No Tools Garden Hose Connect

Introduction

I have tried a lot of different ways of connecting garden hoses together. This includes a bunch of different snap fittings. They seem attractive but have some downsides:

• Tend to leak.
• Tend to break.
• Need to use same type of connection on all hoses
• Not cheap.
• Restrict the flow

So I have gone back to the simple screw together connections. There are two major issues with them:

• Take longer to connect.
• Too often you cannot get a good grip and need tools.

Solution

Many brands of hose have figured this out with a better handle on the female end of the hose. But these are not always the brands I want. The solution? One name is the Hose Nut, or the Hose Wrench. A picture makes it clear: