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Just bought and installed their "xvalve" garden taps as I needed garden taps an 85 yo with arthritis could turn on and off. Brilliant!!! Forget all those add on handles and long levers you can buy to add to existing garden tap handles to make it 'easier' - just replace the complete garden tap with these if you have arthritis. I think its the same technology as in ceramic washers in the kitchen and bathroom. Finally, it appears someone solved the real problem with garden taps leaking and being hard to turn on and off - got rid of the standard washer! Its a bit more expensive than an ordinary garden tap, but it "just works", so I don't care. 2 done - 2 more to do next week.

Approximate cost: $29

I have just ordered my 3rd hose reel from Delrico. I started with a Hozelock reel, but switched to Delrico. I have had the 2 Delrico reels for 5 years. I liked the colour and the locking mechanism that doesn't require 'counting clicks' to engage. The reels live uncovered outside all year and we get snow. I've never had a problem with the reels even in winter. My 85 yo mother in law lives with us and can use the Delrico reels easily when she waters the garden. I had to cut a few cms off the end of one hose as it stretched because of water pressure as my mother in law could not turn the tap off tightly. Replaced the tap with an Australian made ceramic style - problems all gone (and easy for the mother in law).
Very happy with this product.