Eden 93218 Premium Garden Hose Quick Connect Kit | 9-Piece / 3-Pair Snap & Lock Fittings and Adapters with Water Stop, Flow Control, Secure Twist-Lock Design

If you’re like me, you’ve tried multiple adapters over the years, metal and plastic, brand name and not, cheap and expensive, and resigned yourself to poor connectivity, excessive water restriction, rust, breakage, lasting one season (if that), and using tools in fruitless efforts to control leaks. They often fail due to low-quality seals and/or threads, poor design, cheap plastic (breakage), cheap metal (corrosion) and/or manufacturing defects. We didn’t expect much from these, especially given the bargain pricing and unfamiliarity w/Eden products. But we needed adapters and decided to try them after reading reviews and noting they include shut-off valves, as it’s a time-consuming annoyance traveling back and forth to shut off and then turn the water back on to switch the hose between sprinklers and hand sprayer. And 3 sets mean I don't have to transfer adapters between multiple hoses, hose bibs, sprinklers, and hand sprayers. OBSERVATIONS - Mo Gain, Less Pain: There’s enough that I can cover the our hose bib, 2 sprinklers, a hand sprayer, and connect my 2 hoses together w/one male connector left over. Don’t need 3 sets? Extras serve as handy back-ups in case you roll over w/lawn mower or a neighbor steals them. Or you can just give a set to the neighbor (or friend, or extended family to try out). - Mo for the Money: even if they last no more than one season they’re a deal compared to the price of competitors for this many connectors (and few competitors offer shut-off valves or locks). However, these are holding up fine for next year. - Superior Seals and Threads: no leaks/drips on any connection other than the cheap hose bib that came w/the house, which drips no matter what is attached to it. Furthermore, other than that POS, no tools were necessary for the other attachments (finger-tightening was sufficient). - Easy Connections and Disconnections (w/sure-sounding clicks). - Shut-off Valves: operate smoothly and completely shut off the water. - Higher Quality Pieces: I haven’t come across tougher plastic, inc. name brands. And these include rubberized, textured finger grips for sure and easy connects/disconnects. - Locks: quick-connect adapters include a simple twist lock to avoid accidental disconnects under pressure. Indicators show locked/unlocked positions. So far we haven’t identified anything we don’t like. In our experience w/countless adapters over decades, these are the only ones deserving of a 5-star rating and review. We can’t say your experience will be the same, or that they will last forever, but we’ve found the quality and pricing unmatched and will be giving other Eden products consideration for our lawn care needs going forward. TIPS - If a connection constantly leaks try multiple adapters to first determine if the issue is the adapter or what it's connected to. The source of leaks can be debris, corroded metal, defective threads, a seal that is poor quality, become hardened over time, or that's crooked/not properly set, or hard water mineral build-up. - Hard water mineral build-up on seals and in threads (adapters, sprinklers, hand sprayers, hoses, hose bibs) will inevitably cause leaks over time. Replacing seals or soaking them and threaded parts in vinegar and using a brush (e.g., old toothbrush or pipe cleaning brush) can eliminate this type of leak.

These are great. Easy to connect and disconnect. Use Teflon tape on the ends and no leaks. The shut off valve is a huge plus. No more kinking the hose or going back to turn off the water. Just push and disconnect to change to a different source. Holding up great in the AZ sun.

Excellent quick connects. Even without the locking feature, these connect better than some cheaper alternatives. Haven't seen any leaks after a full season of usage. They show a little bit of wear due to dropping hoses onto concrete, but nothing that would effect the function. Great quality for the price.

This seemed like a very well made and easy-to-use product. The design is easy to grip and hold for connecting and disconnecting, even for my "tired retiree hands". However, I had to return this item because the interior size restricts the water flow, and caused my sprinkler to not cover a large enough area. So if capacity of water flow is important for your application, you may want to try one of the full-flow connector kits like the STYDDI which has been a useful replacement.

I love these things. No leaks! They’re great to put on the ends of your hose so you can disconnect a sprayer without getting soaked yourself. Just turn the valve off, pop the quick disconnect loose, and then turn the valve back on to use it as a regular hose. I like using these when connecting to my pressure washer too to avoid leakage at that connection and make it easier to set up and tear down. I also use these on my Freeze Miser (spigot thermostatic valve to prevent pipe freezing) because the Freeze Miser has horrible quality, soft female threads that easily get cross threaded and ruined. So instead of a direct connection to the metal spigot threads, I put one of these in between. The plastic quick disconnect threads are much lower risk of damaging the Freeze Miser plastic threads, and I can hold it in my hands comfortably to take my time and get it done right. Then once it’s done, I never have to unthread and rethread it again; I just use the quick disconnect if I need to remove it.

Amazing, all garden hoses should have these. They’re compatible with quick connect fittings from Melnor and Gardena too, so you’re not stuck in one company’s ecosystem. The built-in ball valve is worth it: you can control the flow on accessories that lack their own valve and because it lacks an auto-stop valve you can dispense water like a normal hose and the flow restriction is less. The fact that they swivel freely is underrated, it helps a lot to reduce kinking. If you get the non-ball valve version it’s easy enough to pop out the auto-stop if you want more flow.

Have had these on my RV for over a year now and am very impressed. Yes, they are made of plastic; however, they work better than some brass ones I tried using on our garden hoses. The brass ones had some internal corrosion that prevented them from releasing after one season - I'm talking fused. So I thought I'd try these and have been very impressed. The shut off works well and the only leaks I've seen are at the water spigot connections. I'm okay with a few drips as I didn't want to over tighten. The shut off "feels" like it's made of plastic - which it obviously is - but works flawlessly. As good as a brass ball valve. Using these in conjunction with some brass elbows have made water connections on the RV water panel fast and secure. Don't know how long they will last, but so far, longer than better made brass ones I've tried before. The value for the cost is tremendous and I've not noticed any restrictions on water flow.

I have used many different quick connect fittings over the years, these are as good as any plastic ones, and I appreciate the On/Off valve at the hose end. Makes changing attachments much easier.

Es la manera más fácil para conectar y desconectar accesorios del jardín

Not compatible with australian threading

Works perfect. No leaks.

Très facile à utiliser, la manette on/off aide beaucoup à changer les accessoires, bon achat

Bon achat !