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Hose Quick Connects are made by DRAMM, Orbit, Gilmour and Nelson and maybe Camco still? After reading some positive reviews, I ordered a pair of Nelsons, wrongly thinking they were made in the USA, and was really distressed to see what poor quality they were when I received them. The oring was extremely poor and the brass was very, very lightweight and cheap, I thought it was copper coated spun aluminum it was that light. It was then I noticed Nelson made them in China. In addition the tolerance is poor on the Nelson and they don't 'snap' cleanly like my old Nelsons. This is no quick connect if you have over 50 PSI it is simply too light to last. I needed quite of few of these and ordered one from Gilmour, Orbit and DRAMM as the reviews of these products were just too poor to go by. I found out Orbit now makes their's in china as does Gilmour. Of the made in China quick connects the Orbits is far superior in design and brass quality to the Gilmour or Nelson, it has a lot of heft and the machining is quite good and it solid brass with some rubber to help you make the connect. It almost looks like a made in the USA Orbit part but the copper content is not quite as high and the finish not as good as my made in the USA orbits The DRAMM quality was superb, so I ordered a fews of dozen of those. Excellent design, solid, good machining and a nice 'snap' to the connect/disconnect. Here is how I ranked them 1. DRAM - superb machining ,brass and quality. Will only order DRAMM from now on. 2. Orbit- acceptable machining, above average brass and finish quality-Will order a few more as spares for the the USA orbits I have. They are the cheapest of the made in China gang and best Chinese quality. Orbit has done a good of controlling the quality in China and probably have their own factory there, versus using job shops at Nelons/Gilmour. 3. Nelson- unacceptable machining, below average brass and finish quality. I have some low PSI lines that are fed by Rain barrels, that is where these will go. I won't order Nelson until they start making these parts in the USA to their old standards. 4. Gilmour- everything was unaccpetable about the gilmour parts and the machining was so bad it took about 3 minutes of jiggling to connect, disconnect . I will return the Gilmour. I have had such bad luck with Gilmour since they went to China, I don't know why I gave them a chance. The Gilmour made in the USA parts were pretty decent but not these! My quick connects get hard use on a farm. I going to order enough DRAMMs for the rest of my life as I don't wont to have to sort out the variable chinese quality and with inflation, I don't want to have to pay 50 bucks in 10 years for made in China Nelson or Gilmours. Hope this helps save you the aggravation if you're used to made in the USA /high quality quick connects. Happy Resurrection Day!