Beginner Gardening: Ditching My Soaker Hoses....Going Back To Sprinklers!!!!!!!!, 2 by RickCorey_WA

RickCorey_WA wrote:
>> to connect to a cut piece of 1/2 in garden hose

Are you looking attach a standard hose thread fitting (male or female) to a regular old 1/2" garden hose that you cut in half? Those are just "hose repair fittings". My Home Depot has bins of them. The brass ones come with stainless steel hose clamps and are nice hardware. They also sell cheaper nylon/plastic things, where I worry about the screws stripping the plastic , but I guess they work for most people.

If you mean they have 3/4" and 5/8" but not 1/2", yeah, you have to shop around.
Sears says they have them for $2+:
http://www.sears.com/orbit-female-end-aluminum-1-2inch-garde...

I really wish I kn ew why "Nelson" charges $7.70 for the cheap nylon version!!