Side by Side Comparison of: Gilmour vs OUTBACKTUFF

The cannon metal hose nozzle sprayer works perfectly for my needs.I would recommend this product to anyone who is tired of those $5 cheep plastic sprayers that break in 1 year of use. I use it to break loose the alge on my rock water fall , it will blast off the rocks like a charm . Recommend for every kind of cleaning job. Also us it on watering my garden ,just turn the nozzle down so it flows with less force....

[5 Stars -- This is my second order. First went to use at a place where I volunteer, serving lunch to the homeless and disadvantaged. It performed spectacularly rinsing dishes prior to going in to the dish washing machine. Previous el-cheapo just did not get the job done. Now one of the kitchen staff wants one for his garden, and does not have access to Amazon, so I was happy to help. Really well made! ]

If you're tired of buying cheap made in china crap from your local big box that fails when you need it then look no further. This is an impressive all metal nozzle sprayer that provides a lot of adjustment for the volume of water desired. After using for one whole summer I can say that this will last for many years to come. It doesn't look impressive; but, it gets the job done and provides a great value for the money spent. When adjusted to the "power" flow setting this thing is like a mini pressure washer and really packs a punch for a garden nozzle, but I guess thats what they mean by "Cannon"

Two weeks ago, I bought a nice looking, $10 adjustable nozzle sprayer.

I washed my car with it once. While I was using it that one time, I dropped it on the ground. The handle broke off and the sprayer was stuck in the "on" position.

After regaining control of the wild hose, I examined the wreckage. It was unrepairable. I threw the nozzle away.

The next time I went to the store, I examined the other sprayers. Even the most expensive ones, which were mainly made of metal,
still contained flimsy plastic parts, small joiners that when dropped or mistreated would break. This is called "planned obsolesce": creating products that were meant to break.

I want a nozzle sprayer that I can mistreat a little bit. I want it to be able to drop it occasionally. I don't want it to be fragile.

So, I began searching for a nozzle like I wanted. That's how I found this product.

I was hesitant to order it at first because it looked weird to me from the picture. I have not seen a hose sprayer that looked like this, with a metal, twisty end and small point at the tip. That, and the product was a bit more expensive than most other nozzle sprayers. But, after looking at the amazing reviews that this product has, I gave into the desire and purchased this product.

I must tell you that I am over-the-top delighted with this product. I don't leave many reviews, but I had to for this one. This baby is solid metal. All of the parts are tough. I could drop this thing all day and it would be fine, but I love it so much that I craddle and swaddle it after use. Isn't that ironic? This sprayer will last for my life.

Also, the spray on this sprayer is awesome. It can shoot a powerful stream useful for cleaning things (not as powerful as a powerwasher, but strong enough for light tasks). And, it can shoot a gentle cone spray that will politely mist your vegetation with the element that gives life. You can adjust this spray by turning the nozzle piece that's located close to the handle. The spray will go from a gentle cone to a powerful spray and all manners in between.

Don't be turned away by the odd looking appearance of this device, as I almost was. This is the best garden hose sprayer in existence.

This sprayer provides additional water jet pressure for light duty surface cleaning as well as a high grade garden nozzle. I used it to wash off the green algae cumulated in the stone wall over the years. I am very happy with the result. This fill the gap of needing the pressure washer for simple surface clean up. I love the fact that I can pick up this gun and perform a quick wash of my car tire rims, windows, house siding etc... It is well made with all metal construction. Basically, there are three main settings: Maximum pressure, Normal flow (no pressure gain) and water mist. Of course, there are intermediate setting as you turn the big brass knob inward or outward for the continually pressure/flow adjustments. The only possible short coming of this product is the black handle is made of metal which means you will feel the water temperature running thru the gun. Additionally, if this gun is left in the sun for a while, it will be a bit uncomfortable to touch. Andy, please consider to add a rubber grip to provide not only the thermal isolation but also feel comfortable to operate.
Lastly, The owner Andy is very nice in addressing my initial concern. I now own four of this gun and I gave one to my son as a house warming gift :-)

This is a nice nozzle. It didn't end up working for my deck project but I am glad to have it around for other tasks.

I tried using this to clean an old wooden deck that was pretty dark with grime. It's a fairly powerful spray and removed a LOT of the gunk, but I never could get it to look pristine like it would from a real power washing-- I was still left with lots of black staining in the texture of the wood grain. (I tried a power washer afterwards and it got all of that out.) If you have a newer deck or you're just cleaning an older one because you're worried about buildup making it slippery, I think this would work great. But if you're looking to clean a dirty older deck like mine for appearance before resealing, this isn't enough.

Performs as advertised, I don't know what people expect that rate this badly. It's not a pressure washer but it does outperform your run of the mill nozzle. It is a little pricy but you do get what you pay for or so it has always seemed to me. Of course there is a limit (at least when it comes to my wallet) but it is heavily made and has great pressure,or strong stream or however you want to describe it, it hurts your skin if you spray it directly I know that for sure and it did a great job on my driveway, all of the seams, good forthe car, gutters, and sprays a good stream for a long way. To sum it up, I like it but I do think it could be a little cheaper. But I bought one anyway. If you want a pressure washer,buy one. If you want a good nozzle buy the outback tough. It does what a nozzle should do, plus some, and it is built well.

Between having to replace the hose and the sprayer head annually most of the time, I decided to get the large commercial never kink hose, and this all metal hose sprayer.
Its not the smoothest thing to operate. It does require a lot of force to twist the nozzle end, as well as the trigger, but the thing is so solid, doesn't leak a drip of water and dropping it to the ground doesn't phase it.
It does produce a good stream of pressure, but the flow rate isn't very adjustable. I solved that by putting an inline on/off valve to help a little. Overall, I was looking for something that I wouldn't have to replace year after year, not for a bunch of spray and mist settings. It works very similar to the fireman style nozzle with cone to spray, but with a trigger action to control the water flow.

Update - It broke, An early winter freeze took it out. Separated the base to attach the the hose. Disappointed as the plastic valve I had didn't crack, and it was cheap plastic.

Great product apparently backed by a great company. The hose sprayer is the best i've ever used. it is solid and has a spray better than others. I ordered 2 but one arrived defective (leaked when turned off). Called company on a Saturday and got a person on the phone immediately. What a happy surprise in this day and age. The very polite women asked me some questions about the problem and determined the inside washer was to blame. She took my name and found the order in Amazon and sent me a new one which arrived two days later on Monday. Only gave if four instead of five (which quality of product and human monitored company phone otherwise deserved) because the spray lever is solid metal and I felt it should have a rubber covering to make it more comfortable to press when using the sprayer. Make this change and I would give it six out of five stars if I could.

It's a great product and very well made and well thought out. Unfortunately it isn't of much use to me as the volume in stream-mode isn't what I really need/want. It produces a very thin but high-velocity solid stream. It would be great for cleaning pool filters!

I did email the manufacturer about this concern and they sent a very detailed explanation and set of tips/recommendations to help. Unfortunately at this time it just isn't the nozzle I need it to be for my purposes. They did say that they are considering manufacturing a second nozzle tip that will allow more volume (with perhaps a slight reduction in velocity, I assume) in the future. Cool.

Sloppy spray pattern, very stiff spring will cause hand fatigue if held for more than a minute or two. Will have to try wrapping the handle with something because it will likely be freezing to hold in cold weather.

Lasted almost 2 years and now it's falling apart. It's a pretty decent sprayer and the heft of it feels nice in the hands. The $30 I paid for it seems excessive compared to the $15 it goes for now. I like the lock for keeping water flowing and I like how you can continuously adjust the spray pattern from a wide spray to a direct blast; it's a little difficult to actually adjust while spraying, so it's easiest to spray, then adjust, rinse, repeat, to get the right pattern; and the wide spray is a little uneven but it gets the job done. The biggest problem is that there is a large pin at the very top that has rusted out pretty good and just today while getting ready to start watering the plants, the pin fell right out. I was able to jam the pin back in to place, but I'm afraid this thing will be headed to the garbage soon. Onward with the quest to find the perfect hose nozzle...sigh....

I thought for the price this would be a better product. It leaks at a couple spots, especially when you try to set it for the high pressure spray. Too much trouble to return it, so we'll keep it. Save your money - not worth the price.

I bought this as an alternative to a pressure sprayer, this is supposed to work as an alternative and I bought a pressurized hose attachment to use this as a pressure washer, it works but only just. I will still have to buy a pressure washer in order to spray my decks as this does not quite do the job in a timely manner.

The instructions on the Back of the Package were difficult to Understand.
It took me atleast 15 minutes to figure out how to go from MIST to JET spray patterns.

Pros:
Multiple Spray Patterns just by twisting the Nozzle. (super-fine Mist to needle-thin Jet)
Metal Construction. I didnt want a Plastic & Easily breakable Nozzle.
Seems to be well-made, and Sturdy. (Durable)
Comes with a different-sized nozzle tip, and some replacement washers and other internal components. (just in case something wears out)

Cons:
All the DVDs and stuff it says you will recieve, you dont actually Recieve. And I'm not going to create an account with some website just to get them.
Pressure wasnt as Powerful as I was lead to Believe.
Price is kinda high for what it is.
An Oily Orange Grease was on the front of the Nozzle, and got onto the Car I was Trying to WASH. Grease doesnt easily wash off of car paint.

I wanted to love it. I ended up liking it for a year, but the adjuster and the output were just a little under my expectations. Then after winter, I go to wash my car for the first time this season and the whole nozzle blew right off. Honestly, I can't speak for my wife but I take care of my gear and I never dropped this sprayer in such a way as to cause this kind of damage. After inspection, it looks like the design is the cause. The base of the nozzle is far too thin for a material that suffers corrosion, and it's the only support if the sprayer is dropped. I see that Victor had the same thing happen to him, and I'm willing to bet that many others had it happen too that didn't bother to post here. He didn't have any luck with a warranty claim and I'm not holding out on getting one honored myself. I wanted a power sprayer, I should have just skipped the hype and bought a real power sprayer. My cheap plastic garden nozzle works for everything else I need and the adjuster is butter.

Not at all what I was expecting for that price or even half of that price. The only part of it that is okay spray wise is the small hard stream. The remainder of the adjustment for spray is not what could be called a pattern. One side of the pattern will be spraying large drops and half way around the pattern is a fine mist. It seems to be made so that it will last but that just means you'll be unhappy with it for a long time. Unless you are specifically after the small hard stream, save your money buy one of the very inexpensive models that have a verity of patterns that are uniform and will do what you want it to.

After a year it started leaking, so I took it apart and found the problem: rust. Nothing in the rebuild kit was of any use. I took the rusted valve stem and turned it on my lathe to get rid of most of the pitting on the seating surface, blacked it to slow down the rusting, then put it back together. Considering what they charge for these I would think they'd use materials that won't rust for the critical internal working parts. I'm really disappointed. It worked great when it was new, but I expected it to last more than a year.

This is a very well built quality product. The spray patterns are small and the plain old pistol grip type and my old straight nozzles put out a nice strong spray. This one puts out a quarter inch pencil stream and a smaller spray. I'll keep it it has some light duty uses....it wont be my go too nozzle. I will probably give it to a friend.....not happy with the unit.

Nice heavy nozzle, I mean really heavy duty and not going to wear out anytime soon. Like some other reviews it does not spray that good, the pressure out of it is not great, its not my water supply as I have $2 dollar nozzles that spray stronger and further using the same length hose. I also added a quick disconnect to it that didn't change the pressure or anything on it. to use all the features on this nozzle it does require you to take the front end off, unscrews. which was not anywhere in the ad, so it was a surprise when it arrived. You can get great nozzles for less with the same features that do not require you to take them apart to use those features that would still provide you years of use. This is a real nice heavy duty nozzle with a lot of shortfalls when it coms to use ability. Like others have mentioned the screw in socket for the hose is only 3 threads so not vary much holding it in, that's why I added the quick disconnect to prevent it from wearing out more by screwing it on and off. Probably should have sent it back.

Bought in '15 with the intention for, say, a good 10 years of use. It is an odd combination of high quality and low quality, good design, and head-scratching design. The fact that the standard household hose had been around for a while, I'd think by now these types of things would be no-brainers to make, apparently not. It initially broke in 2016, and fully broke this year.

Please trust me and the others who warn about it. We're discussing brass hose sprayers online--think about the intention and standards of that community--we're not discussing if world peace is possible this century still so close to colonialism on the historical timeline, or how to beat the market with high-frequency trading algorithms. Trust us, we love solid brass lifelong hose nozzles, and this, my friend, is not the one you are looking for.

(1) I've had the unit since July 2016 and with minimal use, the fitting that attaches to the hose bib split open; it appears to be a poor braze joint onto the main body of the nozzle . . .
(2) For the price charged I would have expected much better workmanship.
(3) Based on other customers comments regarding the suppliers reluctant desire to make good, no use in returning it to them for repair/replacement.
(4) I guess I will chalk it up to a bad, and expensive, lesson.
(5) I will be placing the company on my "do not buy from them list . . . reason: poor quality merchandise!"
(6) With the number of good reviews received, it makes me wonder if product quality was inversely proportional to an increase in sales!

I was stoked about this product when I ordered it. I remember when I received it in a timely manner as promised, I started grunting like Tim The Toolman Taylor. Let me just go ahead and cut to the chase, and let you know not to waste your hard earned money. The inside of this thing rusts and corrodes away after a short period of time which causes it to leak and spray all over the place. My one star was for the great shipping and that brief moment of excitement that I had at the beginning.

I had originally given this nozzle 5 stars. It does shoot water hard, almost like a power washer...WHEN IT ACTUALLY WORKS!
The wire that holds it open, to continuously stream water, broke after weeks, on both of mine. I bought 2 of them. After less than 1 Season of use, one leaks like crazy and the other is cracked in the brass part. I am extremely unhappy with this product. For the money, and maintaining them well, they suck. I'm extremely disappointed in these nozzles. They don't hold up for the price!