🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 07 Aug 2001 04:27:55 GMT, "Neil Williams" <chiefneil@home.com>
wrote:

>I got hoses with lifetime guarantees from OSH and HD. I think
>the brand is Gilmour. I've had them for maybe 8 years now and
>they're working fine.  They're expensive, but probably
>worth it over time. They're extremely kink-resistant, but will
>kink if abused sufficiently.
>
>So far two have survived 4 years on the south side of my current
>house in Scottsdale. Pretty amazing - I buy big 45 gallon
>Rubbermaid plastic containers for my pool junk, and they literally
>crumble after a year or two. Amazing how destructive the sun
>is here in AZ.
>
>I understand if the Gilmour hose ever fails, you just chop off
>the fitting and send it back to them, and they'll send you a new
>hose.

True.  I did it and they replaced.

Have also been satisfied with my Gilmour hoses.  After years of
cheapos, I got the message: It's worth it to pay a little more and
have the hoses last, and not kink. (We have sun here in So. Calif. as
well!)




>
><bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message
>news:bearclaw-860359.16434106082001@corp.supernews.com...
>> ARggh! The hose is driving me NUTZ! Where do all these pinprick holes
>> come from?! And the once nice flexible material is KINKING! Yank on the
>> hose and watch the water disappear. Sheesh.
>>
>> Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent hose that won't cost my
>> right arm and still last more than a couple of years
>

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