Defeats the purpose, no?

You get a hose of larger diameter not because it is heavy to carry and unwilling to bend, but in order to maximize water flow. But this...

this fitting is designed to block the water flow of the larger size hoses.

Amazon apparently doesn't care. They'll put anything up for sale.

I like the design of this fitting

This:

The upper part is a hex fitting, designed to be turned with a wrench. That's the NPT side obviously, the National Pipe Thread side.

The lower part is a round fitting, designed to be turned by hand. That's the GHT side, Garden Hose Thread.

I use a wrench sometimes on garden hose fittings, but only because arthritis makes my grip sub-par. Took me a while to learn this secret: NEVER TIGHTEN GARDEN FITTINGS TIGHT WITH A WRENCH. With a wrench, just a hint of snug will do. If it still leaks, change the rubber washer.

Yeah, I don't like the price too much, but I like the design.

I'm trying a different rule

I can't go by that "cut off no more than one-third" rule when I mow. I'm trying a different rule: If I mow once every four days, I don't get piles of clippings that make the lawn look bad.

Even this rule is difficult to follow. But I'm trying.

I figured it out

I've seen it said, a couple places on the internet¹, that when you mow the lawn you should cut off no more than one-third the length of the grass. So for example, if you mow when the grass is 3 inches tall and you cut it down to two inches, you cut off one-third of the original length.

Yeah. But a lot of my lawn is in a low, wet area, and it grows as much as an inch a day. So I cut my lawn to two inches tall, and the next day it's three inches tall and ready to be cut again.

To follow that "cut off no more than one-third" rule, I'd have to mow my lawn every day!


Note:
1 -- It might have been one place on the internet, which I found more than once. Can't rightly say.

Documenting differences in QC fittings: True Value and Harbor Freight

Based on one set of each brand. Hopefully these differences are consistent.

Preferences: Shut-offs

This isn't bad, because I can tell that the water is on. Both valve handles are in line with the water path, so both outlets are on. If the handles were crossways the water would be off. I can tell at a glance. Are those screws rusty?
This isn't good, because I can't tell at a glance if the water is on or off. Similar to the connector above, but the valve handle doesn't indicate "in-line" or "crossways".
This is better. Instead of a "valve handle" this shut-off has what the packaging calls a "large easy to use knob". I like it. I know the water is turned on because the knob's grabber is in-line with the water path. Turned 90 degrees -- crossways -- the water would be off.
This one also: I can tell from the position of the knob whether the water is on or off. I find this type much easier to use, this and the one before this, easier to use than the first two shown above. Maybe because the handle is more accessible. Maybe because pressure is applied on both sides of the pivot screw when I open or close the valve. Both those things, I think.
Same story here. Hey... I wonder if the knob would fit on those first two fittings... or on other fittings that give me grief. Hmm...

The latest (and greatest!) in multi-language labeling

Lookin for some "soaker hoses" to help me water my landscape & garden plants. I found a good one at Northern Tool. Below the image of the hose they ask: "What do you think of our product images?" Kind of an odd question, no? So I looked at the blowup of the package:

I'm too old to think highly of the multi-language product labeling that is so common nowadays. But this Gilmour label is certainly one I can live with.