[Dave Willis]

Don't seem to last five minutes these days. What's an alternative?
To connect pole hose to microbore.

[dazmond]

rectus 26 dave!ive been using them for over a year now.they last ages!(6 months at least)and i never use a protector ball etc.

very heavy duty and much better connectors IMO.if they start to jam i spray them with WD40 so they last a while longer.

[AuRavelling79]

Don't seem to last five minutes these days. What's an alternative?
To connect pole hose to microbore.

Are you talking out of your Bottus Dave?

 

[Dave Willis]

rectus 26 dave!ive been using them for over a year now.they last ages!(6 months at least)and i never use a protector ball etc.

very heavy duty and much better connectors IMO.if they start to jam i spray them with WD40 so they last a while longer.

Gardiners do them? Are the male ends different only mine are new? Only ever used Easysnap since I started but they seem pants these days.

[slap bash]

What part of your rectum to they fit into.  Looks like they have been pulled through someone`s ass.

[andyM]

Defo ditch the ez-snap and get the pro 26 Dave.
Slightly more expensive but well worth it.

[wpclean]

Just bought some rectal fitting for the hose reels, with an end stop so you can take reels out of van without losing lots of water 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321756917452?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Dave Willis]

Done, another fifty odd quid sent to the Cornish money smugglers.

[Rich Wilts]

Rectum fittings. Maybe you need a colostomy bag, or a butt plug. Or both.

[chris turner]

Didn't know gardiners offered a rectum fitting service. What size dildo did you go for dave?

[ChumBucket]

Hozelock type all day long.

[Bungle]

Done, another fifty odd quid sent to the Cornish money smugglers.

He has a moustache to hide the smile as he laughs all the way to the bank 

[bobplum]

pole hose in to hose reel, may need a jubilee clip to hold, the pole hose into a straight push fit connector and then pole hose into the other side of the connector

[Dave Willis]

Well, I seem to have wrecked 'um. Even had trouble with brand new ones they don't come with that smooth feel that you would expect from ball bearings. They must be using square ones lubricated with sand these days.

[Alex Gardiner]

Well, I seem to have wrecked 'um. Even had trouble with brand new ones they don't come with that smooth feel that you would expect from ball bearings. They must be using square ones lubricated with sand these days.

Just checking Dave - when you fit a new female coupling to your hose, do you also fit new male tails to each pole being used with it? Using a worn male tail with a new fitting can often wreck the female coupling very quickly.

[Avo]

I did use them but they don't last..
Pro 26 all the way never leak and hardly wear

[Dave Willis]

Yep, all new.  In the past i've got away with male fittings with no chrome left on them and burred to bits. I had trouble with brand new fittings on the backpack and pole I bought - I sent you the female and it suddenly unjammed itself in the post 
It's not Gardiners fault of course (you don't make them) but they seem to come with a gritty feel these days.
Anyway, I'll give the 26 a go next week.

[Alex Gardiner]

Yep, all new.  In the past i've got away with male fittings with no chrome left on them and burred to bits. I had trouble with brand new fittings on the backpack and pole I bought - I sent you the female and it suddenly unjammed itself in the post 
It's not Gardiners fault of course (you don't make them) but they seem to come with a gritty feel these days.
Anyway, I'll give the 26 a go next week.

Good - it is a mistake that some make, but obviously not in this case.

I notice that you haven't bought any of these fittings this year - when was the last time you fitted a new Female coupling (I presume you have a stock of them)?

[Dave Willis]

Yes, I normally add one or two to an order then chuck them in the drawer so I've always got spares.
New ones were fitted on the backpack and the reel about March time I reckon - the one supplied on the backpack jammed again. Couldn't tell you how old they are because they all get mixed in the drawer so it would be impossible to track a batch if indeed any were faulty.

[Matt.]

I use rectus 21, find they last quite a long time, I also don't bother with protecting them with the ball.

Get mine from circuit hydraulics - you find him on eBay