There’s a brief conversation here which might inform your choice https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1008908/auto-reel-hoses-hozelock-or-gardena What I like to do is carefully sift through the reviews on Amazon before spending money. That is how I elected to buy Gardena rather than Hozelock, a decision I have not regretted as the hose has never once kinked and the automatic rewind functions perfectly.
Mine's a Hozelock with (I think) the better grade of hose. Anyway, it's been faultless for 5 years apart from the gun, which has developed a couple of pinholes in the plastic. You may notice I've filled all the orifices with cement, which makes it a good deal more stable
@Wild edges, seldom need to do a lot of watering in this area but the combination of repeated trips with watering can, walking stick and lots of steps between areas of the garden is not a good one when I do need to soak a large area.
Mine's a Hozelock with (I think) the better grade of hose. Anyway, it's been faultless for 5 years apart from the gun, which has developed a couple of pinholes in the plastic. You may notice I've filled all the orifices with cement, which makes it a good deal more stable
Hi Stuart, doesn’t look like Hozelock they’re normally yellow or grey and yellow. I love your cement idea hack btw!
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.
Unfortunately not as mine came from the local farm supplies shop.
Thanks for all your feedback, I’m sorry I’m just not buying into the Høselock thing anymore, we have very little choice in this country, unlike in the US for instance. Instead I’m going to make something which will last me: 15m of rubber hose from eBay with the same 12.5mm aperture (so I can still use the parts from my Høselock) slung across a hose hanger. Total spend: £32 Yes it will be (reassuringly) heavy, but it will never, ever kink and outlast any Høselock or similar.
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https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1008908/auto-reel-hoses-hozelock-or-gardena
What I like to do is carefully sift through the reviews on Amazon before spending money. That is how I elected to buy Gardena rather than Hozelock, a decision I have not regretted as the hose has never once kinked and the automatic rewind functions perfectly.
Instead I’m going to make something which will last me: 15m of rubber hose from eBay with the same 12.5mm aperture (so I can still use the parts from my Høselock) slung across a hose hanger.
Total spend: £32
Yes it will be (reassuringly) heavy, but it will never, ever kink and outlast any Høselock or similar.