Edit May 5, 2022Several reviews across different versions - male or female- complain about not fitting and/or threads stripping.This is mostly the fault of the reviewer!1, lubricate all mating surfaces of the fitting and hose prior to assembly. I use plumber's silicone but if you don't, use some mineral oil, EVEN OLIVE OIL. This is especially essential on the screws and threads.2, Assemble but DO NOT tighten the screws until you have squeezed the two halves together somehow. I use my bench vise or channellock type pliers. Sometimes it takes a couple of iterations. Expecting a #8 screw and a zinc female thread ( and WITHOUT LUBRICANT) to provide enough strength to clamp this together is just plain ignorant. You want the screws to HOLD the clamp together, not force it together. Otherwise, OF COURSE it is going to strip.But in T****'s America, it is always easier to fault someone else for one's ignorance ( of in this case proper mechanical procedures).This is a well made, reasonably priced item. I have many of them on my rancho. The only real problem is more and more, the factories are using yellow/brass colored aluminum and passing these off as BRASS. ( This is because genuine brass alloy contains a small amount of lead, which can be a health risk.) . In my case, the minerals in my water corrode these aluminum types unless I really coat them with silicone grease, which then can hang on to dirt.In a few years, the plastic ones break, so as the old commercial on TV had it:"You can pay me now, or you can pay me later."And stop complaining about "cheap Chinese junk". It's the AMERICAN company forcing the foreign factory to make cheaper and cheaper products. Will YOU pay 2-3x the current price to have well-paid American workers make these for you? If so, why did all these companies have to move to off-shore production?John Ruskin had it right all along.