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Posted by Nate Nagel on October 17, 2009, 7:49 am
in2dadark wrote:
>> I have an old old garden hose that is all rubber. It does not kink, it's
>> pretty heavy. The fittings on the ends are leaking and broken so they need
>> to be replaced.
>> The hose is not the typical 5/8" size. It is 1/2". I cannot use the
>> standard economy 5/8" hose menders. Instead I need to get a metal 1/2" barb
>> to 1/2" MIP connector which cost like $5 a piece. Then I need another
>> adapter to go from that to hose coupling - one male one female, and that's
>> another $5 a piece, and of course two hose clamps. Altogether I would have
>> spent $24.00 on fittings to repair the hose, when I can get a new one for
>> $12.99 at the big box store and of course those are lighter but kinks easy.
>> What would you do?
>> MC
>
> Don't they sell plastic fittings. I never paid that much for plastic.
> I repair hoses and elec. cords all the time.
I hate plastic fittings. once you run over them with the car once they
are never the same. give me the heavy brass ones every time.
nate
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>> pretty heavy. The fittings on the ends are leaking and broken so they need
>> to be replaced.
>> The hose is not the typical 5/8" size. It is 1/2". I cannot use the
>> standard economy 5/8" hose menders. Instead I need to get a metal 1/2" barb
>> to 1/2" MIP connector which cost like $5 a piece. Then I need another
>> adapter to go from that to hose coupling - one male one female, and that's
>> another $5 a piece, and of course two hose clamps. Altogether I would have
>> spent $24.00 on fittings to repair the hose, when I can get a new one for
>> $12.99 at the big box store and of course those are lighter but kinks easy.
>> What would you do?
>> MC