Having used many different brands of watering products for gardening purposes, I was never really satisfied with the product materials or the manufacturing quality, ranging from brass, semi-brass, metal alloys and all kinds of plastic materials. Whether purchasing cheaper, or more expensive items they generally never gave any satisfactory results. I have bought some brand new products that were faulty first time used, and others that leaked, broke or cracked, wouldn't adjust properly and were not compatible even when same brand products. What a waste of time and money, let alone frustration! Hoselink though, have proven to be well designed, well manufactured, robust and dependable ... and at a very reasonable price. Hoselink deserve the credit for a genuine range of quality for money products!