Does the price of metals explain why so many new garden hoses have aluminum alloy fittings?
I find that the aluminum fittings lock themselves onto hose bibs and other brass fittings. They cause so much galvanic corrosion that to remove them, I have to hacksaw them off.
It would be nice to find a small plastic adapter to put between a hose with an aluminum fitting and the hose bib. Is there such a thing?