'spiral' type hoses, as in my first post? haven't used it yet

colm_mcm

from_atozinc wrote: »

what do ye make of these 'spiral' type hoses, as in my first post? haven't used it yet

I had one and the only issue I had was that flow wasn’t as good as it was a narrower hose. They’re very neat though and don’t kink either.

PhilOssophy

colm_mcm wrote: »

I had one and the only issue I had was that flow wasn’t as good as it was a narrower hose. They’re very neat though and don’t kink either.

Have found the same re flow through those hoses.

from_atozinc

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Have found the same re flow through those hoses.

yeah,just tested it and the flow is slower :mad:

GreeBo

Aldi have double female connectors, but not the double male (or at least not in any of the shops I was in)

from_atozinc

GreeBo wrote: »

Aldi have double female connectors, but not the double male (or at least not in any of the shops I was in)

no good to me so

Eric Cartman

if you've a piece of 1/2" copper pipe you could make one handy./

Tree

Got my hozelock male to male in homebase. Along with a handful of cheap females. So I've female connectors on bits of regular hose on the soaker hose for the vegetable patch and the male to male lets me just connect the regular garden hose to them when i water them. And the rest of the regular hose got female ends for when I want to run it out the front of the house. The ones with the stop valves in them are handy for the extension hose.

PhilOssophy

Tree wrote: »

Got my hozelock male to male in homebase. Along with a handful of cheap females. So I've female connectors on bits of regular hose on the soaker hose for the vegetable patch and the male to male lets me just connect the regular garden hose to them when i water them. And the rest of the regular hose got female ends for when I want to run it out the front of the house. The ones with the stop valves in them are handy for the extension hose.

Did you just assume that hoses gender?

from_atozinc

Hi

See attached picture.

Presume one on the right is where you hook it up to the tap. And then on left of your output, but why are there 2 of them on the left?

Or am I all wrong

from_atozinc

Hi

See attached picture. In regard to the connections.

Presume one on the right is where you hook it up to the tap.
And then on the left is your output, but why are there 2 of them on the left?

Or am I all wrong

Alun

The spray gun on the right isn't connected to anything, it's just attached to the housing in a clip or something. One of the connectors on the left is to attach to the tap, the other is the end of the hose where you connect the spray gun.

GreeBo

from_atozinc wrote: »

no good to me so

Well if you take off your existing female to male connectors and just use the female to female you can connect both hoses "permanently".

Otherwise as above, some half inch copper and some boiling water will also work, but again its a "permanent" connection.

from_atozinc

Would the flow rate of this: https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4539663/Trail/searchtext%3EWater+hose.htm

.......be generally better than the flow on the ‘spiral’ hoses?

Ultimanemo

colm_mcm wrote: »

Dealz actually sell these as a pack, 2 female connectors and a double ended male.

I feel dirty after saying that.

Quality is only alright, but for €1.50 who cares. You can get a proper one once things open again.

I bought them from Dealz, they work fine.

from_atozinc

from_atozinc wrote: »

Would the flow rate of this: https://m.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/4539663/Trail/searchtext%3EWater+hose.htm

.......be generally better than the flow on the ‘spiral’ hoses?

Any thoughts on this one