Fun expanding garden hose

My daughter gave me a 50 ft. "Pocket Hose" as a gift and I just tried it out this week. The thing contracts and expands as advertised and it's very light to haul around. Best of all, no kinking. One thing I noticed though is that the pressure at the nozzle end is lower than with a standard hose. Maybe that's because of the rough interior surface -- more friction for the water.

Tomsic

That would be my guess, some kind of rough fabric. But, it's small storage space makes it possible to put a length in your car, tool box, etc, where usual hose would not fit. That makes up for the low flow. Better than no flow, you know, bro?

I think if you want high flow, need the rubber and nylon mesh 3/4 inch "good stuff" or some thing like that.

I already have a 50 foot length of "rolls flat" hose in each vehicle. Can't really justify wasting more money. Wasted enough on this one piece.

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Curious about them and read reviews on internet. All agree that they are POS's. Most fail in first week of use.

I went to Amazon, and found the same. Thank you, might have saved me a pile of money. I do have the one 25 foot length, and won't buy another.

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Why do you keep water hoses in your car?

I'm a repairman, and also a fire buff. On occasion, I need to rinse things. Today was some what typical, I rinsed the dust out of a refrigeration condensor, about two feet frm a garden hose outlet. I used a garden sprayer, but I could as easily have hooked onto the garden hose outlet. This place had a hose, but many places do not leave a hose out.

I also wonder if some day I'll be first on the scene of a fire, and wish I had a hose. It has happened already.

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The next time you see that commercial, look at the surface they drag it over. It looks like smooth tiles. Let's try it on concrete or asphalt. I wouldn't leave it out in the cold of Winter either.

I saw someone returning one at Walgreen's. I asked the clerk about it and he says a lot of them are returned because they leak so badly.

My "Pocket Hose" leaked at the faucet end too; but that's because no washer was supplied with it. I added a rubber washer and it was fine. I agree, however, it's not the best built product that I've ever seen.

Tomsic