On Sat, 1 Jun 2013 01:51:13 -0700 (PDT), Jim K
wrote:

I bought the toolsatan brass set thinking bargain! Had some issues later where hoselocks wouldn't connect & or fittings wouldn't seal or blew apart. O rings seemed to be the prob.
in the end went back to hoselocks!

I've been using the Adli/Lidl brass hozelock fittings for a couple of
years, no problems. They've been left out all winter, run over (which
is the major killer of the plastic ones here) several times and still
fit perfectly.