On 4/21/2011 9:25 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
I may be needing another 200 or so feet of garden hose for a
work project. Might need the hose two or three times a year,
for use during the day.

Should I buy the cheap $7.97 lengths of 50 feet from
Walmart, or get the braided nylon good stuff for 14.97?

Don't want to go 100 feet, that's too clumsy to handle.
Since the hose is used one or two days a year, I'm leaning
toward the cheap hose, it won't get much use. And won't be
out in the sunshine for very long. The expensive stuff means
more credit card debt.


I would buy the less expensive hose and get a good reel for it.
Reasoning is: more substantial hose would be very heavy and harder to
manage. The lighter hose will reel in easier, be lighter, and would
store on the reel. Having that length of lighter hose without a reel
would lead to more twists and kinks. Unhitch it from the faucet before
reeling it up so it empties and doesn't burst if it freezes.