Garden Hose Accessories That Make Your Life Easier

Now that you’ve got the right garden hose, do you have everything you need to make your gardening life easier? There are a number of garden hose accessories that can help you store your hose safely and extend its utility for all types of uses. These are some of the most useful accessories that you can use with any 1/2" garden hose or 3/4” garden hose.

Garden Hose Nozzles

The nozzle you choose to use can turn your gardening and yard chores into a piece of cake. You can choose from nozzles with pistol grips, straight grips or textured grips to make it easier for you to hold and turn the nozzle to different settings. High quality garden hose fittings make it easy to use just about any type of nozzle that fits your needs. The best of those available allow you to set the water anywhere from jet stream to light mist.

Garden Hose Fittings

Garden hoses are most likely to fail at the nozzle end, where the fittings can wear through the hose material. Replacement garden hose fittings are handy to keep on hand for quick repairs, or you can try replacing the standard fitting on the hose with one that swivels or revolves when you’re attaching it to the faucet, saving a lot of wear and tear on the hose.

Garden Hose Reels

Garden hose reels are among the most important of all accessories you can buy to go with your garden hose. Keeping your hose off the ground helps prevent rot and mildew, makes it easier to drain the hose after use and helps keep bugs out of the hose body. There are dozens of different styles of garden hose reels, including wall-mounted reels and portable metal garden hose reels that you can roll with you to anywhere on your property.

Garden Hose Sheaths

Do you get tired of green and blue garden hoses? These days, you can buy a garden hose in any one of a variety of colors, including the typical many shades of green, black and blue garden hoses. If that’s not enough color for you, though, a couple of manufacturers have come up with the ultimate garden hose accessory – garden hose sheaths. Made of thin polyurethane that slips over any standard 1/2 inch garden hose or 3/4 inch garden hose, the garden hose sheaths come in a variety of lively prints that are guaranteed to bring some chic color and style to your garden or patio.