If you&#;re lucky enough to have outdoor space and plan to do any gardening in it, you&#;re going to need a hose at some point. But the best garden hose for you will be specific to your situation. It depends on a number of factors, including what you plan to use it for, how much space you have to store it, how long you want it to last, and&#;as I learned testing different types of hoses&#;how much hose wrangling you&#;re willing to do.
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The best garden hoses
Heavy-duty hoses are generally the most durable, but they&#;re also cumbersome both when they are empty and full. A more flexible hose may not offer the same long-term durability, but it&#;s so much easier to manage, whether you&#;re watering your garden, trying to keep a sprinkler flat on the ground, or hooking it up to a pressure washer.
To find the best lightweight and heavy-duty garden hoses, I tested eight promising 50-foot hoses, ranging from fabric-covered expandable models to sturdier hoses made from commercial-grade rubber. Read on for my top picks. To see how I tested and what I looked for, scroll to the bottom.
I noticed the Fitt Force Pro pop up in hardware stores over the past few months and was intrigued by the idea of a &#;commercial grade&#; hose that expands and shrinks for easy storage. Most expandable hoses I&#;ve seen (yes, on TV) are enclosed in fabric. This one is made from abrasion-proof, puncture-proof &#;thermoplastic elastomer santoprene&#;&#;an elaborate term for a soft but durable rubber-like material.
Without gloves or tools, attaching the crush-proof aluminum couplings to my spigot was incredibly easy and disconnecting it was equally effortless. The box says this hose has a water flow rate of 450 PSI and once it was fully expanded to &#; inches (the standard garden hose diameter), the pressure seemed comparable to the heavy-duty hoses I tested. Other than its expandability, the Fit Force Pro&#;s main selling point is that it&#;s a breeze to use, even in cold weather. I walked all around my yard swirling it and trying really hard to get it to kink and only succeeded twice, but each time the lightest tug released the kink. I did find that it performed much better with a hose nozzle than without one, though that is true for most expandable hoses.
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Empty, the Fitt Force Pro is as flat as a pancake and it stores very compactly (the box it came in is about the size of a basketball). It took little effort to reel in on my plastic hose reel, but it also comes with a little carry strap with reinforced handles (I used it to hang the hose on a hook in the garage). Because it feels so durable, I&#;d be comfortable leaving this hose outside too. Customer complaints I've read online mostly come from people who tried to use the hose while coiled or stored on a reel, but...that&#;s not how you&#;re supposed to use a hose, especially an expanding hose that shrinks flat.
What we didn&#;t love about the Fitt Force Pro
There&#;s honestly nothing I didn&#;t like about this hose, and I&#;d be happy to have it as my only hose, even though I have a big yard and plenty of storage space for less compact options. Because it performs better with a sprayer nozzle, it would be nice if one were included, but there is a kit option on Amazon.
FITT Force Pro Garden Hose
If you don&#;t need (or want) an expanding hose, but would rather not wrestle with a heavy-duty hose every time you water your vegetable garden, I recommend the bright green Flexzilla. It&#;s lightweight and flexible&#;even in cold temperatures. As promised, the hybrid polymer hosing material is highly resistant to kinks. I had to try really, really hard to get a full hose to kink at all, and releasing the kink was even easier (just a slight shake). Connecting the aluminum fitting to my spigot by hand was a breeze, too, and coiling the hose onto a plastic hose reel was super smooth.
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