Looking for convenient, lightweight abd durable garden hose.

Any advice?

maybe my favorite purchases last year

Heavy Duty 5/8-in x 75-ft Heavy-Duty Kink Free Vinyl Gray Coiled Hose https://www.lowes.com/pd/Teknor-Apex-Neverkink-5-8-in-X-75-ft-Premium-Duty-Kink-Free-Vinyl-Gray-Coiled-Hose/50328061

Steel 100-ft Hideaway Hose Reel https://www.lowes.com/pd/NeverLeak-Steel-100-ft-Hideaway-Hose-Reel/1000147825
(the screws are trash and will strip. buy your own)

I don't have this hose, but all the Gardena sprinklers that I've had have been great.

https://www.amazon.com/Gardena-50-Foot-8-Inch-Comfort-Garden/dp/B002VED3NE

I have had pretty good luck with never kink, or however they spell it. I think it is at lowes. UV eats them all sooner or later. Learning how to properly roll up things helps out tremendously. Remember there is a twist with every loop and you cannot roll up something properly unless it is stretched out in a pretty straight line and the end can roll freely. That probably makes no sense unless you already know it, but it is the best way I can explain it over the keyboard.

Sams has their hoses on sale this month. 120' and work well.

I have 5 100' craftsman hoses - they're the best I've found. I've been replacing all my other mistakes after mentioning vulgarities at the kinks that I have to walk back and untwist.

This is the 50' version
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0035HLLJ4/

These are incredible. At my last house I had a beeotch of a sloped yard and the hose bib was up on the side of the house at the high end of the slope. I used two of these connected together with a brass connector and a quality brass cutoff/sprayer attachment on the end. I left the hose bib valve on and just used the end attachment to turn water on and off. I did this for at least 3 years leaving these hoses fully charged 24/7. I knew one would rupture at some point but was ok with that because avoiding the hike up the slope to turn water on and off was well worth it. I couldn't believe it took 3 years for one of them to pop. I'd say that's a torture test!

I've been washing my cars and others' as a small side hustle for years (when time permits) and mostly use my own hose, either at my house or wherever they are. I can't say I've used them ALL, but I've used virtually all the ones sold in all the major stores -- Lowes, HD, Tractor Supply, Northern Tool, etc. The supposed kink proof hoses are anything but. Some are MORE RESISTANT to kinks but almost none are actually kink proof. You will have those that say their hose hasn't ever kinked, but in my experience, the people that say that haven't really used their hose for much or used it in multiple environments many times, rolled it up and unrolled it, etc. I've done all that for many years. I've thrown away almost all the hoses I've bought except the one I recommend, which I've had now for a decade or so.

I think the way to eliminate kinks is to get a swivel quick attachment on the end of the hose and put it on all your attachments like nozzles and sprinklers. This way the hose doesn't twist and there isn't any stress on it, which means there won't be any reason for kinks in the first place. It doesn't matter which quick release you get, just use Teflon style tape. Anyway, the hose I recommend is the Sears Craftsman rubber one:



Several places sell it, in multiple lengths. I'd also get a hose reel and a leader to run from the water faucet so you can move the reel around to other faucets.

Sears made the absolute best hose I ever had, in the '90s. I wish I still had it. It truly did not kink, no matter what I did to it. I don't know what happened to it. It was either stolen or my then neighbor mistakenly took it instead of his when I had borrowed his once. At the time, it was in my back yard and I didn't know it was missing for probably a long time. I don't think I realized it until moving. Oh, well.

Spore Ag said:

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Best hoses for me was Sears and Roebuck with a lifetime guarantee. That ended up being a hell of a deal.

Right?

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Came here to say the same exact thing. I've got several of them. My dad has one which is like 27 years old and is perfect.

I don't know what is best but I had terrible experience with the neverKink brand from lowes. Three different hoses and they did nothing but kink.

Reminded me of these from simpsons, but seld-m-kink.

I don't know but when I worked at the refinery, they always had some bad ass water hoses. Big and heavy..we driver tracked equipment over them and they held up.

Whatever the hell Valero has in the refinery is my choice. Where can you find THOSE hoses?? Also, I don't recall them being any of this 5/8 or 3/4 bull***** They were bigger.

I've had a couple of the Craftsman ones like this and they last forever. Only beef is that they're harder to roll up cause they don't seem to 'twist' at all so you have to straighten it all the way out.