I will have to try to remember this so I can plan it all out when I don't have a headache making it hard to concentrate. This is probably just what I need. I know from past experience that the brass fittings are always better than the plastic ones. We had a complicated setup at our house for a while. We ended up dismantling most of it because in Denver, people would come steal your hoses, drip irrigation tubings, sprinklers and your hose reels if they were left out and visible. We even had sprinklers and hoses stolen from our yard while they were running and we were home and didn't hear a thing.
But it was easier I think back then to just go out and buy everything we needed at once. Trying to figure out how to start with just the basics has been a bit confusing. This should help clear that I hope. When my head doesn't already hurt.