It will last 10 years or so. Not bad for 3 dollars. You need about 6 inches yup straighten a stream of water. Nipple does the same thing as a $50 shooter tip
So a larger diameter tube dumping into an small orifice at the end of the tube does the same thing as a long, small diameter tube like the shooter tips? Must be a mechanical thing. I thought the secret was the long narrow tube? (like in a rifle barrel compared to a hand gun barrel, greater distance and accuracy.)
It does the same thing. The shooter tips are larger on one end and reduce down to the tip size about an inch from the end
Oh, the shooter tips have a tapered orifice? I thought the orifice size was the same along the whole length of the nozzle tube?
Interesting. My shooter nozzle tapers down in the first half inch, and is the same diameter as the opening for the rest of the length.
I had briefly tried a shorter nozzle, it was maybe 1/3 the length of most shooter tips (canāt remember the brand). I found that it created a lot more turbulence and didnāt have as much reach. It had the same size orifice as my other shooter.
Not to be overlooked in the search for greater spray distance, is the lance. Even having a 6ā pipe nipple as a lance before your shooter nozzle can smooth the flow a bit and give a couple more feet of reach. And if youāre really desperate to get to some especially high areas, you can get extension lances that are 6 feet or longer.
I donāt use the shooter tipsā¦ I just happen to have a new one sitting I the cup holder of my truck as I read the thread.
I hit 3.5 to 4 stories all day with 0050 or 0060 out of the gun.
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Fat joe, you dont appear to be fat???
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Hahaha. Thatās my helper. Iām actually not fat, just a big dude. 6ā4" 270ish
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Most of us haul our equipment on a trailer. @FATJOE just straps his pressure washer and buffer tank on his back and walks from job to job. He probably carries extra sh, fuel, and a sc too.
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Hahahaā¦ should have made that my logo
Thanks for the PICs, thatās great!
I would think a pipe nipple would cause the same turbulence as you speak of. Iāll have to experiment. It would seem to me that the smoother the transition to the final orifice opening, the better for flow and reach.
I guess the theory is that it helps straighten out the flow after the āmessyā internals of the spray gun valve. The shooter nozzle is supposed to take it a step further and provide an even more laminar flow, but having a little bit of straight pipe between the gun and shooter nozzle can help the overall performance, in my experience.
The same type of turbulent flow is supposedly in action directly after a pressure pump, which is one reason why a jumper hose is recommended before the downstream injector (the back-siphoning thing is pretty rare, apparently).
Disclaimer: Iām not a fluid dynamics engineer, and most of my theories are based on things said by other non-engineers 
@Infinity, I took William Pages advice and used the 6 inch nipple he
suggested. Most times now I can hit any 3 story height as long as not too
windy. Here in Canada I think the parts cost me $9.00 dollars. Good deal!
What Pressure Washer gpm/psi are those two SC bars made up for?
