I bought three products in tandem, all three of which will be reviewed here: Suncast PHJ100M Garden Hose Reel Hideaway with 100-Foot Hose Capacity, Apex 8690-50 NeverKink Landscaper 5/8-Inch-by-50-Foot Professional Duty Hose, and Suncast 8-Inch Metal Garden Stakes, Silver. I have a vegetable garden which I expand twice per year. I tend this garden every single day, so it is important that the tools I use work well. I have owned a couple of the cheapest hoses which can be purchased at Walmart. My thought was: "I don't care if it pops a hole, I can just replace it for $15. I don't want to spend $35-50 on a hose and have it be just the same." I have learned - it's not just the same. I don't care if the cheap hose explodes from pressure. What it has cost me dearly is TIME and FRUSTRATION. I can spend 20 minutes laying the cheap hose out straight, and have it kink even when in a straight line. A slight curve closes off the hose, so I spent more time trying to un-kink the hose and regulate water flow than I spent watering my vegetables. What took me 45 minutes or more with a cheap hose took me 25-35 minutes with a five gallon carboy, filling it four gallons at a time and carrying it around my garden. And it takes me a mere 15 minutes with Apex's never kink hose, and Suncast's hose hideaway. Instead of fighting with the hose to get it to lay straight, Apex's hose just lays there, like a hose should. I spool it out of the hideaway, it lays straight. I spool it onto the hideaway, it coils straight. It doesn't fight me, it doesn't kink, I water my garden at the maximum flow of my nozzle without having to go back and try to fix the hose. The hideaway definitely requires the stakes - otherwise the hose itself is heavier than the hideaway and the motion of my pulling would move the hideaway itself. The steaks can be pulled out of the ground if I tug *up* on the hideaway.. but my motion is normally lateral as I pull out the hose. Granted, I can't crank the handle to put away the hose as if I were playing a game on the Price Is Right - you do have to guide the hose onto the spool in a tidy manner, but now that I have a hose that just behaves as a hose should, this isn't a problem and takes only a couple of minutes at most. Buying these three items has literally cut the time I spend watering my garden in half. I was worried by all the reviews of how "cheap" the hideaway is - it works just fine with the stakes. It keeps the sun off my hose so UV rays can't degrade the plastic, it coils the hose faster and more efficiently than I could around a regular/stationary garden hose "butler" or stand, and since I took care to thread the hoses on without stripping the plastic I have experienced no leaks at all. The no-kink hose is truly a wonder, it NEVER fights me, resists movement, or kinks. I highly recommend all three of these products; as long as you take very basic care with their use they work wonderfully.
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Apex 8690-50 NeverKink Landscaper 5/8 Inch-by-50-Foot Professional Duty HoseProduct Description: * Extreme weather flexible to 35 deg.F * MicroShield? antimicrobial protection guards against mold and mildew * Power Coil collar eliminates kinking at the faucet * Industrial coupling for a maximum fit at the faucet * Constructed with Reflex Mesh * 5/8" inside diameter * 8690-50: 50' * 8690-75: 75' * 8690-100: 100'
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I should have known that no hose made by man can be guaranteed not to kink, and this one is no exception.Shame that there is No Truth In Advertising!
