Deco Breeze DBF0629 Outdoor Misting Kit

Excited to receive this product I went about the directions, installing on a stainless steal outdoor fan I have on the patio. It snapped in to place perfectly, and thats all that went right. The flat fitting that is supposed to attach to the garden hose was sealed by a small O-ring. It did not fit securely, would not thread properly to two different garden hoses and leaked, not a little - a lot. Both ends of the hose that were to supply the water from the garden hose end to the mist ring leaked, not a little - a lot. I tried tightening the hose clamps on both ends to no avail. Which brings me to the "mist" ring. I was under the impression that when the water did get to the ring, it would be a mist - not a shower. I have a mist system on my patio that provides "mist". This unit provides a camp ground style shower. The holes in the misting caps are way to large to provide a mist of water. If I was a football player on the sidelines the mist might be suitable, not for providing a cool...Read more

This would work like it is supposed to if the fitting that attaches to your garden hose had more threading on it, ie: screwing onto the hose end, and had a washer. Still can't use it because of this and is becoming quite a challenge to find a fitting that will work. don't purchase if you are not ready to do alittle hunting in your local hardware/lawn stores.

I followed all of the instructions very carefully. I have a 5/8" hose, which this is allegedly designed to thread onto. But it doesn't go very far onto the hose-end (not a deep enough female hose-end attached to the connector). A ton of water leaked from the end of the garden hose. This was a problem both with and without the included O-Ring. Also, there was a crack at the base of the misting unit (where the small connector hose joins the mister) that shot a stream of water sideways. The misting piece worked find, but the leaking on both ends was too much to deal with. When you consider that the fans cost $250, it is really infuriating that the misting part, which is the most important component to me, is so poorly made.