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Posted by azura z5 CO (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 08 at 16:05
I am tired of dealing with plastic green garden hoses that kink. I've bought Craftsman hoses with lifetime warranties and taken them into Sears to get free replacement when they kinked. I'd rather have a decent garden hose that does not kink. Do they exist?
My latest hose was a gift from Mother's Day. I specifically asked my hubby to get me a garden hose that wasn't green plastic. I suppose I should be happy he remembered to get me a hose at all but this plastic green one is kinking already!
"Keep out of the sun" it says in the instructions. Is that possible in Colorado? I don't want to haul my hose into the garage every time I use it. I don't mind coiling it up out of sight under the deck in partial shade.
I digress... is anyone blissfully content with their garden hose? |
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RE: Garden Hoses
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I wish I could tell you what kind of hose I had (and REGRET leaving behind when we moved!) It was a very heavy rubber hose, about 100ft long. It never kinked and lasted a long time. I NEVER picked it up, once out, it was out for the season, and sometimes even through the winter! The best thing about it was that it was given to me for free! I would just look for a super heavy rubber hose.
Good Luck!
Vic |
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| azura - as you know I live on a ranch and my hose rarely if ever gets put away. Its not kink proof, but I have very few problems with the commercial/construction grade hoses. My last one came from Sams. They are always at least 100' long and very heavy. The Sams version is about $25.00, but worth it in my opinion. My new one is 2 years old and the old grey one is 5 or 6 years old. My biggest problem is freezing because I forget to drain them sometimes after filling livestock tanks, then the split, but are easily repaired. Billie |
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| I would second what billie ladybug said. I got my hose from Sam's or Costco years ago. It is gray and I think it says contractor hose on it. I drain mine and disconnect it from the faucet in the winter, but it stays outside. I've had them for years and they are just as I bought them. They are really heavy. |
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| I've got two that do pretty well, both bought from either Sam's or Costco. Both are heavy duty and fairly long. One is gray and the other is black and yellow. The black and yellow one has done a little better for me, but it's also newer. |
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| We have a couple of heavier red ones my husband bought a few years ago that have done well so far. I think he got them at a farm & ranch store when we lived in MT. Wish I could tell you more... |
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| My irrigation setup uses a 15 or so regular garden hoses all around 3 acres. Rubber ones last forever, I still use two that somebody gave my Dad 20 years ago, and they were several years old then. The only drawback is they turn my hands black every time I pick one up. The Gilmore 'Flexogene" ones are great hoses as but they aren't cheap. I'm slowly replacing all of them with these - find them on sale now and again. |
Here is a link that might be useful: good hoses
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| Yeah, I stick with the ones that say contractor grade on them. Much heavier, much thicker, rubber (still green, but a pale green) at least 100' and probably got them from costco, at least they look very similar to the ones I have. |
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| Wow. Thank you for all of the great advice, I guess its off to Costco! No more junky kinking hoses!!!! |
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| After DW bought the crappiest hoses imaginable from Walmart (I guess it was) last year, I broke down and got a couple of "Apex Neverkink" hoses at Lowes. The jury is still out on these, Azura. They are touted as flexible at 45° but I find them stiff unless they are laying in the sun at darn-near any temperature. They have a tendency to spiral. I'm definitely not fond of loops here and there in paths but they aren't too tuff to snake thru the garden. I really like the brass threaded fittings. And, since it is finally really heating up around here (and garden hoses are assuming critical need status) these hoses are proving flexible enuf. Steve |
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| I don't know what brand my hose is, but it's a 75' green plastic hose from Lowes. I can't say that it's never kinked, but it doesn't do it that often, and it's easy enough to unkink. I bought it last year and left it on the porch all winter, and it still works well. |
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| I've got to agree that there's no better hose than the black rubber ones. The previous owner of our house + 1.5 acres left behind a few of them made by Craftsman. They never kink and seem entirely unaffected by the intense sun. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Craftsman garden hoses
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| My MIL gave me a thick, pale green Flexogen hose when she sold her house. I didn't realize how good it was until I started using it this year. It's a great hose, and it's never kinked on me. I also have some green plastic ones that aren't cheap but are probably mid-grade, and what works for me is that I have two of them connected to one of those plastic hose reel enclosures -- a gray box thing in a shady spot by the faucet. I just crank the handle and wind it all up when I'm done (sometimes). That has worked pretty well for me. It's hard to crank the handle if the hose is stretched out far across the lawn, but if I just loosely pile it up somewhere near the box, I can wind it up on the reel pretty quick. |
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