Which Garden Hose Spray Nozzle Brand Wins?

more than twice the Automan

heaviest of the multi-pattern nozzles

good enough to move into second place behind the Little Big Shot

by far the most concentrated jet stream of all the brands, best multi-pattern sprayer at 604 g or 1.3 lb, the only multi-pattern sprayer to make the top five list

or right at 1 lb; produces a broken up heavy stream of water from 6 ft out

or 1.1 lb

ran out of steam at 400 g or 0.9 lb, not quite as intense as the Automan or Green Mount

very narrow and less intense stream than the Green Mount; 264 g or 0.6 lb, about half the force of the Green Mount

less scattered but not quite as intense as the Green Mount; 424 g or 0.9 lb

smaller jet stream than the Flexzilla; only 316 g or 0.7 lb

very scattered spray pattern but delivers 498 g, almost the same as the Green Mount

less intense than the Dramm; 340 g, very close to 0.7 lb

stream broken up and very inconsistent; struggled at only 226 g or about 0.5 lb

more consistent jet stream than the Rain Point; 382 g or 0.8 lb, about 46% stronger than the Rain Point

less spray force than the Eden; 418 g or 0.9 lb

second best yet at 548 g or 1.2 lb

peak of 400 g or about 0.9 lb; water jet pretty scattered and inconsistent

produces the best-looking jet stream yet, very narrow and clean; won the jet force test at 682 g or 1.5 lb

pretty scattered and inconsistent compared to the Little Big Shot; 424 g or 0.9 lb, about 56% less than the Little Big Shot

narrow and clean water jet but trails the Fanhao by around 18%; 470 g or 1 lb

a little more scattered than the Gilmour Pro; 480 g, about the same as the Gilmour Pro

performed quite a bit better than average at 578 g or 1.3 lb

second place at 65 seconds

performing better than average at 1 minute 28 seconds

full setting finished about 17 seconds slower than the open hose control, at 1 minute 13 seconds

soaker setting moved it into the lead at 1 minute 10 seconds

really struggled at 1 minute 35 seconds

no spray setting produces a lot of water volume; finished in 2 minutes 5 seconds, the slowest so far

struggled to produce enough water; 1 minute 30 seconds

soaker setting still not producing very much water flow; 1 minute 43 seconds

performing a little better than average at 1 minute 20 seconds

struggled, 1 minute 50 seconds

aerates the water well on the highest flow setting; 1 minute 30 seconds

producing a tremendous amount of water volume, moved into the lead at only 60 seconds; came out on top overall for max water volume

trailed the Gilmour once again at 1 minute 18 seconds

moved into third place behind the Green Mount at 1 minute 11 seconds

performing better than average at 1 minute 15 seconds

performed about the same as the Gilmour Pro once again at 1 minute 16 seconds

trails the smaller Sani-Lav sprayer once again at 1 minute 30 seconds

or 5.7 lb

very easy on the hands at only 970 g or 2.1 lb

or 5.4 lb

or 6.3 lb

or 4.8 lb, less force despite being the heaviest

thumb trigger only takes 564 g or 1.2 lb

requires quite a bit of hand strength at just over 3.5 kg or almost 8 lb

thumb knob takes half the force of the Craftsman at 270 g or 0.6 lb

less than the Flexzilla at 5.8 lb or 2,646 g

only 480 g or 1.1 lb, good for hand fatigue or arthritis

second place behind the Restmo at 1,030 g or 2.3 lb, performed quite a bit better than average

requires quite a bit of hand strength at 6.2 lb or 2,792 g

less than average at 4.1 lb or 1,858 g

requires pretty strong hands at 5.9 lb or 2,654 g

less than the Gilmour at 2,184 g

requires quite a bit of hand strength at 8.4 lb or 3,816 g

hand fatigue might become an issue at 3,852 g or 8.5 lb

easiest on the hands for the twist nozzle category at 3.2 lb or 1,474 g

requires quite a bit of hand strength at 9.1 lb or 4,112 g

built like a tank and still works like it's as good as new

not designed to withstand getting ran over; now leaks around the spray head dial

very light duty; crushed from the weight of the vehicle

metal construction, survived without major damage

some superficial damage, still working just fine

survived without any major damage

FAILED the 6 ft drop test, leaking pretty badly; catastrophic damage when driven over, broke into pieces

destroyed by the weight of the vehicle

some superficial damage, still works just fine

pretty heavy damage, now leaks around the spray head dial and the trigger fell off

damage to the spray head dial, leaking around the dial pretty badly but still works

completely destroyed by the weight of the vehicle

plastic cracked but the metal core held up just fine, sprayer works fine

became crushed with the weight of the vehicle

became bent from the weight of the vehicle

built like a tank, still works just fine

still works as good as new

very well constructed, but the trigger experienced some damage, still works just fine

held up just fine, works as good as new

hollow cone

a bit more random and way too scattered

allows targeting a specific area better than the Automan and Green Mount

a little too focused and likely to erode loose soil unless water pressure is reduced

more forceful in some areas than others

hollow center

pretty random and more intense in some areas than others

circular, pretty consistent with intensity

best coverage from side to side and within the cone of all brands tested so far

circular with hollow center

pretty intense

tied for third place at 26 ft

tied for third place at 26 ft

tied for best, breaks water into very fine droplets

tied for best, fine droplets

tied for best