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NELSON Metal Full-flow Shut-off Valve - Quad
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Gilmour's quality-made full flow shut-off valves have 45% more water flow than regular shut-off valves. Flows to match any watering need.
QUranch
Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2024
Strong aluminum manifold that allows for direct straight in line feed. No curves to off set garden hoses.
Rick R
Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2023
I have had three of the aluminum. The first one I let it freeze, my bad. I had drained the indoor line but it left water in the valves which I forgot to open... The next one lasted about 3 months before it popped it's female connector. I thought maybe I had overtightened it. The third one which I bought to replace the second made it to this year. I made sure to be gentle. It popped it's female inlet, too.The issue is that they use a hard plastic female connector ring that is pushed on and a series of teeth in the ring that engage the aluminum depression ring. The issue is the plastic teeth on the female connector ring fatigue VERY QUICKLY. I had a hose connected that is regulated to 45 PSI, two teeth blew about an hour later and I have water all over the side yard.I had a plastic version of these and I thought the metal would do better. No so, the female ring is put on the plastic housing and all the parts are GLUED together so they don't fatigue. I had a plastic full-flow splitter for 3 years and it is still working fine. I ordered the much cheaper plastic on.The reason I want these is it has a gate valve a oversized chambers that allow a LOT more water to get through. I use this for irrigation so I have made sure I have 3/4 pipe all the way out to this splitter which has the control valves. So I want the flow. You only have to look at the hole in the ball valves to see the difference!
S.S.
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2022
I live in New England so I have to disconnect everything from, and winterize my spigots. When you connect this device new, fresh out of the box, it is great. On the spigot in the front of my house, I connect it, have timers connected, and I don't touch the unit again until I disconnect it at the end of the season. For the one I have connected to the spigot in my back yard, I turn things on and off, manually, and the wear and tear from doing so will diminish the life expectancy of the unit. I expect no more than 2 years out of these (anything else is a bonus) and as a result, try to keep an eye out for them when they are on sale in order to avoid paying full retail. I like this for it's features (full flow was a must) but they are probably only worth it when priced below full retail.
Lew
Reviewed in Canada on October 11, 2020
Initial impression was it a good product that would fit my needs. Operated smoothly, had a nice finish. but less than three months after putting into use the plastic nut that attaches the unit to the water supply broke. This had potential but was not robust enough to last. I would not recommend.
RUNTY 1
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2020
This is not a heavy piece, very light weight, thin material - but I don't plan to use it when it's freezing out.My main goal was a 4-shutoff unit with full flow -this one has it! Most all valves / controls have about 3/8" port for flow, this one has almost 5/8" which is what I wanted. The price was way cheaper than one I could make myself with PVC, and it has a total of five ports for hoses - Perfect for my use. Just ordered a second one..I would definitely recommend this shutoff valve!
Douglas R. Calverley
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2019
I have bought this Gilmore 4 way valve for years. It was well made, as a matter of fact I still have a 10 year old one in service. But now it is junk. The recent 2 I bought have broken in the same way. The main plastic connector is now cheep and breaks off. The securing prongs snap off and the enfire connector comes off. Not repairable. So sad, was a wonderful product.
ncc
Reviewed in Canada on January 4, 2019
This splitter has survived a season fine, when connected by a flexible short hose to the spigot, and the valves are fairly easy and smooth to operate. However, the outputs are so close together that it is quite difficult to tighten or loosen a hose from an output that is between two other connected hoses. You can only touch the top and bottom of the female connector, and it is difficult to put much torque on the connector with that limited access. If you plan to install and/or remove all your hoses on the splitter at one time, you can avoid the problem by connecting or disconnecting them one at a time from one side of the splitter to the other.
GG
Reviewed in Canada on August 3, 2016
These are full flow as it says and the end cap is nice to daisy chain this to other devices.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on June 23, 2016
solid part, well made an there were washers with it.
dr. george arnett
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2015
excellent, but needs shutoff where the green cap is so you could cut off water on down the line. otherwise a very good product well worth the money buy two & save on the shipping..--Dr, George Arnett, arnett farms & agricultural experimental station, sandia park, nm.
Ken
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2014
Ya know I don't know what is the problem with all the other negative reviews on this product. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I have bought 2 of these. One at Lowes and the other here on Amazon and both have performed flawlessly!! Big easy to turn knobs, valves don't leak. What more can I say?? They work perfectly, and soo much better than the other brands. Yes, it's plastic where it connects to the faucet, so I make sure that when I'm screwing it on I don't go hog wild and over tighten it.
Laura Mason
Reviewed in Canada on June 15, 2013
It's full flow which most similar products are not. The large valve handles are easier to turn. It's light weight to reduce pressure on the tap.
Mel D.
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2009
I love this manifold compared to the other models out there. I dislike those expensive brass manifolds that have those stiff levers that close one way on the left and another on the right that I can never remember to turn the right way. They almost always come with a screw on bracket to support the manifold because the angles of the end ports put too much strain on the faucet with the hose attached.This is what I like about the AY4FFM from Gilmour:Pros:- price is excellent- aluminum is strong and doesn't rust- plenty of threads- all branches face straight down- ball valves are easy to turn (and all close same direction)- full-flow design- 5th port bypass connection- hot water ratedCons:- perhaps higher than normal mineral build up inside (maybe plastic would be better in this case only)- "fatty" tap connector is too deep and too bulkyI can see why galvanic corrosion (brass hose on aluminum threads) could be a problem but a long time ago I gave up fighting with manifolds trying to tighten or loosen the attached hoses when they are cramped so closely together. I always use plastic disconnects and while this does add to the overall cost I feel that all manifolds benefit from having them and I prefer the convenience.If I could make one improvement it would be to the tap connector. Gilmour is using this fat connector on a lot of their hose accessories and while it is very easy to tighten as designed, it is too shallow for many male hose connectors that only have a few threads. These hoses won't seal against the rubber washer if the top of the connector hits something else first (tap knob, wide part of the hose connector, etc).Why 5/5 given the cons? It's better than all of the other items out there that I've tried. I'm using two right now and plan to buy a 3rd through Amazon.
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