Review on Camco 20136 Brass Quick Disconnect by Brian Douglas

This is brass. They are reported to be safe for drinking water. In addition, this set offers a quick disconnect connection with automatic disconnection. That's why I bought this set. The female end still works well and accepts standard thick brass Gilmour, Nelson and Dramm forks (which are still made in the USA) as well as some unnamed heavy brass forks made in China. I'm sure the connector is there. This kit would work well if you only had Camco clutches. It is very similar to the standard type in design, but differs in size. The plug is only slightly narrower, and the flat portion of the plug's length between the cones (which goes into the socket) is only slightly shorter than the old standard plugs mentioned above. So the plug from this set now ends up in the trash can. The trick to getting these types of couplers to work easily (with decent washers) is how tightly you attach the coupler to the fitting or the end of the hose. Overtightening will make it difficult to insert and remove the plugs. If you overtighten the female coupling, you will have a leak with the plug in place. This works well when all forks are the same size. So if I put all my outlets on stock forks, the Camco will be a little shorter. When I tighten them, the Camco fork works fine, but all other standard forks are difficult to insert/remove. So the outlet will work with any plug depending on how you tighten it during installation. Since I have a lot of stock forks, the non-matching Camco fork melts. However, brass clutches with an automatic shut-off are difficult to find. So for $5 with change you can buy a kit and settle for just the female part. Automatic switching will stop water flow at the end of the hose when no male coupler is plugged in. Insert the male part and water will flow. I only use auto-disconnect couplers on sprinklers (which have hose inlet and outlet connections) that I sometimes attach to hoses to water "around" the house. No matter which sprinkler is at the end of the line, water does not spill out thanks to the automatic shut-off coupling. You can restrict the water flow a bit, but in this case it works well. Others use them to swap out spray heads or other fittings at the end of a hose without having to return to the nozzle to shut it off and turn it back on. For purposes other than special purposes, as mentioned, regular flow through the couplers are better suited, at least for me. BTW rubber/plastic grips. Well, I just took them off with pliers so they wouldn't break at an awkward time in the future. They work great in base brass.