Twinkle Star Garden Hose Repair Connector with Clamps, Male and Female Garden Hose Repair Kit, Fit for 3/4" or 5/8" Garden Hose Fitting, 3 Set

Sometimes these guys are really handy when we are heading out for the day for window cleaning, and we are setting up our water fed cleaning systems. we often have a pile of unused or old hoses that we cut to size and then we will use as part of our hose system for our window Cleaning equipment. It’s much cheaper to build your own than having to buy a full hose. These pieces make it easy to do so and they come with the clamps which are nice. You can use a flathead to do it but I’d recommend having one that can fit around the actual hex nut. You want to make sure it’s tight but not overly tightened. Also, one of the things that is a little trickier is getting the nipple and of the connector into the house fully it requires a lot of pushing I don’t have a complete trick to doing that maybe you have a vacuum on the other side to suck it in but what I’ve done is just manually push it in with my hand or push it against the ground to slowly get it in. If you have a stubborn one you can sometimes use a little bit of heat to the adapter into the hose

HIGHLY RECOMMEND! Ran over a good hose of mine with riding mower - dodged bullet on that, didn't tear up mower. SURE did a number on that hose though. Expletives replete - then came in & ordered these brass male/female hose repair parts with SS hose clamps. Delivered next day - Problem solved. They went into the inside of the hose - nice tight fit, used mallet to seat totally. Clamps worked well too - sometimes the cheaper ones don't work so good!Voila, back up and running for less than replacing the hose. only lost maybe 8 feet of the hose.

I have a 5/8 inch hose and after reading some of the reviews I was concerned it wouldn't fit. But after doing some prep work, the fitting just slipped right into the hose with no problem.1: My hose had a cord attached to the inner wall, probably to prevent stretching. I cut about an inch off the wall and centered it so it would go inside the fitting.2: I put a little grease both on the inside wall of the hose and on the fitting. Vaseline will also work. Also helps to make a better seal.3: I used a heat gun to soften the hose. Hair dryer will probably work as well.4: If you screw the two fitting together, it will secure the wobble threaded collar making it much easer to insert into the hose.I gave 4 stars because it didn't come with any instructions, this would save it from a lot of bad reviews. Otherwise good quality, works well.

These provide a nice clean way to repair a garden hose. Instead of the hose clamps to secure the new hose end I use pinch clamps which makes for a cleaner installation.

I cut up an old garden hose to shorter lengths to make a DIY sprinkler system. These connectors worked perfectly to make new ends onto the hose. I slipped the clamp over a raw cut end of the old hose, and easily pushed the connectors into the hose, and I tightened with the clamp with a regular flat head screwdriver. It was very quick and easy. My only complaint, which is a slight one, is that while the “male” end was really easy to push in, the “female” end was a little less easy (still not difficult)—because the rotating “screw” end of the female connector (that you use to attach the hose to the water spigot) would flop around a bit and so it made it harder for me to grab hold of something study in order to shove the connector into the rubber hose. But it was still not difficult to push the female end of the connector into the hose. These all work very well—no leaks at all. It’s also nice that they came with an extra O-ring for each set—those periodically need to be replaced because they wear down and then a hose will leak. So it’s nice to have spares on hand. I recommend these garden hose repair connectors. They were very easy to connect and work very well.UPDATE: I liked these so much that I purchased another set to extend my sprinkler system.If my review was helpful, please let Amazon know by clicking “helpful.” Thanks.

The basic fittings are just fine, but the hose clamps are of lesser quality. How do I know? Because when tightened two of them broke, and that was without undue force. Second, tightened to the point just before they might break there was leaking. Admittedly, the hoses are not new, but then I bought a box of clearly sturdier hose clamps. Those tighten properly and there no leaking any longer. Suggestion: If you buy these fittings, which themselves are good, do yourself a favor and buy these as well:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3QHTX1N?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1You'll be glad you did, even if the total price of the repair job is higher. (Oh, and you'll have a bunch of really good hose clamps for use in the future!)

Why had I never heard of something like this before?? I'd always duct-taped leaky hoses to oblivion, but this repair kit was really simple but effective in fixing an old hose that had sprung several leaks for which my duct-tape repair wasn't working anymore. The hardest part was just making clean cuts to remove the broken hose segments. They don't come with instructions, so I just went off intuition and it was luckily successful!Here's what I did:1) used an exacto-knife to cut the segments out of the hose with the leaks2) inserted each end of the repair connector (this took a bit of grip strength) . I made sure to seat the black rubber washer inside the "female" end .3) hand tightened the two ends together4) used the metal clamps around the circumference of the spots of I repaired (where the metal connectors meet the cut edge of the hose) to strengthen the hose. I used a flathead screwdriver to tighten theseTook less than 5 minutes, no frustration, no tools needed except a knife and a flathead screwdriver, and worked flawlessly! Now I'm dreaming up ways to rescue leaky hoses from the trash and turn them into an irrigation system for my garden.....

These look to be very sturdy.