Testing and Technology

Product Technology

Four years of design and testing culminated in the introduction of a completely new technology in the hose fitting market.

Hoselink is patented and totally different to all other hose fittings. Its unique design makes connecting and joining easy, with a simple point and twist.

Two parts lock together like bayonet type fitting, which has an O'ring to O'ring seal (similar principal to an air hose). This design makes it water tight, as well as, simple and easy to use, even for people with arthritic hands.
The face of each Hoselink part is identical making it extremely versatile. Two hose connectors can be used to connect a hose to a tap and spray gun OR can also be used to join hoses.
The hose is pushed onto a stem with a barb and is held securely in place with a split ring. (To understand this concept better, please refer to the fitting instructions). This concept makes it virtually impossible for the fitting to burst off the hose.
Hoselink has no moving parts, which makes it more durable and secure than ever.
You no longer have to put up with the old, annoying “click on” parts that leak or burst off your hose, or retention claws that bend inwards or break.

Product Testing

Over the years, Hoselink has carried out numerous tests to prove how superior Hoselink Garden Hose Connectors are, in comparison to any other hose connection system available.

Testing Summary

The CSIRO testing results proved that Hoselink fittings could be subject to extremely high water pressure (Over 200 PSI) and they would never burst off the tap or hose. Bearing in mind the average Australian garden tap pressure is usually in the range of 30-100 PSI.

The USA Testing proved that when Hoselink Fittings were subject to two months of continuous water flow, consisting of different temperatures and water pressures, it was far superior to the old, unreliable click-on style fitting. These fittings, on average, lasted approximately 2.5hours, while the Hoselink Fittings were still in perfect working condition after 2 months!

CSIRO Testing

Hoselink commissioned the CSIRO to carry out rigorous testing of the Hoselink Hose Fittings Range. The following tests were conducted:

Hydrostatic Pressure Tests
Longitudinal Load Test
Bending Moment Test

The purpose of these tests was to determine:

Maximum pressure the fittings would absorb (to destruction)
Maximum pressure at which leakage occurred
The performance of the Hose Retention system
The ability of the product to absorb pressure applied at right angles (to a hose being pulled when fully extended)

In summary the testing produced the following Results:

The pressures absorbed by Hoselink, before destruction, far exceeded the pressures that any normal Australian taps would ever experience.
More often than not, the hose would split open before our fittings broke.

CSIRO Report No HH 1847 - "Performance Tests on Hoselink Fittings".

USA Testing

The Product Testing Engineer at Dayco Inc. in USA, undertook the following testing with remarkable results.

Hoselink fittings were tested by connecting a hose to a tank that generated continuous cycles of water throughout the day, without interruptions, for up to 480 cycles per day.

The tank runs cycles of both hot and cold water. Hot water ranged from 120 - 140 Degrees F, while cold water was generally anything less than 80 degrees F.

One cycle, of 3 minutes, consists of the following flows of water:

30 seconds of flow through water at zero pressure (cold water).
1 minute at 100 PSI cold water.
30 seconds of flow through water at zero pressure (hot water).
1 minute at 100 PSI hot water.

The three minutes cycles continued without interruption for the full day, a total of 480 times per day.

To create a good comparison, the conventional, old, click-on style fitting were also subject to the above testing.

Test Results

The testing period consisted of 30,000 cycles (Approximately 2 months continuously)

The results reported, the conventional old click-on style fittings survived less than 50 cycles.

Hoselink, on the other hand, was still working perfectly at the end of 30,000 cycles. During the testing period, approximately 60 hoses split, cracked or broke under the pressure, while Hoselink Fittings never burst off the hose, nor did they break!