What do you do with your hose??

I have to think now. wow I am wow.

I've had reduced flow problems. But I think it is age.

Leaks as well?

eww.

I am getting ready to get hosed.

This is my second year with the 'contractor grade' hose from HD - the one that is a rusty color. I left it outside all winter and it's working fine - no leaks. It has not been on a reel so I can't vouch for kinking.

Have you had to vouch for a kinky hose in the past?

OK enough hose comments. Buy you might appreciate tmy discetion for the 18 things I didn't wright.

Do tell.

Of course I spoke too quickly. Just yesterday the hose started leaking. Even with brass. They always seems to leak in the same place - below the threads where that crimp is.

That's marketing genius all the way around. Plan to make things durable for only a year or two, continue to make new and improved (HA!), and wait. Then the cycle begins all over again. Nothing will be done until water becomes as valuable as oil and gasoline. Joking, folks!

Favorite post. Hoses those miserable things! Everytime someone mentions hose I almost have to grit my teeth! An enlightning thread .

We leave our drip line (rusty red in color) in the beds all year. Never bother to water the grass, it recovers if dry.

I take the hose into the garage for the winter - but I leave the soaker hose that is fed from the rain barrel in place. So what if it springs a leak?

Sherrie,
You reactivated an oldie! (Not me, the thread)

I do find it amazing that we can make a credit card size calculator with more ability than an old computer that would fill a room, sent a man to the moon 40 years ago, but still can't make a decent hose.

LOL... so true

hoses - the one thing I don't miss during the winter...

I could use it though, I stepped in doggie doo, now I have 2 pairs of shoes waiting to be hosed off in the spring. And those were my casual wear with black outfits shoes....

that's what snow is for Jen
:)

I'm amazed you've stepped in anything that wasn't frozen solid.

Other than getting water, there aint 1 good thing to say about a hose.

Hose............hiding in grass cut four inches high delivers water to gardens two hundred feet up hill and fifty feet down hill to the front of my house. It mans and enables the operation of a dandy underground irrigation system at one point, a movement sensor water guard sentry by my compost piles, a first on site attack fire system to all four sides of the house and a car wash station by the garage. This takes about two hundred and fifty feet of hose which stays in place year around. I replace one now and again. The average life expectancy is five years. My source is Lowe's best. For all that service the cost is not even considered. It would have cost upwards to ten gran to do all of the above into an underground delivery system with an approved backflow preventer in a code level and inspected workmanship and materials. All I need to fix this hose system is a dollar and a half part and half an hour's time or a new hose section.

doc you read my mind - i was wondering how long the average hose last. mine have been out there 10 years and are starting to spring leaks - and have been cut by the mower (that would be me) and repaired a few times. i have about 400 ft of hose for the yard (200 front/200 back) on timers and set for early AM and then moved before work and put on again - then move them at night for the next day. out back (downhill) i have two sprinklers on the hose (two lengths of hose) - in front (uphill) only one sprinkler on the two lengths - on well water and pressure is not the greatest.

one thing i have learned is make sure the hose is flexible. i have one that is much stiffer and is hard to move without damaging something if not careful.

I do leave mine out all the time - although they are constantly moved to stop the yellow hose lines in the grass - my mower is set at the highest level.

All this hose talk is a sure symptom of spring fever..........

Spring Fever............No I think some of the posters have been hosed. It is similar to water boarding but deals with a different body part. Once being hosed one could hardly ever find constructive and positive comments about the common garden hose. LOL

hosed as in the discovery channel special i saw on skunks in north america?

Don't know...........missed that one.

Your hoses don't drip at the connections, bend and end the flow of water, coil and attack when you play the flute? Then I guess you haven't been hosed.

My best hose tip: Get a seperate hose shut of valve (only a buck or two) for end of each hose. That way you can shut the water off, switch from nozzle to sprinkler or connect to drip hoses w/o going all the way back to the faucet.

Sounds like a good plan.

Yes...........shut off valves on all. I still think the brass one is better than the plastic which cost less. I throw them around a bit and have broken plastic. That's another way to get hosed. On the down side brass makes more noise and larger blade chinks when hit with a mower. The last time I did that I set the mower up to four inches and welded the sucker so it would stay at four inch cuts. LOL

Reviving this thread to say I just bought this reel. I am skeptical, but it was available for a good price so we'll see.

Good grief here we go with the stinking hose again! Where did you get that one Victor?

sherrie that is what i said when i saw the thread alive again :)

Got it from Woot.com.

mine says reel smart on the bottom... maybe it's a good one

You have the same one, Allison? How is it?

Our hoses are mainly the drip lines on the iris beds. After the first yr of labeling each hose for the correct bed, DH lets them stay out in the winter. He can make different connections so that the water is put on the bed which needs. Only on a couple times last yr. for seedlings which needed a boost as it was a very wet yr.

not exactly the same... our does not have the swivel base... and looks like an older model... but it's been great... even though Randy left it out over the winter for the whole winter without me knowing.. we only had a small leak at the base connector and we just had to change the washer

That's good to hear. Maybe I'll finally be happy with one.

And I probably will own one!

after the 4th year of use I can feel the winding parts breaking down... I'm sure leaving it outside did not help that... think we are going to have to replace it this year... it still worked but was getting on my nerves last year

Victor, keep us posted.