help me buy a ........garden hose

My current Hoselock standard hose is rubbish - just expands at the connectors and pops off (even with Hoselock connectors). Can't seem to take the pressure.

I'm going to get one from an agricutural suppliers next - farmers won't stand for rubbish hose pipes! 🙂

hozelock expanding one is really good... .sadly we bought a 15m and need a 20m 😀

Gardena - stupidly expensive, but they do work and last

You're not the first, years ago there was a thread in here. Loads of people recommended Claber so I went and bought one. It's been great...as far as hoses can be 😎

garden hose  is my nomination for the inanimate objects thread.

Tricoflex hose is pretty much the industry standard stuff.

However, if you've been though 10 hoses then it really is a problem of user error. Hose pipes would be great contender for the 'objects that are pricks' thread, but if you're patient with them there's no reason why they shouldn't last years.

Hozelock Ultimate is more durable than their standard hoses.

last more than a season?

How are they failing? Are you storing them out of the elements / sunlight?

Hozelock had pinhole leaks everywhere despite being stored inside.

this has been a far better upgrade for me

https://www.screwfix.com/p/fitt-30m-heavy-braided-nts-wintech-hose/8902j?ref=SFAppShare

Thanks for the replies.

I honestly think the issue is user error but given that I dont want WW3 to start at home, I cant fix the user errors.  I was looking for a better quality of hose and nozzle/handset to mitigate the issues caused by pulling the hose out using the handset, pulling around corners, reeling it in with twists and kinks - you can see my problem.

I'll try a heavier duty hose - that should at least help stop the hose being pulled off the handset, and the Claber looks like a kore realistic option than the Gardena!

+1 for tricoflex hose and geka fittings - widely used throughout the horticultural trade

hozelok ultimate here. been sat outside for 4 years and still ok (but faded)

I bought a hozelok reel and hose for my first house when i was about 21yrs old.  I am now 48 and have the same basic hose and reel.  New connectors every so often and if i forget to drain the water from the actual head i have managed to split a few in the frost.

I never leave it connected to the tap so it doesnt have water in it under pressure unless in use.  TBH it hasnt ever given a moments issue.

Would it be worth running blue water pipe up the side of the plot with 3 taps? Then chop your hose into three short ones and buy some extra connectors.

Less faff and less wear on the hose

Careful not to buy too 'good' a hose. I shelled out for a 40m hose that was cryply 3 weave super unobtanium coated blah blah blah to solve much the same problem as you.

Unfortunately it is so tough an heave that MrsWCA struggles to wind it back onto the reel so it is often left in a pile in the garden getting trodden on and generally abused.

Equally unfortunately it is so good that it still won't leak so apparently we can't replace it with one that she can use.

At a guess I’d say I have about 500m of various types of garden hose, 1/2 and 3/4 inch (plus 200m of fire hose). You can always use reducers to fit 1/2 inch fittings.

Good brand (Pope for example) 3/4 inch hose lasts really well. We actually ran our grey water through this for at least ten years.

I’ve also found the brass fittings last and last compared to the plastic which degrade with UV exposure.

https://www.popeproducts.com.au/hose-end-fittings/12-mm-hose-end-fittings

Not helpful for a UK punter.

Brass and stainless fittings are widely available.

Yet I went online and found Pope hose available in the UK… wow.