Gardena Water Stop 13 mm (1/2 inch) and 15 mm (5/8 inch): Connector with Water Stop, Power Grip, Great Hose-gripping Power, Simple Replacement (18213-20)

I wish I'd known about these sooner! The seal is perfect – no leaks. The grip detailing and quality/durability is better than the competition like Hozelock and others. I'm increasingly gravitating towards Gardena as I find their quality superior across the board. But the best thing is being able to attach and detach hose tools without needing to turn the water off first. This saves time and avoids you getting soaked if, like me, you occasionally forget! It's a simple tool, but well worth getting. To attach a tool, you just push it onto the stop. To detach, you pull back on the connector, which has a spring in it, and then pull the tool out. It's nice and snug, but not too tight. It's very well designed, really. One thing to bear in mind – once you get used to this, you may forget to turn the tap off. If you have quality connectors like these everywhere, that may be fine. If, like most people, your hose or connectors leak a bit, you may find yourself wasting water. So watch out. But definitely buy this!

Really good value with stop function

Trying the Gardena system, as my old hose was blowing connectors too often as the hose became softer in the hotter weather. Feels quality, I like the fact that the gripping tabs are serrated (to lock onto the matching serrations on the outside of the Gardena hose, thus improving the grip). Different categories of Gardena hose have different features, so choose carefully. Not cheap, but if it works and lasts, I'll be very pleased.

I bought two of these to replace failed hozelock quick-connect fittings, and these seem to hold up better than those ones. These feel of much higher quality, and does not come undone like the hozelock sometimes does from pressure fluctuations (was a major source of gripe with the pressure washer). These fit well with both metal and plastic male connectors, with no leak whatsoever so far. I will update this review as I use this product fairly regularly, if any of this changes.

Excellent . Replaced a failing hozelock one.

Does what it says in the description. Good price , good delivery time.

Very good so far,easy to attach

Worked ok when I actually figured out how to fit it, although still leaks occasionally

Zeer betrouwbare slang-aansluiting. Werkt heel prettig en soepel. Dat merk je vooral als de waterdruk er vol op staat. Koppelen en ontkoppelen is onder alle omstandigheden erg eenvoudig.

止水に安心感ある作り

Gardena to Gardena.

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