Mueller Industries 104-829HC 12" Wall Hydrant, 0.5 Inch, Chrome

I bought this one to replace one a licensed plumber installed years ago. It was easy for me to install because it was an exact match thread-wise, and length. It seems to be of equal quality to the previous one, and the 1/4 turn from off to full on is very handy and easy to use. MUCH better than turning it and turning it, and on and on.... NOTE: I have just recently installed this device. While I believe it is a long-term item, I have truly not used it very long. But, works as advertised, looks and feels like a quality plumbing product, and I highly recommend it. I would buy it again.

This is the 2nd unit I installed. The first was a few years ago in the back of the house. It still works fine and I love, love the quarter turn shutoff. So much better than the old multi turn valves.For this unit, I also purchased a FIP 1/2 inch sharkbite adapter. I screwed this on the end to make installation a breeze. I also purchased a 10 foot piece of pex pipe to replace the copper pipe run to this spigot.The existing hole in my house was about 1 inch, and I had to enlarge it. I used a 1 and 1/8 inch spade bit and that worked fine.All done and no leaks and very satisfied.

Works fine, reasonably well constructed. Should last a decent number of years, just not an "old school" overbuilt heavy brass piece

Excellent quality at a great price, very happy with installation and performance.

I have bought and installed 3 of these over the last 6 years, and the oldest one still works as nicely as the newest. I love the 1/4 turn functionality and the smooth feel of operation. I have very corrosive quality to my well water, and this causes low quality silcocks to fail within a few years but, I'm happy to say that does not happen with this product!However, there were two problems: First this product seems to be hard to find when entering simple search terms on Google or Amazon. Don't ask me why. Second, the length of the Mueller product was about 7/8 inch longer than thefailed product I removed, so, I did have to make some plumbing changes to accomodate this; pretty simple really, as I just pre-soldered in a 2 and 1/8 inch pipe onto the product and removed the old elbow on the house-side supply line, and quickly slipped on a Sharkbite elbow. The new silcock assembly can then be very easily inserted and adjusted for proper rotation and .....done! couldn't be more HAPPY!

It seems the 12" WALL HYDRANT, 1/2-Inch I received is a screw up. Every outdoor facet or Hydrant I have ever seen is a Turn Right to Turn On. Not this one! It is a Turn Left to Turn On. And I cannot reverse the direction of this unit, as this unit is built in such a way, that it cannot be dissembled and reassembled. If I could pull the unit apart, the unit could possibly be corrected. I could dissemble the unit, and throw it away as there is no way to remove the frost drain valve.

Replaced the hydrant on one side of house with this product in 2020-07. When the hydrant on the other went bad I ordered the same product. Quarter turn on/off is nice. Note that the inner end of these is enlarged so if the hole into your house is tight you may have to enlarge it a little.

Bought this product to replace the damaged ones due the weather were to too cold in the past few weeks, item arrived as described. Well made. Love the 1/4 turning. Hope it last for a while.

My old valve started leaking and had no branding. If was from a big box store. Mueller has replacement parts available which I prefer to changing the whole valve again.