"MiamiCuse" wrote in message
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I have two of the home depot variety "kink free" garden hoses. They are
far from kink free, in fact they kink all the time when you stretch them
out. When you roll them back up you have to keep flipping the hose the
right way so it won't kink.

However, I have a very old hose probably more than 15 years I found in
this garage and it never kinks. It does not kink because it does not
flatten not even a little bit. I think it's made of rubber. Are those
better hoses than the modern day vinyl hoses?

MC

I recently replaced two old plastic 50' hoses with two 50' rubber hoses I
bought at Lowes. These new hoses have not kinked, so far.

I found if I coiled the old plastic hoses while they were filled with water,
they coiled much easier and never kinked. Once I had them coiled, I drained
the water off.

My main complaint with the plastic hoses was that they deteriorated very
fast in the hot Texas sun. The rubber hoses, so far, do not seem to be
damaged by the sun.

Freckles