Water Warriors ArmorDillo - Hose Connection Problem
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I picked up an ArmorDillo last week to check it out, and when I hooked it up to my hose, there was a noticable spray from the connection when the hose was turned on. I returned it due to a trigger breakage (It wouldn't stop firing) and got another one, hoping that I simply got a dud. While the trigger on my new AD works wonderfully, the hose connection still sprays. Is this a problem common to ArmorDillos? In the depiction on the box, the hose has some kind of plastic adapter on the end, is this needed for the connection to be leak-free? Maybe I'm just having bad luck?
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The hose connection on my Armor-dillo is also quite leaky. I'm considering using teflon tape or something on it to help fix the seal if I use it. Yep, it's annoying.
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yeah it seems that they all leak. that is becuase there is nothing to keep the excess water in. I'm sure that if you opened up one of the guns you would see that all the pressure and water is in the actual tubes. However when you pull the trigger it releases the pressure. I was thinking that it would be possible to have an overpressurization chamber which could serve the dual perpose of stopping the leak (for a while anyway) and letting you have one short shot away from the hose (oh and it already has that little o-ring thing)
The leak is just from poor fitting where the hose attaches. As USSA noted already, the Armor-dillo has a rubber O-ring on the inside of the connection piece so that's not the problem. I can't say it is a problem with lack of tightening, either, as I made all attempts to secure the hose to the soaker. Part of the problem seems to stem from the fact that the threaded region on the Armor-dillo isn't that long, thus doesn't really make full use of the threaded region of the hose.
If I recall correctly, even Big Bee, himself, commented on the problem of the hose attachment aspect of the Armor-dillo. Perhaps they'll fix it if they choose to continue to produce this type or a similar type of soaker in the future.
If I recall correctly, even Big Bee, himself, commented on the problem of the hose attachment aspect of the Armor-dillo. Perhaps they'll fix it if they choose to continue to produce this type or a similar type of soaker in the future.
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Just a thought here...check your hose. If the connecting end of the hose is bent out of shape in any way, it'll spray out. I've had this happen before, and its quite irritating.
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Man, it's a shame that it seems to be a model-wide problem. I'm still interested in the picture on the box, the hose they show attaching to the ArmorDillo isn't a normal garden hose. Maybe I'm just clinging to the hope that there's an adapter out there that can fix this. I love the "base defense cannon" concept and I'd love to see it developed further... which is why I want this to work. :p
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