great little tip

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using this swivel at the surface cleaner really helps you save time and hassels.

presuretek has them onsale this week for about 24.00 bananas..

I have that swivel on everything. Guns, hoses, Surfacer. Time saver and equipment saver.

Or...you could run with a flow-type unloader (K-7 or K-1). Since there is no pressure in the line when you release the trigger, the hoses are flexible and the fittings are relatively loose...or do both.

John Orr said:

Or...you could run with a flow-type unloader (K-7 or K-1). Since there is no pressure in the line when you release the trigger, the hoses are flexible and the fittings are relatively loose...or do both.

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I have used K-7's and now use ZK1's. The swivel is still very nice, as the hose swivels under pressure also.

I have to find the name of the one i use, its about 22.00 bananas

http://www.pressuretek.com/modgvsw3x3.html
Anybody using these? How do they perform and how long do they last?

I haven't time it but it makes things easier and when they do fail you wish had another one to replace it.

What's the point of having one of these at the end of a hose? I guess it would help prevent the hose from getting coiled up, but if it does, the swivel makes it harder to unwind. I had a swivel, but I took it off for that reason. It would probably help more for flatwork than house washing though.

Rance said:

http://www.pressuretek.com/modgvsw3x3.html
Anybody using these? How do they perform and how long do they last?

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Yep, we have them mounted at the end of the hose behind the ball valve. They last about a year. We have them on both trailers and are time savers from fighting binding pressure hoses. We only use the Mosmatic swivels from Pressure Tek.

We use these too. Speeds things up with the electric reels because you can leave the gun and ball valve on while you roll up without having to fight kinks in the hose.

I would not have it any other way. Hose then swivel connected to the ball valve.

It does help a lot with keeping the hose from kinking up where the gun is, great for sidewalk cleaning, house washing, truck washing, etc....

I have several I use that I keep on the trailer, great when doing large properties. I keep one between every section or two sections of hose so when washing a building on a large property and need at least 300 to 600' of pressure hose, I put one of these in between every hose or every 2 hoses so as I work back towards the trailer, I block a valve and disconnect a hose and leave it there to roll up later or have the helper roll up so you are not dragging hundreds of feet of hose when it is not needed.

This also works great for those huge houses that need 100' of hose just to reach the house from being parked at the street then another few hundred to go around the house and obstacles, especially when you cannot walk around the house or throw the hose over or under the fence on the other side, where you just have to run the hose all around the house to where the fence is then work back to that spot on the other side of the fence. Sometimes you need a lot of hose to do some of these houses and buildings and the ball valves and swivels come in handy.

When they start wobbling a lot I order more of the swivels and then change them out. I used to use the brass swivels but after 2 of them exploding close to me I switched to the mosmatic stainless steel swivels and have been happy since.

Love them they are great for any project were you have a lot of hose out. Would not work with out one when doing flat work.