I had originally installed a (supposed) brass garden hose splitter that I purchased at the big Orange box store. It lasted 2 seasons (removed from the house each winter), but always leaked in the area where the splitter screws onto the valve attached to the house, no matter how much Teflon tape I used on the threads. Eventually, that splitter failed and fell apart in my hands. This splitter is well constructed of heavy brass and does not leak. It also came with a couple rolls of lightweight TeflSee full review