ikris Portable Patio Outdoor Misting System 20Ft SuperCooling Heat Relief Premium Cooling Kit

Ok, I know lots have complained about leaks and such; also, several have wondered about connecting several together.If you are having leaking problems at the mister joint connections; press the hoses further into them, they are press fittings and many of mine weren't fully pushed in. This solved all my leaking issues. I also put a 15psi pressure regulator on my garden hose spout. You'll find them here by searching for pressure regulators for irrigation systems. Even with the regulator, I still only opened my hose valve a teeny bit. The other thing to do before you put water thru it is screw in all of the brass mister knobs; several were loose when mine arrived. No leaks, good mist strength, happy customer.(EDIT: see end of post for some extra pro tips learned from use.)Here's what I did to link several together:We wanted to create a mist system to go under an 8' diameter umbrella to cool the neighborhood cookout down. I bought three of these mister sets; then went down to the orange box hardware store - in the plumbing aisle you will find plastic push-fit connectors. You will need two of the couplers and two of the tees, in a 3/8" OD. They ran me about $20 total.Because there is no originally designed way to connect them together, you have to get a little creative. If you are familiar with these kinds of things, then you are probably already and at the hardware store and will have everything connected by the time others are finished reading this review. If these sorts of things are well beyond your comfort zone then I'm including a very detailed step by step below.On what we will call sets 2 and 3 of the 3 mister sets, get your very sharpest pair of scissors and make a cut thru the plastic pipe, about 11-12" from the very last mister at the end. Try to make these cuts as cleanly and squarely as you can, so they don't deform in the push-fittings you will be using. Grab your tee connections; looking at it like the capital letter - the pass thru style arms at the top, we'll call the "arms" and the bottom section that is their perpendicular bit we'll call the "leg". Take your two off-cut ends and push one each into the leg part of each of your tee fitting connections. Take the uncut 1st set, this will be the end point in your run of the 3 sets; cut this line about 11-12" before the first mister in the run (on the hose bib connection side - this is what the item description calls the "lead hose"). Push this end into one of the arm openings on one of the tees. Get set 2 that you cut the end off of and push it all the way in to the other arm of this first tee. You should now have a hose bib connection, 10' of lead hose, then a length of misters, a tee joint (with one short mister coming off of it perpendicularly), and then another length of misters with their end point. If this is all the length you need, you can stop there; but for an 8' ft umbrella it took all three.So, make a cut 11"-12" before the 1st mister on set 2 (on the hose bib attachment/lead hose side), push this all the way into the arm of the second tee. Take the end of set 3 (that you cut the end mister off of) and push this into the other arm of the tee. I wanted to make the 10' lead hose part (where there are no misters) longer so that the garden hose could sit further away from the umbrella. So, I took the lead hose that I cut off of set 1 and made a cut about an 1" before the hose bib attachment. I pushed one coupler fitting onto each end of this "splice" blank hose. On my newly crafted chain of misters, I made a cut about 11-12" before the first mister on set 3 (on the lead hose w/ hose bib attachment side). Push the mister end of this cut hose onto the empty end of one of the couplers. Then take the 3rd set's lead hose and push it into the 2nd coupler on this "splice" hose section.You now have a hose with 30' of mister section, spaced at 23.5" on center, and 20' of lead hose; plenty to make it around the circumference of an 8' umbrella and get to your garden hose.Enjoy!EDIT: ok, so it was super hot and gross yesterday when we put this system to its full potential, here's some things we learned:1. The clips that come with the system are really too small to reliably fit around the hose. We zip-tied the clips to the hose and this worked well.2. There is a "sweet spot" of water pressure where the misters work best. This put out a tad too much water to not end up soaked at the height the edge of the umbrella was. Ended up raising the umbrella post as far as it would go in the stand (maybe an extra 8") but it made a big difference.3. A breeze really makes the experience much cooler feeling. It was pretty still yesterday so eventually we grabbed a big fan and set it on low. 👍4. If you are misting far from the outlet of the hose bib, i.e. connecting a garden hose between the system and the faucet; the ground and sun will really heat up the hose and then the water coming out of your misters will be warm. Yuck. We grabbed one of those smaller diameter, springy, coil-style garden hoses; filled an extra cooler with a bunch of ice and a little water; moved the cooler right next to the umbrella; and submerged the coil garden hose in the ice water cooler. Now the misters are spitting out cold water and making life better for everyone.

Had same problem as others connection to hose can not withstand any pressure and blows out. Although setup was extremely easy with the supplied clips. Going to try gluing the hose connection to see if that remedies the problem. I would of bought a more expensive unit if I had known it would require extra work.

I gave it 4 stars because it came with the nozzle connector off of the tubing but luckily it went back on with a little pressure.It is nice to have the nozzles to rotate but you cannot turn them off. If you could have been able to choose the length of the tubing it would have been better. Also I don't mind the tubing being stiff but it still is hard to bend. That said, it seems to better because it won't leak as readily. I had to put in another rubber washer because my hose didn't twist in all the way due to the screen which is nice.

This kid is a really good value for the price that I paid, but there are some drawbacks to it. The biggest drawback was that some of the misting points leak, which we didn't find a b a very big deal. However, if you're looking for a better qualities that you might want to pay a little bit more and get one that may not leak as much.The clips that came with these are very helpful, we ended up connecting them to an outdoor patio umbrella, which worked out great.

Umbrella mister. You will need to order 2 to fit the circle of a standard patio umbrella. Like others have written you will need to get down at the big box store. I just used one 3 way fitting to make a T at the down spout and run the second line around the other half of my umbrella with 2 terminating ends meeting at the end of the loop. Done deal.

Great value for the price. I connected this to a Y-splitter on the faucet on my back porch. I used the included lanyard clips to string it along the aluminum siding overhead. I use just barely enough water pressure to activate the mist nozzles and, so far, haven't had any trouble with leaks or drips. Amazon had a recommendation for a calcium inhibitor filter - which I expect would help with drips and clogs, but the filter costs a much as this misting system, so I'll just replace the whole unit or maybe try CLR or vinegar to clean the brass nozzles should they drip or clog up over time. If you're expecting a system like the one you saw at the zoo or the lines at a theme park, this probably isn't it, but it does great on the back porch with the patio furniture. The dog house in there as well, but alas,the dog doesn't seem to like the mist.

Item works as expect. There is some leaking but I did not mind. I bought this to attach to my outside dog kennel since it has been so hot/it helps keep them cool. Reduces temperature in the kennels and they love it. Would be 5 stars if it didn't leak, but the leaks can be repaired.

I've seen a lot of bad reviews about these cheap misting systems. Not necessarily this particular one but just in general. For such a low price I figured it was worth it to try it. I am quite pleased with this product. It does hook right up to a standard American garden hose (I guess some don't?) A fine mist comes out of the nozzles like it's supposed to.(None were clogged or had any issues.) There is no leakage where the "T" for the nozzles connect to the hose. It all seems good quality and materials. It drops the temperature in my gazebo by 10 to 15 degrees. (F)It comes with some hardware for installing it, but in my situation I didn't need or use any of that. I just tie-wrapped it in place using zip ties.