Garden Hose to end all Garden Hoses
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Garden Hose to end all Garden Hoses
I am tired of dropping $40 or $50 on what allege to be 'never break', 'never kink', etc. hoses every few years. These aren't cheap and every hose ends up bulging at the end at some point and needs to be repaired or the reel ends end up leaking, etc. My latest is an Apex NeverKink Heavy Duty.....but alas it has been repaired 3 times and now the brass end is leaking on the reel side.
Has anyone found a long-lasting, hose that doesn't kink, doesn't bulge and break at the end and lasts and lasts and lasts. I'd rather spend more money for something that lasts for 10 years than dealing with fixing crappy hoses, replacing them every few years. Specifically I am looking for 5/8" diameter, 100 foot length. It seems maybe I need to try rubber, contractor grade hoses.
Thanks!
Has anyone found a long-lasting, hose that doesn't kink, doesn't bulge and break at the end and lasts and lasts and lasts. I'd rather spend more money for something that lasts for 10 years than dealing with fixing crappy hoses, replacing them every few years. Specifically I am looking for 5/8" diameter, 100 foot length. It seems maybe I need to try rubber, contractor grade hoses.
Thanks!
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I know where you're coming from! I noticed that the 3 year old hose I have now is incredibly hard, and barely flexible any longer! Not decaying, just not flexible, and it has been relatively hot here, which didn't help - almost like handling irrigation tubing! I have to find something that won't turn this way in just a few years.
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This is a GREAT question!!!jmsieglaff wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 7:23 pm Has anyone found a long-lasting, hose that doesn't kink, doesn't bulge and break at the end and lasts and lasts and lasts.
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It's not hose, but gray plastic electrical conduit will move water just fine. It has uv inhibitors, unlike pvc pipe, but you can still use pvc fittings for elbows.
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Good luck, I fight with my hose every time I have to use it. It’s a kinker.
I had a great one at my old house several years ago. Supple, didn’t kink or leak, nice fittings. Of course, the one time the son mows the yard he runs over it with the mower. I guess he taught me not to ask him to mow. Could never find a hose like it again. Solid very Light green color, matte finish, no stripes, wish I could remember the brand name.
I had a great one at my old house several years ago. Supple, didn’t kink or leak, nice fittings. Of course, the one time the son mows the yard he runs over it with the mower. I guess he taught me not to ask him to mow. Could never find a hose like it again. Solid very Light green color, matte finish, no stripes, wish I could remember the brand name.
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My old hands hurt when I have to struggle with heavy hoses. I put down a heavy hose to carry water from the back of the house to the front where I have attached a snake hose to the end for easy handling. Helps my hands and takes lass space (in a bucket out of the sun) when not in use. I don't care if I have to replace it every few years for the ease in handling it gives me.
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I finally had a hose I liked, 100', not too heavy, didn't kink, had it over 2 years and then this year the water smelled like chemicals for the first 3 gallons coming out. Well, that can't be good so didn't use it. I tried several times over the season to see if it was just from not being used over the hot summer.
I have a 3 way Orbit faucet timer that has 3 hoses attached so I don't have to move them too much.
What I did find, is that if you release all the water from the nozzle, the cheapers hoses don't get the little balloons that cause them to split.
I have a 3 way Orbit faucet timer that has 3 hoses attached so I don't have to move them too much.
What I did find, is that if you release all the water from the nozzle, the cheapers hoses don't get the little balloons that cause them to split.
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Re: Garden Hose to end all Garden Hoses
Kurt, is there a specific brand you have? How long have you had yours?Kurt wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:22 am I went to these.
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https://www.waterrightinc.com/
Have two of their well-made hoses that have lasted several years. Have not tried their coiled hoses. Their flexible straight hoses are darnfine, do not kink and have well-machined fittings.
Have two of their well-made hoses that have lasted several years. Have not tried their coiled hoses. Their flexible straight hoses are darnfine, do not kink and have well-machined fittings.
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https://www.homedepot.com/p/Continental ... /100676339
Nothing fancy, but I've had zero problems with these hoses after over three years in the Hawaii sun. No leaks, no cracks or bulges, still flexible. Don't know where OP is at, or what cold would do, but that's my two cents.
Nothing fancy, but I've had zero problems with these hoses after over three years in the Hawaii sun. No leaks, no cracks or bulges, still flexible. Don't know where OP is at, or what cold would do, but that's my two cents.
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This is the kind of info I was looking for! A $200 price tag (I need 5/8", 100 foot) is but good to know they last!Harry Cabluck wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:32 pm https://www.waterrightinc.com/
Have two of their well-made hoses that have lasted several years. Have not tried their coiled hoses. Their flexible straight hoses are darnfine, do not kink and have well-machined fittings.
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There is a 100' version of the same brand (although it's red-ish instead of black) that I'm considering. Great to hear this one works well for you.Mark_Thompson wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 11:39 pm https://www.homedepot.com/p/Continental ... /100676339
Nothing fancy, but I've had zero problems with these hoses after over three years in the Hawaii sun. No leaks, no cracks or bulges, still flexible. Don't know where OP is at, or what cold would do, but that's my two cents.
(I am in Wisconsin, but my failures always occur in the summer, never in the cool times of year.)
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The state of the world is just appallingly sad. This is the hose you are looking for.
This high tech stuff was perfected long ago.
Go back to the early 70s and buy one of these. A heavy duty hose from Sears. Leave it outside for fifty years, drained and hung like that from Oct to April, under full line pressure the other 6 months of the year. Cut off the end and replace the fittings, as I did, when they finally get chewed up a bit or start to weep at the end 10 years back. Then replace the replacement fittin that made in China, a few years later when the hard water quickly erodes that junky material. This high tech stuff was perfected long ago.
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If only I had a working DeLoreanJRinPA wrote: ↑Tue Mar 30, 2021 9:21 am The state of the world is just appallingly sad. This is the hose you are looking for.
Go back to the early 70s and buy one of these. A heavy duty hose from Sears. Leave it outside for fifty years, drained and hung like that from Oct to April, under full line pressure the other 6 months of the year. Cut off the end and replace the fittings, as I did, when they finally get chewed up a bit or start to weep at the end 10 years back. Then replace the replacement fittin that made in China, a few years later when the hard water quickly erodes that junky material.
This high tech stuff was perfected long ago.
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My Sears Craftsman is about 60 years old. Anyone can pry it out of my cold dead hands when I'm done with it.
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I hate the fake plated brass that comes out of China.
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Dramm makes a really quality garden hose. they are rubber but heavy as sin. not something I want to pick up and carry around. My greenhouse supplier in Applecreek Ohio (Yoders Produce) carries them. nhot sure where else they are carried at but probably not big box stores.
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If a delorean, I would ghost ride it off a cliff after the back jump. Then buy all the hoses I want at my leisure. But no they won't be lightweight, that's true.
If not a delorean, then some get some yard sale fashion wear. I don't go to many myself but I will brake for hoses. I found a "sear's best" that is great quality at a yard sale. The font on it looks circa 1990 to me. They had a few, they said, but someone had already bought the "newer ones". It is black and only 50 ft. A bit too short but still. Checked it and drained it and it is waiting on deck in the shed. It looked brand new; I think it was garage kept. Found another old sears one for the front yard that is 75ft, that one was in use in a long chain for a long time...someone was moving to an apartment, come take this stuff. Another ugly old green one that won't burst. I actually got all three of their linked together hoses, but two were newer stuff. One is translucent and is now in use for drip line, the other was burst and got cut up for other uses.
Even the made in US stuff, modern make, it might not last 50 years, because engineering is so hampered now by chemical regs and intricate financials.
If not a delorean, then some get some yard sale fashion wear. I don't go to many myself but I will brake for hoses. I found a "sear's best" that is great quality at a yard sale. The font on it looks circa 1990 to me. They had a few, they said, but someone had already bought the "newer ones". It is black and only 50 ft. A bit too short but still. Checked it and drained it and it is waiting on deck in the shed. It looked brand new; I think it was garage kept. Found another old sears one for the front yard that is 75ft, that one was in use in a long chain for a long time...someone was moving to an apartment, come take this stuff. Another ugly old green one that won't burst. I actually got all three of their linked together hoses, but two were newer stuff. One is translucent and is now in use for drip line, the other was burst and got cut up for other uses.
Even the made in US stuff, modern make, it might not last 50 years, because engineering is so hampered now by chemical regs and intricate financials.
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Chemicals you say?
I've been drinking from my 60 year old Craftsman for 50+ years. I do let quite a lot of water pass through before taking a sip, though. There's probably more chemicals entering the hose, than coming off of the hose, here. A few hundred yards down the road, there's going to be built a granular activated carbon filtration plant for the PFAS contamination in the city well water. The contamination site is next to the brook where I've been drinking out of for about the same 50 years. I did stop drinking that water when the beavers arrived. If I grow a third arm, it will help immensely with packing bubble mailers for the swap.
I've been drinking from my 60 year old Craftsman for 50+ years. I do let quite a lot of water pass through before taking a sip, though. There's probably more chemicals entering the hose, than coming off of the hose, here. A few hundred yards down the road, there's going to be built a granular activated carbon filtration plant for the PFAS contamination in the city well water. The contamination site is next to the brook where I've been drinking out of for about the same 50 years. I did stop drinking that water when the beavers arrived. If I grow a third arm, it will help immensely with packing bubble mailers for the swap.