Sinokufumana iikhomishini kwiikhonkco ezikweli phepha, kodwa sicebisa kuphela iimveliso esizibuyiselayo. Kutheni usithemba?
Musa ukudinwa yile nto ibalulekileyo yokuthenga ingca negadi – endaweni yoko, thenga iingcebiso zeengcali zethu eziphambili.
Ungathenga ipayipi yegadi nge-$15, okanye izihlandlo ezilishumi kunezo. Xa ucinga ngomsebenzi osisiseko wepayipi—ukuthwala amanzi ukusuka kwimpompo ukuya kwi-nozzle ukuze ukwazi ukunkcenkceshela ingca, ukuhlamba imoto, okanye ukunkcenkceshela abantwana emva kwemini eshushu yasehlotyeni—kulula ukukhetha ukhetho olungabizi kakhulu. Kodwa emva kokuvavanya uluhlu lweepayipi zegadi, iingcali kwiGood Housekeeping Institute zifumene umahluko omkhulu ekusebenzeni, ukulula kokusetyenziswa kunye nokuqina. Nangona ukhetho lwethu oluphezulu lubiza kakhulu, ezinye iindlela ezingabizi kakhulu zisebenza kakuhle kwaye zinokuba zezona zingcono, kuxhomekeke kwimeko yakho.
Ukuze sifumane olu luhlu lwabaphumeleleyo, iingcali zethu zichithe iiyure ezingaphezu kwama-20 zihlola idatha yobugcisa, ziqokelela iipayipi kwaye zizivavanya kwindawo yethu yokuvavanya ebaleni. Sikwanxibelelane neengcali zobugcisa eziye zajongana neepayipi. "Igadi nganye ineemfuno ezahlukeneyo, ngoko ke kufuneka ukhethe ipayipi yakho ngokufanelekileyo," utshilo uJim Russell, umqeqeshi wegadi kunye nomdali wegadi osebenza kuMantla-mpuma.
Uvavanyo lwethu olusebenzayo lugxile ekusetyenzisweni kakuhle, kuquka nokuba kulula kangakanani na ukuba ipayipi idibane nempompo kunye ne-spout. Abavavanyi bakwavavanya ukuba kulula kangakanani ukuhamba, bephawula naluphi na utyekelo lokuqhekeka okanye ukuqhekeka, kunye nokuba kulula kangakanani ukuba ipayipi idibane kwindawo yokugcina. Ukuqina yinkalo yesithathu, eqhutywa kakhulu zizixhobo kunye nolwakhiwo. Ekugqibeleni, sikhethe iipayipi ezintandathu eziphezulu zegadi. Azifanelekanga zonke kuzo zonke izicelo, kodwa kwenye indawo kukho ipayipi yegadi efanelekileyo kuwe.
Ukuba uneempawu ezininzi zamanzi — mhlawumbi ezisasazeke kwiigadi zemifuno, iziseko, kunye nezityalo ezininzi ezinxaniweyo — ukuchitha i-$100 kwipayipi yegadi ngokwenene lutyalo-mali olulumkileyo, ngakumbi ukuba luvela kwiDramm 50-foot workhorse. Yenziwe ngerabha eqinileyo kakhulu, le payipi ingenamsebenzi ikwazile ukumelana nayo yonke inkxwaleko abavavanyi bethu abayibeka kuyo: ukuxhuzula, ukutsala, ukucaphukisa, kunye nokunyathela izixhobo zethu zobhedu ezifakwe yi-nickel (ibango "elingacinezelwanga" lichanekile). Kuvavanyo lwethu lokusetyenziswa, ipayipi ye-5/8″ ivelise uxinzelelo olwaneleyo, kwakulula ukuyincamathisela kwiimpompo nakwiimpompo, kwaye kwakulula ukuyikhulula nokubuyela ngaphakathi. Kodwa ungenzi mpazamo, iDramam yeekhilogram ezili-10 yipayipi eninzi ebaleni. Hlala ngaphakathi. Nangona kunjalo, yakhelwe abo banemfuno enkulu yokunkcenkceshela nokucoca.
Le yeyona hose yegadi ingabizi kakhulu kuluhlu lwethu, kwaye ivakala ngathi, ukuqala ngokwakhiwa kwe-vinyl, kulula ukuyicoca (ngaphandle kwebhokisi, besine-curl entle kwelinye icala). Izixhobo zeplastiki nazo azihlali ixesha elide kunezixhobo zobhedu eziqinileyo kwipayipi yekhwalithi ephezulu. Sekunjalo, xa ingcali yethu iqhagamshela ipayipi, yatshiza amanzi kakuhle apho besiyifuna khona. Kakade ke, uyilo olubuthathaka lwenza kube nzima ukuluqhuba kwaye aluguquguquki kakuhle njengeminye ipayipi. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba uyinyamekela ngokufanelekileyo (yigcine kude nelanga elishushu apho inokoma khona, kwaye ungayiqhubi imoto yakho phezu kwayo), kufuneka ikunike amaxesha ambalwa okusebenza ngaphandle kokuvuza.
Iipayipi zegadi ezifuthwayo zisebenzisa amandla amanzi ahamba kuzo ukuze zande zide zifikelele kubude bazo bonke zize zinciphe ukuze zigcinwe. Zisenokubonakala zintle, kodwa iingcali zethu zichukumisekile ngumgangatho opheleleyo wale nguqulelo evela kwiKnoikos. Xa ingasetyenziswa, ipayipi leenyawo ezingama-50 liyancipha liye kwiinyawo ezili-17 kwaye linokusongwa libe yiphakheji enobukhulu besonka. I-Knoikos ikwayipayipi kuphela esiyivavanye nge-nozzle yayo, eyipayipi elula kakhulu nengabizi kakhulu esingathanda ukuyibona kubavelisi abaninzi. Kwiimvavanyo zethu, uqhagamshelo belungenamthungo, kwaye ipayipi ivelise amandla amaninzi ngokusebenzisa izicwangciso ezilishumi ze-nozzle zokutshiza. Ngokwesakhiwo, izixhobo zobhedu eziqinileyo zihlala ixesha elide kwaye azinamhlwa, ngelixa ipayipi le-latex linoyilo olukhaphukhaphu, oluguquguqukayo olunokumelana namaqondo obushushu ukuya kuthi ga kwi-113 degrees Fahrenheit, ngokutsho komenzi.
IFlexzilla ifumene imbeko kwiBest Overall phakathi kwabavavanyi bethu, nto leyo enika iDramam ukhuphiswano. Zombini ziipayipi ezibalaseleyo kwaye ungonga imali kwiFlexzilla ngaphandle kokutshintshana okuncinci. Abavavanyi bethu bathande kakhulu uyilo lweFlexzilla oluhambelanayo, kubandakanya umphezulu omkhulu wokubamba kunye nesenzo esijikelezayo kuqhagamshelo, oluthintela ukukrwitshwa kwaye lwenze kube lula ukuqhuba ipayipi. Uxinzelelo lwamanzi luyamangalisa, nangona lungaphantsi kancinci kwedrama. IFlexzilla ikwazile ukumelana novavanyo lwethu lokuqina, ityhubhu emnyama yangaphakathi ayinalo ilothe kwaye ikhuselekile emanzini okusela, nto leyo ilungileyo ukuba ikugcina umanzi ngaphandle kwengca, okanye ukuba uza kuyisebenzisela ukugcwalisa idama labantwana. Into encinci: Ibhokisi eluhlaza eyahlukileyo inombala ngokukhawuleza kuvavanyo lwethu, ngoko ungalindeli ukuba ipayipi ibonakale intsha.
Phakathi kokwakhiwa kwayo kwentsimbi engagqwaliyo kunye nezixhobo zobhedu eziqinileyo, le hose idibene neBionic Billing kwiimvavanyo zethu. Ngenxa yokuqina kwayo, le hose yeemitha ezingama-50 ilula kwaye kulula ukuyiphatha. Nangona kunjalo, abavavanyi bethu baqaphele ukuba ngenxa yokuba le hose iguquguquka kakhulu, yayinamaqhina rhoqo kunezinye. Ngokuphathelele ukusebenza, le hose yangaphakathi eyi-5/8″ inika uxinzelelo olwaneleyo, kwaye njengeKnoikos, iza nombhobho wayo. Nangona singenakuyiqinisekisa le bango, iBionic iyazingca ngokumelana kwayo nemozulu embi kakhulu, kuquka nobushushu obungaphantsi kwe-zero. Ngokusekelwe kumava ethu amanye ngentsimbi engagqwali eyi-304 (izinto zehose), sinethemba lokuba iya kuhlangabezana neemfuno, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe lukhetho olufanelekileyo lokusetyenziswa unyaka wonke kwiindawo ezibandayo (qiniseka nje ukuba unempompo yokuthintela ukuqandisa, okanye ungabanjwa ubhaqwe umbhobho oqhumayo ubambekile).
Ukuba iimfuno zakho zokunkcenkceshela zincinci – ukunkcenkceshela igadi yesikhongozeli sophahla okanye ukuhlamba inja yakho kwidekhi engasemva – umbhobho ojijekileyo yindlela efanelekileyo. Iingcali zethu zichukumisekile yile nguqulelo iluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yeHoseCoil, eqala kwi-intshi ezi-10 ezincinci kwaye inwebeka ukuya kwiinyawo ezili-15 xa inwetshiwe ngokupheleleyo. Inobunzima obungaphezulu kweponti enye kwaye ikwanokuguquguquka kakhulu, nto leyo ilungileyo ukuba ufuna ukuyithatha kwi-RV yakho, okanye mhlawumbi uye edokini ukuze uhlambe isikhephe sakho. Ulwakhiwo lwepolyurethane luvumela uyilo oluguquguqukayo nolukhaphukhaphu, kodwa kumava ethu ngezinto zepolyurethane, iHoseCoil isenokungahlali ixesha elide njengeminye imibhobho kwi-roundup yethu. Indlu ye-3/8″ nayo ayidali uxinzelelo olukhulu njengezinye izinto eziphambili. Kodwa ngexabiso, iingcali zethu zisacinga ukuba lixabiso elihle kwiimfuno zakho zokunkcenkceshela okulula.
Iingcali zethu ziqala ngokujonga imakethi yangoku ukuze zibone ukuba yeyiphi ipayipi yegadi onokuyifumana kwiishelufu zevenkile nakwi-intanethi. Besivavanya iimveliso zengca negadi kangangeminyaka emininzi, ngoko ke sikhangela iimpawu ezinembali eqinisekisiweyo.
Uvavanyo oluqhutywa ngesandla lwenzeke emakhayeni abantu abahlukeneyo abavavanyayo, nto leyo eyasivumela ukuba sivavanye ipayipi kwiimeko zokwenyani. Xa sihlola iimodeli ezithile, iinjineli zethu kunye nabavavanyi bemveliso bachitha iiyure ezingaphezu kwe-12 behlola amakhulu eenkcukacha zobugcisa kunye nokusebenza, kubandakanya ubungakanani bepayipi, izixhobo (kubandakanya amabango angenalo ilothe), ukumelana nobushushu, nokunye.
Emva koko senze uthotho lweemvavanyo kwipayipi kangangeeyure ezili-12. Ukulinganisa ukuba kulula kangakanani ukuyisebenzisa, siqhagamshele ipayipi nganye kwimpompo ephambili kunye ne-spute amaxesha amaninzi, siphawula naziphi na iintambo ezinzima okanye iimpawu zokuwohloka. Sikwalinganise nokuhamba kakuhle, okuyindlela elula ngayo ipayipi nganye ukukhulula nokujikeleza, kunye nokuba kukho ii-kinks. Ukusebenza kuxhomekeke ikakhulu kwisantya sokuhamba kunye namandla okutshiza, sisebenzisa umlomo ofanayo kwi-spray nganye. Ukufumanisa ukuqina, sirhuqe ipayipi nganye ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwiindawo ezirhabaxa, kubandakanya imiphetho yeentsika zezitena kunye namanyathelo esinyithi; sisebenzisa uxinzelelo olufanayo kunye ne-engile, sijonge iimpawu zokuqala zokuwohloka kwendlu. Siye saya ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwiipayipi kunye nezixhobo kwaye sazikhwela ngamatayara ebhayisekile kunye namavili okubuyisela phantsi okhuni ukuqinisekisa ukuba aziqhekeki okanye aziqhekeki.
Uvavanyo lwethu lokuqina lwaluquka ukutsala ipayipi phezu kwekona ebukhali yepier yezitena nge-engile efanayo kunye noxinzelelo.
Abavavanyi bajonge neempawu zokuqhekeka kwamanzi, njengoko oku kuthintela ukuhamba kwamanzi kwaye kunokukhokelela ekuqhekekeni kwangethuba.
Ukuze ufumane umbhobho wegadi ofanelekileyo kwiimfuno zakho, cinga ngobukhulu bendlu kunye nokuba ingakanani umbhobho onokusetyenziswa kwaye usetyenziswe kakubi.✔️Ubude: Iipayipi zegadi zinobude obuqala kwiinyawo ezi-5 ukuya kwiinyawo ezingaphezu kwe-100. Kakade ke, ubukhulu bendlu yakho yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Linganisa ukusuka kwimpompo yangaphandle ukuya kwindawo ekude ebaleni ekufuneka inkcenkceshelwe; khumbula, uza kuthabatha ubuncinane iinyawo ezili-10 ukusuka kwi-spray yepayipi. Eyona nto sizisola ngayo kubathengi kukuba bathenga iipayipi ezininzi kakhulu. "Ipayipi enzima okanye ende kakhulu inokuba buhlungu ngaphezu kokuzonwabisa," utshilo umlimi oyingcali uJim Russell. "Phakamisa ipayipi uze uzibuze ukuba ufuna ukuyirhuqa na."
✔️ Ububanzi: Ububanzi bepayipi buchaphazela ubungakanani bamanzi anokudlula kuyo. Iipayipi zegadi ziqala kwi-intshi ezi-3/8 ukuya kwi-intshi ezi-6/8. Ipayipi ebanzi ingahambisa amanzi amaninzi ngokuphindwe kaninzi ngexesha elifanayo, nto leyo eluncedo kakhulu ekucoceni. Iya kubonelela nangomgama owongezelelweyo kwi-spray ukuze ukwazi ukuphuma ngepayipi emfutshane.✔️Izinto: Le nto ichaphazela ixabiso, ukufumaneka kunye nobude bepayipi. Nazi iindlela eziqhelekileyo:
Masiqale ngokuthetha ngendlela engalunganga yokugcina imibhobho – kwindawo engcolileyo phantsi kombhobho. Oku kubeka ukuguguleka okungakumbi kwipayipi kwaye kuyijika ibe yingozi yokukhubeka. Ngaphezu koko, kuyacaphukisa. “Akukho mntu ufuna ukujonga umbhobho, ngoko ke okukhona uphela lula, kokukhona kungcono,” utshilo umlimi oyingcali uJim Russell. Ukhetha ii-hose caddys ezinokurhoxa, ezifana nale nguqulelo evela kwiFrontgate. “Ipayipi yayingabonakali kwaye yayiyinto entle ukuyibeka kude,” utshilo. I-hose hanger, nokuba ifakwe eludongeni okanye izimele, sisisombululo esingabizi kakhulu sokugcina ipayipi yakho ihlelekile kwaye ingekho endleleni, nangona isabonakala. Ezinye ii-hangers zine-crank mechanism enceda ekujijekeni nasekukhululekeni, nto leyo eluncedo ukuba unepayipi ende engama-75 eemitha nangaphezulu. Ngaphandle koko, i-hanger yesandla iya kwenza umsebenzi nge-$10 kuphela.
I-Good Housekeeping Institute Home Improvement Lab inika uphononongo lweengcali kunye neengcebiso kuzo zonke izinto ezinxulumene nekhaya, kubandakanya izixhobo zengca kunye negadi. NjengoMlawuli we-Home Improvement kunye ne-Outdoor Labs, uDan DiClerico uzisa amava angaphezu kweminyaka engama-20 kwiziko, ehlaziya amawaka eemveliso ze-Good Housekeeping, kunye neebhrendi ezifana ne-This Old House kunye ne-Consumer Reports. Wayesebenzisa neepayipi ezahlukeneyo zegadi kule minyaka idlulileyo, enyamekela ipatio kunye negadi engasemva yekhaya lakhe laseBrooklyn.
Kule ngxelo, uDan usebenze ngokusondeleyo noRachel Rothman, iNgcali yeTekhnoloji eyiNtloko kunye noMlawuli woBunjineli beZiko. Kangangeminyaka engaphezu kwe-15, uRachel usebenzise uqeqesho lwakhe kubunjineli boomatshini kwaye wasebenzisa izibalo ngokuphanda, ukuvavanya, nokubhala ngeemveliso ezikwindawo yokuphucula ikhaya.