In your search for household appliances or fixtures, you’ll come across various types of nozzle heads. Generally, if you want to regulate pressure or flow rates for liquids or air, you’ll have to consider the various types of nozzles that are available.
In this brief guide, we’ll quickly go over the different types of nozzle heads homeowners will have to deal with. This will include nozzle heads for both indoor and outdoor usage.
Garden Hose Nozzles
Even though your water container and/or booster pump may have a singular flow and pressure rate, you can adjust it as needed by attaching a nozzle onto the end of your garden hose.
Choosing the right garden hose nozzle will allow you to clean the outside of your home or car without shattering glass windows, clean patio furniture without ruining the finish, and even water your plants without drowning them or blasting them out of the medium.
Pressure Washer Nozzles
Pressure washers are incredibly powerful cleaning appliances. They exert tremendous amounts of pressurized water to spray-clean the dirtiest outdoor surfaces, including driveways, patios, and even your vehicle.
When you take a pressure washer home with you, it should come with a set of color-coded quick-connect nozzles. The different nozzles will adjust the water-pressure rate by widening or narrowing the spray.
Make sure to read the product’s instructions to know what the colors mean for each nozzle. Failing to do so may lead to unintended—sometimes even dangerous—results.
Vacuum Cleaner Nozzles
Vacuum cleaner nozzles are the bundle of attachments that come with a vacuum cleaner (or are sold separately). Nearly all vacuum cleaner types will come with different nozzles, including uprights and canisters.
The nozzle, or attachment, connects to a flexible suction hose that adjusts suction power by widening or narrowing the surface area that the nozzle suctions. For instance, a crevice tool is a narrow attachment that is used for vacuuming in between cushions, whereas a multi-pet tool is gets rid of pet hair from wide surfaces like upholstery.
Shower Head Nozzles
A shower head nozzle, simply known as a showerhead, is a metallic fixture that connects to a hose or directly to the bathroom’s waterline pipe. Different kinds of showerheads will determine how much or how little water is consumed per second when showering.
Some shower head nozzles come with adjustable sprays, letting the user determine how much or how little water and pressure comes passes through the waterline.
Print Head Nozzles
A print head nozzle, also referred to as a printhead, is a component inside of a printer that transfers ink from the cartridge onto sheets of paper. For the most part, you cannot swap out printheads since your printer is reliant on a single printhead model.
Any printer owner will testify how annoying it is when a printhead becomes clogged. When this happens, it can cause the ink to fade or come out splotchy. You can clean the printhead using an in-built cleaning system or replace it entirely with an identical printhead model.
