[andyralph]

hi all do any off u  have a pole taps  connected to the end of yor minibore or microbore looking for better taps cheers andy or r they on pole hose cheers andy

[SB Cleaning]

I have mine on the pole hose...what taps have you been having problems with?

This reminds me as I have had problems with Gardiners ones...4 have fell apart since last November gardiners kindly set me out 3 new replacements one was the as same the other 3 that fell apart and that quickly broke too...but the other 2 seem a slightly different design and  I think seem better....

Time will tell.

[capn sparkle]

As above but I run a two tap system (one up by the gooseneck and one on the pole hose).

Think the Gardiner ones could be improved tho!! Broke a few in the last year.

[Plankton]

I got on fine with them and one day they decided to give me the two fingers and started falling apart, got new ones and same happened so tried the Unger hiflo valve and it's been good.

[SB Cleaning]

Was it the red push fit things that fell apart lads?

As that's what happened on all the ones that fell apart on me.

[capn sparkle]

Was it the red push fit things that fell apart lads?

As that's what happened on all the ones that fell apart on me.

Yep!! Red bit (teeth feel out quicker than a crack addict)

[SB Cleaning]

Was it the red push fit things that fell apart lads?

As that's what happened on all the ones that fell apart on me.

Yep!! Red bit (teeth feel out quicker than a crack addict)

[SB Cleaning]

Hopefully Alex Gardiner reads this post as there's an obvious flaw with these taps...

[simonr]

dunno about that mate, i use them to attach my pole hose to my backpack & the hose gets disconnected every time I need to fill up so a good few times every day & they last me months, its mebbe the way they are handled

[SB Cleaning]

dunno about that mate, i use them to attach my pole hose to my backpack & the hose gets disconnected every time I need to fill up so a good few times every day & they last me months, its mebbe the way they are handled

Nothing to do with the way I have been handling them..I sent photos of mine to gardiners and they sent replacements out straight away...I never drag them across the ground and rarely drop them.

[Plankton]

dunno about that mate, i use them to attach my pole hose to my backpack & the hose gets disconnected every time I need to fill up so a good few times every day & they last me months, its mebbe the way they are handled

Nothing to do with the way I have been handling them..I sent photos of mine to gardiners and they sent replacements out straight away...I never drag them across the ground and rarely drop them.

+1

[simonr]

bad batch then mebbe cos I'm quite heavy handed & my son is worse, he pulled the red bit out of one in 1st week with me but had same one for 6 mth now

[jimmy boots]

AquaTap works best for me.

[Flash..]

I have mine on the pole hose...what taps have you been having problems with?

This reminds me as I have had problems with Gardiners ones...4 have fell apart since last November gardiners kindly set me out 3 new replacements one was the same the other 3 that fell apart and that quickly broke too...but the other 2 seem a slightly different design and  I think seem better....

Time will tell.

I had trouble with them as well, I had two and they both fell apart after a week of use they are rubbish, I stick with the ones I have always bought off ebay and put them between pole hose and main hose here is a link they are very good http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Ball-Valve-1-4-3-8-1-2-BSP-Female-Female-Male-Female-Reduced-Prices-/231470062222?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item35e4b0da8e

[Bungle]

Get a tap that connects between pole hose and reel. So simple and easy.

[dazmond]

the push fit pole taps are ok if you have one fitted at the brush end.they last ages but if your dragging them along the ground fitted on the other end of your hose 2 mins!

ive been working like this for a while now as i got sick of my aqua daptors breaking,springs snapping,screw threads shearing off and i had two that just broke in half!i must of spent £250+ on them over the years.

i lose a bit of water when extending the pole but i can live with that for now.i might try an aqua tap next though.

[dd]

I think the key with the pole taps is to hold the pole hose between the tap and main hose (as opposed to between tap and pole), this way when you pull the hose along you are not putting stress on the tap i.e increasing risk of the teeth failing.

I have used them a few years (from Gardiners) and not had any problems.

[slap bash]

I use a use a irrigation tap fitted at the top of the pole. Its the tap used in micro irrigation you will need to ash how its done.

[SB Cleaning]

the push fit pole taps are ok if you have one fitted at the brush end.they last ages but if your dragging them along the ground fitted on the other end of your hose 2 mins!

ive been working like this for a while now as i got sick of my aqua daptors breaking,springs snapping,screw threads shearing off and i had two that just broke in half!i must of spent £250+ on them over the years.

i lose a bit of water when extending the pole but i can live with that for now.i might try an aqua tap next though.

The way I'm going through these pole taps I'm seriously considering going back to a aqua dapter

I never had any problems with the AD apart from the odd broken spring.

[Susan Dean (1stclean)]

A.D. only get be bother running long tails all that curling up stuff slows my lads down even with a meat head pulling at the new A.D. they seem to be lasting very well out living the slx it was on top of