If you want something that doesn't kink get a heavy duty rubber hose, they will kink if you tie them in knots but they won't in general usage I run 50m of hose for my greenhouse (I have 75m of hoses but the pressure is terrible after that length) I find that the cheap green things kink if you look at them, leave one out in hot sun and it softens and lies flat! It seems with hoses you get what you pay for.
I have a self rewinding Gardena hose and consider it one of my best pieces of gardening equipment. Without doubt it is the best hose I have ever had, a view shared by my gardener.
I now use a Hozelock retractable, and find it is more than adequate. Mine isn’t wall mounted, so I plan to keep it in the garage when not needed, so it lasts as long as possible.
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Only if you like wasting good drinking water on plants. They drowned whole villages in Wales just so the English could water their pansies with tap water rather than collect the rain off their roofs. It's collected, stored, pumped, filtered, treated, pumped again and filled with chemicals just to water a hanging basket or two. You have to pay to use it and pay to dispose of it even though it's gone on your plants. You have to buy a hose and all the fittings, reel it out, reel it in, change it every few years when it leaks. Get a good watering can and store your rain water and you've got free water sorted for life.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I've had a yellow Hoselock on a wheeled reel for years and years. Needed another hose as I got a second outside tap put in. I bought a yellow Hoselock expandable hose a month or so ago and love it. So much, that I bought a second one for my other tap.
I like it because it is soooooooooo light and fits back into a small plastic box. I don't like it because it has got dirty very quickly and you cannot fill up a watering can without the whole hose coming to life - with the normal hose I could turn the tap on and the water went through the whole reel on the trolley and came out the end. And after you have finished with the hose and turned the tap off, it takes ages for all the water in the hose (I have the 30m one) to come out and the hose contract. But I still think they are fab..........
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I never liked the idea of buying a Hozelock hose because they're clearly overpriced and IMHO not particularly good compared with the heavy duty farm hoses I grew up with.
I struggled to find a hose that felt good value and eventually bought a Claber hose like the one in the link below, because it was a bit cheaper than Hozelock. The quality seems fine - no worse than Hozelock as far as I can tell. I don't get kinks, but I'm careful to avoid them.
If you want something that doesn't kink get a heavy duty rubber hose, they will kink if you tie them in knots but they won't in general usage I run 50m of hose for my greenhouse (I have 75m of hoses but the pressure is terrible after that length) I find that the cheap green things kink if you look at them, leave one out in hot sun and it softens and lies flat! It seems with hoses you get what you pay for.
Hi Skandi, thanks - do you have a brand name on the rubber hose? All I can find is an American brand called Craftsman but they use a different thread in their taps to us Brits.
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I like it because it is soooooooooo light and fits back into a small plastic box.
I don't like it because it has got dirty very quickly and you cannot fill up a watering can without the whole hose coming to life - with the normal hose I could turn the tap on and the water went through the whole reel on the trolley and came out the end. And after you have finished with the hose and turned the tap off, it takes ages for all the water in the hose (I have the 30m one) to come out and the hose contract.
But I still think they are fab..........
I struggled to find a hose that felt good value and eventually bought a Claber hose like the one in the link below, because it was a bit cheaper than Hozelock. The quality seems fine - no worse than Hozelock as far as I can tell. I don't get kinks, but I'm careful to avoid them.
https://www.waterirrigation.co.uk/claber-kiros-kit-20m-hose-reel.html?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1oTzgJbP2wIVbb7tCh0EOASOEAQYAiABEgLb2PD_BwE
I added a Screwfix spray gun which IMHO is much nicer quality than the nasty plastic spray guns you find everywhere. Cheaper too
https://www.screwfix.com/p/mist-jet-adjustable-hose-spray-gun/55145
I've had both for four years and they're still going strong.