Flexzilla Garden Hose Nozzle - Heavy Duty Twist Action, NFZG62, ZillaGreen™

I read the lousy reviews on this and shopped for a different one, but really didn't find one with significantly better reviews (and certainly not at this price). The more I searched, I just kept coming back and taking another look at this one so I bought it. First impressions: I boat in Florida. I need a good sprayer to rinse down my boat and trailer after a day on saltwater. After a few uses, this absolutely exceeds my expectations which were admittedly low from the poor reviews. I have owned a few of these fire hose type nozzles with my favorite so far being a Craftsman that I bought at Sears at the mall when that was a thing. The Craftsman is bigger and heavier and has lasted over 15 years so far and is still going strong. It shuts off with a twist in either direction, but doesn't have the precise spray that this one does. The worst I have owned were from Harbor Freight and I literally gave them away. Anyway, general observations and why I like this one: - Compact and lightweight... remarkably lightweight - When it is shut off, there is not even a drip coming from it - I need a 12-15 feet of a strong tight jet of a water stream to reach my brakes, ends of torsion axles, and various trailer components while I lay on the ground at the rear of my boat. This nozzle provides that, possibly better than my Craftsman nozzle. - I need a nice cone of water to rinse larger areas including the inside and outside of my boat. This cone needs to be strong enough to knock off salt (salt removal is mechanical, you have to physically knock it off the boat). While this nozzle has a very small adjustment range that provides a hard hitting cone of water (and the cone itself is pretty small), it is strong and works well. I am pleased with it. Cons: - It only shuts off when twisted in one direction and it seems to be the opposite of the direction that I want to naturally twist. I will get used to this. - To get a hard jet of water in a cone shape, the adjustment window is rather small. I will say that the cone it does make works well. It will make a cone of water in any size, but it has a super small window to make one where the water comes out stinging hard. Longevity: To be determined. I will update this if/when it fails. My Craftsman set a high bar for this.

I’m using this as an adjustable higher flow shower head, which is obviously atypical. It performs better in this role than any fire hose type nozzle that I have, including some really nice ones. I suspect that’s because it is lighter duty compared to most of the others and is smaller with lower flow* (e.g. the flow of 1” Underhill I have exceeds the flow at the shower outlet over most of its adjustment range; a brass 1” fogger from Amazon does pretty well, just not as good as the Flexilla). With that said, I also have a mostly-plastic light duty store brand one from Ace Hardware, and the Flexilla clearly outperforms it for any application and is more precisely made. _____________________ * For reference, the shower head is fed by 1/2” copper into a stainless tri clamp 1/2” full bore 3-way T ball valve, then through a couple more feet of stainless 1/2” pipe with tri-clamp terminations, then into a stainless 1” ball swivel, and terminating in a 3/4” GHT to female ball-lock socket (Essential Washer makes the best I’ve used, very smooth, precisely cut and with 6 ball bearings—not the ones with the integral check valve because they reduce flow and have compatibility in some applications, like on the threaded end of a traditional Gilmour type sprayer), and all heads or nozzles have a compatible stainless ball-lock male plug. The plug threads are male 1/2” NPT for shower heads (Denord has been the most consistent for me, but several sellers make them to this spec with similar quality), 3/4” GHT for hose nozzles (also Essential Washer) (Note, the ID on all the ball lock plugs is right at 1/2”, regardless of thread, so they might limit flow if fed from a source that actually maintains a higher ID throughout). Also, water pressure reads about 70 PSI at the head. FYI, for shower hoses, I used 1/2” x 3/4” silicone tubing (Derpipe from Amazon, both the regular and the one with the braided reinforcement have worked great for me) terminated directly with stainless 5/8” barb to ball-lock fittings from brewhardware_com (these sockets only have 3 balls, but that’s the most I’ve seen on barb-to-ball-lock anyway; their silicone tubing couldn’t tolerate the pressure and blew up like a balloon). I used 316 bandit jr for clamps because they won’t cut you while sliding through your hands, but that’s not a very consumer-friendly option, and copper pex rings, stainless ear clamps, or something else might be good too.

It's a SHAME! The first 2 times we used it, it was fantastic. The spray pattern and controlling the volume of water, was exactly what I was looking for. BUT THEN, after a few uses the nozzle starts leaking. I returned the first one, and got a replacement, 2 weeks later the same issue. I contacted Flexzilla and they sent me a new one, but again, same issue with nozzle leaking water. Internal design flaw that I wished Flexilla would fix. I'd post pics but all the ones posted by others are the exact issue we had with ours so not point in spending the time to upload. Try the Flexzilla Garden Hose Nozzle - Twist Action, NFZG21 instead. We've had this in our back yard for over a year with no issues what so ever and I just added it to the front yard.

Update 7/24/25: with nothing to lose I took the nozzle apart by using a hex wrench to remove the top plate. I then unscrewed the top nozzle from the base. The base piece contains a plastic tower. Truthfully there’s nothing more to it. No washers or mechanical items inside. I then reassembled the nozzle by screwing the top piece back onto the base and reinstalled the plate and tightened the hex screw. Turned on the water and no more leak. I did reach out to the manufacturer and opened a trouble ticket and they did respond asking for proof of purchase and documentation of how it was leaking. By this time I had corrected the leak (explained above) so i replied it was no longer leaking. I’m updating my review to 4 stars from 1 star. Very disappointed, bought 9 months ago and it’s already failing. With nozzle closed and the water turned on it blasts water everywhere. Then with nozzle fully opened, there’s no more leaking, which is great until you need to turn the hose off again and then it blasts everywhere. What a waste of money.

Decided I was sick of the ones that have a handle you squeeze because they never last very long plus they leak. I like this one and it seems to be made well unlike some I’ve had that look like this one. I like that it has different spray patterns, the one I use to wash my Jeep and side x side with is nice and powerful so it gets the mud off better than some I’ve bought. I think this should last more than a few months or one season because it seems to be well built.

not understanding the negative reviews. I use my hose nozzle at least a couple times a day and this is the best one I've ever had. One handed operation. Very smooth. My hand actually stayed dry because this doesn't drip and leak and squirt out of places it's not supposed to. It's perfect. just bought another

This house sprayer is impressive. It shoots water half way across the lawn. Wish i had it sooner. I need more.

I'm a big fan of Flexzilla hoses and other items, but this thing, absolutely not. I've had this nozzle since October of 2024 and have had to take it apart almost every time I've used it for the last 5 months at least. The o-ring binds, rolls on itself and has to be re-seated and lubed in order for this thing to work. This is literally the worst nozzle of this type I've ever used. The old cheap Amazon one I had prior to never had this issue and lasted several years. When it was brand new, it worked really well, great patterns and easy to rotate. Whatever silicone grease that's in it though, it doesn't hold up to actual water use as it's gone now and nothing but problems. To put it in perspective, it's not even developed any mineral buildup on it in my hard water environment, that's how little it's been used. I'll replace it with something more reliable as this just isn't it. Maybe I'll be able to source a better o-ring that may fit correctly and not bind up, but I'm not holding my breath.