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Ed Pawlowski wrote:

I'm looking for a 100' hose. I see Never Kink, Flexon, Flexogen.
Anyone have experience with them?

The couple of dollars difference in price is not a concern, I just was
something that will last a few years and not kink up in use.

Other brand?

I like those black rubber Craftsman lifetime warranty hoses... been
using them for eons. Nice thing is that no receipt is necessary for
warranty replacement, just bring it in.

http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-5...er/p-071696050
00P?prdNo=11&blockNo=11&blockType=G11

(Sorry for the long link, fix as necessary)

A little pricy, but unless Sears goes under, it'll be the last one you
buy.

They also have for real (nickel plated) machined brass fittings as
opposed to the typical stamped sheet brass ones that get bent out of
round, and/or crack in the bottom of the male end threads.

Far as kinks go, if you lay the hose out in a figure "8" pattern, your
kinking issues will for all practical purposes vanish. Most anything
will kink if merely coiled. Those hand crank type reels are ok as well,
but not the wall mount stationary "hanger" type... they're just as bad
as coiling on the ground. (Also, when you get a new hose, first roll it
all the way out, as opposed to flopping the coil down, and pulling.)

Sears seems to be pretty liberal far as the warranty goes... I've taken
back several through the years, almost exclusively due to my gardeners
abuse, but even so, they stand up as well as any!

Erik