Spray gun/lance

Meomye

I am looking to purchase a hand held spray gun and/or watering lance and was hoping for some help. I once bought a Hozelock spray gun with multi hole function and the first time I used it the 'face' section shot off and I lost some of the little rubber 'O'rings! Do you think the metal ones are better than plastic? I must admit, I have had a few leakages with plastic. T i a

chicky

We gave up on the hozelock/ plastic spray guns a few years ago and have been very happy with the metal ones - much more robust, and no leaks.  Got ours from a company called Garden Access Products.

while we were at it we replaced all our hose connectors with brass ones too ....again, very happy.  Will not touch hozelock stuff now

amancalledgeorge

Three years ago got a heavily reduced lance by Gardena, it works perfectly well and even at full price it's very affordable and not too heavy https://www.gardena.com/uk/products/watering/garden-sprayer/classic-spray-lance/967307801/

BenCotto

I have always been a strong advocate of Gardena products but, as explained in this thread, my enthusiasm is on the wane.
https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/comment/2352090#Comment_2352090

Nollie

Whereas I’m the opposite, Gardena for me!

BobTheGardener

I gave up on plastic and went for one of these a few years ago:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Watering-Lance-Gießgerät-System-sizes/dp/B01KI125PS/258-5536894-0430951

I have bought many brands of plastic spray lances over the years;  They all failed, mostly sooner rather than later.

This is how they should be made.

amancalledgeorge

But I bet it weighs a tonne...not everybody has the ability to handle all metal watering equipment...so no, not how they should be made. Plastics and aluminium have their place in a modern world. 

Allotment Boy

amancalledgeorge said:

But I bet it weighs a tonne...not everybody has the ability to handle all metal watering equipment...so no, not how they should be made. Plastics and aluminium have their place in a modern world. 

I have one, it doesn't weigh a ton at all , it's very light,  the only drawback we have is it needs decent water pressure and ours can be a bit low . 

Busy-Lizzie

I have a Gardena lance, there was a choice of 2. I took the cheaper lighter one as the bigger one with different spray settings was rather heavy. I'm very pleased with it.

Meomye

Thanks to everyone for replying. Apologies for repeating a thread, I did try a search but could not find anything ( I think I must do something wrong because I can never find anything) @BobTheGardener that does look interesting, does it have a 'soft rain' option? I have been looking at Geka but they can be a bit pricey. @amancalledgeorge, @Busy-Lizzie interesting point about weight, worth thinking about.

BobTheGardener

@Meomye no options, but you can infinitely adjust flow.  I use it for watering everything from seedlings (carefully) to mature plants, but you do need a reasonable amount of water pressure as @Allotment Boy mentioned.