Hosepipes. Are there any experts hereabouts?

[Levo-Lon]

Stay away from " cheap" you get what you pay for

 

[Heltor Chasca]

I personally use the top grade Hozelok but a few clients live their ‘scrunchie’ hoses (nicked that from you @User10119) I also use a reel so no kinks for me.

I use plastic fittings. The brass ones degrade especially if you will be involved mixing up sand and cement.

 

[Moodyman]

Look for PVC reinforced hosepipe. Very durable and doesn't kink.

It's similar to the glass windows reinforced by metal wire mesh.

 

[Drago]

I, like you have tried cheap over the last couple of years and been sorely disappointed with lots of water blocking twists. I think the only answer is to spend big on Gardena or Hoselock products as I am fed up with the poor quality imitations.

I've q genuine Hoselock hose pipe. It kinks and twists...

 

[screenman]

My cheapie hosepipe gets wound up properly, it seldom kinks or twists.

 

[Bazzer]

We have a yellow one which doesn't kink. Mrs B bought it a few years ago when she was fed up with our old one kinking. The walls are thicker than other hoses I have seen which seems to stop the kinking and I assume there might be some braiding in the plastic outer.
The downside is that it is very heavy. Off the reel, with more than 12 - 15 metres of hose out, she wrestles with it. Winding it back on the reel she struggles to get the last 5 metres of so back on and it usually ends up me doing it.
The thickness also means in cold weather the inflexibility makes for hard work.

 

[Vantage]

I recommend one of these .
It has a connector that as long as theres no nozzle on the end will not let water pass through. That way I can unwind and rewind with the water pressure on to stop it kinking.
Dead easy to unravel and put back to with the handle.

 

[raleighnut]

Maz bought one of those hoses on a reel thingy, kinkier than a kinky thing on fetish night.

 

[Venod]

A friend had one. I was tempted but I read the reviews. They have a very limited life expectancy, it seems.

Ours lasted 2 days, it started leaking through the cloth outer, so returned it and swapped it for a cheap and cheerful standard hose, it does kink but more importantly it doesn't leak, was half the price of the scrunchy one and quite a bit longer.

 

[Dave 123]

Some brass fittings have steel parts inside that rust very quickly, I found quality plastic lasted longer.

Plastic ones are ok but they snap and bend.
Geka hose fittings are great, but you do have to replace the rubbers after about 5 years.

 

[Paulus]

I have used this type of hose for longer than I care to remember, I keep it on a reel. I have hozelock attachments. No problems.

 

[Crackle]

Have you looked in the loft, slomo, I bet you hoisted one up there.

 

[Tin Pot]

My current yellow one is Hozelock. Yes, it was cheap and rubbish, but they do more expensive ones that might be better.

Ah, so is mine.

Twisted up and crap reel that never worked.

 

[Globalti]

We have the green coiled hoses, which look like garage pneumatic lines and work pretty well. The triggers and other fittings that come with them are really naff and will break very soon but the hoses last well. The hose won't connect to a Hozelock trigger but with a short length of standard hose and some ingenuity it can be done. The Hozelock triggers are excellent quality until you leave them out in the frost and they split open...

 

[User10571]

I have yellow Hozelok hose which has been on a reel hanging on a south-facing wall since 2003.
Kinks are removed from it by occasionally running hot water through it. Both the hose and the plastic fittings have stood up to UV exposure surprisingly well.
Would consider buying again.