Hozelock 2690 6001 Jet Plus Spray Gu
Hozelock 2690 6001 Jet Plus Spray Gu
| Weight: | 200 g |
| Dimensions: | 19.8 x 29.8 x 21.1 cm; 199.58 Grams |
| Model: | 2690 6001 |
| Part: | 2690 6001 |
| Colour: | Multicolour |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Hozelock Ltd |
| Dimensions: | 19.8 x 29.8 x 21.1 cm; 199.58 Grams |
| Quantity: | 1 |
The item arrived quickly, and is what it was advertised as. I always have plastic ones and the break after a few months as in constant use so thought I’d get a metal one and see how it lasts.
I’ve wasted my money on plastic and cheap metal nozzles in the past, and wanted something a bit better. This is excellent. Well built, sturdy, great trigger, and easily adjustable spray. I’ve no doubt it will last longer than 5 cheap nozzles.
Disappointingly this “Sturdy” gun lasted less than one season due to some malfunction of the trigger mechanism which rendered the gun useless. This was less time than the previous plastic failures.
I have now bought a different model of “Very Sturdy” Hozelock gun with hopes that this one will be a success.
I have been buying Hozelock spray guns for many years but they were all made of plastic. None of them lasted a year and started to leak, extremely disappointed and total waste of money. This time I decided to buy this metal spray gun, which seems quite compact and sturdy, does the job and quite cost effective. It remains to be seen how long it will last.
I bought a 2 pack of these made by Karcher, they were ok but plastic. I ended up breaking both of them just by dropping the hose so I got this metal one. It’s way better, dropped a few times and no sign of breaking. Good spray adjustment. This is the one you wa
Happy with it so far, knocked one star off as I can’t get a clear straight jet with the adjustment, and you have to keep tweaking it each time you use it.
I find the gun very good considering the price of the competition. It is quite robust and still does a perfect job after being dragged across the drive etc. and treated in quite a rough way. Other guns are made of plastic, this is made of metal.
Purchased as a replacement for an earlier hozelock metal version that went missing!
That model did have a trigger that jammed on a lot but the connector was metal, this new one isnt so ive deducted a star but it seems ok ish. The spray doesnt adjust the pressure of water as the older version either. There seem to be numerous hozelock sprays but they still dont quite seem to master a proven cost effective quality but this one is reasonably priced. My local garden centre has it for around 18.00!
This gun is a very useful item it will produce a fine jet or adjust to a wide spray and the trigger can be locked on, however this is the second one I have had to purchase.
My first one went faulty, ie the trigger would not move, on dismantling it I found the internal water valve had seized, I lubricated it with silicone grease and it worked fine but unfortunately while dismantling it the pin which holds the trigger in place broke off thus leading to the purchase of this one.
We live in Spain and the hose is on one side of the house, the pool and plants on the other, I kind of got fed up turning the hose on and walking all the way round the house with water pouring all over the place when I wanted to top up the pool. Furthermore watering the plants meant four or five trips back and forth with watering can in hand and lethargy led to the unnecessary death of many’s a good plant!
Well no more, I can leave the water switched on and let loose only when and where I want to, my plants are in pots arranged around the pool, a quick spray and they are done, to top up the pool I just push the red trigger button and the stream is continuous until you click it again. Heck it’s actually good fun to play with so watering the plants and filling the pool are no longer a chore. The heat here makes plastic go brittle and break quite quickly, this is a good weighty metal piece which I anticipate will really last.
One thing to bear in mind is that you will also need a hose connector to attach it, that’s no biggie, I go mine for 1 euro eighty cents at the local ironmongers.
Seriously, go for it – a bargain!
The construction of this “metal” spray gun seems to be much stronger than the “all plastic” guns on the market. It is not at all bulky and will easily reach inside the wheel arches, when washing my car. The water flow can be continuously varied to provide settings from a fine spray, to a single powerful jet of water.
However, the trigger and its locking button are made of plastic.. This could be a weak link in the guns, otherwise, strong construction? (Although I have not had any problems so far)…. In practice, I have found that it is best to leave the trigger, locked in the “on” position. If I release the trigger to turn the water off at the gun, the build up of pressure in the hose tends to “blow” the hose connection off the tap (This could be caused by a problem with the tap connection on my hose?)
I am satisfied with this product. The gun performs well but I would have been more confident of its durability, if the trigger mechanism had been made from metal, rather than plastic… Time will tell?