DerbyBorn wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

I've always bought hoses with chromed-brass ends, maybe that's the
difference?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/telideb628...hower.jpg?dl=0
This shows the unsatisfactory pipe.

Ah yes, from the look of that, my rail (Mira) would grip the whole of
the tapered end, not just 1/4" at the end.