Most kits come with a spray nozzle, which will be fine for watering most things, but you might also want a spray gun for watering the greenhouse, and one-way, two-way or threaded Hozelock connectors for joining two pipes together, or for attaching your hosepipe to the tap. However it’s really worth setting your expectations and needs right up-front so that you’re not expecting the world’s best quality products from the cheapest products in the range. Trust your instinct, when a deal seems too good to be true, and isn’t from a seller that you recognise, it probably is too good to be true. At 30 metres, it’s long enough for most gardens, and its auto-rewind function makes packing it away really easy – simply give the hose a tug and it’ll wind itself in. It’s hard to believe that what looks like a pile of wrinkled yellow cloth can transform into a 15m hosepipe, but it does.

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Our aim is to create newsletters that will inspire and delight you, however you are able to unsubscribe at any time. Cheaper hoses tend to use fewer layers and a higher vinyl content, while more expensive hoses tend to have a composite construction, blending vinyl with polyurethane and rubber, and often reinforced by a nylon or metal mesh. It’s a hybrid effort, combining a woven textile jacket with a more traditional PVC dura-tech core, and the result is a hosepipe that stays free of kinks as it’s pulled around the garden and that’s also incredibly strong – burst-resistant even with over 40 bar of pressure. We’re also seeing a new generation of fabric hoses, which usually combine rubber, vinyl and nylon with a tough, resilient fabric for extra strength and anti-kink protection.We have everything for the dedicated and occasional gardener alike, as well as providing great places to visit for a great cup of coffee and much more. It has impressive resistance to kinking, crushing and knotting, even when it’s being dragged around the garden or dropped in a heap. They can help to dislodge stubborn dirt and debris, leaving your car’s paintwork ready for a coat of polish and wax.

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The reel disks are formed from pressed metal, and it’s held up on two beefy wheels and a sturdy metal kickstand. And it’s surprisingly tough and resistant to kinking and pinching, as long as you don’t let it get into any knots.The reel’s handle is large and easy to turn, and the closed-in casing design offers an extra level of protection against everyday wear and tear. A slider inside the reel ensures the hose is coiled neatly, with no tangling, although we discovered it retracts far more smoothly if the water supply is turned off.

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But it’s not hard to understand how frustrating it can be for your pressure washer to run dry, or if it takes longer than it should to water your flower beds, when a cheap hose kinks or splits.

Meanwhile, the orange strips running along the surface have a special ‘powergrip’ texture that makes connectors a little tricky to get on, but a whole lot more difficult to get off, meaning your pipe won’t slip off the tap or two-way connector, even under strain.