Bon-Aire Original Ultimate Aluminum Hose Nozzle ( Colors may vary )

Review of Bon-Aire Original Ultimate Aluminum Hose Nozzle (Colors may vary) @ $28.99 at time of order.I’ve tried lots of different types of hose nozzles. I reviewed quite a few before ordering this one. Experience has taught me that the fireman’s type of nozzle, like this one, end up working the best and the longest. I take my hoses/nozzles off the spigots in the winter and usually store them in my garage. That helps some, but this fireman’s nozzle type still seems to hold up best.This one feels really well made. It’s heavy, but not overly. It feels solid and durable. The varying color that I got was most like the one pictured above in the ad. It fit on the hose end without any difficulties. I really like that this twists on and off from either way you twist (2-way shut-off). The documentation on the page says it’s made in China; mine is labeled as made in Taiwan. So, you’re not getting US made here. It claims to have 5 patterns, but it seemed like it was just more variable to me rather than 5 distinct patterns. It works quite well, so far anyway. It’s expensive, but I feel it will be worth it as long as it holds up. Brief instructions come with it for use and cleaning if that becomes necessary to help the flow. And I did use this on the recommended hose size (5/8 inch), so the water flow was very good. The nozzle turned very smoothly too.

I don't remember if I wrote a review of the Bon Aire hose nozzle when I bought it; we buy a lot from Amazon and it's hard to keep up. I had to contact the company recently, and I felt compelled to make sure that I shared my experience.I bought one of these and was so pleased with it, that I almost immediately bought another one for my front yard too. It is solidly built and feels like a quality tool when you use it. It operates smoothly and the variety of water streams it produces is excellent.A slight turn of the head gives you a nice variety of spray patterns. They are not preset patterns, so you can adjust to exactly what you need. You can easily get a jet, a variety of sprays, and a bubbling stream perfect for watering a tree. With my water pressure, I get a jet of roughly thirty feet. When you twist it to off, there is no leaking. If I have any criticism, it is that I can't get a very fine mist for watering really delicate garden plants. The spray is pretty fine, but not ultra fine.This spring, I left the head on my garden hose and it froze hard overnight. It was still working after it froze, but the freeze must have cracked the internal parts. I dropped it on my lawn to do something and soon noticed that it was leaking. I looked up the company on the internet and gave them a call hoping that I could buy parts to repair it. I told the person on the phone what had happened, including that I had frozen it. She asked me what part of the nozzle was broken, where I purchased it, and for my home address. She then said, we'll get those right out to you. No bill, really no questions.A couple days later I got a little package in the mail. It had the whole (fully assembled) core of the nozzle, which included the back half where the hose attaches. There were two extra sets of O-rings and assembly lube in little envelopes. There was another package of assembly lube and two sheets of very clear instructions. Really, most of this was overkill. It was so easy to fix that the instructions were almost not necessary. I removed the stainless screw in the spray end with a hex wrench and unscrewed the damaged core. I applied the lubricant and reassembled it the way I took it apart. It took about two minutes including reading the instructions.I don't buy many things that I am %100 percent happy with. If I couldn't have gotten parts for the nozzle, I would have bought another. I was tremendously impressed with Bon Aire's customer service. If you have a garden hose at home, you should have one of these. I would seriously consider giving someone one of these as a gift, odd but true.

I love this nozzle. I spend a lot of time hand watering the lawn and garden. This works like a firehose and is adjustable from a fine spray to just gushing out water unrestricted and everything in between. It really doesn't have patterns so much as it has an infinite number of settings in between those 2 modes. If you haven't used a firehose type nozzle before, they shut off completely on either end of the spectrum. (easy to shut off from either end of the settings that is) I have bought about 5 firehose type nozzles before this. Some I broke, some got sand in them and others just never worked well to begin with. This one doesn't leak at all and is smooth when adjusting. I use Nelson quick connects with this and all of my other attachments. (think of using a quick connect on an air hose, it is similar but bigger and made of brass) I hate to hand water and get my shoes wet so I bought a second one of these for my other hose. (had one for a year or so and the second for a month or so) I was moving the Bon-Aire from hose to hose since the other ones made my Nelson and other companies weren't quite as good. (Nelson is good though just not as good as this) I got sick of moving it around so I bought a second. I don't forsee having to replace these any time soon. It is quality construction and I leave it out all summer. I would like to say more but it is pretty much just a hose nozzle. (I've said a lot already) It is the BEST hose nozzle that I have used though and I have tried many of them.