I, too, bought a Goodyear 5/8" rubber hose at (sob!) Home Despot.
(Wish I'd thought of Sears!)
It has a much better brass fitting than the ? brand which I returned to H.D. because it leaked at the faucet connection. But to my surprise, the new rubber hose kinks much more than the no-name hose that I returned.
Downside of this Goodyear hose is that to use the warranty, you have to send the whole (*&&^%^ hose back, not just both end connectors, as with Gilmore and maybe other brands. Who the hell is going to pay a fortune to ship a ton of hose to wherever? Again, wish I'd thought of Sears where I could just walk it in.
Other downside of Goodyear hose is that it kinks a lot. I may have to try Steve's figure -8 solution, though the storage area doesn't lend itself, and I'd have to retrain the gardener.
Sigh!
Pers.