02/25/2020
Public Service Announcement-
For some reason which we have yet to learn, manufacturers are making garden hoses with aluminum fittings. We can only assume that the reason is cost. Brass is more expensive than aluminum but it is much less corrosion resistant. What's wrong with saving a few bucks, you ask? The answer is Galvanic Corrosion. When the aluminum in your hose fittings is in prolonged contact with the brass in your hose spigot or nozzle, they will react with each other and fuse together by galvanic corrosion. This makes them very difficult to separate. There are a few things that you can do to prevent this. The first method is what we recommend; only purchase hoses with brass fittings. If the aluminum ones stop selling, then maybe the manufacturers will stop making them. The second method is to attach a plastic splitter or some other plastic fitting to your spigot, then attach your hose to the splitter. As for the nozzle, it will have to be plastic. The third method would be simply to disconnect your hose from anything brass when you are finished using it. What a pain. We have seen several damaged hose spigots and ruined hoses because of this manufacturing process.
